Re:You folks are barking up the wrong tree (Score 1)

I completely agree with dalcius here--not only on this issue, but in general. People bitch and complain all the time, but never DO anything. They expect that it is their right to have a fair and functioning government that someone else will maintain for them.

Anyway, back to reality...if people have power and we don't look over their shoulder, check on them, threaten them with loss of power (voting them out) then they will run with and abuse that power. Period. Regardless of party or their stupid rhetoric, that's reality.

Politicians are not your friends. They have their own agendas. Even idealogues--no, ESPECIALLY idealogues. American democracy has increasingly become a spectator sport. This isn't just undesirable, it's very, very dangerous. Democracy isn't set in stone, and the bulwarks against it have been eroded severely in the past 50 years. If you want to see change, start voting--not just in presidential elections, but in all elections, and in primaries. Furthermore, get involved. If you care about an issue, start or join an organization. Educate the public about it. Get the truth out there. /. has so many smart people, and yet I feel like for the most part, you all spend 8 hours a day ranting on here instead of doing something in the "real" world.

I recommend that that be changed.