...their so good at straightening things out.

This post doesn't belong here.

Of course Bill deserves some credit. Gates is Professor Moriarty to Job's Sherlock Holmes. Neither would have accomplished such great things, if their mortal archenemy hadn't been challenging, and dare I say inspiring, the other.

...the world is simply overpopulated.

Nothing more need be said.

As sad as it is, being an American myself, your logic and references are both quite good.

Agree with you 100%

I tend to agree with you, God knows I've never rushed home to watch anything on C-Span. I do think though, that part of the problem has been that the information made available to the public was half-duplex. With the Internet so widely used now a days, the ability for citizens to actually weigh in on issues is possible. Just a thought, but if they design Government 2.0 to be interactive, I think that a lot more people will want to get involved. Hell, Obama's campaign in and of itself is a testament to that.