On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:27:16 -0500, "HeyBub" wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:30:47 -0400, aemeijers
wrote:

On 8/18/2011 6:49 AM, HeyBub wrote:
zzzzzzzzzz wrote:

BTW, I don't have any use for either of the current duopoly of
political parties- they are both fulla ****. IMHO, we need to ban
political parties from Congress, and just elect people, and pass
out the committees and power positions (in theory, at least) to
the person, not the party. Of course, that would require the
voters and the politicians to think, rather than just parrot
slogans, so it will never happen.

Absolutely wrong.

Agreed. Political parties simplify the political process. As G.
Northcott Parkinson observed: "When a member of your party finishes
speaking, you need only shout 'Hear! Hear!' When the opposition
speaks, you cry 'Shame! Shame!' What could be easier?"


But with the duopoly in power, no new ideas ever get brought into
play, and they make damn sure nobody with any other ideas ever gets
a seat at the table. Sorry, 'The Party' (or Parties) should not be
in charge, PEOPLE should.

So you'd ban people of a like mind from working together? Parties
*ARE* people.


So are corporations. Pets, too.

I'll give ya' a .500 on that one. ;-)