Make fun all you want Shaggy, but if you think that our government works the way you were taught in 10th grade Civics class, you're a fool.
The folks with the big money pull the strings. They control the media; the flow of information and ideas first goes through their filter. These are the folks pushing for control of the internet, and for electronic voting. They take advantage of the fact that our schools have turned into idiot factories, and appeal to the lowest common denominators of both parties.