First off...we won't be getting rid of political parties. Suppose one party decided (for some strange reason) to disband, all that would do is leave just one super-party....would that be an improvement?
--There is one now, they just argue among themselves with split tongue.
Suppose they both(even stranger) decided to disband...others would rise up ...different name;.. mostly the same people.
--Well just who are those people that would rise up to fill in the power vacuum, would it be the same folks who contribute to both political parties to cover all bases and make sure that their interests are the ones protected?
It costs many millions of $$$ to run a national campaign, so a big organization (party) is needed..
--It costs so much because they waste it on expensive and fancy media tools to constantly bombard you with garbage ads, misinformation, and downright lies, not to educate the voters, but rather to convince you that they have your best interest at heart. Sure they do.....
No way out of the "party" system..because people naturally gravitate toward power centers, whether you call them party, schmarty or rosebud! Politicians have to follow the money..because campaigns cost many millions..
--Sure they do follow the money, but why should they be allowed to? You are not supposed to be allowed to buy votes, but should it be also allowed to buy politicians?
One party is KNOWN to support the 2nd amendment...while the other has opposed it! not too hard to figure that out...
--Just part of their tricks, appeal to both sides and then when push comes to shove what finally gets enacted? Since that one party has both houses of Congress and the Presidency, have you noticed a substantial increase in your second amendment rights?
Much depends upon what you would like our U.S .to look like in 10 or 20 years...
Both Reagan and Bush and the great bulk of their party appreciate the classic America....Faith, family, free enterprise, individualism and America first...
The Clintons and Teddy along with their great financier Geo Soros Agree with the ACLU on faith issues, have a different definition of family than the traditional family, admire Socialism, believe individualism to be rebellious and think U.N. first... The choice here is relatively clear....the U.S. as it has traditionally been or should it be modeled after some European socialist nations...
Our country is based upon the capitalist "free enterprise" system.. one party would encourage this activity.. The other party, being socialistically inspired, would heavily tax success...putting the brakes on economic growth...depends upon what you like..
--The bottom line is that both parties ignore pressing needs in favor of the special interests they are pandering to. There are many thing that government can do very well and actually does better than private enterprise, but there are also many things that government should stay out of and leave private enterprise alone to do what it can do best. What they should be working towards is meeting the pressing needs of the citizens, not lining their pockets with schemes and boondoggles in the name of doing such.
Terrorism is a disease that has spread throughout the world...but is rooted in the middle east. It is not truly known where terrorists get most of their money...perhaps from their myraid charities and fences right here. Of all the nations in the mid-east, only one has been proven to have possessed WMD...and to have used them!
--Your not referring to the Israeli nuclear program weapons program that they have tested and successfully used as a deterrent to insure their survival? I dont think so. By the way how did Sadam Hussin get into power in the first place? And by any chance did our government have anything to do with that? And if so why did it do it?
There was no reason to doubt that they still had them....especially since old S.H. would not allow free inspections. How many declarations have been made against Kuwait by the UN? How many "deadlines" have been issued to Saudi Arabia? How many of their own citizens have the United Arab Emirates gassed to death? Do you really suspect that the kingdom of Oman has hundreds of thousands of their citizens buried in mass murder graves? Do you recall the "no fly zones" and how Saddam still ordered our planes fired upon? It wasn't Jordan that kicked the UN inspectors out of the country...nor was it G W Bush that let them get "clean away" with it! The entire mid-east needs a good taste of democracy...
--The United Nations is a pathetic organization that is powerless to prevent genocide, public health disasters and a multitude of other plagues that humanity can bring upon itself. They spout resolution after resolution, and are impotent in everything other than talk. The problem with the middle east arab countries is that very few, if any of them, have the best interests of their citizens at heart, only the personal enrichment of their leaders. Unfortunately, we have been responsible for helping this along in the interests of stability. No wonder this had resulted in contempt.
Now, get out your map of the mid-east....do you see how Iraq is located almost directly in the center of those nations? If democracy starts there, it could more easily spread throughout the mid-east. If it were rooted in say Bahrain; the other nations there could isolate and contain it.
--Thats not a bad idea, but unfortunately that not the one that was used to sell the country on the invasion. Removing an evil dictator and his henchmen is a noble, honorable and expensive task. We made some mistakes in the past in not taking actions in earlier years that would have allowed the people there to remove him, but allowed them to be slaughtered and repressed instead. Now what about the other dictators with CBR weapons, like North Korea?
--Now is the United States particularly unique in political corruption? Absolutely not, but we can be unique in doing something about addressing it and something about fixing it.
