Month: February 2011

Why the modern American political system needs help – Fixes?

Let’s continue to talk about politics. My previous topic was the why of the broken American political system.  This time I want to share my thoughts on ways to fix it, and what I think might be coming. The first can be done NOW.  We the people need to tell our politicians that the Electoral College needs to be gone.  Removed.  Demolished.  Period. The Electoral College may have made sense at a time when this nation was far smaller, and

Why the modern American political system needs help – Thoughts.

Let’s talk about politics. I do not care what side of the ‘aisle’ you are on – or if you are a centrist.  The political landscape of the USA is at best a mess, at worst dangerously broken. Our politicians continue to make it clear that they don’t care all that much about the people they have been elected by – they care about the money, and continuing to get re-elected.  A US Congressperson when first elected probably does real