I'm not really suggesting this, but do you think an "Arm Wrestling" tournament would be interesting... or how about a "Yahoo answers convention" ? broken out to different locations based on the subject.. so we political people would have our own place.?
I guarantee that someone is going to tell me to "go back to the pipe" but wouldn't we be a force if we could get this together?
let's face it the representation in this country is representing...
how do we get back to local governance?
I've checked and my town hall meetings don't cover any of what we're all talking about...
instead of the media puppet heads wouldn't it be great to know what your neighbor really thinks...
you know, ..practiced Democracy..
any suggestions?
2007-04-17 04:40:08 · 4 answers · asked by sitizen_x 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
"isn't" Representing...
2007-04-17 04:41:56 · update #1
You are a thinker, that I can see. You raise some good talking points.
The bottom line, if you read most of the posts here, it is uninformed individuals with their "Bush is the Devil" or "The Republicans are taking my right to smoke pot away" types of rants. There are also the "Liberals Sux" and "Libtards" posts. None of this is anything more than people trying to inflame or be nasty.
In the post that have factual based discussions, at least half of the answers will reference the above responses. The other quarter will be a one line party line response that may or may not have anything to do with the question. The last quarter will actually try to come up with a good opinion based on fact.
So, just like in elections, only about 25% turn out with an informed decision. Many people in this country are to lazy to seek out facts and rely on sources like MTV, Myspace, Comedy Central for their "news".
The dumbing down of America is the politicians way to control you. They feed you what they want you to know. They do not want you to be involved, as they would then be held accountable.
Look what all political campaigns have become in the last 40 years? Plenty of bashing the opponent with very, very little mention of what the bashing candidate actually plans to do to bring about positive change.
2007-04-17 04:51:22 · answer #1 · answered by Dog Lover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Naaa this site is quite amusing just the way it is. As for you others challenging cons to fistfights your mouth is writing checks your but can't cash...You talk the talk but rarely walk the walk pilgrim.
2007-04-17 11:45:46 · answer #2 · answered by Dennis S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd challenge any con to a fistfight!
2007-04-17 11:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Here I am Busty...............you lose!
2007-04-17 11:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋