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Here's What We [americans] Need: A 30 Second You Tube Video Of Some Guy At A Party Constantly Checking Out Everyone Else At The Party, While He Pretends To Be Speaking To The Other Person. We're The Other Person. The Guy Are The Politicians. And The Distraction Is The Corruption: We Need A Congress That Can Afford To Talk To Us. For At Least One Drink Or So.

Every Generation Welcomes The Pirates From The Last.

It's Fine To Talk About Politics With People You Agree With. But It Is Rude To Argue About Politics With People You Disagree With. Political Discourse Becomes Isolated, And Isolated Discourse Becomes More Extreme.

It Might Be Crazy To Expect A High Government Official To Speak The Truth. It Might Be Crazy To Believe That Government Policy Will Be Something More Than The Handmaiden Of The Most Powerful Interests. It Might Be Crazy To Argue That We Should Preserve A Tradition That Has Been Part Of Our Tradition For Most Of Our History -- Free Culture. If This Is Crazy, Then Let There Be More Crazies. Soon.

I Don't Support Direct Democracy Because I Want A Life, And That Means I Want To Select People Who Work For Me Who Do That Sort Of Work For Me.