Why the silence of pundits, editors and bloggers?
Frontiers of Freedom
by Nelson Lee Walker
09/05/06
It is a mystery to me that, in all the new 'good government' websites that I come across, I never find any that stress the fact that, in order to effect REAL reform, it is necessary to have a Congress made up of 'citizen' legislators, rather than the current crop of careerist professional politicians who grimly hang on to their jobs and the status quo. Additionally, in all the 'sound and fury' in editorials and blogs on all the issues on both sides of the political spectrum, nowhere does one see any suggestion that the overriding problems of good governance lie with the professional politicians, who are more interested in holding their seats permanently, than in constructively addressing the country's issues...
http://tinyurl.com/ltbr3
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Nelson Lee Walker
09/05/06
It is a mystery to me that, in all the new 'good government' websites that I come across, I never find any that stress the fact that, in order to effect REAL reform, it is necessary to have a Congress made up of 'citizen' legislators, rather than the current crop of careerist professional politicians who grimly hang on to their jobs and the status quo. Additionally, in all the 'sound and fury' in editorials and blogs on all the issues on both sides of the political spectrum, nowhere does one see any suggestion that the overriding problems of good governance lie with the professional politicians, who are more interested in holding their seats permanently, than in constructively addressing the country's issues...
http://tinyurl.com/ltbr3
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 6. Sep, 14:07
