This thing has become one big KlusterKerFlucken! I realize that Congress does not want to overuse it's enforcement powers and that's a good thing. The vast powers the Congress are pretty darn coercive to anyone who is aware of what the Congress can do. After all, they are the makers of the very laws that underpin and support the very republic we have. The Founding Fathers saw that with the numerous members in congress, came a myriad of opinions and views that would make it pretty well incorruptible. Which is why thay gave it the job of overseeing the rest of the government.
Well, it was for the above reason, I noted with some satisfaction when they refused to terminate the filibuster rule, since that implied that, besides laying plans for when the majority party might become the minority party again, they also were saying that they were planning on keeping this form of government going for some time into the future. That's why I worry today, because what the Republicans are doing says, they no longer care to participate in a government that functions this way. When you ask yourself, what other ways are there for a government to function? It is then that you realize that you don't really like the other choices available.
Democratic republics are not easy to put together and it is a constant struggle to keep it. Remember the slogan: "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Well a good number of citizens have abandoned their sense of vigilance. If they don't get back in line for support of the Constitution regardless of partisan views and opinions, then the forces of darkness have the weakness they need to drag us back under totalitarian rule.
Well, it was for the above reason, I noted with some satisfaction when they refused to terminate the filibuster rule, since that implied that, besides laying plans for when the majority party might become the minority party again, they also were saying that they were planning on keeping this form of government going for some time into the future. That's why I worry today, because what the Republicans are doing says, they no longer care to participate in a government that functions this way. When you ask yourself, what other ways are there for a government to function? It is then that you realize that you don't really like the other choices available.
Democratic republics are not easy to put together and it is a constant struggle to keep it. Remember the slogan: "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Well a good number of citizens have abandoned their sense of vigilance. If they don't get back in line for support of the Constitution regardless of partisan views and opinions, then the forces of darkness have the weakness they need to drag us back under totalitarian rule.
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