5 Reasons Why Our Government Sucks

I hope to God that no FBI or CIA officials blow this into overdrive and cart me off to Guantonemo Bay, but I honestly our government has some big problems. It's kind of the reasons why 2000 - Present have been very shitty years. Now, I'm all for democracy and checks and balances and yada yada yada. But, I mean seriously we've got issues.

1. Whips. This I will explain, Whips constantly encourage party line voting and bribe Congressman with campaign money and committee assignments. Why, just tell why this is a good thing. We are now encouragaing party lines and discouraging bipartisanship. Isn't this the reason that we got NOTHING done in Bush's second term, because both parties were in a deadlock, well that and Bush was a stubborn jackass, but Whips are not a help, they are a hindrance.

2. Filibusters. I know this was established so an outvoted party won't go unheard or unconsidered in the Senate. But again, it is another things that prevents progress. but if a certain party, cough, Republicans, cough, gets outvoted, it's their fault and they should just deal with it and let the government run it's course, or maybe they could try bipartisanship. I know we can get a Cloture to end it, but these oppurtunities are few and far between.

3. Lack of Recall Elections. I know we have four year terms (for President, which is what I'm talking about) so each President has time to accomplish whatever the hell he wants to do. I know it takes time to judge a President, but if he's sucking after two or three years, Herbert Hoover prime example, we should have the right to get him out of there and the Vice without an impeachment.

4. Lobbyists. I am a little iffy about this one, becuase I know lobbyists provide good information on bills, but the corruption they cause is unbearable. The bribes and blackmails, it's insane. And a lot of them are sent by industries who can afford expensive lobbying and the government ends up representing these huge companies and forget about the common people. Don't get me wrong, I'm for lobbying, I lobby, I email by representatives nad that's it. And we're the ones they should be listening to. Not these corporal, funded, lying, sleazy, assholes.

5. Electoral College: Again, WHY. What is the point. What is the fucking point. We have these point per state, and if you win the state you get all points. So uh, all these people who voted for the othre candidate(s), I guess we don't give two shits about their vote. We keep tack of the popular vote anyway, why don't we use that. In fact, isn't that the whole damn point of a democracy, to consider everyone's vote. If we did this, Bush never would have been president and I guarantee our lives wouldn't suck as much as they do today.