Do you believe our political system and/or government can be repaired?

If yes, how?

If no, what must be done?

burn it to the ground and start over. Rule of law, economics based on work rather than credit and debt, foreign policy based on development rather than perpetual war...

I have a whole blueprint...and about 200 million people in my way.

The republic is gone. Time to try again.

They are betrayed,...horribly betrayed.

I think Jonathan Turley is on the right track; the Dems in Congress, especially the leadership, have boon co-opted or blackmailed or call it whatever you want. Otherwise how to explain the total inaction where obvious crimes have been committed?

I'm not sure what can be done, short of totally throwing everyone out in the next elections, a Third party, or a revolution in the streets, all of which are highly unlikely.

The means of doing that depend on whether or not the system still functions enough to allow the necessary changes.

With anything it takes years to build something worth while . Take a fine violin , the wood has to be aged , the work is done by hand which takes time , the finish is special made and then the instrument has to settle in by being played .

However this entire process can be destroyed in a split second by a hammer and this is what has happened to this country .

Perhaps someday if it is not already to late considering global warming and all the damage done to so many issues in the US and other countries , to the economy and the dollar , the list is endless .

I know if it can be repaired I will not live to see it . I expect it to get alot worse before anything else .

I have no answers on how to repair this mess . We have allowed all sorts of freedom to be taken away , people in airports to me are the test ground for just how much people are willing to give up .

With all that has been done in the last 7 years the people have not taken to the streets and this admin knows this so we are screwed .

People HAVE taken to the streets. Their best has been ignored/destroyed,...for the moment.

I am like you and have no expectations that the political system or our government can be repaired. I am even prepared (expecting, actually) that matters will just HAVE to get worse before basic empowerment is ignited in this lulled state.

However,... "we" are NEVER 'screwed'. "WE" always survive,...ALWAYS.

Always.

I'd just like to see to purist assholes finally get their due. :rofl: JUST ONCE!!! Yes, Cheney, I am talking about you and yours,...I hope you finally GET WHAT YOU DESERVE!!!!

I've always been convinced that most people won't react to a problem until it directly affects THEM! You know the old statement...The job market isn't bad unless it's YOU who lost the job! I think it's the same now. Our justice system is in terrible shape, but if it hasn't hit YOU DIRECTLY you just don't see how bad it is. The economy is in the tank, but if YOUR inventments are makaing the big bucks, you don't think so.

You really didn't see a big uproar when all the textile mills were closing and going to China etc, but when the jobs being outsourced were nice paying mfg. jobs and white collar programming jobs, the problem affected a lot more people so you heard a lot more noise!

When enough things get bad enough to affect enough people, there will be a strong demand for change. Until that happens, I don't see anything changing at all!

would go a long way.

Mods: Please don't keep deleting this. Al Gore is a Democrat.

would help re-establish checks and balances along with having opposition parties. The new surveillance industrial complex should be shut down along with establishing public financing of campaigns.

That's the most efficient way to reset the checks and balances that the "unitary executive" doctrine of Richard Cheney has destroyed.