UK Shits Bed Before US

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Posted by Nehmi
Besides, once you have all the power... who's going to stand up and stop you?

Uh... the people? That's how the United States came to exist, for starters, or have they stopped teaching history entirely in schools?

The key of course, is actually giving a shit. Folks apparently were a lot less apathetic back in the 1700s. You don't actually have to put up with this kind of nonsense; all it takes is getting up off your ass and doing something about it.

What I'M surprised about is that Parliament would even be considering such a bill. From there it's only a short step towards Parliament becoming completely redundant, and I guarantee none of them wants to be out of a job, or reduced to a whole assembly of figureheads. Not that I know anything about British politics apart from Tony Blair being just as deficient as Bush, but I doubt Parliament is that in thrall of the ministers.

How ya doing, buddy?

I was about to say the same thing. If the name "Kennedy" doesn't entitle them to a seat in the Senate or House, their money sure does. We pretty much started out as a plutocracy, which is functionally no different from rule by nobles, and it's been that way ever since. The founding fathers weren't just a bunch of guys from the colonial ghetto, you know.

There's nowhere I can't reach.