tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post218135584706884301..comments2024-01-09T04:20:39.453-05:00Comments on Around the Keg: Bi-PartisanshipNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-5122722012355888632010-12-21T07:50:45.072-05:002010-12-21T07:50:45.072-05:00Unfortunately the only other choices I know of are...Unfortunately the only other choices I know of are dictatorships, or the same thing cloaked in "Royal" overtones. <br /><br />Some one said "it is good to be King"Monk-in-Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373661525025912462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-26906373208761279782010-12-20T15:05:32.697-05:002010-12-20T15:05:32.697-05:00I guess my problem with strongly partisan (conflic...I guess my problem with strongly partisan (conflict-based) government is that when everyone works against each other, it means that any change (positive or negative) is harder to implement. And in that environment, it seems to me that a conservative agenda is more likely to prevail in the long term, regardless of whether that is the right or more sensible approach to any given problem or issue. <br /><br />Coalition governments, on the other hand, have some amount of compromise and ability to implement changes built into them. Our system of government is not, it seems to me, as conducive to formulating constructive responses to changing conditions.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646775756345671112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-4326455974604444912010-12-20T13:09:23.046-05:002010-12-20T13:09:23.046-05:00Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
A...<i>Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.</i><br /><br />At least nowadays our Congresscritters merely engage in <i>character</i> assassination and not <i>actual</i> assassination! How far we've come...Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-66507511668688263432010-12-20T13:05:37.294-05:002010-12-20T13:05:37.294-05:00That article was a good find. I figure that if we...That article was a good find. I figure that if we get what most people want some of the time, then that is probably the best we can hope for. <br /><br /><i>I look at some of the writings of our much-lauded Founding Fathers, and they fought like rabid dogs. The shit they said to and about one another was vicious.<br /></i><br /><br />Fought, indeed. Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.steveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862590608695420004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-71456774231453925002010-12-20T12:45:05.727-05:002010-12-20T12:45:05.727-05:00People think we need to return to the days when ci...<i>People think we need to return to the days when civility and compromise ruled the day,</i><br /><br />Agreed, Steve. I look at some of the writings of our much-lauded Founding Fathers, and they fought like rabid dogs. The shit they said to and about one another was vicious.<br /><br />I am reading Team of Rivals right now, and despite the abolishinist sentiments of Lincoln and his few political rivals, they took a huge risk for doing so and had some really shitty things said about them.<br /><br /><i>I agree that things need to be changed, but I doubt you will get massive agreement on what that change should look like.</i><br /><br />And that pretty well sums-up Rich's whole article and why bipartisanship is a pipe-dream.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-32325443119606716882010-12-20T12:39:50.769-05:002010-12-20T12:39:50.769-05:00In many ways, I htink bipartissanship is overrated...In many ways, I htink bipartissanship is overrated. I also doubt that it happens that often. People think we need to return to the days when civility and compromise ruled the day, but I have a hard time finding when this was ever the case. <br /><br />I agree that things need to be changed, but I doubt you will get massive agreement on what that change should look like.steveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862590608695420004noreply@blogger.com