First Question

Since Ben and I have talked about Mathew Yglesias a bit and referenced him in the e-mail chain that led to this blog, I thought I should link something of him to get a bit of discussion going:


http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/07/ben-nelson-attributes-his-zeal-for-defending-the-interests-of-rich-people-to-the-public-at-large.php



He discuses one of the problems of our government and more practically as one of the major obstacles of getting Obama's reforms passed: the lazyness and general inertia of senators in particular to get off their asses. Yglesias picks on conservative demoracts in particular, but I think the same thing could be said for all moderates, even the republicans. Surely there are some republicans that would support health care reform in some way, but the all at like the probelm is so damn hard and huge so they never begin anything.

Anyway, i guess the question is, how can we change this aspect of the US political system? I would venture to sy that this sort of inertia (for lack of a better word) is intrinsic in many governments, but I'll leave that kind of statement to the political scientists. Are there practical measures to be taken to minimize this sort of behaviour? Is it even undesirable for the government to be like this sometimes
(hopefully not all the time, right?)?

out..

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I'm on a boat motherfucker!

Its amazing how quickly a vague idea can take shape when you get a few like minded folks together who have an interest in projecting their brain farts into the ether.

I'm glad to be here, glad you guys are here, and love the name...

-A