the US works

Our government is a pioneer. We are one of the first nations to have such a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds, and different ideals all living together peacefully, and as such we have no exact guideline to fallow to ensure it stays that way. Our policies are hard to change for a reason. The push and pull of control over majority rule must be higher than a 2% difference on both sides. With this design, there must be a clear cut majority on anything that is approved to ensure that the consequences of our changes are acceptable (or at least tolerable) throughout the country. Because of this our country is able to change its laws, and allows us to adapt as the world progresses. Although our founding fathers would never have conceived the idea of downloading music off the internet illegally, the constitution they put in place is broad and flexible enough that it was easily modified to encompass that crime. People do not give the United States Government enough credit for what it has accomplished. Turn on the news and stories about how government is simply going to drive our country into the ground are the typical political points of interest. When one party doesn’t get their way, they overstate the flaws in their opponent’s solutions as well as campaigning against them to raise support to stop or slow the progress that would have been made to improve our Country without their resistance. What we all need to remember is that this is a good thing. Even when the policies we want to be enacted fall short or are overpowered we must remember that this is all part of the giant compromise that is the USA. True, the media and political officials could spend much more time trying to find applicable solutions than focusing on winning elections or debates, and the political parties sort every issue into an “us or them” rift, but as flawed as it is our government more often than not runs the way our citizens like it to, and that’s the real goal of a government.

illogical polotics

Simon Maloy writes in his blog that Matthew Continetti’s attempt to justify Sarah Palin’s actions is a complete joke, pointing out the “illogic” of his arguments, even going so far as to use sarcasm in his final paragraph to show the complete absurdity of Palin’s whole political campaign. He does this by simply quoting Continetti, asking questions that go unanswered in his story and pointing out the catch-22 in his so called “illogic.” This blog was clearly intended for those who already believe that Palin is less than the best political figure out there as evidence by the clear mocking tone of the whole piece. But keeping that in mind, Maloy does make sense with his arguments, even if they are a bit on the cruel side. I would have to agree with the blog post because of the inconsistency of the article that he is critiquing. His main point is that Palin has been doing illogical things, quitting her job as governor, that he finds quite absurd, but he finds the explanations of those who support her, such as that quitting would allow her to settle her debts so she would seem like she could handle her job better, to be even more unbelievable. All in all Malory is clearly biased in his opinions of Palin and those who support her, he out rightly mocks her in every reference he makes to her or the article defending her. But whether his word is to be taken at face value or not is really only up to the credibility of those defending Palin.