Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Why is the U.S. government so broken?

Well, one opinion in, “Stupid voters enable broken government” by LZ Granderson, is that it is the voters fault. We, as voters, choose the “idiots” that are currently in office. Granderson brings up a few “exhibits” for us to consider to prove or argue his belief, which I agree one hundred percent.

Granderson writes weekly for CNN.com, a senior writer and columnist for ESPN the Magazine. Also, he has received many awards on his writing.

In this particular column, he is writing to the voters of America; showing them that these are the choices they have made for their government. An example given by Granderson was DC’s mayor, Marion Barry, who had video documentation of him smoking crack and who has done prison time, yet still elected as mayor of DC.

Another example was Michele Bachmann and her falsehoods in her speeches. One of her speeches she stated the HPV vaccination causes retardation. Yet scientifically, it does not.

Just as Granderson states, “…if you're the kind of person who likes to say ‘I don't follow politics,’ let me remind you that no one lives in a vacuum and that sentiment epitomizes what is wrong with our government. I don't blame Sarah Palin for thinking she can still toss her hat in the ring. I blame us voters for creating an environment in which a Palin or a Gingrich or even a reality TV star like Donald Trump can feel as if they can run and even be taken seriously.” Ultimately this just means, if we leave it to those who just hear keywords in speeches like, “green economy” or “family values,” and vote just based on that, we’re going to keep going through this perpetual cycle of idiots running our country.

So stay informed and vote for people who genuinely give a crap about our country’s future.

For another way to Granderson's article, copy and paste:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/27/opinion/granderson-broken-government-voters/index.html?hpt=op_t1#

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