Comments on: Congress is out of control http://reclaimtheblue.us/2009/12/10/congress-is-out-of-control/ Limited Government - Fiscal Responsibility - Free Markets Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Snaggle-Tooth Jones http://reclaimtheblue.us/2009/12/10/congress-is-out-of-control/#comment-186 Snaggle-Tooth Jones Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:06:30 +0000 http://reclaimtheblue.us/?p=624#comment-186 Thanks. FYI, I have commented on your response here: http://coloradoconfederatarian.squarespace.com/journal/2009/12/12/its-not-something-we-really-want-to-think-about-yet.html Thanks. FYI, I have commented on your response here:

http://coloradoconfederatarian.squarespace.com/journal/2009/12/12/its-not-something-we-really-want-to-think-about-yet.html

]]> By: acmaurerco http://reclaimtheblue.us/2009/12/10/congress-is-out-of-control/#comment-185 acmaurerco Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:16:38 +0000 http://reclaimtheblue.us/?p=624#comment-185 You could very well be right. It's not something we really want to think about. Yet. You could very well be right. It’s not something we really want to think about. Yet.

]]> By: Snaggle-Tooth Jones http://reclaimtheblue.us/2009/12/10/congress-is-out-of-control/#comment-184 Snaggle-Tooth Jones Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:15:41 +0000 http://reclaimtheblue.us/?p=624#comment-184 That is, the *Federal government* "is rapidly losing, if it hasn’t lost it already, what political scientists call 'legitimacy'." That is, the *Federal government* “is rapidly losing, if it hasn’t lost it already, what political scientists call ‘legitimacy’.”

]]> By: Snaggle-Tooth Jones http://reclaimtheblue.us/2009/12/10/congress-is-out-of-control/#comment-183 Snaggle-Tooth Jones Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:14:16 +0000 http://reclaimtheblue.us/?p=624#comment-183 "Poll after poll shows that Americans are frustrated and angry. If some of us weren’t paying attention before, we are now. A revolution is brewing. The tide is turning and it’s time for every patriotic American to stand up and be counted. Time to get Congress back under control." If, as you correctly note, Congress is ignoring us, who is going to "count" us once we "stand up"? That's my first question. My second question is, given the fact that this state of affairs isn't just due to the baneful influence of the Democrats, but the baneful influence of the GOP as well, would you agree that any "throw the bums out" approach is doomed to failure? "Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Won't get fooled again." My own view is that is rapidly losing, if it hasn't lost it already, what political scientists call "legitimacy", the "foundation of such governmental power as is exercised both with a consciousness on the government's part that it has a right to govern and with some recognition by the governed of that right." (Sternberger.) As you've noted, just look at most polls on how the American people feel about the regime there at Rome on the Potomac. If the system is irreformable, what then? You'll find my answer to that question over at my blog. But I'd like to know what you think. “Poll after poll shows that Americans are frustrated and angry. If some of us weren’t paying attention before, we are now. A revolution is brewing. The tide is turning and it’s time for every patriotic American to stand up and be counted.

Time to get Congress back under control.”

If, as you correctly note, Congress is ignoring us, who is going to “count” us once we “stand up”? That’s my first question.

My second question is, given the fact that this state of affairs isn’t just due to the baneful influence of the Democrats, but the baneful influence of the GOP as well, would you agree that any “throw the bums out” approach is doomed to failure?

“Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Won’t get fooled again.”

My own view is that is rapidly losing, if it hasn’t lost it already, what political scientists call “legitimacy”, the “foundation of such governmental power as is exercised both with a consciousness on the government’s part that it has a right to govern and with some recognition by the governed of that right.” (Sternberger.) As you’ve noted, just look at most polls on how the American people feel about the regime there at Rome on the Potomac.

If the system is irreformable, what then?

You’ll find my answer to that question over at my blog. But I’d like to know what you think.

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