The Worst of us getting the Best of us.

In a great article written by Dick Meyer in the Washington Post, Sunday, May 22, 2005, The future of government has permanently been purchased with a price that would make Montiesque, Locke, Rosseau, Jefferson and "Bill" from Schoolhouse Rock roll over in their graves.

"Interest groups don't just write editorials and buttonhole senators in the hall anymore; they bankroll massive media campaigns and "astroturf" (as in fake grass-roots) lobbying blitzes, as they are doing now over the filibuster. Campaigns are entirely financed by private money, mostly from special interests, both ideological or commercial. With open primaries and private funding, parties have no control over who runs and no way to enforce party discipline when it's time for unpopular but important decisions.

Politicians respond to this by running for office constantly; governing is a side dish to the entree of campaigns."

The Global Communications Industry owns any semblance of "democracy" in our world today. We have turned over our government to the vipers that bring us Michael Jackson's Trial, every Amber Alert and school fiasco on a daily basis. We have given our democacy to our worst. They have overcome the best. "The fault... lies not in our stars, but in our selves."