In case you didn't know

[darrels joy]

It is my opinion that too many decisions are made in this country by people that were never elected.

Our government is supposed to be run by Executive, Judicial & Congressional branches.

We elect Congress & Executive and they choose Judicial.

We do not get to choose the staff for our congressional members. They bring some from home but "learn" from the ones they keep.

Our Executives try to choose people to run departments that agree with them philosophically. With the current head of Treasury, people in the State department and others, I didn't think Bush was a socialist who believes the US is supposed to take care of the world!

Our judges, (9th circuit, Supreme, etc.) are giving their jobs based on political philosophy. Only at the lower levels can we vote for judges and, when we can, we are not given a great deal of information.

The bureaucrats are running this country by sheer numbers and force of will. They are the ones who train our teachers (another entity best left for another rant) so our children don't even know our history much less why we should protect and defend our way of life and freedoms.

My introduction to "Green" was a Washington State Department of Ecology presentation where the bottomline on how to save the planet is to reduce the population to a few million. The speaker was unwilling to give up any of his 4 children.

These people get government, writing and political jobs so that they can make changes because we'd never elect them. (See Gore Vidal)

I have been exchanging emails with a young man that I've known since he was 5 and some of the things that he believes make me want to scream.

(edited for clarity and profanity)

Joy