Good answer, and proof positive that Americans don't give a flying fuque about elections until after Labor Day of an election year.
The most obvious political issue is that one's vote means something when there is some equilibrium in a Congressional district.
As a Boomer, I am old enough to have been taught Civics in grammar school and junior high school, then American History in junior year and American Politics for one semester in senior year of high school.
I realize that was connected to the Red Menance of the 1960s, but still we had respect for local pols, and Congressional members for doing the people's work.
No more...
My 32-year-old daughter, who attended an upper middle-class high school, and went directly into 8-years of Navy service, is fed up with what constitutes the political world today.
She said yesterday (jocularly) that I poisoned her mind with the phoney Airy-Fairey concept that pols are about better life for constituents.
She's now working in a corporate America start-up and cynically sees pols as just another roadblock with hands out to be lined to get her product to market.
Even more galling to her after having been on the bridge of a Naval Destroyer, is that too many pols are downright stupid...not just ignorant and partisan, but dangerously stupid with power in their legislative votes.
Obviously, the national ideology of my youth has transmuted into cynicism of today's young folks.
So, how the hell will that revert back to an equilibrium of my early view and that of today's young folks.
Thank you for answering my question, about "good" congresspeople. But, you say that "the public" isn't interested in hearing about the 90% of members of Congress who are good and hardworking, and I wonder how you (and media in general) know that. Have you taken surveys?
It seems to me that the political press pretends to be neutral and performing a public service when in fact it is captivated by the crazy and outrageous, and reports that thinking that we're all just as captivated by it. And that leads us to our distrust of government. Bring back "Better Know a District" (and bring back the Colbert Report while you're at it) so that we can all learn about these better folks.
Re: Gerrymandering
Good answer, and proof positive that Americans don't give a flying fuque about elections until after Labor Day of an election year.
The most obvious political issue is that one's vote means something when there is some equilibrium in a Congressional district.
As a Boomer, I am old enough to have been taught Civics in grammar school and junior high school, then American History in junior year and American Politics for one semester in senior year of high school.
I realize that was connected to the Red Menance of the 1960s, but still we had respect for local pols, and Congressional members for doing the people's work.
No more...
My 32-year-old daughter, who attended an upper middle-class high school, and went directly into 8-years of Navy service, is fed up with what constitutes the political world today.
She said yesterday (jocularly) that I poisoned her mind with the phoney Airy-Fairey concept that pols are about better life for constituents.
She's now working in a corporate America start-up and cynically sees pols as just another roadblock with hands out to be lined to get her product to market.
Even more galling to her after having been on the bridge of a Naval Destroyer, is that too many pols are downright stupid...not just ignorant and partisan, but dangerously stupid with power in their legislative votes.
Obviously, the national ideology of my youth has transmuted into cynicism of today's young folks.
So, how the hell will that revert back to an equilibrium of my early view and that of today's young folks.
BRING BACK CIQUIZZA!!
Thank you for answering my question, about "good" congresspeople. But, you say that "the public" isn't interested in hearing about the 90% of members of Congress who are good and hardworking, and I wonder how you (and media in general) know that. Have you taken surveys?
It seems to me that the political press pretends to be neutral and performing a public service when in fact it is captivated by the crazy and outrageous, and reports that thinking that we're all just as captivated by it. And that leads us to our distrust of government. Bring back "Better Know a District" (and bring back the Colbert Report while you're at it) so that we can all learn about these better folks.
Thanks as always for answering my question. But I'm willing to crowdfund a Ciquizza- name your price!