the committees and sub-committees 

Gingivitis runs america

Some one runs america, its certainly not the people, theres a conspiracy in the mix, more then two school shootings in one year ( which at the same time fema was in the area where these shootings occurred and were running an exercise based off the same exact events that occurred during the shootings) and now gov wants to take away our right to own guns.

 

Something fishy is going on i can tell you that.

 

Plus its odd how our government fucks our nation and does nothing to fix it and send our money over seas to help other nations but once school shootings strangely brake out across the country the government finally wants to do something that involves going against our constitution.

America is run by the highest bidder and always will be.

Master Blaster.

 

Or...wait....did he run bartertown? I always mix up the two.

Some one runs america, its certainly not the people, theres a conspiracy in the mix, more then two school shootings in one year ( which at the same time fema was in the area where these shootings occurred and were running an exercise based off the same exact events that occurred during the shootings) and now gov wants to take away our right to own guns.

 

Something fishy is going on i can tell you that.

 

Plus its odd how our government fucks our nation and does nothing to fix it and send our money over seas to help other nations but once school shootings strangely brake out across the country the government finally wants to do something that involves going against our constitution.

Coincidence does not equal conspiracy. Two data points does not equal a tend. 

 

In terms of why the government acts after two school shootings when they don't appear to react to other things is because the government faces the media, and the US governmental system places it in permanent electoral cycle with elections every two years. Therefore it has to react to high profile tragedies.

 

It is one of the dumbest features of the US system to have so many national level elections. It is only really seen elsewhere when you have a dysfunctional political system that cannot hold together a government. The US is probably unique in having so many elections without having a parliamentary system of government. 

 

Ultimately, in terms of the gun control issue in the US and the school shootings, the basic fact remains that the most likely victim of a gun is its owner. School shooting barely register. Crime is up there but falls fare far below the level of suicide in terms of casualties. And that is a quiet and taboo subject, so no one does a thing about that. A few dozen die in a mass shooting and the world has ended. Literally tens of thousands turn guns on themselves and most don't even know it is happening. 

To me it seems like a healthy mix of big military companies who see war as dollar signs, special interest groups, big oil and giant conglomerates, and foreign government string pullers. Israel seems to have a healthy influence on our foreign policy. I don't feel like our elected officials make many actual decisions on their own. At least not any ones of great consequence. Surely most of them are in someone's pocket.

But hey, who knows.

In terms of why the government acts after two school shootings when they don't appear to react to other things is because the government faces the media, and the US governmental system places it in permanent electoral cycle with elections every two years. Therefore it has to react to high profile tragedies.

Ultimately, in terms of the gun control issue in the US and the school shootings, the basic fact remains that the most likely victim of a gun is its owner. School shooting barely register. Crime is up there but falls fare far below the level of suicide in terms of casualties. And that is a quiet and taboo subject, so no one does a thing about that. A few dozen die in a mass shooting and the world has ended. Literally tens of thousands turn guns on themselves and most don't even know it is happening. 

 

Another good thing to bring up is how a lot of gun homicides are in gang held, poverty stricken areas (Aka Chicago, ironic that its home to the strictest Gun Control in the Nation). Then we get politicians who iqnore the real issue of dealing with gangs and decide to wage their war against all firearm owners. Its like, so because some druggie shot someone with an unregistered (and therefore illegal) pistol, you want me to surrender my firearms even though I'm a law abiding citizen?

 

Gun control and the way it is carried out is a joke. All it does is target the people who have committed no crimes, and attempts to disarm them.

 

The sad part is the majority keeps reelecting the same bad politicians, making the same bad choices, over and over and over....

In terms of having bad politicians, that is a feature of the modern world in that the average person on the street has no idea what the government does. For example, I just spent three months working on a government contract relating to a major financial incident that concerned literally tens of billions of pounds of fraud. I went hunting for news articles on it. I found one. One. 

 

Or another example. One of the biggest features of our economy is the company. In England these are regulated by the Companies Act 2003. It has over 1000 sections. I doubt that 95% of the population could name even one of these. I have been working as a Lawyer, I have a law degree that included a module of company law, and I knew maybe 30 sections. 3%. 

People care about big headline issues. They rarely know anything about the things that effect them day to day. How utility companies are regulated. How taxation works (people keep claiming they pay a road tax on their cars-they don't they pay a tax for owning a car based on its emissions level). 

It's the weapon industry that runs America.

The Untying States of America?

 

The name says it all, no one can run that place.

The Untying States of America?

 

The name says it all, no one can run that place.

This, mainly because no one wants to run it.  Why have 300 million bosses, half of which hate your guts, and get 200k a year when you can have under twenty bosses as a CEO, the size of most corporate boards, and get millions?  Then use those millions to roll the prez in ads or spend all day in lovely forums like this one.

Its run by spoiled children and complete idiots, for a short answer.

Its run by spoiled children and complete idiots, for a short answer.

Hey, it's the land of equal opportunity for all, right? That includes the incompetent

Simple question "Who Do You Think Runs America"? 

 

America is crazy I was watching the riots about Trayvon and this one white guy got punched in the face like Zimmerman and he like "What??? "I Voted for OBAMA!" I had to laugh haha 

 

On a more serious not, many people fear the government will be run by a alien group of people. Then this group will make laws that oppress the majority of the lands citizens. Then they will take all power can control what we think, do, where we go, what we eat, our hobbies, jobs, what we buy and so much more. 

 

 

 

So who is pulling all the string is this wonderful country? 

 

NotAdolfHitler

Really the question is not "who" runs America, but "what" runs America.

 

What runs America right now sadly is called division.

 

I've been around awhile and politics is a hobby of mine. I have never in my life seen my country as polorized as it is now. Common ground is a thing of the past. There are two sides to everything, and bitter hatred for anyone on the other side. It's really quite frightening from where I sit, and not at all the America I grew up in. Obama promised "Change"... can you feel it yet?

 

There are two words that I believe have set this country on a path to destruction.

Those words are "entitled" and "tolerance".

When I was a kid the words used were... "No", "Hell No", "Tough Shit", "Get Over It" and "Work It Out".

Now we have to legislate everything and subsidize the failure.

 

Everyone thinks they're more valuable than they are. That's why income can't keep up with inflation.

The words "Living Wage" are not copasetic with "Market Value".

I'm afraid it won't get better until it gets much worse, because people don't get angry until they start losing. When they get angry and start paying attention to what they vote for... things will slowly get back on a path of prosperity.

I just hope it's not too late... for my kids and theirs.

 

When Ben Franklin came out of the hall after the founding of our government a woman asked him what form of government they have given them. He replied, "We have given you a Republic Ma'am... If you can keep it". I sure the hell hope we can.

Whoever the hell it is, they need to get their act together.

The Attorney General. Think about it.

i'll tell you exactly who is running the country. Lobbyists. They pay off Government Officials to help them keep or pass a current bill, one of the Biggest Lobbyists would be the NRA (National Rifle Association), so they can keep the "regulation on firearms" away. It is illegal to bribe them, but they mark it as a "donation", and it cant be proved otherwise.

Wow MastersonX, Slow down son... you just stomped on the first two Constitution amendments of the Bill of Rights.

 

Lobbyists are the paid representatives of so-called "special intrests". A special intrest is anything you want it to be. It can be Abortion, Pharmaceuticals, Immigration, Trial Lawyers, Environmentalists, Shrimp Breeders, Nudist Colonists, or anything else you can think of. They are all special intrests and those are considered dirty words when they are against your agenda.

 

The right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances is in the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.

 

The NRA is a gun club. A very big gun club... and they all vote. One very big issue with the NRA is the protection of the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution that is the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

 

So the things you believe are the evil elements of the woes of the nation are very much protected functions of our society. If you don't like these amendments... you need to get yourself a lobbyist in Washington to change that Constitution. Good Luck with that.

 

Edit: Also if you're worried about dirt-bag Congressmen who take favors from Lobbyists in exchange for their votes... put them in prison or simply vote their butts out of office if you don't like them.

Edited November 30, 201312 yr by Lysistrata

That's what i was trying to get the point to, Congressmen taking favors from Lobbyists in exchange for votes. I am a supporter of the 2nd amendment, but when it comes to bribery; it gets under my skin thinking about it. Even though i know or country is full of it.

Master Blaster runs Bartertown.

 

 

 

 

I personally don't care who points a gun at me.  All that matters is that they are pointing a gun at me.

The people run america when we stand up and fight the government together. 300 Mil people protesting would own the government, but too many people feel it is necessary to do this through the legislative branch.

The people run america when we stand up and fight the government together. 300 Mil people protesting would own the government, but too many people feel it is necessary to do this through the legislative branch.

 

I agree, but the only problem would be that the whole country would be in complete anarchy lol

Whoever "Runs" america don't have American citazins i there best interest. The Country has changed so much in the last 100 years its mind boggling. and the 100 years before that, it looked differn't then it dose now. Who knows what It'll look like in the next 100 years. Its a country that is constantly changing. The Government the US was founded on is not the same government that is here today.