I think most people are turned off by politics and politicians because they seem to disconnected with their constitutes. Contacting them usually results in a cookie cutters talking point memo that only addresses the senator/congressman’s position on a matter instead of taking into account what the people who voted them in want. Even then, I think a lot of people are afraid that mostly idiots are the ones that want the the worst for this country, and that’s on both sides of the fence. I’ve done that whole emailing my representative on issues and always gotten back some cheap recycled response a month or so after I originally sent it. Usually they talk about why they’re voting for it a certain way and that your thoughts will be taken into account. But we all know that it isn’t. The problem seems to never get fixed, and by problem, I mean those representatives that have been around forever that bow to every fucking hand out that they can get. Most of them should be voting in such a way that it adheres to the Constitution, but they vote for and draft bills that benefits their pimps, essentially, most representatives are whores. Giving it up to anyone willing to throw them a few bucks. Looking out for their own interests instead of those of the greater good.

Why am I bringing this up? I used to write a political site and since I am Libertarian, I had to research a lot of things, unlike the other parties it seems. I got burnt out very quickly. The sheer amount of bills that come up in the house and senate is staggering. And the amount of non-needed bills is even more amazing. Recently there was a bill, S. 1864 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012) that would label our own citizens as enemy combatants, luckily Rand Paul fought to get a vote to strike this from the bill and won. I noticed BOTH of my senators were on the list of those voting Yea. And it got me thinking about how I want to write them but they would sent back their prepossessed drivel and they wouldn’t give two shits on what some little nobody in their state said.

How to fix it? Well, I can’t claim to be a political scientist and know the answers because I’ve studied it forever. But I think there’s some simple ways to fix some of the bills. Basically, you’d have a bill that only focused on the issue at hand, nothing else, if they want something else, separate bill. This prevents people from burying what they want in a big bill so people who vote against it can be made out to seem like they don’t want the original bill, this was done with the Protect the Children or whatever stupid fucking bill they had recently about child pornography with a dash of 1984 style monitoring of everything you ever did on the web to be tracked by your ISP. What that has to do with protecting children, I have no idea. More government control hidden away while making people who vote against it pedophiles. Stupid shit like this needs to go. Bills should have to sit unaltered for up to 1 month after it is finalized before it’s voted on in the house or senate. This allows a process to not be pushed through any house without the people knowing about it. They should also have CSPAN cover what’s waiting to be voted on and there should be a site discussing the bills and whats in it so the people can review them and then be able to contact their representative. Hell, throw voting buttons on them, but make sure those people are registered to vote so when they do vote yes or no, their rep will know how someone they represent feels on an issue. After a vote passes, and both sides agree on the bill, it goes to the president, where it has to wait two more weeks. Here people can vote against it again, and more coverage talking about it. Then the president can sign it or veto it depending on what the people say.

It’s 2011, we should be interacting more with the people who represent us and they should take into account how we feel about what they’re doing. Anyway, I’m done ranting early in the morning about politics and I don’t even think the original thing I came to write here is really addressed, but I don’t care. I just hate how things are done now and have complacent WE ALL ARE in how things operate. Occupy Congress and get them to change how they operate. Might as well throw in term limits for our reps as well to keep things fresh. But what the hell do I know?