The problem was solved once in 1776 and has been undermined ever since.

To quote the second President of the United States:

"What chance have Talents and Virtues in comparison with Wealth and Birth? and Beauty?"
~ John Adams to Thomas Jefferson; Sept. 2, 1813

As long as John Q. Sixpack continues to think Paris Hilton's antics are more important than good government and Anna Nicole Smith's death more important than that of an innocent Iraqi we are getting exactly what we deserve.

To quote "H. L. Mencken"
"Democracy is the theory that holds that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

Some of us are practicing how to duck.

DA Morgan