Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
grade each purpose for which the US government was created. Link to the Constitution.
I'd give it a C average across the board, better in some areas, worse in others. Passing, but could and should do better. Maybe that's because I've lived long enough in the other world to know what a failing government actually looks like.

Certainly there's abundant cause for dissatisfaction with the US government, but that's always been the case... is it really worse than any other time? When was it better? Do the current flaws really justify the level of fear that we see in some quarters? What happened to the traditional control system of democracy: voting the bastards out and putting the other bastards in until we get tired of them?

Long way from perfect, of course... but that's always been the case, and anyone using the "fail" word should really think about what a true failure of governance looks like.