Michael1942's Blog

Only in America can people protest against anything and anyone. These same protests get media attention and act as coercion to provoke action from elected officials. Is it any wonder that the few laws enacted  on the fast track are not as good as they should be? The belief in public demonstration is fine in its purest from however when initiated in a knee jerk fashion ,it becomes counterproductive. No one disputes the need for new laws and changes in existing ones but these new laws and changes need to done in a reasonable manner and with correct results. It is of no value to enact a law that has to be revisited later rather than using the time spent on new business. We citizens demand more from our elected officials but we continually place obstacles in the way of that process. Those obstacles are  the knee jerk reactions which are important yet tend to derail the process of law making.  Only in America can we shoot ourselves in the foot and blame the government. Ouch!