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WillyT

(72,631 posts) Wed Jul 31, 2013, 07:49 PM Jul 2013

I Have A Simple Question For The Class... DO YOU... In Total... Respect Our Government/System ??? [View all]

And I'm NOT talking about any particular political party, politician, or beaurocrat...

What I'm asking is...

At what point did you lose, or have your faith improved, by the people/leaders in power?

I used to teach 8th Grade American History, American Literature, and American Civics.

I used to take students to Washington D.C. every June to show them how wonderful our system of government is,,,

I DO NOT believe I could do that now with a straight face.

I say NO.

What say you ?

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I Have A Simple Question For The Class... DO YOU... In Total... Respect Our Government/System ??? [View all] WillyT Jul 2013 OP

Republicans broke our system of Govt. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #1

republicans are not the only repsonsible party for our broken system. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #39

+1 Scuba Aug 2013 #67

57 here. first disillusionment came with Viet Nam...further with Nixon. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #2

This Government No Longer Serves Me - My Faith In the Institutions Of Government And Power Are Gone cantbeserious Jul 2013 #3

As it has become, A simple NO covers it for me ruffburr Jul 2013 #4

No one is satisfied, whether properly informed or not, people simply don't like the government. Neoma Jul 2013 #5

Nope...and I have become even more cynical nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #6

I don't like the anarchist alternative. pnwmom Jul 2013 #7

In theory yes, in actual practice not so much any more Fumesucker Jul 2013 #8

No, not at all. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #9

Your response here really deserves to be its own OP with its themes elaborated HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #46

Thank you, but I doubt I will do it. Katrina should have tipped everybody to Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #74

Agree this post is worthy of an OP. Scuba Aug 2013 #68

No. ananda Jul 2013 #10

No PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #11

Yes, I do respect our Government. It's the Republicans that don't respect it or the citizens. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author mother earth Jul 2013 #13

a good concept being poorly excecuted. KG Jul 2013 #14

A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #47

I trust it less now than I ever had. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #15

No. nt City Lights Jul 2013 #16

No Go Vols Jul 2013 #17

I do mick063 Jul 2013 #18

Um,...no. ..nt TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #19

No, the country is too big to govern under the present system. former9thward Jul 2013 #20

Nope and not for a long time..... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #21

What you are really asking, I think, LWolf Jul 2013 #22

Nope. NaturalHigh Jul 2013 #23

No. 840high Jul 2013 #24

Less and less Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #25

No DJ13 Jul 2013 #26

Depends on what you mean by the system customerserviceguy Jul 2013 #27

What he said. BlueJazz Jul 2013 #34

Agreed... and I think the founding fathers would have been in favor of making adjustments to... Blasphemer Aug 2013 #56

I've had little faith in the govt. since I started developing real political awareness MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #28

But it took Obama to really take the dying remains of that faith and stomp it right into the ground MindPilot Aug 2013 #69

No, I don't. Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #29

No, because they see us all as the enemy now and chumps The Straight Story Jul 2013 #30

i agree Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #31

No ... it isn't working and everything we did to make it work, has failed. So far. WE have to do sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #32

230+ years and still going strong. Damn right I do. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #33

The Founding Fathers never contemplated snakes like Cheney or Yoo. Their genius also HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #50

Short answer: no!!!!!!!!!!!!! Initech Jul 2013 #35

I respect our "system", BUT... bvar22 Jul 2013 #36

It's broken. What really gets to me is all the lip service paid marions ghost Jul 2013 #37

for me it's the blah blah lip service combined with the absolute lack of shame when they're HiPointDem Aug 2013 #51

They know that we have little power to stop them marions ghost Aug 2013 #75

hell no. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #38

In a word "NO!" RC Jul 2013 #40

The present US Government Vanje Jul 2013 #41

+1 daleanime Aug 2013 #63

No (nt) bigwillq Jul 2013 #42

"For all I know, our Navy was shooting at whales out there." 58,000+ men and women died for a lie. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #43

Great post. I wonder if LBJ really was the first president to lie us into war. McKinley may not HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #55

Pretty much yes bhikkhu Aug 2013 #44

A bloodless coup d'etat installed the fascists on 12/12/2000 (Bush v. Gore) and we became a rogue HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #45

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #48

You funny. I give ya... hmm... a week. Tops. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #49

Man, was I wrong or what? cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #52

What did he say? uppityperson Aug 2013 #61

It was a two sentence post about Zimmerman, IMO intended only as flamebait. n/t cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #62

Thanks uppityperson Aug 2013 #66

Yes, I Respect the System On the Road Aug 2013 #53

No, I don't Marrah_G Aug 2013 #54

Oh, heck no. ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #57

As a principle on Paper? Savannahmann Aug 2013 #58

I have lost some respect for it over the years cprise Aug 2013 #59

I did RobertEarl Aug 2013 #60

I respect it the same way I would respect Mussolini or something. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #64

Simple question, one-word answer: NO!!! Raksha Aug 2013 #65

I think the original concept was fine Le Taz Hot Aug 2013 #70

Not the way it currently is davidn3600 Aug 2013 #71

The whitewash of Iran/Contra G_j Aug 2013 #72

The one as written originally or the one it has become? hobbit709 Aug 2013 #73

Yes. It has worked since 1789. treestar Aug 2013 #76

Lost some faith during Vietnam but regained it when Nixon resigned rurallib Aug 2013 #77

Democracy requires an informed public with empathy KansDem Aug 2013 #78

.... warrprayer Aug 2013 #79

sometimes Puzzledtraveller Aug 2013 #80