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WARNING: Frapping huge post follows. sweatdrop


I was really amazed, and way pumped last night when Adam Corola, the host of Love Line (A radio show that comes on at midnight here where people call in about sex/relationship problems), basically said on the air what I've been thinking about the contestants in this election. Now, I usually don't have much respect for the opinion of hollywood entertainers on the election, but, like I said, he nearly echoed my opinions, and gave me more reasons then I had already thought of.

For one thing, he said that Bush is smart. His reasoning was that an idiot can't fly a fighter jet, something I completely forget when I reason it. For another, he mentioned how with Kerry, you don't know what he's thinking or planning.

And another thing that got me thinking, is they mentioned how, no matter the good intentions of the president, things don't really change that much between presidents. While they change a little bit, and who is president is still very important, there aren't many big changes. So it got me to thinking about how democracy as we know it doesn't really work as well as we all think of it as working.

As they pointed out, the president really can't make many changes on his/her own. As a friend of mine pointed out, many polititians today are career polititians. So it's in their interests to make sure that they stay in office, rather then think about the good of the people they just do whatever will make them be better thought of. The same friend also pointed out that supreme justices tend to be different, because they are elected for life; They have no reason to fight for the next term.

So I thought up this form of government that is sort of a Monarchy, and I'm trying to think of what else it is. You have the King/Queen which is a life position (Or to retirement) that is passed down by generation (To the eldest child- But they can refuse it, and it be passed on to someone else.). The parents bring their children up to keep the will of the people in mind.

The King/Queen can make any decision stick -right now-, except those dealing with the death of people or anything dealing with the Congress.

The Congress is a group of people also elected for life, and are sworn into office. There are severe consequences for not following the oaths, which include protecting the rights of the people, and doing what is best for them. The Congress doesn't really have to do much for the monarch, and so aren't paid a huge amount. It's more of a stipend, with the assumption that they will have a normal job also. Their real duties are to make sure that the monarch doesn't step outside their bounds. They have the ability to overturn any decisions made by the monarch, or to lock down the monarch's powers and take them over themselves. In the case that the royal line is broken, they choose the next Kind/Queen.

None of them know who the rest are. When they meet, it is under assumed identities that only tell, essentially, what state they represent.

There is also a supreme court system much like the one we have now, and elected positions much like the ones we have now for state and local officials.

Obviously it's not perfect, but what is on first draft? whee