Ah ...

... these political wood-beez, wishing it would be e-easy ... are they Green on the (Gart)side as well?

OK, OK, I'll stop with the witti politti alreadi...

Politicians: protecting their turf

Yet again, the politicians are trying to scam the public into believing that they, and only they, know what is best for us, and that we, the governed, are too simple minded to know what is in our best interests. Not surprising, as most politicians are one, ego-maniacs, and two, failed lawyers. Its the knowledge that they are too stupid and insipid to make a living helping other people deal with laws passed by other useless parasites that convince most politicians to run for office.

Of course, no matter how useless any group of politicians gets, it can't possibly compete with the New York state legislature, the crowned "Most Incompetent Legislature in the Known Universe". The problem is that all the necessary laws have already been put into effect, so in order to justify their salaries, and constant whining for raises, they pass useless and even downright regressive laws just to try and decieve the citizens of NY as to how necessary they are.

But then, the majority of voters in NY keep voting to send the same useless failures back to the Legislature, so you have to wonder.

a couple of bridges too far

I'm from the Netherlands and no, this party isn't particularly green. It was just founded by Rita Verdonk, the former minister of Integration who caught a lot of flak from left-wing Holland for finally tightening immigration. She was the one who had to decide that Ayaan Hirsi Ali could no longer be a Dutch citizen as she 'lied' when first coming here.

More to the point though: I don't see why they have to go so far as to say that whatever comes out will be their party programme. Why not make it a place where people can bring ideas and think together about difficult issues. This can greatly help to create a 'manifesto' (I don't like this word, it seems too static for something that needs to be dynamic), but the eventual pages should NOT be the de facto programme.

Good idea, but taking it waaay too far