Ah that makes me sad, carriage_hill, but I do believe that it is the truth, and the truth does hurt :(
I have been of the opinion for a time now that the constitution, which I love very much, was flawed in that it created the very beast which will consume everything.
It did try to create a limited government contained by checks and balances, but those checks and balances rely upon the honesty of man, and that is why it was doomed to fail from minute one.