>> I ask again: Hello, GOP? Hello? Earth to GOP.
The GOP was Jacksonated.
Perhaps all we need is more of the same. I mean, haven't you heard that the Obama administration will push mandatory "voluntarism" (at least that is what I call it). These groups are sure to become the prototype for many more.
Looking at Burma, it seems that in a tyrannical system, the ruling class must allow corruption so that lower level bureaucrats can profit from and, thus, have a stake in the survival of the tyranny. See. you can learn important lessons from international examples.