My dear, Rattler, there is quite a lot of ground between the “status quo” and burning and tearing down everything. I think I have made it quite clear that I am not happy with the “status quo.” But I see no future in burning everything down since I know that building up is so very much harder to do than tearing down.
How about if we simply concentrate on moving out the dead wood from the Republican Party, i.e., the RINOs, and replacing them with real conservatives, who will take seriously the Constitution and its intent. This will always be an ongoing process.
Now if you want to tear down something, turn your attention to the federal government, and start looking at those parts of it that are clearly outside the scope of the government’s proper functions (as defined by the Constitution) and which, not coincidently, show the incompetence of the government to administer such activities. For example, why do we have a Department of Energy? To be sure, to have some sort of governmental regulatory authority for the purpose of maintaining safety and a truly level playing field for business is in order, but an entire department for an entity that produces no energy? I think this is an obvious example of overreach and arrogation of power. And because it is such, it is rife with corruption, rife with people trying to justify their paychecks by finding ever more things to administer and do.
There is so much that could be so much better administered by state and local government, or simply left to private industry.
You can't do that when you're supporting the likes of New Gingrich for President. He's one of the chief RINOs, but many around here deliberately want to forget about that these days.