The point is not moronic; the point is one of the dangers of the concentration of power. OK, it may not be the most important point, but one rarely considered.
Your point is different. It is important, but it is also far from neglected.
not so, unless one perceives it as a strictly partisan issue. here's the latest from the Pulitzer prize committee:
National Reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post for their exploration of Vice President Dick Cheney's influence on national policy. (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8VT7B5G3&show_article=1)
The highest branch of the executive office is obviously under a lot of light (as it should be), but the main example in the text is the legislative branch of a county-level government, which is usually perceived in a different way.
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Your point is different. It is important, but it is also far from neglected.
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not so, unless one perceives it as a strictly partisan issue. here's the latest from the Pulitzer prize committee:
National Reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post for their exploration of Vice President Dick Cheney's influence on national policy. (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8VT7B5G3&show_article=1)
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not exactly. there's plenty of people who view legislators in a very similar light. even wikipedia knows that ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_barrel
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_ignorance