Make me believe Architect.
Yes, sir.
My apologies: there was no sarcasm in that statement. I really do respect you, after months of reading and enjoying your posts. The problem with text is that you can read anything into it, even with a friendly emoticon afterward. No condescension was intended.
A document about the oil spill was brought up. Comments were made about its general bad quality and its reflection on the state of the US Government. This thought has been brewing for a while: about our government being designed to represent the people, and the way that it actually does when you consider that we choose our representatives, and consider the general attitude of its citizens.
So, corruption and idiocy, if present in our government (along with a general apathy as reflected by its actions before, during, and after the oil spill), are reflections of its citizens. And thus to continue to discuss fixing our problems with good politics is rather futile.
Admittedly, not the best tie-in. Defending it beyond that would be pointless, because there was nothing more to it originally. But this has always been used to discuss politics surrounding the spill and various related topics, such as the lack of responsibility by any party throughout the incident. It's always more interesting to zoom out and look at the big picture, going from a single document to the government it represents, isn't it? I thought it was an interesting topic of conversation.