A government for peons.

Summary: A crisis like we have today tests both out system of government and America’s values. How is our Constitutional regime doing? Not so well, taking more hits to its already weak superstructure. Not that many in America care, as we still have cable to watch as our Republic slowly fades away.

Systemic failure manifests itself in the weakest part of a machine. Today that weak part of our political engine is Congress. The history of English democracy rose with power of Parliament. American democracy may die with the power of Congress. Power flows year by year to the "Imperial Presidency, a trend obvious since the early 1960’s.

But be chipper, legislative power is so yesterday. Fast, dynamic Executive Leadership is 21st century America — a government fit for consumers. For peons.

Mr. Fabius quotes Tom Zywicki on the shift to the executive:

As Congress has become more dysfunctional and unable to address matters of public importance, the Executive Branch has stepped in to fill the gap.

The inherent power of Congress is still there but don’t look for it to be exercised in a grown up fashion. As Mr. Zywicki observes, “. . . Congress today is fundamentally a silly place stocked with silly people.”

If you doubt that, consider the existence of the Congressional Black Caucus, its very name an affront to American principles, and the silliest twit ever to “waste” three and a half minutes of the time of the House of Representatives with half literate drivel.

Source: Another step away from our Constitutional system, with applause. By Fabius Maximus, 9/8/08. (Mr. Fabius is especially worth reading for his focus on death of the post-WWII geopolitical regime.)