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Our government has had tyrannical tendencies for the last two hundred years. Anyone who is surprised or upset at this notion should stop complaining and start responding.
The only real response is NOT to just keep changing the players in Washington and hoping the last person will be better than the next one, but rather to change the system.
It is our right to re-model the government's powers by Constitutional convention. Referendums in every state must be initiated, and a convention called to re-adjust the powers of the three branches and resolve these problems.
The mere fact that a separation of powers exist is only the beginning to defining controls upon the government. If the executive branch is too abusive of their power with the military, then a specific control to mitigate that abuse must be developed or the power removed from the office.
For more on this, see my blog. (Link @ sig)
