Give me real choices.

 Limited choices. That's what I'm stuck with when I go to the polls. Especially in national elections. Because of America's two party system. I gotta choose between a Republican and a Democrat. A plodding elephant. or a braying donkey. That's essentially it. No effective third or fourth or fifth party. Wish I had more choices. And that if socialists or greens got 6 percent of the vote, they'd get 6 percent of the represenation in Congress. Seems fair. That would give minority parties more of a voice in government. In the congressional forum. It's called a parliamentary form of government. Might bring America into the modern era. Instead, we Americans are saddled with political principles out of the 18th century. Innovative and acceptable for that time. But hey, we're living in the 21st century. Time for a change. A new constitution. Instead, we have Supreme Court justices and conservative Republicans nostalgically embracing the old, archaic ways. Thinking that the founding fathers were geniuses. When really, many of 'em were immoral nincompoops. They even supported slavery. And denied women equal rights. Made it all constitutional. Of course, we've corrected some of their errors. But we still have a long way to go. Maybe we should start from scratch. Start all over again. We used to castigate the Soviets. For communist rule. One was allowed to vote only for communists of one stripe or another. We Americans fool ourselves into thinking we have legitimate choices. When really, it's often choosing between one idiot or another. Yes, a degree of idiocy. I want more. Give me intelligent and real choices. --Jim Broede