As a prefatory to my article I would like to emphasis the omnipotent steadfastness of an ancient absolute of governing: The rule of unintended consequences.

Somewhere during the second administration of George Washington’s presidency members of his cabinet formally organized political party affiliations as a means of expressing differing governing philosophies. Over the course of governing these political parties have become the ultimate power brokers of elected office, the force behind the throne, the very raison d’être of the will to govern. Political parties have replaced the concept of one man one vote with one party for all those eligible to vote; these parties because of their influence on elected representatives have become the wherewithal of corrupting all covenants of ideals; exchanging these ideals for compromise regardless of result in the interest of either obtaining or maintaining power. Political parties have an indulgence for amoral behavior, they have a Machiavellian urge to act in a self-servicing all purposefulness; for these entities, trust is not an applicable factor of concern.Read More »