Don't blame the bus

Not surprisingly, given the current situation in Washington DC, I am hearing comments again about how the system is broken.  Some even say it is beyond repair.  I disagree with this notion.  I think blaming "the system" for our current troubles is like blaming the bus for being late when the driver oversleeps.

I listened to an interview today of a historian of government policy (whose name unfortunately escaped me).  He said the USA is apparently unique in the world in its ability to put itself in the situation of shutting down the government almost completely, which greatly puzzles his friends around the world.  When asked how he explains this oddity, he said he tells his friends that the government in America was, in a way, designed not to work.  Our founders were so afraid of centralized power after their escape from the clutches of King George that the government they formed would be extremely difficult to command entirely by one person or faction.  This makes it fairly likely that situations like today's would crop up now and again.

Sounds about right to me.
Which brings me back to our bus.  When we hire responsible, intelligent drivers the bus gets us where we need to go pretty nicely.  But it would seem we haven't been careful enough about who we've put behind the wheel lately.  And so if there's anything in or system that needs some examination I think it would be how we go about deciding which gals and guys we let drive.  I hope to have moron more on that subject before the bus gets much further.