Poltics aren't politically correct.

Politics are one of my secret interests.

In the past two weeks, the Castros (yes, of Cuba) announced that communism was no longer working for their country. That's one step closer to being about to visit one of our closest country relatives. President Obama decided that whining about the Republican party "not liking him" would be good to broadcast to the entire country. And news reports are saying that our current government is the most bipartisan one to grace this country. Which brings me to my topic for the night: the need to revamp our government.

Bipartisan government is not working for our country anymore. The two major parties are irreconcilable at this point; the bickering is never going to stop. It seems like no one remembers that the two were once one, united against a common enemy: Federalism. Yes, the Democratic-Republicans reigned two hundred years ago as a single party... look at where they are now. The Republican party is laughed at because many of its forerunners are conservative woodpeckers who have nothing else to do but to spout their own Christian beliefs. And this coming from a girl with a purely Republican background- I'm just pointing out what's obvious and wrong about it. And then you have the Democratic party, who do nothing but point their fingers at the Republicans and say they are the reason for the ne marche pas of the American government.

But really, when you get down to it, it's everyone's fault; it's no one's fault. Neither party has turned out anything truly great in the past few years. I think it's time for a government overhaul that ends with a reboot of our system. Including the way we vote.

This is going to sound radical- but stick with me. I think there should be a test before you vote. Just a simple, 5-question quiz that would test the voters' knowledge of the platforms, candidates, and policies. It would be computer generated so no one could tamper with it- so everyone would have a randomized quiz, no bias. If you don't pass the quiz, you don't vote. That gives incentive for voters to actually LEARN what they're voting on, so they don't just vote based on a bias. I know a lot of people would fin a lot wrong with this. But if there was a way to make it work, it would be the greatest thing to hit the U.S. since South America.