Let's get serious about employee performance reviews

This kind of nitpicky stuff is all well and good, but now that the Democrats/Progressives seem to be developing some political momentum it is time to adjust our focus and concentrate on what will happen during the period between now and the '04 election. We must contest every bill and every action initiated by the Republican Administration and Congress. We must take the initiative and propose ways to get out of Iraq immediately with as little negative consequence as possible to, firstly, the Iraqi citizens whom we have thrashed, and secondly to American GI's whom we have indiscriminantly thrown into an impossible predicament. We must apologise to the UN (and thusly the world) for our wrongheaded actions (that may have to wait until we get a compassionate liberal into office). At the same time we must attack with full force the domestic policies and proposals of said Administration, including those already implemented since inauguration day, 2001, and those yet to be finalized.

We elected our Senators and Congressmen to do such things and we need to increase the pressure on them to act (i.e. to do their job). These elected office-holders are OUR employees and we must hold them accountable for their work product or else replace them. If we take this approach with our government, the voters will be more interested in being involved, especially if we take the "employees" route.