Maybe if enough 'ordinary' people join in the government might have to start taking a bit more notice. Didn't do a lot of good at the time of the start of the Iraq war though.

Maybe we all ought to be looking more closely at those that we vote into office, regardless of their or our political preference. Maybe we should be asking some very pointed questions of our candidates as to their take on how government runs things. Maybe we should be pointing out to these people, before we vote for them, that we put them into office and we pay their wages.