The Republican agenda has been going on for a long time. City managers are part of the plan. It's on the ALEC wish list.

What gives is that the American public has been hoodwinked by thinking that the country needs a "Dear Leader".

What we need to do as Americans is give up the need to control the world and take care of each other by supplying better public education for all Americans so that they can actually
participate in Democracy. We can afford to spend our tax money on infrastructure,
public works, labor unions and shore up the "commons". We can replace the authority figures with compassionate representatives in government because government is only as good as the people who run it. We can respect the job our teachers are doing to enlighten stupid Americans who would vote for a Scott Walker. We can support Occupy Wall Street, a true attempt at Democracy in action. We can use diplomacy instead of militarism to solve our international problems. Being the big international bully will result in futility. We can
redesign our failing electoral system and bring it in line with the Constitution. Instead of talking about "getting even" or "outrage", we can work to cultivate empathy and understanding of the flaws in the American Capitalist system and devalue money as a means of solving our problems. We can stop supporting businesses that enslave and entrap us in destructive buying patterns and support those businesses that will promote
healthy life styles and nurture the people who have been disenfranchised, kicked out of their homes, on the street, taken off the voter roles by GOP governors, and non-violently
participate in street demos. Democracy is only dead if we let it die.