Political Parties

Why do we have them? What's the point of classifying people? Everyone has their own opinions, ESPECIALLY when it comes to politics, and someone's always doing something that's not truly republican or democrat.

Why can't we all just be independent parties?

Reason why no parties are better;
1) Other groups of people would get more known and more publicity. Ie; the parties other than the two main ones would be able to get out there because right now, the only two parties people focus on are republicans and democrats. It would be a more open voting. You never see the third party candidates on televised debates. An argument to this would be the common misconception that third parties are considered 'extreme' parties, much like communists. Most of these third party ideals are usually adopted by the two larger parties in the end, so why not let them get credit for their own ideals? If everyone got the equal amount of airtime and funding, we'd be seeing a much different American political perspective.
2) People would have to actually look into what the politician believes, not just the general ways of his party. People would have to pay more attention to the candidate rather than their party. It seems that no one votes toward the person and for what's better for the nation. We all know that half of America (loose, made up assumption) doesn't actually pay attention to the election other than the two final candidates and people are votes are just placed because of what 'party' you're in, or what party your parents raised you as.
3) No more of this "Blame the republicans because of Bush!" or "Blame the democrats because of Clinton!". One man's flaws should not be able to bring burden on an entire group of politicians, while there are still other, better, politicians in the same party. It's like judging all rap music by one song you hear on the radio. It just doesn't work like that.

Mainly, eliminating political "parties" would lead Americans to more open mindedness when it comes to elections. Not confined to the walls of what you were raised on or who is in the two biggest groups.

I understand that it would help to organize the politicians, just for statistics sake, but are there any REAL benefits of dividing the political nation like this? It's like segregation, just with politics.
It looks like I wasn't the first one to reach this conclusion. Even the first President of the United States realized that parties are just a burden on the nation.
“The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. It serves always to distract the public counsels and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasional riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions.”

-George Washington

Thoughts?
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Justin Perry.
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Introduction

Hi, my name is Justin, and I wanted to create a blog about politics, news, business, and gaming. I'm going to try to incorporate all of those things while I write in this blog. I will try my best to stick to these topics, but I might veer off the beaten path. What can I say? I'm only 14. That's right, I'm 14 years old, and I'm going to be writing a blog about politics, business, marketing, etc. I'm interested in all of this, and I do have my own opinion on about everything imaginable. Granted, I'm no expert on any of these things, but I'd like to use this blog as a way to vent out my opinions and ideas, and see what the people have to say about it.

I'll start off with a bit of my limited experience in the business world. I started working for gaming companies as soon as I turned 14 years old. I worked first as a graphics designer, then moved on up the ranks through Human Resources Manager until I became the General Manager of Pure Talent Gaming LLC. I was practically running a company at the age of 14. I did have help, and a bunch of creative minds working with me to make it all work out, and ultimately, I learned a lot in my time working with PTG. I learned basics of digital marketing, I learned how to hire and fire staff, how to look for prospects for a job, see who'd make a good fit for the company, and how to manage a company. I no longer work for PTG, but do work with a bigger gaming company with a much better outlook in the future.

Now I'll get into what I do in the real world. I play sports, succeed in academics in school, and perform well in the Army JROTC. I play soccer mainly, and on the side I play some golf, basketball, and I swim a lot. School and academic wise, I plan on taking Italian as a second language, and am taking Marketing, multiple computer classes, and foods. With ROTC, I have, in my freshman year, earned the Superior Cadet medal, among others in commendation of my leadership skills within the classroom. I am on the Color Guard and Drill Team.
In the future, my options currently rest on ROTC Scholarship, then go into the US Army as an officer, video game design/graphics design, marketing, or maybe even politics.

By no means am I an expert on any of this, nor am I the most experienced blogger you'll read from, but I do have my opinions, and I'd like to try and redeem the bad reputation of my generation.

I would HIGHLY appreciate if you would comment and leave feedback on my ideas and thoughts. I'd love to know what you all say. I mean, I'm not really writing this for myself, I write for you all, and I hope you enjoy all future topics and posts I make.

Thanks for reading,
Justin.

PS; any other questions you'd like to ask me, I'd be glad to answer in a blog or personally in an email.
Contact information:
E-mail: jlp.dzn@gmail.com
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