USA 250 or American Freedom 250?
The Other America At 250 As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, it is an excellent time to look back and admire the scope of the American experiment. No other nation has emerged from its colonial status and formed a government and culture so unique and distinct from its motherland while taking elements of that culture and building a foundation that could have possibly launched the greatest nation of the world. The parliamentary system is the basis for America’s representative government. But unlike what existed in England, the American applications of the House of Commons and House of Lords became far more reaching and in essence democratic. The creation of the presidency went far beyond the role of a prime minister as it became the people’s choice not the legislative party’s choice. What became exceptional is that the president and governing bodies of representatives do not have to be members of the same party. Citizens through voting can create their own degrees of g...