{"id":52,"date":"2010-01-30T20:46:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T20:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2010\/01\/its-not-the-british-house-of-commons-but.html"},"modified":"2010-01-30T20:46:19","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T20:46:19","slug":"its-not-the-british-house-of-commons-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/01\/its-not-the-british-house-of-commons-but.html","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not the British House of Commons, but&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;ve always watched debate in the British House of Commons and wondered how we get that kind of give-and-take in the US. &#0160;It seems like robust debate between opposing parties with camera&#39;s present would only be good for our system&#8230;and more entertaining for us. &#0160;Here&#39;s an example of what I mean&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TsAa9VmwOaI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TsAa9VmwOaI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" \/><\/object>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>This week President Obama met with House Republicans&#8230;it&#39;s not the House of Commons but it&#39;s a step in the right direction. &#0160;We need more of this!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"340\" width=\"560\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cZ-RzMNUO7k&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cZ-RzMNUO7k&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;ve always watched debate in the British House of Commons and wondered how we get that kind of give-and-take in the US. &#0160;It seems like robust debate between opposing parties with camera&#39;s present would only be good for our system&#8230;and more entertaining for us. &#0160;Here&#39;s an example of what I mean&#8230; 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