We know so much already has, and still is changing.

It's hard to go through airport security in less than an hour, even harder to find food that hasn't had its genes altered, and almost impossible to find an advertisement that doesn't have sexual implications.

But it's good to know, despite today's world of change, our sleazy politicians will always be sleazy.

Still alive and kicking, presidential candidate and Reform Party representative Ralph Nader has been fighting to make the state ballot - and his Republican opponents are helping him.

Last Thursday Nader needed to submit 30,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot, and The Michigan Republican Party alone submitted 34,000 on behalf of Nader.

What's wrong with this picture?

During the 2000 elections, the margin between President Bush, and Sen. Al Gore was less than 1 percent. Although Nader's popular vote total was ridiculously lower than both of the major parties, his 2 percent margin could have contributed to a victory for the Democrats - and the Republicans are aware of that.

Call it smart or sleazy, with the Republicans making sure Nader is present on the ballot, it's sure that he will take at least a small percentage of the votes away from the Democrats, giving the Republicans the upper hand.

And that's what they intend to do.

How typical. How childish. How political.

Although Nader's people have mentioned they aren't going to accept signatures from Republicans, it undermines the system when people are signing for a presidential candidate they have no intention voting for.

If the Republican Party is confident that their views are the best for American interests, why cheat the system? Why not win on the Republican views alone?

Elections are important, and trying to win by hurting the other team instead of working harder is just another all-too-familiar sleazy political move.

Apparently, not all things have changed.