Saturday, October 31, 2015
Friday, October 30, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Clinton vs Bush
That's what we are offered and asked to choose
Although it seems like it would be a hoot and a half to have a republican run on the Democratic ticket along side a democrat running on the Republican ticket I guess we are just not sophisticated enough to have that much fun.
The thing that that is most galling about this system is seeing the highest office in the land passed back and forth between families like a gag fruitcake during the holidays. I used to know that this was a bad thing. I thought democracy was supposed to facilitate a meritocracy.
But as I get older I no longer know things that I thought I once knew for certain.
I thought it was no longer possible for large numbers of people to be convinced to follow a madmen
I thought that third world tyrants are always worse than the alternative.
I thought having only two dominant political parties limit the number of contenders for public office was a barrier to democracy.
In the end, we have an ignorance based democracy and I guess something has to protect us from ourselves.
Although it seems like it would be a hoot and a half to have a republican run on the Democratic ticket along side a democrat running on the Republican ticket I guess we are just not sophisticated enough to have that much fun.
The thing that that is most galling about this system is seeing the highest office in the land passed back and forth between families like a gag fruitcake during the holidays. I used to know that this was a bad thing. I thought democracy was supposed to facilitate a meritocracy.
But as I get older I no longer know things that I thought I once knew for certain.
I thought it was no longer possible for large numbers of people to be convinced to follow a madmen
I thought that third world tyrants are always worse than the alternative.
I thought having only two dominant political parties limit the number of contenders for public office was a barrier to democracy.
In the end, we have an ignorance based democracy and I guess something has to protect us from ourselves.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Monday, October 12, 2015
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Friday, October 2, 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
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