At 12:18 PM 10/28/2004, you wrote:
> > It [the USA presidential contest] is like idiot vrs. idiot again.
>
>Sure. The political mechanisms in place select for popularity, not
>intelligence (nor even competence at governing).
Yeah, democratic vote is like two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for
dinner.
Mark Twain described a possible remedy in
The Curious Republic of Gondour
http://www.readbookonline.net/read/231/7298/
On topic content: "Old things can be better".
Ed K.
Received on Thu Oct 28 2004 - 13:44:55 BST