Take a long hard look at someone cooking french fries the next time you're in a McDonald's and tell me you would want to say, "Yes Mr. President" to them.
Sorry, but there is a distinct line between fantasy and reality. Arthur C. Clarke is a brilliant mind and a phenomenal writer, but he's no political science expert. If you want something like what the Canadians and Australians have then you're in the wrong place. (uh oh, soap box time) Our country was founded on the principles that a citizen has a say in how his country is run. With the Suffrage movement and various amendments the original verbiage (where only white make landholders had a vote) has been changed to reflect the cultural, ethnic and racial diversity that is *still* the "great melting pot" that is America. We have a political system that is based on checks and balances. That's why I'm praying for the Supreme Court to do it's job if this Campaign Reform Bill is passed. I'm guessing your last post was in jest, but do you really want the head of our nation, figurehead or not, to be "randomly selected"? Do you realize what kind of precarious blade you would rest our entire country on? As it is, our President is a very strong representative of what the US is to the rest of the world. Throw someone who isn't fluent in the ebb and flow of the very dangerous sea that is global politics out there and you have an absolute catastrophe! The thought that I always keep in mind is that there are far worse places that I could live, and I can think of scant better. Hatton > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:55 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: How to lie your way into the White House - Bush-style > > > In one of Arthur C. Clarke's books he proposed an interesting > system. First > off the presidency is more like the Australian or Canadian Governors > General, a more ceremonial post, but with some real power. Second, any > stated desire for the office, or attempt to campaign for office > automatically invalidates the person from office. Finally the president is > chosen at random from the population. > > Given the last fiasco it may be a more viable method of electing > presidents. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:34 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: How to lie your way into the White House - Bush-style > > > > > > We've had this type of discussion on the list before, but I'm > > going to > > repeat it. > > > > Bad behavior by Clinton does not give Bush a free ticket to > > indulge in bad > > behavior of his own. > > > > I think that any candidate that lies to get elected should be > > removed from > > office, period. They should not make campaign promises they > > don't intend to > > keep. > > > > At 03:12 PM 2/18/02, Lon wrote: > > > "Listen to me, cause I'm only going to say this one more > > time and then > > >I am going to get back to work for the American people. I > > did not have > > >sexual relations with that woman. Miss Lewinsy..." > > > > > > To suggest that what Bush said was a lie, presupposes > > that you knew > > >Bush's intent when he said it. > > > > > > > > > > At 02:24 PM 2/18/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >First there was "Read my lips" and now, like father, like son... > > > > > > > > > > > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,651987,00.html > > > > > > > > > >Of course, there are many more examples of lies that > > were perpetuated > > > > > > > >during the last Presidentail election... > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
