Sarbajit wrote...
http://www.quora.com/Are-all-the-US-Presidents-related-to-each-other
It seems that except for Martin Buren, all the US Presidents are descended
from evil King John.
They are all also probably descended from Genghis Khan as well... but
then, so are you and I!
By coincidence, I've a friend in Santa Fe who is descended from Van
Buren... King John or not, the blood there is still rather cyanotic...
I understand Joe's implication about "splitting the vote" and I'm not
interested in helping the candidate with the most inflexible,
hard-headed supporters (those less likely to be split), but rather, as
he implies a change in structure where we can vote for who we *really*
while also voting for *the lesser of other evils*.
I'm more interested in how the debate (the general debate among all of
us, not the televised one between anointed candidates) is shaped.
Politics is at best, a "necessary evil". Leadership and discussion in
the building of a dynamic, progressive culture is what I seek, not
statesmanship or nation building, much less grandstanding,
fearmongering, special-interest-leveraging, etc. (also Mom and Apple
Pie while I'm at it...)
- Steve
On 10/5/12, Joseph Spinden <[email protected]> wrote:
So.. "W." was "the great enabler" ?
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
On 10/5/12 10:15 AM, Sarbajit Roy wrote:
Sorry for the blank e-mail.
Historically it seems that "dynastic succession" gives the
longest stable political systems to enable "nation building".
On 10/5/12, Joseph Spinden <[email protected]> wrote:
For those interested in voting systems, towards the end of the book the
authors suggest alternate voting regimes. There are several interesting
suggestions for improving the present situation.
For myself, I am coming to believe the only hope is for the Democrats to
retake control of both houses and the presidency, so as to enable them
to push through voting reform. Although, in fairness, it is not clear
that they would do that it they did gain control. But I do not see any
other way to implement change to the current situation.
Joe
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