On 04/10/2006 06:57 PM, Michael Hipp wrote:
Net Llama! wrote:
On 04/10/2006 06:13 PM, Michael Hipp wrote:
Only in the short term. In the long term we would be much better off.
We might even learn to not repeat many of the excesses of the last 60
years.
Hah! You say that as if this is the first time we've made these
mistakes. We need to elect more intelligent people to office if we want
to end the stupidity. Re-electing idiots to a 2nd term only proves to
me that the majority of those voting have zero clues and/or aren't
paying any attention.
I believe it's the first time in the 230 year history of the US that we've
made these particular mistakes. At least on this scale. On a bigger view of
history "there is nothing new under the sun."
I dunno, I'd say there are a lot of parallels with Vietnam. Both were
wars that we had no reason to get involved in, and had no clue how to
get out of. Both started off with reasonably high levels of public
support, and went down hill as time went on.
Not meaning to pick apart your words, but I don't think the intelligence of
our leaders is the root problem. GW is said to have a quite high IQ and it has
evidently been only to our harm. In his particular case, the root cause is
either one of just being evil to the core, or else he just has no firm grasp
on reality. Or both. Similarly for most of the people inhabiting DC and the 50
state governments.
IQ is really no measure of one's true intelligence. Bush being the
perfect example.
The longterm viability of democracy as a form of government appears doubtful.
We're in this mess because "we" voted ourselves into it. The skills /
perceptiveness of voters appears to entropy every year like a degenerative
disease.
Sorry, but I didn't vote for any of the idiots currently creating this mess.
My prediction: We're looking at a complete collapse.
Odd that having foreknowledge of it in no way enables us to alter the outcome.
Once they're in office, its too late.
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