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senoritafish) wrote2004-09-13 05:22 pm
senoritafish) wrote2004-09-13 05:22 pm
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Hypocrisies shine like cat turds in the moonlight!
Yikes! I been reading/listening to him for going on more than 20 years, and I don't think I've ever heard Garrison Kiellor sound so angry!
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magicwoman)
I can't help agreeing with him, but I think there's plenty of hypocrisy to go around. Seems to me it's what all of politics is based on.
When I took government in high school, it pretty much disenchanted me with both major political parties. Both of them have changed almost 180° from what they first started from, and both contained major elements I found distasteful. I never joined either. It's my profound belief that anyone remotely interested in serving in politics should be barred forever from it. I can't remember whether it was a story by Arthur C. Clarke or Issac Asimov, that had a political system I thought should be tried, somewhere, sometime. If you had the qualifications for an office, such as owning your own large business, being a decent administrator, etc., your name went into a hat and it was decided by lottery. No one in their right mind actually wanted the job, but it was mandatory you served and did a good job if you were picked.
Of course, it wouldn't work in this world. Someone would find some way to abuse it, just like they do now.
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magicwoman)I can't help agreeing with him, but I think there's plenty of hypocrisy to go around. Seems to me it's what all of politics is based on.
When I took government in high school, it pretty much disenchanted me with both major political parties. Both of them have changed almost 180° from what they first started from, and both contained major elements I found distasteful. I never joined either. It's my profound belief that anyone remotely interested in serving in politics should be barred forever from it. I can't remember whether it was a story by Arthur C. Clarke or Issac Asimov, that had a political system I thought should be tried, somewhere, sometime. If you had the qualifications for an office, such as owning your own large business, being a decent administrator, etc., your name went into a hat and it was decided by lottery. No one in their right mind actually wanted the job, but it was mandatory you served and did a good job if you were picked.
Of course, it wouldn't work in this world. Someone would find some way to abuse it, just like they do now.