West meets East

[Ed Kelleher]

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.