tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post500433011722983463..comments2023-10-30T05:22:51.485-04:00Comments on Preserve, Protect and Defend: Where's a Coffin When You Need One?two crowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post-2262030979456244412008-12-28T17:58:00.000-05:002008-12-28T17:58:00.000-05:00hey, Dave--there was a sci-fi story years ago [sor...hey, Dave--<BR/>there was a sci-fi story years ago [sorry, I don't recall the author] that included that idea.<BR/><BR/>the prime requirement was that the government's leader could not want the job. I think it may have been determined by random rotation-- but I don't remember for sure.two crowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post-52354033989268714572008-12-28T11:14:00.000-05:002008-12-28T11:14:00.000-05:00Yes, Arianna is far too wise to want the job.I wou...Yes, Arianna is far too wise to want the job.<BR/><BR/>I would say anyone who WANTS to be president should be automatically disqualified for that same reason. <BR/><BR/>That would complicate the process, but it would also give us better candidates.<BR/><BR/>No sane and compassionate person craves that kind of power.Dave Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post-69466688819330680842008-12-27T22:30:00.000-05:002008-12-27T22:30:00.000-05:00hi, libhom--yeah, back when Reagan was touting 'tr...hi, libhom--<BR/>yeah, back when Reagan was touting 'trickle-down economics' it seemed so easy, to me, to see through that charade. it was just one more way to see that the rich got richer at the expense of the poor.<BR/><BR/>and, here we are at the logical conclusion of that policy. no one wins. surprise!two crowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post-27559753430123866462008-12-27T22:28:00.000-05:002008-12-27T22:28:00.000-05:00hi, Dave--I'm with you. Americans certainly don't...hi, Dave--<BR/>I'm with you. Americans certainly don't have a lock on wisdom. In fact, far from it.<BR/>Acourse, Arianna, being wise, probably wouldn't want to be president. And who can blame her?two crowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797291.post-83397049901037264072008-12-26T17:53:00.000-05:002008-12-26T17:53:00.000-05:00Arianna for President!Damn that US birth requireme...Arianna for President!<BR/><BR/>Damn that US birth requirement. The Constitution has a flaw there.<BR/><BR/>Arianna should be the sole exception, though. <BR/><BR/>I have an inordinate amount of love for that woman, or so my wife tells me.Dave Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.com