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Re: OT: sponge burning!



On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 01:34:51PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> 
> I agree that is potentially (and with the crop of politicians we've
> had in my lifetime, certainly) a likely outcome, it is not my
> intention. The intention is to get politicians to actually pay
> attention to their constituents -- that is, the human beings -- they
> represent. That does not have to necessarily convert to pork barrel
> spending. Ideally, I'd like to see a wholesale change in the means to
> getting into office because i think a lot of good would fall from
> that. Right now, one's ability to get into office is essentially
> equivalent to one's ability to raise money, on the one hand, from big
> business by doing what they ask; while claiming, on the other hand, to
> be looking out for the little guy. There is a fundamental problem
> there.
> 
> Do you have a proposal for solving that problem? 
> 
I don't advocate terrorism, but go and read "Executive Orders" by Tom
Clancy.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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