No Carnies Allowed!
If the election was yesterday, this is how I would have cast my Sufficiency Party IRV ballot for a presidential candidate:
(1) Philip Greenspun
(2) Dennis Kucinich
(3) Wesley Clark
(4) Howard Dean
(5) Hillary Clinton
Now, I know that Philip Greenspun isn't exactly a name that your neighbors across the street are likely to recognize, but so what. He's a school teacher, and a damn fine one at that.
Dennis Kucinich is so committed to all the right stuff (Michael Moore said this, so it must be true). But, unless he can personally do a better job of explaining the powers and responsibilities expressed in U.S. Department of Peace (HR 1673), the school teacher, in his element, is still my first choice.
Wesley Clark surely understands Force Transformation. But, has he thought about how the people with powers and responsibilities in a Department of Peace might address the dangers of disconnectedness inherent in The Gap? The school teacher has an idea, "Send our underclass overseas?"
Howard Dean takes a reasoned stance on gun control. The school teacher says, "An armed society is a polite society."
Hillary Clinton supported most favored nation trade status despite concerns about China's human rights records. The school teacher simply wants to know, "Why can't we buy a Chinese house at Walmart?"
C'mon, now. Ain't this better than listening to those carnies tout their sideshows?
10:51:10 PM by Critt Jarvis | permalink |  |
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