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Re: Quiet in here
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:22:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> Selçuk Göre wrote:
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> > Being a third worlder, I follow this "Foofoo is better than Blahblah"
> > kind of debates between you, USians, that consider politicians with a
> > kind of amaze..:-)
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> > Here in our country things are very clear and nothing to debate since
> > the common (very common) consensus is "all of the politicians are bad,
> > and all of them works for their own sake and against us, the common
> > citizen, and nothing will change"..:-) No political prediction surveys
> > before any election gives any correct results here, since most of the
> > people vote casually, with the belief of "nothing will change"..:-)
> >
> > Selçuk
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> Well, most Americans believe that as well, but some of us have foolish
> optimism every now and then! : )
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> Scott S.
In response to both of you I would say that the pessimism should not be
expected and that the optimism is not foolish. Our "system" is very unique
here. The "system" is great, the current bunch who occupy it may not be. Yet I
still have faith in the system. The way it was intended to work is that the
more lawyerly types were to run for senate and be more deliberate, hence the
six year terms; the average Joe was to run for the house, hence the two year
term - turnover was to be high keeping the citizen's best interest in the
forefront. The current problem, in my opinion, is career politicians who have
become like Frankenstein's monster - once created they seek self preservation.
What we need is term limits. We as voters could make a difference if we stopped
being so self centered, thinking about how much pork spending we can get - not
thinking about how much freedom we relinquish when our taxes go higher and
higher.
Bill
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| Bill, (...) Bill, I was just throwing a mild jest at Selçuk, I am a pessimist anyway, but I have run into so many people that have this attitude, it is hard sometimes, especially when you dabble in politics as much as I do. (...) I agree! : ) I have (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, most Americans believe that as well, but some of us have foolish optimism every now and then! : ) Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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