Ed, Catching up after completely changing my E-Mail set-up.
After bringing me up-to-date on Canadian politics, you said: ">I've snipped the rest of your posting because I'm still hoping to wake >up to find that the election of Ahnold Schwarzenegger was some kind of >comic dream! If it isn't, all one can say is the people deserve the >kind of government they elect." I think your remark about Schwarzenegger is an indication that we have elevated politicians into a kind of nobility. The Lords and Ladies knew they were born to the purple. That the commoners were not only a class apart but also somewhat inferior. Certainly, not material for the upperclass. I think that a similar attitude has led to the sneering at Arnold even as Ronald was sneered at in his time. They were not politicians, so how can they aspire to the role of leading the country -- or even a State? A favorite painting of mine is hung somewhere in Capitol building (I think). It is a picture of George Washington handing back his letters of commission to Congress. He had completed the job of throwing out the English, and was now going home. I wish politicians would think in terms of going home. As it is, they like to stay in power forever. Al Gore finished college, did a short stint in Vietnam, spent a year in divinity school, and in his late twenties went to Congress. That's where he spent his time until he was defeated by Bush. He is without doubt the professional politician. We don't really elect people to represent us. Rather, they elect themselves and quite right for who could possibly do the job better than they. People like Reagan and Schwarzenegger, not to mention Jesse Ventura, are interlopers. They shouldn't be allowed to into the Halls of the Godly. Harry _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
