Re: OT: Don't let Peanut Die For Nothing

On 8/11/2024 11:57 am, Joe Gwinn wrote:

On Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:53:27 -0800, john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
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On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 23:43:52 +0100, Jeroen Belleman
<jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
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On 11/7/24 16:18, Ralph Mowery wrote:

In article <sa0oij1ka6s1pfpghsar1hse7c2s7d7s54@4ax.com>, jl@glen--
canyon.com says...

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There are lots of people here, and in other countries, who think that
we have too much government. Killing the squirrel was an example.
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Of all the major crime going on in the city they go after one pet
squirrel.  Seems about right for the mentaliy of this country.  The
squirrel was easy to find.  Trapped in just a few rooms.  Maybe they
should give the man harboring the squirrel a few years in prison for
doing something so serious of a crime.Don't worry about the thousands of
illeagal people in the city.

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That was the idea. There are plenty of things wrong in US society,
but the authorities chose to after an easy target and politicians
sought to use it to their advantage. Both parties deserve our scorn.
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Jeroen Belleman

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Political parties should have no official existance in the workings of
elections or in government.
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The framers of our constitution debated that, and got it wrong.

 They looked at the fractious politics of European parliamentary
systems, which were largely self-crippling, and decided to set things
up so there would be only a few parties, usually two major plus some
pipsqueaks.  It worked.

European parliamentary systems were pretty rudimentary back in 1786. They've got a lot better since then. The Australian constitution got set up in 1901 and missed the cutting edge stuff that the Swedes and the Dutch worked out a few later. The 1948 German constitution copied them and seems to work well.
The 1956 French constitution was a De Gaulle ego trip, and doesn't work quite a well. The executive president idea appeals to egomanics, and they are the last people you want in the job. Look at Trump.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney