Thursday, April 9, 2009

Here's a Thought

Reading a nation's constitution can give you a good sense of a
country's political psychology at the time it was written. The French
Constitution of 1958 has at least three provisions dealing with the
death of a presidential candidate. That tells me they either had an
irrational fear of assassination or an election process that was
really bad for you. Do candidates get shot at that much in France? It
hasn't happened that often on the US & we're nut-jobs! I suppose it's
easy underestimate how terrifying the Russians can be. After all, they
beat the Germans by flinging their own soldiers at them in catapults.
Well, not literally. I think I've had too much coffee.

Your Friend
M. Spook

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