Tree hugging

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 02:21 PM 3/14/00 -0500, you wrote:
> But Lif, you voted for these people making the
> laws. 

Well, amazingly enough, I didn't.  Paul & I are pretty much of
the opinion that there's no such thing as a good new law (or rarely is)
and vote NO on just about everything.  As for politicians, we
actually vote for the person, not the party.  Unfortunately a lot of
the candidates that talk the talk don't walk the walk - and that applies
to tree huggers too.  

I read a SF story once I thought was great.  I don't remember title
or author of course (I have a severe case of CRS*) but the premise was
that a society had developed in which the President was appointed, not
voted for.  The most important qualification for the office was that
the person being considered would NOT want to be president.  I think
almost anyone who wants to get in office has other personal agendas that
are not made public and almost always are not for the public good. 
I've come to believe that no politician should be trusted farther than
they can be thrown.

I wonder if there's a label for people who agree with lots of what the
NRA says and Greenpeace too? I mean, other than just weird. 
Lif

* CRS = Can't Remember S**t

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