SEB election special: There are those who say one should not discuss politics, sex or religion. All I can say is that their parties must be very boring. On the eve of an event of worldwide significance, that is, the US elections, I wouldn't have a hope in hell of pretending it wasn't happening.
So, why does a foreigner, or "alien" in US immigration parlance, care about such an event? Well, the election is fascinating for a variety of reasons, but the main reason is this: we've seen what the government have done for the last four years, is that what the majority of US citizens want to continue? Really? We shall know soon. Or perhaps not.
BTW - Is it true that in the event of a tie, the Senate can appoint a President, and Congress appoints the Vice President? And that the Senate is mostly Democrat and Congress mostly Republican (or the other way round)? So, there could be a President and a Vice President from different sides of the fence? Wouldn't that be a fine ironic twist to partisan politics.
We've frequently been asked who we'd endorse for President. Actually, we just made that up - we've never been asked. However, if we were asked, we'd wholeheardedly endorse Jon Stewart. Given that Jon isn't standing, that leaves Mr Kerry, who looks like an intelligent, upstanding chap, handy in a debate, and when your fishing boat comes under enemy fire.
And then there's Osama Bin Laden, showing he can influence world affairs merely by sitting in a cave and making videos. William Gibson discusses why that might be.
This election really does have almost everything: Division, cave-dwelling monsters, democracy vs oligarchy, world-attention, giant squid. Doesn't have much to do with search engines, but there you go.
Vote. Tell Ohio. "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it."
So, why does a foreigner, or "alien" in US immigration parlance, care about such an event? Well, the election is fascinating for a variety of reasons, but the main reason is this: we've seen what the government have done for the last four years, is that what the majority of US citizens want to continue? Really? We shall know soon. Or perhaps not.
BTW - Is it true that in the event of a tie, the Senate can appoint a President, and Congress appoints the Vice President? And that the Senate is mostly Democrat and Congress mostly Republican (or the other way round)? So, there could be a President and a Vice President from different sides of the fence? Wouldn't that be a fine ironic twist to partisan politics.
We've frequently been asked who we'd endorse for President. Actually, we just made that up - we've never been asked. However, if we were asked, we'd wholeheardedly endorse Jon Stewart. Given that Jon isn't standing, that leaves Mr Kerry, who looks like an intelligent, upstanding chap, handy in a debate, and when your fishing boat comes under enemy fire.
And then there's Osama Bin Laden, showing he can influence world affairs merely by sitting in a cave and making videos. William Gibson discusses why that might be.
This election really does have almost everything: Division, cave-dwelling monsters, democracy vs oligarchy, world-attention, giant squid. Doesn't have much to do with search engines, but there you go.
Vote. Tell Ohio. "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it."
