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But what if he's awesome?

As I understand it, the US President can only serve for a maximum of two terms. Something like that, anyway.

I've never seen the point of this. The only argument I've heard for it is to stop someone abusing power for decades by starting illegal wars (for example) and other distasteful stuff. But surely if someone did that you'd just exercise your right to vote for the other guy, wouldn't you? If the guy in charge was invading countries like it was going out of style and introducing policies you didn't like then you'd elect his rival. He couldn't be worse, could he?

Surely one of the advantages of a democracy is that it should keep the leader honest because otherwise he might not be the leader for much longer...

But anyway, back to the point: US President term limit.

What I think would be much better would be 3 major candidates in each election, not just two: a new Republican candidate, a new Democrat candidate, and the existing President defending himself*. That way if the President is amazing and is bringing about World Peace, ending hunger, and recycling as much rubbish as he can get his hands on then the people can keep him for as long as they want. On the other hand, if he's utter crap and a moron then the people can vote for a new President while still voting for their party of choice.

I can't see any problems with that plan, but I can see many advantages...

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* "Himself" purely because all the past Presidents have been men; I see no reason why a woman couldn't be President.

: 07 Sep 2007 01:33 |  Tags: America Democracy Elections Government Randomness |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Happy 4th of July!

Yes, today's the day we celebrate America's removal from our (then) Empire. Britons everywhere are revelling in Socially Acceptable Racism (it's the Americans and the French; anything else is out of bounds) and swapping stories of war-related retardation and Massive Weapons of Destruction.

On a slightly more sensible note, it's somewhat worrying how many Americans ask Brits online if we celebrate today and Thanksgiving. Either they're stupid, or they're celebrating a holiday and they don't know why...

Also I saw a stand-up recently who commented on the irony of Britons complaining about Americans acting like they own the world. The trouble with that is that Britain did own the world.

: 04 Jul 2007 17:33 |  Tags: 4Th Of July America Empire Fun Joke Randomness |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

God Save The Queen From Mad Gun–Weilding Americans

It amuses me how excited Americans seem to be about the visit from Queen Elizabeth despite the amount of effort they put in to not being ruled by us anymore...

: 08 May 2007 19:02 |  Tags: America Amusing Diplomacy Funny Queen Elizabeth Randomness Visit Weird |  Comments (4) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

We Hold These Truths to be Self Evident

I’m sure I’ve seen this before, but I can’t for the life of me think where; I want to say Bowling for Columbine, but I’m not sure…...

: 20 Dec 2006 13:00 |  Tags: America Biased History Michael Moore Propaganda Randomness Usa Video |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem