Name one Democracy where the winning party must achieve something other than a simple majority (50%+1) in order to govern: Corrected/Updated US Senate: No House: No Presidency: No Canada: No UK: No France: No Israel: No Iran: No South Africa: No Sweden: No Afghan Presidency: No Lebanon: No Iraq: Yes, 75% of vote is needed …
Category Archives: Politics
Lebanon: Definitely not Ukraine
Ukraine was just so easy in comparison. There was a dictator… there was an election. The dictator defrauded the election… the people opposed him, got another election, and the good guys won. The longer this situation in Lebanon draws out the more complicated and convoluted it seems to be getting. click First we had, of …
Rice cannot be President
I’ve thought for a long time that the 2008 Presidential race would be between Condi Rice and Hillary Clinton. Indeed, there is hardly a week that goes by when the topic isn’t raised in either the MSM or the Blogosphere. However, the two links above have made an interesting case for why Rice will *not* …