Some thoughts on one of the world's largest and oldest continuous celebrations of democracy: the American election process.
ScienceFictionTwin: "...take today and celebrate the diverse voices. We are a country of many people and yet we are a country of one people. In the words of a dead man (because no one listens to the living):
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most common basic link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal. –John F. Kennedy
Or, in the words of another wise man, who happens to be living:
Moslem or Christian Mullah or Pope
Preacher or poet who was it wrote
Give any one species too much rope
And they'll fuck it up
--Roger Waters"
And from blogger Jeff Jarvis of Buzz Machine, via Dan Drezner:
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