no insults intended, and i kinda figured you were thinking along the same lines as me anyway.

I just like to toss some change on a discussion, and that was the point i wanted to make. We need the best. The best are naturally those who accel and acheive, but the best at governance will also be those who understand the problems of the country. Especially those of the problems which effect the poorest 90 %. Everyone making less than a million a year.

For all the multi-million dollar athletes, there should be the same amount of brainiacs... right? What does it take to make a good leader of a country?

If a man is endowed with certain talents... Some men are good at dancing while others are good at math and yet others are praised in their creativity - there must be a man that is perfect for this job. Does our current system seek that man out? Does it suppress him? Does it ignore him? Does it give him no incentive? Do we test our citizens to find him or do we naturally think he'll magically appear on our ballots?

There needs to be some major changes.

I made a new thread for this topic. It's a good topic.

http://www.booktalk.org/topic9189.html