alt.energy.renewable

Fran wrote:

> Eeyore wrote:
> > Fran wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe Bush has never heard of Thorium.
> >
> > > Maybe he thought he was selling it to Indiana.
> >
> > > In Sydney in September he confused APEC with OPEC and said that John
> > > Howard had greeted "Austrian" troops in Afghanistan.
> >
> > Oh yes, I heard / read aboutt hat.
> >
> > It's genuinely scary that such idiots can find themselves in positions of huge power. I think we need
> > to seriously review the way we organise our governments. At a minimum I reckon we need some kind of
> > 'competency/intelligence test' for high office.
>
> I believe we need a new way to select candidates. A combination of
> sortition and voting combined with direct democracy seems a good mix.
> It's offtopic here, but I've posted on this elsewhere. If you're
> interested I'll post it.

I'd be very interested Fran.

The best system I'm aware of currently is the Swiss 'direct democracy' system where politicians take more
of a back seat and the public get more of a say via referenda.

Graham