Comments on: The Win Win Bet http://charlottegore.com/2009/06/04/the-win-win-bet.html Free Trade and Free Minds. Politics for Reasonable People. Independent Political Blogging. Top 20 Blog. Libertarianism. Laser Kitties. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ian B http://charlottegore.com/2009/06/04/the-win-win-bet.html/comment-page-1#comment-4297 Ian B Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:40:23 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1109#comment-4297 Some geezer called James Purnell just resigned. According to the court gossips, there is some rule that if a bloke called James Purnell, whoever he is, resigns, the emperor has to get off the throne and hand it to somebody else. I am told that this system, where a national leader with absolute tyrannical powers over his tremulous subjects is chosen by an imaginary photoshop creation called James Parnell, is called "democracy". Some geezer called James Purnell just resigned. According to the court gossips, there is some rule that if a bloke called James Purnell, whoever he is, resigns, the emperor has to get off the throne and hand it to somebody else.

I am told that this system, where a national leader with absolute tyrannical powers over his tremulous subjects is chosen by an imaginary photoshop creation called James Parnell, is called “democracy”.

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