11-06-2008, 06:17 PM
In reply to post #7 by Quark
"They reelected a convicted felon."
So, by US law convicted felons are not allowed to vote, but they can be a candidate in political elections? That's just as strange as not allowing 19-year-olds to handle liquor, when they are given a gun and sent away to fight a war :blink:
In reply to post #13 by Pete
"Corruption in politics in this country is a tradition going back to the founding of this country."
I think you are way too anti-American there :whistling:
According to this list, the USA ranks 17, which is at the same level as most west-European nations. Netherlands is at 12, which is worse as before. Our 'NATO friend' Georgia is at 134, way above India at 89, which was traditionally regarded as example for corrupt government officials.
Why the link to this Tammany Society? I had never heard of them, but the Wiki article doesn't seem to regard them as a highly corrupted organisation. It does look as if they didn't deserve much respect, but that was propably true for many organisations in that time.
"They reelected a convicted felon."
So, by US law convicted felons are not allowed to vote, but they can be a candidate in political elections? That's just as strange as not allowing 19-year-olds to handle liquor, when they are given a gun and sent away to fight a war :blink:
In reply to post #13 by Pete
"Corruption in politics in this country is a tradition going back to the founding of this country."
I think you are way too anti-American there :whistling:
According to this list, the USA ranks 17, which is at the same level as most west-European nations. Netherlands is at 12, which is worse as before. Our 'NATO friend' Georgia is at 134, way above India at 89, which was traditionally regarded as example for corrupt government officials.
Why the link to this Tammany Society? I had never heard of them, but the Wiki article doesn't seem to regard them as a highly corrupted organisation. It does look as if they didn't deserve much respect, but that was propably true for many organisations in that time.