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well that's just great. how many layers do you have to unpeel from our government before you find anybody that isn't a lawyer.
by orenmazor 15y ago
well that's just great.
how many layers do you have to unpeel from our government before you find anybody that isn't a lawyer.
- Apocryphon 15y agoDifferent national political cultures, apparently. http://www.economist.com/node/13496638?story_id=13496638 http://www.economist.com/node/13496638?story_id=13496638
- stcredzero 15y agoWHEN Barack Obama met Hu Jintao, his Chinese counterpart, at the G20 summit in London, it was an encounter not just between two presidents, but also between two professions and mindsets. A lawyer, trained to argue from first principles and haggle over words, was speaking to an engineer, who knew how to build physical structures and keep them intact. The Chinese should build a Space Pier, in the form of a massive ramp with a huge accelerator on it.