tom higgins lknmurmhirgmailcom 103007 lion kimbro wrote im curious kind standing making mind heard great bit james burke day speech gave smithsonian went tangent showing representative gov starts great way things hundred years roadto paraphrase greatly living agrarian society roads horrible things rough bandits way government meets discuss making things betterso find folks tough road thru bandits nasty things way seat government represent interests turn make way decide stay seat government return trips enjoyable things folks come called politicians talking amongst occasionally trudging back home area see indeed representing think comes called elections hundred years latter still pretty much thing want hear real spiel horses mouth head httpsmithsonianassociatesorgprogramsburkeburkeasp great speech around related eye opener came 10 years ago moved oregon voter based referenduminitiatives mail ballots seemed nice step come know back nyc brief flash nota option oregon years ago idea would love see worked move elections away hate person voting want guy win nope choices sucktry another vector gary kasparov talking npr coalitions work russian politics yep russia one messed political landscape seems muck mire kasparov others trying get grip making otherly also think adopting constitution law might good idea tomhiggins thu 07 aug 2008 011224 0700 fork interesting video hillary