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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Nepotistic succession in the political class

A large, and rapidly growing, percentage of high elected officials are part of politically powerful families. What accounts for this anti-democratic dynamic?

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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 05:27 AM

    Respectfully, Orville H. Larson? You popping popcorn? I hope you serve some seedless raisons... You keep up the post. No be posting 60%. Post 100%.

    ...sysprog. Thanks. You never send readers on a wild goose chase. I listen. You handed us (gift) some beautiful music. Pier P. Pasolini experienced some harsh realities. Ya got me wondering if a disguising wig, a rouge powder facial puff, and reason to stay clear of automobiles. The "Believers point of view" and the ever changing human psyche. The "sacredness of the natural world" + 'stuff' to think about. Again, as Timothy3-Pomegranate say: Listen to tunes like Pasolini all day? Good analysis, and you may know me better than I know me? Who knows? Mystery is within. Thy say in the boondocks:`A pokeweed belief spring up early as the earth warms. It seems impressive to a few, but has no permanent value. Go glow,

    little glow worm.

    Fun UT, I opines.

    Lightening bug summer rivals.

    Brief cackle, and a puff-smoke.

    A straw pop and crackle. huh.

    No ugly.

    "Isn't this all a bit much?" Meritocratic v. Idiocy. Who can find the popper noise words?

    Dana Millbanks, in my opinion, is as interesting as a former Washington Post columnist.

    I'd buy the Wa/Po just to read: Hagar the Terrible, Pinhead Zippy, Mary McGrory, and Coleman McCarthy.

    I'd skip the sallow.

    The Death Section.

    You (sysprog) doc.

    Ya Breathe passion.

    It's the grand stage.

    Players with interludes, common sense, a rogue or two, and whether they be wandering lost, wondering:` yes, no?

    A few wrist slappers.

    Maybe withdrew, pew?

    No suffer a maximum.

    A Life's Sermons Ends.

    Whines, and indeed la!

    A 'tea-leafer' is a fraud.

    'Um do pickpockets you.

    Get away from afflictions.

    Practice gentle discretion.

    No be too brazen or:`Tomb.

    Prefer: Teach direct experience

    Second hand jibber creates pain.

    Izaack Walton say:`Use a small hook.

    Use a strin one yard long. Catch a eel.

    Quiet places can sweeten a one's temper.

    Do as little harm as possible. You live longer.

    Sometimes we all feel like a motherless orphan?

    It's a tumultuous assembly. Quack like a geese?

    Make a rackets. Pop bubble gum. Make a trifle?

    Keep up the great discourse. Monk hush Monk?

    Be windy, or be silenced, so thank you sysprog.

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