And so it happened, that when others bent their knee, he refused and added loudly that his ancestors in their time bowed no knee to any stinking mayor. And in his ancestors’ time the mayor was elected anyhow, and kicked out at will, and that the only people that inherited anything by right of birth were the congenital idiots.
Isaac AsimovTags: politics elections insubordination mayor
The challenge has always been that "good people" don't know how to win elections
Fela DurotoyeTags: politics elections government leadership
Authority confined in you does not make you a leader. It is the authority created by you that makes you influence people with your purpose.
Israelmore AyivorTags: purpose dreams self elections vote leadership influence authority food-for-thought leader lead create leaders election influences boss promote manager food-for-thoughts israelmore-ayivor authority-and-attitude promoted true-leaders true-leadership lead-people self-leaders self-leadership appoint appointed appointment elected ordain influencial leads self-leader lead-yourself authorized ballot-paper confine dresm-big real-leaders
Ballot papers do not define leaders. Leadership is defined by conviction, vision, passion and inspiration.
Israelmore AyivorTags: inspirational passion purpose vision dreams self elections vote leadership influence authority visions food-for-thought leader lead create conviction leaders election influences boss passionate-living promote passionate-life passionate manager food-for-thoughts israelmore-ayivor define-your-future authority-and-attitude promoted true-leaders true-leadership lead-people self-leaders self-leadership appoint appointed appointment elected ordain influencial leads self-leader lead-yourself authorized ballot-paper confine dresm-big real-leaders ballot-papers verification-machine visionary-leader
New Rule: Conservatives have to stop rolling their eyes every time they hear the word "France." Like just calling something French is the ultimate argument winner. As if to say, "What can you say about a country that was too stupid to get on board with our wonderfully conceived and brilliantly executed war in Iraq?" And yet an American politician could not survive if he uttered the simple, true statement: "France has a better health-care system than we do, and we should steal it." Because here, simply dismissing an idea as French passes for an argument. John Kerry? Couldn't vote for him--he looked French. Yeah, as a opposed to the other guy, who just looked stupid.
Last week, France had an election, and people over there approach an election differently. They vote. Eighty-five percent turned out. You couldn't get eighty-five percent of Americans to get off the couch if there was an election between tits and bigger tits and they were giving out free samples.
Maybe the high turnout has something to do with the fact that the French candidates are never asked where they stand on evolution, prayer in school, abortion, stem cell research, or gay marriage. And if the candidate knows about a character in a book other than Jesus, it's not a drawback. The electorate doesn't vote for the guy they want to have a croissant with. Nor do they care about private lives. In the current race, Madame Royal has four kids, but she never got married. And she's a socialist. In America, if a Democrat even thinks you're calling him "liberal," he grabs an orange vest and a rifle and heads into the woods to kill something.
Royal's opponent is married, but they live apart and lead separate lives. And the people are okay with that, for the same reason they're okay with nude beaches: because they're not a nation of six-year-olds who scream and giggle if they see pee-pee parts. They have weird ideas about privacy. They think it should be private. In France, even mistresses have mistresses. To not have a lady on the side says to the voters, "I'm no good at multitasking."
Like any country, France has its faults, like all that ridiculous accordion music--but their health care is the best in the industrialized world, as is their poverty rate. And they're completely independent of Mid-East oil. And they're the greenest country. And they're not fat. They have public intellectuals in France. We have Dr. Phil. They invented sex during the day, lingerie, and the tongue. Can't we admit we could learn something from them?
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