One Man Rodeo wrote:
"Pat" wrote in message
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In misc.rural Pat wrote:
: Oh come on. We no longer lead the world in education. We can't win in
: international sports -- even basketball. We are no longer the leader
: in making cars. And now, we are even losing eating competitions to the
: Japanese. If we can't even win at eating, what can we win at?

Electing morons?


The Italians have been electing morons far more frequently then the USA....


They have the advantage of being able to have elections whenever it suits
their fancy whereas the USA is forced to follow a more restrictive schedule.
Given equal footing and extrapolating from recent trends, the USA would
surge to the forefront.

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