tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post9035690726780386949..comments2023-07-04T09:54:15.920-05:00Comments on Our Town and Its Business: WE ARE ALL BLESSEDEvelyn Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283458715658096750noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-84890280115460843812015-02-19T00:18:22.806-05:002015-02-19T00:18:22.806-05:00Do you truly believe that, 23:41, or are you just ...Do you truly believe that, 23:41, or are you just trying to be a smartass?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-77015846494973114752015-02-18T23:41:29.966-05:002015-02-18T23:41:29.966-05:0017:52
#417:52<br />#4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-80476575856448478632015-02-18T19:53:00.546-05:002015-02-18T19:53:00.546-05:0015:35
Given some of the driving I see, there mi...15:35<br /> Given some of the driving I see, there might be others taking that exam for aspirants. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-56689057500916421752015-02-18T17:52:23.793-05:002015-02-18T17:52:23.793-05:00Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fuk...<br />Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama<br /><br />"Over the past two generation, wealth has become highly concentrated in the United States, and economic power has been able to buy influence in politics. The American system of checks and balances creates numerous points of access for powerful interest groups that are much less prominent in a European-style parliamentary system. Although there is widespread perception that the system as a whole is corrupt and increasingly illegitimate, there is no straightforward reform agenda for fixing it within the parameters of the existing system."<br /><br />It is interesting that three of the largest countries in the Americas, Argentina, Brazil and the United States, are viewed as corrupt by both their inhabitants and those from abroad.<br /><br />Where does Canada rank?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-27264609316532821552015-02-18T15:35:43.386-05:002015-02-18T15:35:43.386-05:00Have you seen the written citizenship exam ? It is...Have you seen the written citizenship exam ? It is actually fairly complicated. I cannot see taking that without giving it a lot of thought. But, then, maybe there is a way to get someone else to sit it for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-18171883860406208182015-02-18T12:33:58.928-05:002015-02-18T12:33:58.928-05:00For the vast majority, the Oath means a great deal...For the vast majority, the Oath means a great deal. Unfortunately the few are making it very touch for the others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com