Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Governator must save our Government

Last Monday, Yves Leterme, Prime Minister of our make belief government, offered his resignation to the king over failed attempts to make our country less confusing to foreigners. If the king accepts, this government would have taken about twice as long to form, than the time it was actually in power.

The problem is that the confusion was in fact created to satisfy all regions and parties as much as possible; resulting in an inefficient mess. So, the process of defining a logical structure is bound to leave some people, regions or parties unhappy.

I never understood how a King can be involved in our democratic process, and apparently neither does he. So he chose not to interfere by accepting or declining the resignation. Instead he just wheeled in a bunch of politicians he expects to make the decision for him. To me, the decision seems quite easy. Or do you think you can force someone to keep on leading a government?

Nobody seems to have a solution ready for what is to come, and it seems we need some kind of miracle. That is why, next Tuesday, I will leave for the United States and I will track down California's Governor. For if there is one politician who can lift us out of this mess, it is him.

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