Rhetorical questions, semantics and credibility

Less than a day ago on this blog:
"Or do you think you can force someone to keep on leading a government?" I assumed it was a rhetorical question. Apparently it wasn't. The king declined the resignation.

He appointed three politicians, neither of them Arnold Schwarzenegger (although one of them speaks German too), "to find out how guarantees can be offered to start an institutional dialogue in a credible manner (sic)."

If I read this correctly

• Their task is not to start an institutional dialogue
• Their task is not to find guarantees that this dialogue can start
• Their task is to find out how these guarantees can be offered
  

So after their task is completed, someone will be appointed to find the guarantees in the manner they described.
When he is finished, this will guarantee that the dialogue will start.

All this probably just to bring us closer to the regional, European and probably also federal elections.

It does make me wonder what has been going on the last year. Wasn't that an institutional dialogue? Doesn't that mean it has started already? Does that make the task of these three politicians even more useless? Or is it the word "credible" that makes the difference?

"Your history classes in high school must have been hilarious" was the comment I got from a French girl today after explaining her our nation's governmental structure. I must agree, but current affairs are promising to be quite entertaining on their own.

The need for Schwarzenegger remains obvious.

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.