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I had an excruciating "fluffy seed" moment as far as dreams go, this morning. I am POSITIVE something very interesting occurred, but I've completely lost it. I wish I had a mental drinking straw. ;-)

The U.S. government is awfully strange when you stop to think about it. I mean, we have this document that with a little squeezing could fit on ONE piece of paper, and yet it requires us to constantly have NINE Supreme Court judges to make a living out of interpreting it, as well as hordes and hordes of more local courts. Furthermore, there are laws, which are sort of second-class citizens as far as important documents -- we merely "elect" representatives that decide on these, and all these representatives invariably disagree on everything except subsidizing pig farmers. And "elections". When you stop to think about them, they seem truly bizarre.

When have you ever (in a business perhaps) had a friend in which you had so much confidence that you not only promoted their merits to everyone you met (in which case they fervently defended their own friends) but manufactured signs, bumper stickers, and promotional buttons to further their climb up the corporate ladder? Now, transfer these activities over to a TOTAL STRANGER that several people have gotten to perhaps shake the hand of but otherwise is just a mysterious "candidate". The desired TOTAL STRANGER is then selected by marking small circles on long sheets of paper, which are then counted, and the one with the most circles gets to represent the will of the people (except when he doesn't, since direct democracy=mob rule) or be the figurehead the country. The country in which you live. But never fear, it only lasts for 4-8 years, at which time the TOTAL STRANGER that has been working on matters and has just now started to get used to his job -- who is just now seeing policies come to fruition -- is booted out in favor of someone who has never held the office before in their life!

Ah, America. You're a very wacky country, but I'm glad you're mine.

Are you dreaming?