tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771934.post5848786460537087003..comments2024-02-22T22:16:29.435-05:00Comments on Bethune Catholic: A couple quick hits...Jim Curleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225590468579353857noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771934.post-1604398311394729982008-10-21T13:41:00.000-05:002008-10-21T13:41:00.000-05:00Jim-I might need that job again someday, so I won'...Jim-I might need that job again someday, so I won't comment....<BR/><BR/>Agnes-Recently a friend from England who has lived in the States for most of the past 40 years advised me that third parties tend to curb the excesses of major parties-if they are not locked out like they are here. <BR/><BR/>I have heard much good (functually)about the way Swiss government works; with more decentralization and more local control-but haven't looked into it much. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping in...<BR/><BR/>JimJim Curleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225590468579353857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771934.post-45607145067735394512008-10-21T13:22:00.000-05:002008-10-21T13:22:00.000-05:00I recently read about voting in Australia, where i...I recently read about voting in Australia, where instead of picking one candidate, you list them in the order you'd like them. This way, if your first choice doesn't get enough votes, your second choice counts instead. This allows third party candidates to have a chance without splitting the vote so that the candidate whom people want least won't get chosen by mistake, so to speak. I think I'm explaining it poorly, but it basically ensures that, for example, the liberal candidate doesn't get elected because the conservative vote was split over two candidates. I don't know exactly how they do it, but I wish we had something like that over here!<BR/>AgnesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771934.post-55412296385399156382008-10-21T08:56:00.000-05:002008-10-21T08:56:00.000-05:00And you know the pigs would have listened and prob...And you know the pigs would have listened and probably got better grades.<BR/><BR/>Jim DorchakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com