Reading is Fun-da-mental

The Last Banana

You mylar sixteen tons of books, and what do you get? Really, really bored, that's what. But here's an interesting book, "First Democracy" by Paul Woodruff. Here's what I learned from the dust jacket: Seven Prerequisites for democracy; Freedom from tyranny (including tyranny of majority rule, oh help!), Harmony (blending of differient views), Rule of Law, Natural Equality, Citizen Wisdon (good luck with that one, eh?), Reasoning Without Knowledge (I think they used to call that logic) and General Education (I guess we can kiss that one goodbye). Acknowledging the validity of this list, can one honestly say with a straight face the George W. Bush is really qualified in any way to spread democracy? Or Peanut Butter? Well, it will probably be a moot point after WWIII anyway.