Foot in Mouth Disease
I believe the President of Iran is very ill. Unfortunately, it's not a fatal disease. Although it does seem like a very serious illness, considering the symptoms he's displaying. Hallucinations, talking nonsense [click here to read the article], angering friends. Almost sounds like he's bi-polar or possibly showing early signs of senility.
It amazes me that doctors worldwide have to complete long years of med school, tough exams, internships, and continuous professional development; Lawyers have to go through bar exams and in order to maintain professional membership they are required to prove they are competent; Architects and Engineers have to go through licensing exams; Each of these professionals is responsible for a few hundreds of lives in any given year.
YET...people who are responsible for MILLIONS of lives in any given year, are not required to go through any formal schooling, pass exams, or undergo a licensing procedure. There is no association or body that ensures the competency of World Leaders and their adherence to some code of law. It's not like we don't have an entity that could govern this specialised body of a couple of hundreds active professionals and several thousands retired or in-training professionals. Why do we have the U.N.?! Why can't we create a body that will impose strict requirements on all leaders who are members of the U.N. to prove their competency in being leaders of millions of people responsibly.
This body will have tough exams to measure the potential leader's knowledge of world politics, world events, and history. This body will also need to conduct psychological exams on all world leaders to ensure they don't suffer from some form of dissillusioned psychosis (e.g. Saddam Hussein, and many others whose names I cannot spell). Continued membership in this body should be on a bi-annual basis (every two years). Aging dictators who are losing touch with reality should be dismembered! (hey, neat idea, doncha think?).
Who's going to pay for the salaries of the committee and the cost of taking exams? The people on earth. One cent from every person on earth should be more than sufficient. Any extra money left over, should be used to identify future potential leaders around the world and train them to pass the leadership board exams.
I think this will definitely resolve the issue of bird-flu stricken Iranian president, and would possibly resolve issues of many future leaders who should be locked up with keys thrown away, rather than allow them to continue ruining our world.
< /rant >
It amazes me that doctors worldwide have to complete long years of med school, tough exams, internships, and continuous professional development; Lawyers have to go through bar exams and in order to maintain professional membership they are required to prove they are competent; Architects and Engineers have to go through licensing exams; Each of these professionals is responsible for a few hundreds of lives in any given year.
YET...people who are responsible for MILLIONS of lives in any given year, are not required to go through any formal schooling, pass exams, or undergo a licensing procedure. There is no association or body that ensures the competency of World Leaders and their adherence to some code of law. It's not like we don't have an entity that could govern this specialised body of a couple of hundreds active professionals and several thousands retired or in-training professionals. Why do we have the U.N.?! Why can't we create a body that will impose strict requirements on all leaders who are members of the U.N. to prove their competency in being leaders of millions of people responsibly.
This body will have tough exams to measure the potential leader's knowledge of world politics, world events, and history. This body will also need to conduct psychological exams on all world leaders to ensure they don't suffer from some form of dissillusioned psychosis (e.g. Saddam Hussein, and many others whose names I cannot spell). Continued membership in this body should be on a bi-annual basis (every two years). Aging dictators who are losing touch with reality should be dismembered! (hey, neat idea, doncha think?).
Who's going to pay for the salaries of the committee and the cost of taking exams? The people on earth. One cent from every person on earth should be more than sufficient. Any extra money left over, should be used to identify future potential leaders around the world and train them to pass the leadership board exams.
I think this will definitely resolve the issue of bird-flu stricken Iranian president, and would possibly resolve issues of many future leaders who should be locked up with keys thrown away, rather than allow them to continue ruining our world.
< /rant >
posted at
12/09/2005 05:00:00 PM
3 Comments:
53 years ago when I voted in my first election, I proposed that we used the competitive exam system to get qualified candidates instead of popular candidates. The Greeks of old had Philosopher Kings who had to demonstrate they had brains unlike our current leaders who only need to demonstrate they don't mind licking rear ends. One of the reasons I know the process of evolution is not yet complete is that we must eventually come up with some intelligent form of life that will replace us. Any animal that fouls its own nest gets kicked out. Any human that dowes so gets praised for making more money. That can't go on.
Mtrain
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Anonymous, at 11:13 PM, December 09, 2005
I dun give a damn about politics anymore be it anybody. They're just filthy rich and drive around in bulletproof cars and make speeches, dun do anything for the benefit of the common ppl....and yeah they also make fake promises!
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Aftab Iqbal, at 2:30 PM, December 12, 2005
Heh. Watching Comedy Central right now and they had the funniest skit on bird flu. I was busting up.
As for the U.N., I think it's a big waste of money.
As for foot in mouth disease, has there been a political leader anywhere who didn't have at least a mild case of this?
By
The Zombieslayer, at 12:43 AM, December 13, 2005
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