Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton?

The dynastification of American political life is weakening America's claim to be a democratic beacon. These days political dynasties are usually associated with the young democracies of South Asia rather than mature republics. The dynastification of its political life also points to a deeper problem: the fact that America is producing a quasi-hereditary political elite, cocooned in a world of wealth and privilege and utterly divorced from most people's lives. The rest of the world is gradually moving beyond “idolatry to monarchs” and “servility to aristocratic pride”. Even Britain has expelled most of its aristocrats from the House of Lords. Does America, which led the world in ditching monarchs, hereditary titles and forelock-tugging, really want to be the first country to start going backwards? - unshamedly plaigarised from the Economist

Born Offside

After all that self promotion by the premier league, it finally ended with an Italian team lifting the Champions League trophy, must have been a real heartache for those FA chiefs who were all singing about how the premier league is the worlds finest, should shut them up for a while. So inzaghi scored twice, cyruff said inzaghi cant play football he just happens to be in the right place, ferguson said he was born offside, would have hated it if liverpool had won it, liverpool are probably the most boring team in the world and i dislike them prejudiciously. Now it would be alomost impossible for Kaka not win the european and world player crowns he faces almost no competition, and what a night it was for maldini winning the champions league at 38 and for the fifth time, all with milan. almost perfect