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That Was a Damn Close Call… And Still Is!

I should start by saying that this post should probably contain a lot of links, but it won’t contain any. There would be too many articles to choose from if I were to start searching, each with its own focus and perhaps even bias, so I prefer to just post how I see things and [...]

Was Worth a Shot: Remus Cernea or No Longer Just the Lesser Evil

Sunday was the first round of our presidential elections. The fact that Traian Basescu and Mircea Geoana were going to make it to the second round was extremely obvious, but ten others decided to try their luck as well. Some of them truly desired to become president, others perhaps merely dreamed of it, but I’m [...]

Perhaps a Better Electoral System?

This was supposed to be a part of the earlier post about a possibly better political system, but I decided to turn it into a separate post while I was writing that one. Thought I’d be able to pay more attention to it this way, make it more detailed… Considering my current mental state, that [...]

Perhaps a Better Political System?

The elections for the European Parliament made me think once again of a better political system within the existing general structures, perhaps a necessary step towards a system which could actually be good. I’ve had this idea for quite a long time now but, as is the case with a lot of other things, never [...]

Georgia Offered the Chance, the World Refused It

As you should be well aware, there’s a war in Georgia. But it’s more than that, it’s the best chance the EU and NATO will have to resolve the “Russian problem”. Or at least it was, since they have already wasted it with meaningless talks and the moment is now lost. Of course the Georgian [...]