Elections

So yes our electorial system is flawed and we have had an incompetent president in the white house for the last 8 years, but...in Argentina if you are running for office, you have to print your own ballots and distribute them to all the polling stations. Seems a bit dodgy doesn´t it? Also the first person to arrive at the polling station has to man the station. Can you imagine getting to the polling station to vote and instead of getting a sticker, lucky you, you get to stay all day and work at the station. it´s also very common for presidents to not finish their terms here (though that might have worked nicely for the U.S. these past few years). Though this can be a good thing sometimes I´m sure, I would also think that it could make things all the more disruptive. Hang in there people, only 10 more days...and then everything will be right once more in the world, this financial crisis will end, terrorist networks will dissolve, and global warming will be a thing of the past. A pipe dream maybe, but at least hopefully we´ll be headed in the right direction again, and yes I promise that in the future this blog will actually be about my adventures in Latin America and not about the upcoming election.