I have been thinking about something the past couple years. I mentioned here how I was so moved by the book, "The Stones Cry Out", about Cambodia. That was a great reminder of how ugly Socialism can be (and why the popularity of Sanders makes me want to jump off a cliff). But, in the back of my mind has been the question of why/how Socialism has worked in Sweden. I have a good, long-time, friend who lives there and, frankly, Sweden has been very good to him. Granted, he's not trying to become a millionaire. But, his quality of life is pretty damned good. Over the years of conversations I've had with him on this (he's from here, originally, by the way) something clicked the other day. One thing Sweden has that we don't have is a political system with many more than two political parties. It has many active parties in its system. If 30% of the voters are pissed, guess what? 30% of the leadership changes. This seems, in my opinion, to allow for a more fluid, adjustable system.

Here, we have two parties that do the same thing - take it or leave it.

Anyway - there's my "Jack Handy Deep Thought" of the day.

Tomorrow's Friday. Looks like we're gonna make it...