To settle a lunch bet

[pyat]

Attention momentrabbit and nottheterritory:

Eisenhower was very bald, but not fat. Just jowly.

Comments

[kesmun.livejournal.com]

Like how David Eddings describes the political system of the island of Tiga (I think) in the Tamuli?

[foomf.livejournal.com]

Might well be - but I got the idea from a Legion of Super-Heroes comic published in the late 1970s, wherein Tenzil Kim (matter-eater lad) is forced to leave because he has been drafted to public service．

[kesmun.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look and find the description. Heh.

[stress-kitten.livejournal.com]

Basically, when it's your turn to rule, all your assets are nationalized... if the country turns a profit, you turn a profit. If the country takes a loss, you take a loss.

:-)

No one wants the position, but when they're in it, damn do they try their hardest to make sure the country's economy is stable if not booming.

[kesmun.livejournal.com]

Yup. There was a little more to it, but that's the basics.