Election 2024

The March 2008 edition of Wired as a humorous look at the US Presidential Election come 2024.

I especially liked the reference to the Pakghaniran War as being "once a simple seven-sided fight between Pakistani, Afghani, and Iranian peopls of historical and irreconcilable mutual hatreds -- was becoming complicated."

Also funny -- but sadly could be prophetic -- is this: "Rodriguez vs. Chen: The nominees seemed to have opposing positions on nearly every issue. Rodriguez wanted to expanded AutoCare, the federal car-insurance entitlement for baby-boomer seniors, to include golf carts; Chen argued that mandatory car insurance was unconstitutional." If people have a right to health-care, then why not cars and car-insurance as well? (Not to mention food, housing, entertainment systems, computers with internet access, and everything else deemed necessary to live in 21st century America.)