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"Craig Fink" wrote
Sending politicians into space for an attitude adjustment before they
begin there term in elected office sounds like a good idea to me. It could
be one of the best investments that taxpayers could make.

It's also been suggested to bring world leaders to a Pacific atoll every ten
years or so,
and set off an H-bomb nearby so they can watch it, and then walk around the
devastated area.

Two politicians did go into orbit, without any apparent impact on their
world views, and some men in orbit later became politicians, but
both seemed to act in classic partisan style even so -- especially
John Glenn.

So we do have a non-zero sample size and it is not encouraging.


Perhaps they should have been left up there...
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Feasting on the rotting spendour of western civilisations last golden
age.