Peavine Politics

A lot of people I know (some way too well) are running for political office back home in Peavine. It's interesting to read about the political goings on from halfway around the world. According to the Peavine World the campaigns have become pretty dirty. Anyone that runs for office has to expect that their lives will be looked into by others and any dirty laundry (real or not) revealed. Some deserve it (you know who you are), many don't.

This is not the case in China however. The press is controlled and only good ol' comrades are allowed to take power. There aren't any real elections. If those in power displease their rivals within the Party they are found guilty of corruption and executed. Their families are forced to pay the State for the cost of the bullet used to kill their relative. The dead prisoner's organs are harvested and sold to hospitals here.

Those politicians back in Peavine better count their blessings.