lindsay, stephen, and i have given the EU constitution quite a bit of thought. eleven weeks of thought, to be exact. and, seeing as a "oui" vote from france seems highly unlikely, i'd be willing to wager that the constitution that we wrote- 60 fine pages of finite rules- has a decent chance of presenting some new and welcomed ideas to history-burdened europe. sure, we are just a couple of crazy twentysomethings who chose to drink margaritas while composing the afore-mentioned document, but does that make us any less qualified than the leaders and formulators of the european constitution? true, we have lived a good 30 years less than most of them. we were not alive to see first-hand the effects of communism on the ussr. we were not alive when singapore, honk kong, and malaysia were not the asian 'tigers' they are today. but! we bring something to the table that none of the constitution's creators can offer: a fresh, yet-to-be-jaded outlook on the world and a willingness to try something new.
so i say to you, europe, shoot us ucla poli sci nerds an email and we will introduce you to the luxuries of an unbiased rotating judicial branch, amongst other genius ideas. i dare you.
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