Posted: Mar 9, 08 11:20am

In your opinion from the list below what are the biggest challenges facing our nation...

1) An Uninformed/Unengaged/Distracted Electorate

2) Energy Dependence

3) Disproportional access/influence to government by lobbyists

4) The War on Terror

5) The State of Education

6) Immigration Policy

7) Social and Ethical Standards Decline

8) Global Warming

9) Trade Policies

10) The Rising Influence/Strength of China

11) Not enough people having enough sex

12) Other___________________________

Take your number one and write a paragraph or two as to why you feel that it is the biggest issue and what you view as a sensible approach to engage, mitigate or resolve the problem.

For the next three days, I guarantee an across the board Kudo award for all entries and I'll play the role of Simon Cowell and judge the submission. Then the collective votes of TBD'ers will determine the Poly-Sci Idol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao-yXgntmUw

Are you bloody mad, that is the stupidest idea I've ever heard!