Will have to get back in touch with the Obama camp; they might welcome a scientist/engineer who wants to create businesses/jobs (in northern CA to start, of course). In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
I am also wary about the charismatic part - I would like good, decent and intelligent leaders.
Btw. according to my grand-father who was a socialist, Hitler was considered charismatic too and a terrific orator - and look what it got Germany and the world. So this is not something on the top of my list for what I expect from a good politician or leader.
Will have to find where the food warehouses are in northern CA. Those with access to food stores will have greater influence in a starving population.
Fran: Believe it or not, we're on the same side. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.