if the founding fathers watched cnn today

[mopaul]

and saw the prominence the wedding of a british prince is given in our fourth estate, the media.

why is the wedding of prince charles even being shown as if it were some important event americans should observe?

but, then, if the founding fathers were forced to watch cnn for a day, they'd probably kill themselves.

[DistressedAmerican]

1. They Wouldn't Even Recognize This Country.

I for one do not bow down at the altar of the founders. They did not creates the greatest poilitcal system in the world. We worskip them like they were infallable. Bullshit!

[mopaul]

3. yes, they were just men

but ben franklin often wondered what the world would be like centuries ahead of him. i don't think he'd be too pleased.

[ElectricIron Sweeney]

8. Ditto

We, this country, have, has already fought one civil war for their mistakes, and will have to fight another, and soon.

[DistressedAmerican]

18. Long Overdue If You Ask Me!

[KlatooBNikto]

2. This is the kind of "news" item our giggling kewpie dolls at CNN are

capable of handling.This erases any need for knowledge of history, geography,relevance of issue and any other things that require you to put your mind to work.Sort of item made for the Age of Bush.

[DistressedAmerican]

4. Sadly, We Still Praise And Love Aristocracy!

It is like we didn't even have a revolution!

[ElectricIron Sweeney]

11. royalty

The church thing is all royalty to, just not hereditary. It may have been the first modern Western state, with the first modern Western law, but the economics and organization are feudal.

[Laughing Mirror]

5. They might say "the old American Republic is officially dead"

Now is the time to create a new one.

[KlatooBNikto]

6. Our best living writer Gore Vidal has already administered the last

rites to the Old Republic. He will agree with you that we need to create a new Republic.

[Laughing Mirror]

7. a democracy would be a nice change

from the corporate state we have today

[mopaul]

9. someone with a general knowledge of third grade english

might be nice too

[Laughing Mirror]

12. You set such impossibly high standards

Surely we're willing to make a few concessions.

[ElectricIron Sweeney]

15. Ditto, Ditto

[ElectricIron Sweeney]

14. No new republics!

we do not need a republic, or a representative democracy of any sort. We do need a new form of government based upon a new form of economic relationships that transcends territory, and embraces the needs of humanity.

[Laughing Mirror]

16. I agree!

But the question was not what WE would make of things, but what the Founding Fathers would. They would probably think of US political system in terms of a republic, one in the interests of the property owners, and they the property owners, in other words.

[Tace]

10. It Would Melt Their Brains, As It's Done To Everyone Else

[HuskiesHowls]

13. You think it would take a whole day???

I think more like 1/2 hour would probably do them in.

[TacticalPeek]

17. Kill themselves? They were anything but defeatist.

They were experienced and expert at overthrowing oppressive government. After watching for only part of the day, they would throw the nincomepoops into Boston Harbor.

Or maybe Lake Lanier, since it's closer.

:evilgrin: