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Fri Sep-29-06 10:41 AM
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"We want to bring Democracy to the Region" |
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they keep telling us.
What kind of a democracy? One where a government spies on its citizens? One where the government lies to the people's Representatives? One that funnels large sums of tax money to support the rich and the mighty, and the corrupt while ignoring the needs of its own? The one where small children are indoctrinated to kill for the name of "god?"
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They already had it..
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Fri Sep-29-06 11:32 AM
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This is a Republic. Show me anywhere in The Constitution,Bill of Rights,or Declaration of Independence where the United States of America is a Democracy.
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Fri Sep-29-06 12:21 PM
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2. Main Entry: de·moc·ra·cy |
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Main Entry: de·moc·ra·cy Pronunciation: di-'mä-kr&-sE Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural -cies Etymology: Middle French democratie, from Late Latin democratia, from Greek dEmokratia, from dEmos + -kratia -cracy 1 a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
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Show me where anywhere in The Constitution, Bill of Rights, or Declaration of Independence it is said that we should have a social welfare systems of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, School Lunches, supporting clean water and safe bridges..
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Fri Sep-29-06 02:29 PM
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Edited on Fri Sep-29-06 02:30 PM by jdlh8894
But what do any of those have anything to do with a democracy?
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