FREEDOM? NO THANKS

Nealz Nuze ^ | Friday-- January 21, 2005 | Neal Boortz

[an italian]

THERE IS ONLY ONE FORCE OF HISTORY THAT CAN BREACK THE REIGN OF HATRED AND RESENTMENT, AND EXPOSE THE PRETENSIONS OF TY RANTS, AND REWARD THE HOPES OF THE DECENT AND TOLERANT, AND THAT IS THE FORCE OF HUMAN FREEDOM.

ditto, mr president!!!!

[Ladysmith]

I've been watching Inauguration and State of the Union speeches for years. I've read almost every State of the Union speech ever delivered. Over the decades there were some obvious changes. Take the word "democracy," for instance. You never saw that word in a State of the Union speech until sometime around the 1930's. The idea of "democracy" suddenly became popular when politicians sought to expand the power of the state beyond anything imagined by our Constitution. To do this they needed to cite the "will of the people." Majority rule moved the rule of law aside, and our modern "democracy" was born. Along with the arrival of the "D" word came disappearing references to freedom and more emphasis on security ... government provided security. George Bush's speech yesterday was a market difference from this trend. Too bad it fell on so many deaf and unwilling ears.

This bears repeating. Thursday, I was arguing with a younger student about what our country is, a republic or a democracy. And the instructor even hesitated. "We're a republic but vote democratically."

...arg!..

[sauropod]

Good article.