Posted on 05/11/2005 11:52:00 AM PDT by BMC1
Nice dodge of my "stupid Yankee" accusation. :-)
Some tactical air support here, or what?!
The founders were worried about the tyranny of majorities. Federalist Papers 10 & 51, among others sources.
You may be interested to know... Catnip is to cats what marijuana is to humans. Sort of. One website I read suggested it's like a hallucinogenic to them. It's used to "stimulate" them, so they say.
If you ask me, I'd substitute that word "stimulate" for the phrase "histrionic frenetic conniption fit."
He quickly concluded that the House suffered from a "tyranny of the minority," by which the will of the voters, as expressed through their ballots, could be frustrated.
Now if only the senate could find a "good" Reed to do the same there.
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