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To: Ben Ficklin
OTOH, if Congress creates legislation or the President creates policy based facts from the Fed Reserve Bank, the Dept of Labor or Justice as well as NGOs such as Pew or Heritage, that legislation/policy would withstand a legal challenge because the court would recognize these organizations as credible sources.

This is exactly the type of thinking that makes the point I'm trying to make.

Politicians are out of touch with reality and the American people they represent and it's because of this type of thinking.

The policy and laws of the United States is supposed to be set by the people of the United States and in accordance with it's Constitution not the Federal Reserve or NGO's or any other special interest group or government department who have their own agenda.

The policy and laws or not even supposed to reflect the will of the congressman, senator or President nor the party they belong to,

When they do then you no longer have a representative government but a dictatorial one one controlled not by the majority of the people but buy wealthy,powerful people or groups with special interests.

When the President and/or Congress try to pass legislation, such as this amnesty legislation [or any legislation for that matter], against the will of the majority of the American people then they are no longer representing the will of the people but their own or their friends will and are not to be trusted but removed as soon as legally possible, period.

BTW when people see and experience something that is real, that is fact, not opinion as you seem to think. When the president or congress act on the wishes of special interests it is they who are acting on the opinion and wishes of them and not the 500,000 facts in the streets of California the other day.

Nor or they acting on the will or wishes, or facts that the American people are having to live with.

108 posted on 04/01/2006 11:05:06 AM PST by mississippi red-neck (You will never win the war on terrorism by fighting it in Iraq and funding it in the West Bank.)
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To: mississippi red-neck
It is a republic and not a democracy.

There are many, many examples of "doing the peoples will" having a negative effect on the country. Pork is probably the best example.

With all due respect to the American citizen, most are not well informed on issues, especially technical issues, and rely heavily on emotion. Most politicians will steer away from the citizen's logic, choosing instesd to appeal to his emotion.

109 posted on 04/01/2006 11:23:10 AM PST by Ben Ficklin
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