[vannrox]

Exceptional! Article....

[BikerNYC]

Nice article, but it doesn't really define what it means when it uses the terms "democracy" or "republic."

[cdefreese]

Damn, that is a mighty fine article.
Have to put this on in my collection.

[GSWarrior]

Republic? Democracy? I think 'oligarchy' is a more apt description of what our government has become in last 40 years.

[TigersEye]

It would be a little more accurate if the title were:

"We were not a Democracy!"

[That Subliminal Kid]

A fine article, but that Strike The Root website is littered with political lunatics and other fringe knuckle draggers. It also reaked with the pungent, sour smell of Loonytarianism.

[LiteKeeper]

"I voted" bump

[WaveThatFlag]

I always took "of the people, by the people, for the people" to mean that we, the people, select our governemnt from our peers, as opposed to there being a ruling class. We then expect that government to serve us, not vice versa.

BTW> Here the fine lady my fellow NYers picked to represent us in Washington demonstrates her understand of the form of government we have chosen for ourselves:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/29/first.lady.florida/

[yoe]

"...If it is just that half the people in this nation not pay income taxes then it follows that they should not be required to pay their electric bill; monthly mortgage; car payments and food bills etc...”From each according to his ability; to each according to his need."

[CodeWeasel]

The inherent vice of freedom is the unequal sharing of the blessings; the inherent blessing of equality will be the equal sharing of misery.

WOW! It is impossible to overstate the profound wisdom in this quote.

[lawdog]

BBTTT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sgt_Schultze]

bump!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

One of my favorites to explain Democracy:

"Democracy is two wolves and a sheep trying to decide what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed sheep disputing the vote." -- Benjamin Franklin