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To: rwfromkansas
It's all but official: we have a Constitutional Republic no longer. It has been slowly replaced with a democracy executed according to the whims of the judicial branch and their gauge of public opinion.

Such democracies [i.e. non-republic in nature] have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. --James Madison

A respect for law rooted in Christian morality is the only reason that our constitution hasn't been wholly trampled upon by now, but with this taking off of the gloves, there is no hope that any remaining portion of government restraint will be respected.

468 posted on 08/21/2003 12:08:55 PM PDT by Egg
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To: Egg
A respect for law rooted in Christian morality is the only reason that our constitution hasn't been wholly trampled upon by now, but with this taking off of the gloves, there is no hope that any remaining portion of government restraint will be respected.

True. The Democrats are filibustering judges because they believe in a moral base. Only thieves, whores, homosexuals, felons, murderers, earth worshipers, need apply for judicial seats.
The U.S.A. has become the U.S.S.A.

497 posted on 08/21/2003 12:26:56 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("He who controls communications rules the world." - Adolf Hitler)
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To: Egg
It's all but official: we have a Constitutional Republic no longer. It has been slowly replaced with a democracy executed according to the whims of the judicial branch and their gauge of public opinion.

Such democracies [i.e. non-republic in nature] have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. --James Madison

A respect for law rooted in Christian morality is the only reason that our constitution hasn't been wholly trampled upon by now, but with this taking off of the gloves, there is no hope that any remaining portion of government restraint will be respected.

Worth repeating.
BTTT

501 posted on 08/21/2003 12:28:30 PM PDT by ppaul
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