I just read an oldie but goodie called "Uncommon Sense" he discussed the same issues. Thanks for posting this jewell. BTTT
Iraq seems to be proceeding along Republic lines. It's amazing to me that "majority rules" has not been a big issue as a result of the results.
Elections to provide representative government must continue to occur on some scheduled basis. I have read that some countries have elections that elect a leader for life.
There must be built-in accountability. That means regular voting.
Excellent :-)
IF you can KEEP it...
*hears dim strains of John Williams' Imperial March faintly echoing in the distance...:-(*
enormity, n. "a monstrous evil or outrage"
I like this article, printing it for my better half.
I too have noticed all this "democracy" talk lately. It seems that once again the dummocrats have been successful in controling the language. Every time there are a people in the world having an election, the media stands up and says "Ain't Democracy Grand"
Thank you, I will bookmark for further reading :)
Truth is not 'self' evident...never has been..
God said the human heart (the self) is deceitfully wicked...who can know it...
Apart from God we can not keep a Republic
The mess the USA will be made by such men who hate God
and the founders won't be worth living in or fighting for.
imo
My concern is the comment on the front page of Free Republic, "once the people come to know they can vote themselves money from the public largess, this constitutional republic is finished." This was the tool for the democratic party for 50 years, and now, the republicans seem to be following suit. The communists did the central planning at the Kremlin. I fear we are moving toward central planning of a similar order. Notwithstanding the constitutional impediments to this, we seem to be racing headlong toward absolute centrally ordained order. The Bill of Rights (which should be entitled the Bill of Federal Government Restrictions) are coming to mean whatever any liberal or appellate or supreme court justice wants it to mean. Now after 11 years of republican rule (House) and nearly that long for the senate and 5 for the Executive, I see little conservative dominence of ideals institutionalized. We move ever left it seems. Perhaps the pace has slowed a little, but we have moved left ideologically, as a nation, over the past 11 years. The people, 52%, remain true to conservativism but even the republican politicians cannot effectuate conservative ideals inculcated into the law and code. New prescription entitlement and 600 billion and counting, an immigration policy which is, if nothing else, irresponsible,and at worst could result in the death of millions of American, Republican timidity in the face of Democrat cocksure hubris, (the senate needs to operate with commety while the democrates call the republican leadership evil, incompetent,without judgement, and all manner of vileness), an account deficit the largest in history, a budget deficit larger than any in history, and a trade deficit larger than under any democrat. As bad as this sounds, if these thing had occurred under a Gore or Kerry administration, we would be howling to beat the band. I believe President Bush to be a decent and good man, but I see minimalist conservatism which he has effectuated in real time.
