The United States of America: The Inimitable Nation

Tech Central Station ^ | June 13, 2005 | Lee Harris

[quidnunc]

For Your Consideration

[Paleo Conservative]

The US is a republic not a democracy.

[Cowboy Bob]

I thought the story was supposed to teach us that its okay for ducks and chickens to intermarry.

[CyberAnt]

In other words = not everybody should be a democracy. We're IMPOSING democracy on Arabs who really don't want it.

[writer33]

Or rather we take to Republican Government. Democracy is and will always be a misnomer, whether or not the rest of the world follows that path.

I get the point of the editorial, however, we languished under King George until we decided to act. And then only approximately 30 percent of America at that time supported the war. So, I'd say that we revel in Republican Government. This is the reason we don't continue to thrive under Democratic leadership.

The wishes of the Foudning Fathers were to remain in that form of Republican government, a decided difference between a democracy. But like I said, "I get the point of the editorial."

[writer33]

Thank you, PC. My point in #6 exactly.

[new cruelty]

Democracy is to Duck as Republic is to _________?

[budwiesest]

We're IMPOSING democracy on Arabs who really don't want it.

No, we're imposing democracy on Arabs who can't swim.

[new cruelty]

No, we are forcing arabs to eat water-logged chickens. And that is just wrong.

[new cruelty]

The eggception to the rule?

[4mycountry]

owwwhhhh....what a foul thing to do!!! Made me laugh , hard!!

[microgood]

All humans want freedom. It is very rare, however, when the chance for success and desire and opportunity line up together to make it a real possibility worth risking it all to acheive it.

[budwiesest]

Somebody should smack you with a rubber chicken. :^)

[new cruelty]

hm. According to the guidebook, slapping someone with a rubber chicken equates to imposing an Oligarchal Theocracy. I wonder how a duck would fare against that.

[Issaquahking]

All humans want freedom. It is very rare, however, when the chance for success and desire and opportunity line up together to make it a real possibility it is worth risking it all to acheive it.


There, that's more like it.

[budwiesest]

Good point! Much easier to lose freedoms than to gain them as well. As stewards of our own individual liberties, I'd say that we haven't been vigilant and that the other side is winning. Be it gun controls or flying the friendly skys, the chickenization of our people suggests we'll soon be out of our element in freedom's waters.

[Old Professer]

I'm torn between two desires; to either teach a chicken to swim or learn how to french-fry facile sophists.

[TASMANIANRED]

Humans are a strange mix of wanting freedom and self determination and wanting to be taken care of.

Recent black immigrants from Africa tend to prosper because they haven't been indoctrinated with a victim mentality.

The US became a refuge from every nation of those seeking a better life. They came from Monarchy's, from Dictatorships, from tribal cultures,

They all embraced self reliance and self determination until the Socialist Revolution of 1937 and the Communist revolution of the 1960's taught them it's easier to be a child than an adult.

[TYVets]

"No, we are forcing arabs to eat water-logged chickens. And that is just wrong."

Are we?

If given the chance they may take to it like a duck to water.

I am speaking about freedom, not water logged chickens