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Posted on 05/10/2009 9:20:54 AM PDT by jay1949
At the core of representative democracy is the secret ballot: when you go into the booth to vote, you vote YOUR values and YOUR will; not the values and will of someone who is out to intimidate you into voting any other way. But Democrats and unions think that kind of individual freedom is dangerous and unfair: better that everyone be forced to vote openly and publicly, so that their version of the fascist blackshirts can pay a visit to their home and “persuade” them to vote "right."
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those look like some very persuasive guys
LOL. Just your friendly neighborhood Union Rep’s.....Coming to a small buisness near you soon....
Liberals are all for "choice" when it comes to killing babies but not for choosing whether to join a union or whether to hold a Christian opinion on gay marriage.
That's the way we think today, but it's actually a relatively new concept. It didn't come into USA till well after the Civil War, with the last state going to it in 1891.
Ballots were cast publicly for over half the history of this country, one reason elections so often ended in riots.
“Ballots were cast publicly for over half the history of this country, one reason elections so often ended in riots.”
Which is, of course, a persuasive argument for the secret ballot.
Can’t argue with that.
It is; Mike Eden is an excellent writer, and doesn’t spare the words when making his point.
Perhaps we are in some respect defined by the choices we permit others to make.
“those look like some very persuasive guys”
Their bones break and they bleed like anyone else.
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