Posted on 04/28/2010 5:18:13 AM PDT by Loud Mime
In the Federalist papers we're covering in the next few weeks, a democracy is contrasted with a republic. The result is that the conditions for a democracy are different from the conditions for a republic. It's scholarly criticism, not a condemnation.
Hence it is that such democracies 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.
The readers may use the above link to read the context of the paper.
The founders abhorred the idea of a democracy and that is a fact!
Great video:
Is America A Christian Nation? - David Barton
Is that why one of the first acts of congress after yorktown was to print bibles for all the schools in the country?
Never knew they made something like it, never seen it either. I just posted the picture because it was article about Samuel Adams’ words.
I’ve never seen anything like that either.
In Germany they had a dark bier called Kulmbacher 28. It was 28% alcohol....56 proof!
My brother and I once shared a couple of bottles; he said it had been a LONG time since he felt that way after 2 beers.
If you want to know where the US is heading, just look at the Bay Area of Kalifornia and its sister region Mexico. Nothing but a bunch of small time mobsters controlling a majority of the private and public sectors. If you want to know what a big time mobster looks like, just look below.
Not a bad gig if you are near the top of that pyramid.
Dedicated to all those liberals who said that Clinton's private dalliances had nothing to do with his performance as President.
That picture irritates the **** out of me!
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