We are NOT a Democracy! (An OUTSTANDING Article!)

Strike the Root! ^ | FR Post - Election Day 11-5-2002 | Joseph S. Bommerito

[vannrox]

Exceptional! Article....

[FrogMom]

Bump for later reading, gotta go vote.

[PGalt]

bump

[philman_36]

Here is some help for you, which you desperately need.

[2banana]

The word "democracy" is not found in the US Constitution.

[RLK]

A constitutional republic is a mechanism for slowing down the corruptive process of democracy. Eventually, however, if the people are corrupt enough, long enough, they will overwhelm and slowly destroy even the most perfect of constitutions. That's where we are today.

[vannrox]

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If not by democracy, then how do former subjects of a monarchy ensure freedom?

Alexander Hamilton wrote,

"We are now forming a republican form of government. Real liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy . . . .

If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of dictatorship." 

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[Wrigley]

With that qoute I understand more why the left hates our Founding Fathers so much.

[Teacher317]

The inherent vice of freedom is the unequal sharing of the blessings; the inherent blessing of equality will be the equal sharing of misery.

BUMP for a must-read!

[vannrox]

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"...The inherent vice of freedom is the unequal sharing of the blessings;


the inherent blessing of equality will be the equal sharing of misery..."


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[TiaS]

I can personally relate to that line about government being a broker in pillage -- it was not just my purse that they have stolen -- but my NAME too! Today, I'm voting for every GREEN thing I can find on the ballot.

[OXENinFLA]

Repeal the 17th Amendment BUMP!!!

[PhilipFreneau]

My favorite quote on Democracy is this one by James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, from Federalist Paper #10, November 23, 1787:

. . . 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.

[philman_36]

Did you see this one? Forget Milk. Got ID?
Very tongue in cheek.

[MosesKnows]

The Constitution therefore states, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government . . . .”

Agreed; an exceptional article.

The 16th and 17th amendment to the Constitution started the nation on the path toward becoming a democracy, which is the exact condition of government warned against by the framers of the Constitution. The Democrat party's memorial to Paul Wellstone is an excellent example of the results of a democracy, which was rule by the mob.

I would add that no where in the Constitution of the United States will you find even a single occurrence of the words democracy, democrat, or democratic.

[philman_36]

I've got misery aplenty enough already.

[jsraggmann]

Unfortunately, you are correct. There is really little difference between the Dems(Bolsheviks) and the Pubbies(Mensheviks). They both stand for big govt and socialism. The rate of the destruction of our Republic is the only difference.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

"Alexander Hamilton wrote,

'We are now forming a republican form of government. Real liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy . . . .

If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of dictatorship.'"

It is interesting to play on Alexander Hamilton's words and note the similarity in meaning . . . change republican to "REPUBLICAN" (as in GOP) and democracy to "DEMOCRATS" (as in DEMONrats). Our founding fathers had it right from the beginning!

[MissAmericanPie]

Great article. I wish the founding fathers had added an amendment that the government cannot enter into any treaties with foreign entities without passage by popular vote. I also wish they had added a fool proof manner in which the citizens can sue for redress of grievances, which congress, down through the years, has successfully managed to blocked every avenue but revolution.

We should expect alot out of a Republican President, congress, and senate. Like returning alot of power to the states and getting back to a Republican form of government.

[GeekDejure]

Democracy = Democrats !!!

Republic = Republicans !!!

Any questions ???