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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: koan who wrote (31412)6/19/2008 3:01:28 PM
From: DizzyG  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 224748
 
koan...

This is wrong: We live in a democracy.

Nope...we live in a constitutional federal republic. The founding fathers wanted to avoid a democracy (ie. mob rule) so they created a federal republic. Didn't you take any kind of US Government classes in school?

Read about it here: en.wikipedia.org

Diz-



To: koan who wrote (31412)6/19/2008 9:21:26 PM
From: Bill  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 224748
 
Koan, the constitution makes no provision for the socialist doctrine you just espoused. Please read it before telling me how things ought to be in my country.