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No kidding.
They hate everything except their weapons and Jack Daniels.
partisan statement,............ and no warning from the president?
No kidding.
They hate everything except their weapons and Jack Daniels.
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty . Fisher Aimes
Pure democracy would be a disaster, IMOyes.. i hate democracy......AS A "FORM" OF GOVERNMENT.
meaning a democratic form of government.
i have no problem and WANT democracy as a single element, of REPUBLICAN form government
the only people who want democracy are people who do not understand democracy what it truly is or people who are socialist and know exactly what it is.
"democracy is the road to socialism", as Karl Marx
"democracy is indispensable to socialism." - Vladimir Lenin
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty . Fisher Aimes
Pure democracy would be a disaster, IMO
All power would reside in individuals capable of gathering, motivating, and directing the attention of large groups of people, because they would be able to get whatever they wanted to happen (or were paid to make happen)...happen.
Essentially it would be rule by majority, and the temporary whims of said majority at that.
It is my understanding that this is in part the reason the US (and other similar governments) decided when forming to have a representational democracy - the people elect representatives and task them with governing them.
It is also why the senators were originally chosen by the states, to provide an additional layer (the state legislature) between the people and the government.
Of course all that was changed to eliminate gerrymandered districts ensuring a given party would always hold a specific senatorial seat.
They still gerrymander stuff of course, but now it doesn't effect senatorial elections to the same degree.
I'm not sure I understand the distinction between a republican form of government and a representational democracy.the u.s. has a republican form of government
representative democracy is a democratic form
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence"
I'm not sure I understand the distinction between a republican form of government and a representational democracy.
sounds to me, as you are using the rules for you own use, breaking them by talking to yourself...
partisan statement,............ and no warning from the president?
This is a 2nd warning. If you have a problem with the moderation, send a PM to the President
Oh, don't worry.partisan statement,............ and no warning from the president?
Oh, don't worry.
It was just a joke.
Hopefully, our fledgling constitution will survive the blow.
You're not planning to introduce an anti-humor clause are you?
Only Paleocon will support such a move.
Just a reminder for all that this thread is for discussion of the Preamble of our constitution. It's not about Obama, progressives or who's going to pay for your yacht
This forum is not the place for hackish comments about other posters.
As I've pointed out before, the right-libertarians hate democracy
our President of the convention has clearly abused his power
Uh-oh.....I smell the stench of rebellion in the air.
Are you already advocating impeachment?
Uh-oh.....I smell the stench of rebellion in the air.
Are you already advocating impeachment?
this is a perfect example of how people when given a little power, can let it go to their head and abuse that power.
This thread is about the preamble. Please talk about the topic and do not derail a thread in which DP mods have already posted more than one warning.
Sangha's no Dick Cheney.
Is it possible you're taking this entire exercise a little too seriously?
In the end, it's just us girls, sittin' around, drinkin' coffee and opinionatin'.
PS: I dropped the g's so I'd sound more folksy.
its always the way isn't it?......when people you agree with do this......well he was just being funny.....
however when its a conservative or libertarians, the rules must be observed.
Oh....well....I will accept my impending thread ban as the price I must pay for freedom.
Give me liberty or give me death.
Oh....well....I will accept my impending thread ban as the price I must pay for freedom.
Give me liberty or give me death.
Frankly I would prefer that we address actions and statements, rather than assumed predilections.
Far too often I see someone who appears to be desperately trying to place the person they are talking to into a nice box/group.
Often they will assume they have, and then throw out a canned response, or voice their personal angst against that specific box/group.
I did not specify what the boxes looked like.Well its a good thing that I am in a hexagon then.
Don't be sorry, I've definitely lost track.So I can't remember - did you pick a preamble you prefer? or have comments on them? I kind of lost track.... sorry!
Well its a good thing that I am in a hexagon then.