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The Dangers of One Party Rule
Marxist Hacker 42 writes "Now that the Politics section is up and running, I can submit this story. Back in February, The American Prospect ran a speculative article on The Danger of NeoConservative One Party Rule. A quote: 'Benjamin Franklin, leaving the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, was asked by a bystander what kind of government the Founders had bestowed. "A republic," he famously replied, "if you can keep it." There have been moments in American history when we kept our republic only by the slenderest of margins. This year is one of those times.'"
Wolfowitz scares the hell out of me, and it's not just his policies but also his aversion to sunlight.
-dameron
Ah...slave to fashion, to fine wine, to cheese, to fine taste and wonderful women who know what a man likes ...(sigh) ...or... !!BUSH!! ... sometimes slavery aint so bad.
Sera
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It's not all the Republican's fault, to be honest. The whole world has changed.
Er, Republicans, rather.
Now, aren't the guys in Pentagon wishing they hadn't dissolved the Iraq Army?
"Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead." (John Maynard Keynes)
Ok, I did.
I'd like to see George W. Bush reelected.
(Shields up!)
sigs, as if you care.