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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.'"

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  1. Supreme Court Appointees? by Nagatzhul · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yep, they don't live forever. The problem we have with the Supreme Court right now is that they are making new law at times, not measuring law as compared to the Constitution. Rowe versus Wade is a perfect example. There is no way you can suggest abortion is a right. There is nothing in the Constitution (Bill of Rights, etc) to suggest it is. We need more conservative members on the Supreme Court, thought that is what the democrats want to block. They want to consider the Constitution a "living document" and changeable by their wims.

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  2. I pine for the day.. by Slime-dogg · · Score: 1, Troll

    that /. can get back to the "News for nerds" part. This bitching and vote-mongering is hardly "stuff that matters." Our country is hardly different from where it was four years ago, except that we have an economy that has a firmer foundation than an extremely volatile bubble (which was put firmly into place by the economic policies of the Clinton era). We're just as arrogant as ever, we're just as whiny, and we still demand everything while giving nothing. It hasn't changed a bit.

    So tell me. Why does it matter who we vote for? The American culture isn't going to change at all. We're still going to be just as damn greedy as we used to be. We won't be humanitarian much at all... just like we weren't really under Clinton.

    The problem isn't the leaders that we elect, even though they are the easiest to blame. The problem is ourselves, and our reluctance to do anything about it.

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  3. Hispanic Politicians and Voters by reporter · · Score: 0, Troll
    Within the next 20 years, La Raza will become the 3rd political party in the USA. To understand the nature of La Raza, I offer the following quote from a speech by Jose Angel Gutierrez, professor at the University of Texas at Arlington and founder of La Raza Unida Party. He gave the speech at UC Riverside in 1/1995.

    The border remains a military zone. We remain a hunted people. Now you think you have a destiny to fulfill in the land that historically has been ours for forty thousand years. And we're a new Mestizo nation. And they want us to discuss civil rights. Civil rights. What law made by white men to oppress all of us of color, female and male. This is our homeland. We cannot - we will not- and we must not be made illegal in our own homeland. We are not immigrants that came from another country to another country. We are migrants, free to travel the length and breadth of the Americas because we belong here. We are millions. We just have to survive. We have an aging white America. They are not making babies. They are dying. It's a matter of time. The explosion is in our population.

    You can also listen to the an actual audio clip of the quote above. There is an important web site with other quotes and audio clips.

    Is anyone shocked by La Raza and the Hispanics who support La Raza? La Raza is the Hispanic equivalent of the Ku Klux Klan.

    I am extremely concerned that La Raza will become the "one party" that controls America in 2025. Our refusal to control our borders has led to an explosive political dynamic that will be hostile to anyone who is not Hispanic.

    Write the following candidates on the presidential ballot.

    president: Bill O'Reilly
    vice-president: Tammy Bruce

  4. Re:So true by antirename · · Score: 0, Troll

    They are islamic, muslim, and terrorists. Islam in general has shown itself to be an evil religion lately. Want to be a dictator? Want to play god? Make your country a theocracy and impose Sharia. This isn't meant to be flamebait, but what GOOD has islam done lately? I haven't seen any. The Russians will probably be a lot less politically correct than the USA when dealing with this problem. I mean, the dickheads blew up a bunch of kids in a school! Russia knows that the US doesn't really care what they do in response. This should be interesting. I mean, what would you do? Invite the terrorists over for tea? What if it were your kid's school?