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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.'"
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.
"All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power." - Ashleigh Brilliant
You guys on the left just love to exaggerate, and I'm not sure if it helps you.
I mean, Stalin means the Gulag! Stalin means farmers being executed for not giving up all their food to the State!
I personally guarantee you that George Bush is not Hitler, or Stalin, and the simple act of saying he is, or might be, is ridiculous.
I think any government that wants to survive would wind up curtailing civil liberties in the name of capturing Al Queda and friends. I really doubt that John Kerry, should he become President, would do much different from Bush on this question one way or the other.
The only thing we would gain from John Kerry is a government that's a slave to France, and I don't know if that's an improvement even in civil liberties terms.
Under whatever leader we wind up with, you will not be prevented from comparing him to Hitler, or marching for hours screaming at the top of your lungs that he's evil. None of those rights are in any danger today. Not even the right to make a complete fool of yourself.
I belong to a pro-Bush protest organization, and I enjoy making a complete fool of myself sometimes, so relax. Neither of us are going to be prevented from expressing our views.
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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.
You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
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
I love this crap. Keep up the picking and poking. This is exactly why Bush will win. While everyone of you morons are on the far left bitch about Bush you are loosing votes. No one wants to listen to baby's crying they want solutions to todays problems. This is exactly why they'll vote for Bush.
The train has left the building and the far left is sitting on the bench.
The most important issue to the majority of Americans is their and their children's saftey.
You can argue until you're blue in your face about losing our civil liberties, (and I would agree with you!) and how evil George Bush is, but it's only falling on deaf ears.
Johny Kerry needs to get up there and tell everyone what he would do better to fight the war on terror. I wish he would because I would really like to hear it, and until he does my vote goes with Bush.
I think O'Reilly said it best when he stated Democrats are idealists and Republicans are realists.
I think we need them both and am hoping Kerry gets a little more realistic.
Insane mutterings like "we are about to lose our republic" should not be given credence in what is supposed to be a reasonable website. As opposed to the far-left website from which it was taken.
Other than the Democrats being very unhappy that they've lost the White House, Senate, and House of Reps for the last four years, and every poll and prospect shows that this will continue for another four or so, WHAT is so BLAZING URGENT that would make ANYONE foam up with THIS level of trash?
Dude. This is BUSINESS AS USUAL. It just SO HAPPENS that the REPUBLICANS are top dogs right now. DON'T WORRY. The Democrats will EVENTUALLY figure out how to appeal to more people again. There will CONTINUE to be elections. SOMEONE will win, SOMEONE will lose.
Come on. Come with your best. Let's hear your reasons. You've said NOTHING so far.
And wacko conspiracy theories about how someone-or-other is going to take over the TRUE government (which of course WE ALL don't KNOW about) are not allowed.
And, for crissakes, NO WHINING about the 2000 election and Florida. GET THE **** OVER IT.
Not elected? Get real. Two points that will kill your assertion:
1) It was actually the Gore campaign that brought in the lawyers. They threw it into the courts. The Republicans simply took it to the next level (the Supremes) and won there. That happens to be the highest court in the land, and in the game of lawyers and courts, that wins, in case you hadn't noticed. The Democrats picked the playing field, they just lost.
2) Had there actually been a recount, Bush would actually have won anyway. See the reports here and here.
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?
By automatically wanting a fucking moron as president, you automatically call attention to a pathetic character flaw. The kind of pathetic, selfish flaw that identifies you as either:
A) I economically benefit from Fuckhead being President.
B) I'm just so fucking stupid that the dumbshit programming worked.
Wake the fuck up dumbass.