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On The Strength And Stability Of Democracy
If the basis and roots of democracy are shallow, then the strength, the stability and the durability of an attempt at democracy will be problematic, and democracy itself will be a precarious arrangement, a fragile agreement. If we want to teach ourselves responsibility, then......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-19 10:56:32 | Rating:

| Views: 102 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Democracy Equality Freedom Citizenship

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A greedy nature is a nature conditioned, constituted and crystallized by a nurturing of greed. The libertarian believes that human beings are able to fulfill moral ought. The libertarian is a pelagian. Human perfection is possible. Individual......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-20 12:57:34 | Rating:

| Views: 76 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Human Nature Philosophy Economics Ecology Morality Education Liberty

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I am a fully convinced social democrat. I am fully convinced that a social democracy can succeed in achieving what social democrats desire. And, I am fully convinced that a social democracy can be the best arrangement -- ethically best as well as economically best -- for the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-20 13:20:56 | Rating:

| Views: 69 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Social Democracy Truth Neal Boortz Rule of Law Wage Contracts

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On June 18, 2004, Neal Boortz was talking about school children and school bus stops, and Mr. Boortz declared: "I am a social darwinist." I believe that people would listen to a more intelligent radio talk show, if it were aired at the same time that Neal Boortz is aired......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-20 13:28:42 | Rating:

| Views: 64 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Neal Boortz

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There are those who will say that a democracy can vote to kill whoever the members want. I suppose that if you have an aristocratic, or a plutocratic government, the aristocrats and the plutocrats can vote, as the members of a ruling-class élite, on who to kill, for......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-20 13:42:20 | Rating:

| Views: 56 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Democracy Freedom

Quotation
"Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage." -- Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce ...Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-20 13:44:27 | Rating:

| Views: 53 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Politics

Gay Marriage
If gay marriage is wrong, then don't do it. If polygamy is wrong, then don't do it. If masturbation is wrong, then don't do it. If gays wish to marry, then let them be. If the state makes laws to please some, and to punish others, that is very wrong. If I tolerate others doing what......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-20 13:48:35 | Rating:

| Views: 99 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Gay Marriage

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The government of these United States is not a democracy. However, a democracy can be a constitutional arrangement, and a republic can be a democracy. The United States is a representative democracy, because only the representatives bring democracy into play in both their......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-20 13:58:18 | Rating:

| Views: 54 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Democracy

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Some will say that democracy is necessary, but by itself is not enough. The real checks and balances that insure freedom in democratic societies are undemocratic and immovable in nature - such as the U.S. Constitution. My answer to this is that the problem with capitalist democracy......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-20 14:16:16 | Rating:

| Views: 61 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Democracy

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If the United Stated Constitution can be vaguely called a "social contract", for example, it is not an uncontested contract, it is not an undisputed charter, it is not an unchallenged constitution. The United States Constitution is not a unanimous constitution; it is not a......Read More