[pyritechips]

Originally Posted by thingamajig

ex-Felons do have voting rights in most states.

http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/exo...olicy2007.html



100% correct. Here is a good explanation.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=pl_d31_1232904970

Then what's all that crap about Bush spreading democracy around the world? Shouldn't he have been spreading Constitutional Republicancy?

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by pyritechips

Then what's all that crap about Bush spreading democracy around the world? Shouldn't he have been spreading Constitutional Republicancy?

That's a very good question. How about the US educational system and the press?

[buffoon]

Originally Posted by pyritechips

Then what's all that crap about Bush spreading democracy around the world? Shouldn't he have been spreading Constitutional Republicancy?

You reckon he knows what either of the two means?

Purely rhetorical, please don't waste time on this.

[StumpedTechy]

But the US isn't democratic -

http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A4Sec4.html

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government

People who are not taught about government have thoughts of being democratic and I bet you ask a majority of the population they would say we are... but we are not.

We me have been granted democratic types of liberties through our government but we are still a republic.

I just wonder why everyone is so gung-ho about bringing democracy across the world and to other nations when we are not doing it here?

[Sarge]

Originally Posted by thingamajig

ex-Felons do have voting rights in most states.

http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/exo...olicy2007.html

I thought all felons couldnt vote but I stand corrected, Im from NYC.

BTW, whats an ex-felon?

[Stoner]

Originally Posted by StumpedTechy

But the US isn't democratic -

http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A4Sec4.html

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government

People who are not taught about government have thoughts of being democratic and I bet you ask a majority of the population they would say we are... but we are not.

We me have been granted democratic types of liberties through our government but we are still a republic.

I just wonder why everyone is so gung-ho about bringing democracy across the world and to other nations when we are not doing it here?

But the US isn't democratic

The US government is a federal republic. Our society is however structured on democratic principles..

The US isn't spreading democratic forms of government around the world......the US is attempting to spread forms of republics based on how we perceive democracy. It's sounds more altruistic to claim the goal is 'democracy'....... most likely for the support of involvement of both the US citizen and the foreign countries being overthrown.......err...scratch that.....convinced

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by Sarge

I thought all felons couldnt vote but I stand corrected, Im from NYC.

BTW, whats an ex-felon?

I believe ex-felon is terminology for someone who has served their time and is off probation and parole. I like to use it because of my preference of not labeling a person because of one event. For example, you may have gotten drunk once but that does not forever mean that you are a drunkard.

[pyritechips]

Originally Posted by Stoner

The US government is a federal republic. Our society is however structured on democratic principles..

The US isn't spreading democratic forms of government around the world......the US is attempting to spread forms of republics based on how we perceive democracy. It's sounds more altruistic to claim the goal is 'democracy'....... most likely for the support of involvement of both the US citizen and the foreign countries being overthrown.......err...scratch that.....convinced

Hi Jack.

Gotta hate those typos, eh?

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by Sarge

I thought all felons couldnt vote but I stand corrected, Im from NYC.

I just noticed the NYC. Of course, that can be used as an excuse for almost anything..

[lotuseclat79]

America's got to end its deadly devotion to democracy.

The clash of Democracy and a free market economy can have disastrous consequences in third world developing countries.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

The Athenians: Another warning from history?.

The collapse of Greek democracy 2,400 years ago occurred in circumstances so similar to our own it could be read as a dark and often ignored lesson from the past, a new study suggests.


From Democrats To Kings by Michael Scott

-- Tom

[wacor]

run out of threads to place all the cut and crap you find?

[lotuseclat79]

Hi Bill,

You sound like a broken record. You should consider changing the record. I usually run a Search before I post on any issue. Your complaints are without any merit whatsoever - evah!

If only you would read the articles I post links to - yes, you Bill - could learn something you don't know instead of deciding you have already made up your mind, and no one can change it - it just shows you and your brethern conservative ilk are spent, broken, and couldn't think up a new idea to save your sorry butts. Hint: Maybe the Republicans should take up REFORM as the new cross to bear and trump the Dems at their own game - i.e. dump the Base (extreme right) of the Republican party - then most folks WITH AN OPEN MIND would take a new look at the new Republican party. I was one once too - long time ago when I was in the military and there was a Republican POTUS.

Like you could really care about keeping an open mind - doubt it!

-- Tom

[wacor]

me a broken record

Nah, me thinks it is you that is broken. You keep whining every time I bring this up

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by wacor

me a broken record

Nah, me thinks it is you that is broken. You keep whining every time I bring this up

You be the whiner Bill - it's who you are - your nature - in your genes.

-- Tom