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I'm proud to be an American.

Our system of government is not perfect, but go overseas, to the middle East, or China, and talk about Freedoms'. North Korea, Vietnam, etc...

...think....

...Go to Kasakstan(sp?) and trade donkeys for a tractor tire.. (Old Soviet Union)
 
125gJoe said:
I'm proud to be an American.

Our system of government is not perfect, but go overseas, to the middle East, or China, and talk about Freedoms'. North Korea, Vietnam, etc...

...think....

...Go to Kasakstan(sp?) and trade donkeys for a tractor tire.. (Old Soviet Union)
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Where did this notion of "freedom" start? We have liberties.
 
It's actually a "Democratic Republic"...in that WE get to vote for the folks who will represent us.....I'm not sure how the British parlimentary system works or how exactly it differs from ours.... They have the house of Commons and the house of Lords...?? The house of Lords is not voted in by the public and the house of Commons is ??? Not sure...

By the way...I heard a comment made by one of the Iraqi women who voted....she said "People don't know what America has done for us.....What President Bush has done.......those who do not appreciate them for it can just go to Hell !"
 
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Joe, that comment wasn't directed at you specifically, so don't take it personally.

In general, I see "freedom" this and that used all the time in media... frankly it is a load of horse-pucky anymore. Everything is slathered in censorship this and politically correct that. Heck, the ACLU is trying to take the Christ out of Christmas!

You no longer have freedoms when the government no longer fears it's citizens. It's as simple as that.

I am proud to live where I am, but I am ashamed that we no longer matter. Even the electronic voting system is flawed... have you seen how average people store the voting systems at their HOMES before and after setting them up for the public? Did you know the votes can be altered via a simple excel spreadsheet? It is a shame... how far we have come and yet so far to go. There are some serious flaws that need to be addressed... too bad the media and corporate monsters run this country.
 
Some good quotes on the subject of democracy...

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.
Eugene McCarthy

The greatest fallacy of democracy is that everyone's opinion is worth the same.
Robert Anson Heinlein

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson

Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.
Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.
Eugene V. Debs

Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.
Dave Barry
 
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JIn general, I see "freedom" this and that used all the time in media... frankly it is a load of horse-pucky anymore. Everything is slathered in censorship this and politically correct that. Heck, the ACLU is trying to take the Christ out of Christmas!.. too bad the media and corporate monsters run this country.
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Absolutely worth re-posting: too bad the media and corporate monsters run this country. People need to start thinking again.
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WalMart.
Don't ever blame yourself for shopping there ....
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Does anybody know where China is on Google Earth?

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125gJoe said:
Absolutely worth re-posting: too bad the media and corporate monsters run this country.
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I have to agree. The media digs real deep to find the bad with the military, but NEVER show all the good that we do in the States or abroad.

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The left owns the media....and it's the left that desperately wants us to loose this war on terror....hence the only reporting of bad news about it and anything and everything they can say or spin in order to make us believe them.

You see, if (WHEN!!) we win this war against those who want to devour us...then that means that Bush wins.....and we must NOT have that ! Even if it means taking down the whole country and everything we stand for......BUSH must NOT have success in ANYTHING !! Absolutetly NOT !!

So......bash bash bash...twist twist twist....until Bush is destroyed and the "right" falls off the face of the earth......and don't worry about the consequences of anything they do to achieve this......because they'll just step right in and take care of it all once thier objective is completed...
 
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