tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096042740433586662.post6929135583147925804..comments2023-03-21T08:18:23.696-04:00Comments on The Writer's Kaffeeklatsch: Really?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096042740433586662.post-23856312091536116632011-09-16T10:41:53.441-04:002011-09-16T10:41:53.441-04:00Our country is neither, though it claims to be bot...Our country is neither, though it claims to be both. It is an oligarchy.DavidShaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378015294494222646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096042740433586662.post-31293289307226994462011-09-14T08:27:22.769-04:002011-09-14T08:27:22.769-04:00Well in all technicality they're both right - ...Well in all technicality they're both right - I believe the term is democratic republic. But the point stands - if an official running for public office makes a remark like that about our governmental system, that means the officials running our government are even more out of sync with the rest of us than we thought only moments before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096042740433586662.post-88009157020274509872011-09-14T08:26:31.892-04:002011-09-14T08:26:31.892-04:00Becca,
Ever heard of "of the people, by the ...Becca,<br /><br />Ever heard of "of the people, by the people and for the people"? That's a democracy. <br /><br />According to Webster's dictionary:<br />de·moc·ra·cy<br /> [dih-mok-ruh-see] noun, plural -cies. <br />1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents The Gaelic Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13042569769234227354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096042740433586662.post-1031086817823922832011-09-14T01:46:11.477-04:002011-09-14T01:46:11.477-04:00I think the schools in our country have not change...I think the schools in our country have not changed much at all in the last 50 years. They continue to be more about socialization than education and the nonsense that I was taught that passed for history has just been replaced by a different mythos.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096042740433586662.post-8759200435850597132011-09-13T22:56:32.053-04:002011-09-13T22:56:32.053-04:00Well if it was a democracy, we would not have need...Well if it was a democracy, we would not have need for congressmen or senators, no? A democracy comes out to be a direct vote on every issue, by all the people,if I sit correct. In our republic we elect representatives to look after our best interests, or one would hope that is the case. If I am wrong, enlighten me.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169738955846222411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096042740433586662.post-91188156061203802242011-09-13T22:04:40.690-04:002011-09-13T22:04:40.690-04:00I spent two hours yelling at CNN last night. Ever...I spent two hours yelling at CNN last night. Everything that they would say that I thought sounded decent, smart and ethical, would get booed by the crowd.<br /><br />The future scares me.Kev D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13557162668726460610noreply@blogger.com