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Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica
Feel free to read this defination Republic vs. Democracy then continue with this discussion. Get educated as to what WE ARE SUPPOSE to be not what our elected criminals tell us that we are. No we are not following what the founding fathers had in mind. We have been lazy and unmindful of those that we have entrusted to do what is right for the country. I hope that we are not to late to save this great nation without blood shed. Maybe our elected officials will wake up and do the right thing and get us back on track once again. |
Figmo, I trust you are addressing this comment to the forum readership in general, because you and I seem to be in agreement on the effectiveness of our elected representatives to actually govern. Our representative republic--you were correct in noting the difference between a "democracy" and what the framers actually had in mind when drafting the Constitution and creating the Congress--seems to have deteriorated into a mob of elected "representatives" so split ideologically and controlled by their political parties and money from special interests that they are incapable of governing at all. One thing that they are absolutely not, and that is "representative".
Like I said in the title of this thread, corrected a bit....
our (government) is pathetic!