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On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:32:31 -0400, Lu Powell wrote:


Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

Not in a democracy. In a democracy, *we* are responsible.

Democracy?? Hummm. Don't want to insult you but we are not a
"Democracy"... We are a Democratic Republic...

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On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:18:54 -0400, JustWait wrote:

Democracy?? Hummm. Don't want to insult you but we are not a
"Democracy"... We are a Democratic Republic...

Democracy comes in many forms, a democratic republic being one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy

thunder wrote:
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:18:54 -0400, JustWait wrote:

Democracy?? Hummm. Don't want to insult you but we are not a
"Democracy"... We are a Democratic Republic...

Democracy comes in many forms, a democratic republic being one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy


You'd have to have read up on that or heard it in a civics class...

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On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:18:54 -0400, JustWait wrote:

Democracy?? Hummm. Don't want to insult you but we are not a
"Democracy"... We are a Democratic Republic...

Democracy comes in many forms, a democratic republic being one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy

The U. S. Constitution does not mention a democratic form of government. It
does guarantee a republican form for all the states. Quoting from Article
IV:

"Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against
Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when
the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence. "