John answered that in his email. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Hemsley Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:59 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Our Political System Tom, I agree with your desciption and explanation. My question then becomes what is the operational, not theoretical but real, balance and heck for the president? Dave H... > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:52:24 -0600> Subject: [MBZ] Our Political System> > Our system of government is a Republic, not a Democracy. The Democratic> Party started to push the term “Democracy” in the 30s to lend more> credibility to the party name and it has stuck ever since. A more correct> set of names for the two parties would be Conservative and Liberal.> > > > > > In a democracy, everyone votes on everything and a true democracy is mass> rule or mass chaos.> > > > In a republic, you hire or “vote for” who you want to represent you and that> person is charged to represent your area or district. The person will not> specifically represent you but a good politician will represent the average> wishes of his or her district.> > > > Also, most don’t realize that politics is all about compromise. Your elected> official may agree 100% with an issue that’s dear to your heart but he has> to compromise that issue to win somewhere else. This happens every day. A> good politician chooses his battles carefully so as to gain as much as he> can for the district.> > > > The Presidential veto is part of our three leg government and is necessary> to keep Congress in check. There have been many instances where Congress has> gotten out of control & passed a bill that the President has refused to sign> off. The president does not perform this task lightly and it would be nice> if he had line item veto. Instead, the president has to use the media to> help push some of the more outrageous pork off a bill before he signs.> > > > Thanks,> > Tom Hargrave> > HYPERLINK "http://www.kegkits.com"www.kegkits.com> > 256-656-1924> > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message.> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1299 - Release Date: 2/26/2008> 9:08 AM> > _______________________________________> http://www.okiebenz.com> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1299 - Release Date: 2/26/2008 9:08 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1299 - Release Date: 2/26/2008 9:08 AM _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
