US: Democracy or Republic?
>Reply-To: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Declan McCullagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Release: Democracy or Republic? >Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:57:19 -0500 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 > >The Liberty Committee >701 W. Broad Street, Fifth Floor >Falls Church, VA 22046 > > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >Thursday, December 07, 2000 >Contact: Kent Snyder, 703-241-1003 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web site: http://www.thelibertycommittee.org > >THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A DEMOCRACY. IT IS A REPUBLIC. THE ELECTORAL >COLLEGE SYSTEM SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED. > >House Concurrent Resolution (H.C.R.) 443 was submitted Monday, December >4, 2000 by Representatives Ron Paul (TX), Jack Metcalf (WA), Bob Stump >(AZ), and Mark Sanford (SC) expressing the sense of Congress in >reaffirming the United States of America as a republic. H.C. R. 443 >also reaffirms the electoral college system. > >"I call upon every member of the U.S. House of Representatives to >cosponsor House Concurrent Resolution 443 and ask every citizen to see >that they do," stated Kent Snyder executive director of The Liberty >Committee. He added, "The U.S. is a republic. Our present system of >selecting a president and vice president should remain so our republic >of independent and sovereign states will remain." > >The Liberty Committee is a nationwide, grassroots organization of over >45,000 Americans who are determined to restore the national government >of the United States to its constitutional limitations in order for >liberty to prevail. > >-30- > >
Re: US: Democracy or Republic?
>On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote: > >> >From: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A DEMOCRACY. IT IS A REPUBLIC. THE ELECTORAL > >A republic is a form of democracy, a representative one. No, it isn't. -- A quote from Petro's Archives: ** "Despite almost every experience I've ever had with federal authority, I keep imagining its competence." John Perry Barlow
Re: US: Democracy or Republic?
At 03:26 AM 12/10/00 -0800, petro wrote: >>On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote: >> >>> >From: "Kent Snyder-The Liberty Committee" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> >THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A DEMOCRACY. IT IS A REPUBLIC. THE ELECTORAL >> >>A republic is a form of democracy, a representative one. > > No, it isn't. Quite. And the specter of the Florida legislature selecting a new set of electors are providing one of the best civics educations citizens young and old have had this century. Its really quite healthy to have the myth of democracy we were all taught in grade school laid bare by the reality of a conservative and plain reading of the Constitution by some of the best and brightest. steve
Re: US: Democracy or Republic?
At 1:32 AM -0500 12/11/00, Declan McCullagh wrote: >On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 05:12:23PM -0800, Steve Schear wrote: >> Quite. And the specter of the Florida legislature selecting a new set of >> electors are providing one of the best civics educations citizens young and >> old have had this century. Its really quite healthy to have the myth of >> democracy we were all taught in grade school laid bare by the reality of a >> conservative and plain reading of the Constitution by some of the best and >> brightest. > >Heh. For every Democrat (and perhaps some Republicans) who goes on TV >and proudly proclaims this perpetual election as a good thing because >it buttresses our civics knowledge, I want to ask: Why don't we >encourage the president, say, to commit a felony? The subsequent >prosecution and conviction would be fascinating to observe and would >*really* educate America's children. Yes, the treatment Bill received after raping Juanita Brodderick was indeed instructive. As was the punishment he received for lying under oath, suborning perjury, tampering with evidence, and (very probably) having witnesses in his scandals killed. (While not _all_ of the several dozen people on the Bill Hit List were victims of foul play, I expect many were. And about 10 standard deviations' worth of deaths as compared to the expected number around other men of similar age --Tim May -- (This .sig file has not been significantly changed since 1992. As the election debacle unfolds, it is time to prepare a new one. Stay tuned.)
