Four requirements for democracy: 1) freedom of press 2) high literacy rate 3) high voter turn-out 4) low infant death rate
The U.S. fails on all counts. It is not a democracy. --- Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This essay was written as though the polls > themselves were not > already contaminated. As though intelligent and > charismatic liberal > politicians in this country have not been culled > through assasination > or media-fueled scandals in this country since the > Kennedy > assasination. (I mean, folks, do we really think > that Kennedy's death > served no purpose?) > > The controlling technique of the New World Order IS > democracy, or the > illusion of the same. Generally, it's enough to just > have the larger > funds for media control. We've seen in this country > that it can go > further, even when the left offers mediocre > candidates. Benign > dictators normally meet death through junta, eh? > > I agree. For the most part the tools for true > populist control of > this country are still, for the most part, in place. > If you chose to > run, don't fly a plane, of course, or call yourself > the leader of the > World Peace Movement. Now IS the time to start > working on real > democracy as though there will be no tomorrow > otherwise. > > In the current form of democracy, they take the > power and we, the > people, take the blame for everything. Votes never > count for much as > long as the ruling powers pick your choices. ===== @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Stacey Elin Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zip.to/anaserene @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus – Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
