On Monday, July 7, 2003 at 09:52:59 -0500, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah, but in the good ol' USA there is a big difference. > In the good ol' USA all government spending, to include > also all the wasteful government spending, is approved > of by the people themselves. In theory, yes. That is what we all learned in civics class. In actuality, no. > In the good ol' USA all government spending must be > authorized by Congress, which consists only of > representatives elected by the people. Again, in theory, yes. In actuality no. There are many exceptions. Get your nose out of your civics textbook and open your eyes. > In a democracy or in a representative government, the > only tyranny that exists is the tyranny of the masses. That sounds kind of elitist. ;o) > In a dictatorship only the dictator has the power to be > a tyrant. A far better government than a democratic > government would be a government administrated by a > beneficent dictator. The only problem with establishing > beneficent dictatorships is that the world does not know > of any beneficent people who want to become dictators. George W. Bush did not win the popular vote. In my opinion, he did not win the electoral vote either - he stole it. There were numerous irregularities in the Florida election, a state controlled by his brother, including the manpulation and purging of voter lists. One might therefore, just for sake of this discussion, regard him as a dictator. As to whether he is a beneficent dictator, the only entity to which he has been truly beneficent is the oil industry, an industry with which he, his family, and the key members of his administration (Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice, etc.) are all closely associated. "...the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." - Hermann Goering Binky __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
