The US is a Bicameral Republic, we elect representatives who are supposed to speak for us in the House of Representatives and the Senate, although they rarely actually do.
-- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC 27616 (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 -----Original Message----- From: Michael Grant [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 12:22 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Democracy in Action - IRanians protest election results. But isn't the US also not a "true democracy?" Isn't it more akin to a republic? On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Vivec wrote: > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election > > > > There certainly seems to be an overwhelming number of people that feel > > the elections were rigged in some way. > > > > Democracy in action? > > > > They have the forms of democracy, but not democracy as we understand it in > the West. In constitutional terms, the Judiciary branch of the Iranian > government (the mullahs) trumps the Executive and Legislative branches of > government. Not a true democracy. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298450 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
