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"A Fresh Start For Democracy"

WHAT "Democracy...?"
This country has NEVER been a democracy (I don't mean 'No, but it's a Republic'...).
The US has always been ruled by the minority "Ruling Class" of the wealthy and/or powerfully-connected. Each and EVERY administration/regime has worked to establish and maintain-strengthen its' practices CONTRARY to those that would benefit the public.
To start off with a fraudulent proposition as this suggests this is going nowhere but to distract those of us who work to establish a system of and for society...by and for the people IN FACT rather than transparently false sloganering that ignores our own history. It is in fact an insult to own intelligence, to our own experience.
We're not all as ignorant as you hope we are.
If, IF you really want to help straighten out this country, you would stop the misleading bits, and help educate our poorly-and-badly informed who "patriotically" support these continuous wars against poor countries, slaughtering millions of innocents ruled by dictators WE supported, destroy hard earned infrastructure, and rob them of their own natural resources-to say nothing of our own domestic needs unrealized decade after decade.
Until we get off our tails and from the bottom up build a system that serves society anstead of profits-only for the few, we will only continue down the short road to the final disaster.

by JOHN L on Mon Nov 26, 2007 at 07:00:04 PM EST

"What Democracy"

THANK YOU JOHN L!! You are so DEAD ON it's a fix, and I could NOT have said it any better. I tip my hat!...

by hccllc on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 01:56:26 AM EST
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So how do we make it better?

I agree. The best idea for building such a system that I've seen is the National Initiative for Democracy - www.ni4d.org - which asserts our right to make our own national laws, just as we can make our own state laws in most states. This idea is revolutionary because it bypasses the ruling class. Like signing a petition, citizens vote using an an election system called Philadelphia II, which is independent of existing state election systems.

The poles are open now. Go to www.votep2.us to vote for the National Initiative for Democracy.

by Mike Pryslak on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 09:13:59 AM EST
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