For example, it is going to be nearly impossible to ever see Iraq become a democracy. The best it can hope for is to become a republic, comprised of Sunni, Shi’ite, and Kurdish states (perhaps more, but those are the main three groups) united loosely to provide for their common defense (kind of like that republic called the USA, or, well, it used to be one, anyway).

For the same reasons, California will struggle to succeed in ever legalizing marijuana, and Georgia will never succeed in—er, whatever it is that we want for our ‘general welfare—because there will always be that 51% trying to interfere from the top.

The Romans took what Athens had going for it, and improved upon it (at least until their republic mutated into a sort-of dictatorship). Maybe it’s just me, but, I see that we’re regressing. Or, maybe history is just repeating itself.

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This strategy of demonizing Obama over everything is like the old story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. The conservative movement has been high-jacked by a bunch of alarm pulling entertainers. This maybe great for ratings and their wallet but it has destroyed any focus on real issues.

At this point I am for anyone willing to focus on real issues like education, healthcare, transportation……. And the truth is on a national level the GOP is killing itself non-stop with hyper-reactive PR strategy on every issue from this, pirates……

The average family is worried about jobs, health-care, schools……… All the other stuff makes for great entertainment but it is repelling non GOP base voters.

Keep assuming Doug, you’re an expert at that.

Keep on starting with “If you….” You might be able to hypothecal your assumptions into something you can convince yourself is true.

If you get this riled up by someone using “Democracy”, you have long made leave of your senses. Thus, let’s hope someone out there is counterbalacing your vote so someone else with reason can decide elections.

Also, try growing some skin. When your sensitive bits are flapping around like they have been, it’s easy to get all riled up over valid criticism.

You took my words and assumed you know my thought process, my mind and tried your best to put words in my mouth that aren’t there.

Then you had the audacity, based on your baseless assumption, that you hoped mine and Howard’s vote was cancelled, based on a single assumption you made without foundation.

Talk about an obsession over a word.

You are the one obsessed over the semantics of a single word. Foolishness like that makes everyone on the right look like wackos.

Just because Bush started it, doesn’t make it right for for the Obama administration to finish it.

Please notice that the DHS report on the left named a specific group, the Earth Liberation Front. The DHS report on the right was a general report and named no specific radical violent group.

DHS is full of BULL.

Shepard Smith on FOX News yesterday:

Smith: So if this bulletin from April 7 looks at the right-wing groups, is there a bulletin that looks at left-wing groups as well?

Herridge: Yeah, we were able to obtain that bulletin as well. It came out in January, and didn’t get — there it is — didn’t get the same attention. It looked specifically at groups like the Earth Liberation Front, or ELF, groups that in the opinion of Homeland Security, in the future will try and attack economic targets and specifically use cyber-attacks, because they see that is sympatico, or in concert with some of their other beliefs.

So there are two assessments. The one on the left, the one on the right is the one that’s getting the attention because of the leak.

… I would point out that both of these assessments, Shep, were commissioned under the Bush administration. It takes some time to do them. They only came out after he left office

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Anyone know how expensive the Georgia World congress Center is? Centennial Park is booked. I would love to hold the next protest at CNN’s back door..

So, does he have the Constitution & the Bill of Rights tattooed on his a**?

Ray represents the Constitution, so he doesn’t have a need to hand them out. But I can see why Shafer, Cagle and Ox would need a prop.

So the assumptions were yours.

Jenny, my understanding is that WGKA offered the mini-Constitutions to any organization and those organizations decided Yay, or Nay, as to whether they wanted to buy the advertising deal. It was something like $250 would give you 1000 mini-Constitutions and the opportunity to put a sticker on the back of it. Several organizations, including Ox and some others, accepted the offer. I know the Atlanta YRs had “stickering parties” to get together and spend the time required to place the stickers on the books.

Unless you get more confirmation, I would refrain from spreading assumptions.

I also think we did not transition well from a Cold War defense spending strategy. Our biggest threats come from rouge violent disenfranchised groups of people promoting a rigid ideology around the world.

The military needs to transform to a focus on quick strike Special Forces style defense with intelligence and corporation around the world.

We cannot afford nor does help to be the policemen of the world with the current threat we face.