Andy9o8 0 #26 February 1, 2010 QuoteWho keeps electing these assholes? Simple: In a dictatorship, people get the government forced upon them, and frequently they can do nothing about it. In a democratic republic, people get the government they deserve - and they have (by and large) the freedom to get involved and do something about it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 18 #27 February 1, 2010 QuoteQuoteWho keeps electing these assholes? Simple: In a dictatorship, people get the government forced upon them, and frequently they can do nothing about it. In a democratic republic, people get the government they deserve - and they have (by and large) the freedom to get involved and do something about it. Ah, you do know that the us system is not a democratic republic, correct?"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #28 February 1, 2010 Can't open the link; it keeps locking up my IE. But in response to the OP: The public." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
