The same is true of any economic system which is backed by the power of guns and rifles, fear mongering, the enactment of martial laws, etc.
A true democracy seeks to allow the free expression of its people. It seeks to enact legislation that reflects the will and the voice of the majority of its people rather than the will and voice of the ruling family, or of the big money donors to the ruling party. The Bush Administration and Condoleezza Rice know that without power to back them up ... their voices would have been lost in the American wilderness a long time ago!
I hardly believe that Josiah Bartlett, John Penn, John Witherspoon, Oliver Wolcott, and other signatories to the Declaration of Independence would or could with Condoleezza Rice's definition of democratic principles. I rather believe that they would choke up at her ignorant words.
They would also choke up at her and sonny boy's refusal to acknowledge that a democracy can never be imposed on any country from an outside source. They would choke up at their failure to acknowledge that a democracy is the choice of a people.
When an administration does not heed the will of the people, or when it rules by fear and intimidation, as Bush tries to do in his Speech of 10/6//05 at the National Endowment for Democracy, in which he states that,
"Islamic radicals are seeking to establish a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia ..." adding that,
"Like the ideology of communism, [and fascism] our new enemy teaches that innocent individuals can be sacrificed to
"serve a political vision ... Against such an enemy there's only one effective response: We never back down, never
"give in and never accept anything less than complete victory."
such an administration clearly shows the fangs of a fascist, repressive state.
Simply put, Ms. Condoleezza Rice's definition of "democratic principles" in a world where evil is still very real, is nothing more than a preamble to Bush's speech at the National Endowment for Democracy in which, through fear, intimidation, and propagandists lies, Bush is making the case for the need for his iron hand to rule the world.
An iron hand which is the true subtext of Condoleezza Rice's speech at Princeton University on 9/30/05 and a preamble to Bush's own speech at the National Endowment for Democracy on 10/6/05.
An iron hand which is far removed from true democratic principles
A true democracy seeks to allow the free expression of its people. It seeks to enact legislation that reflects the will and the voice of the majority of its people rather than the will and voice of the ruling family, or of the big money donors to the ruling party. The Bush Administration and Condoleezza Rice know that without power to back them up ... their voices would have been lost in the American wilderness a long time ago!
I hardly believe that Josiah Bartlett, John Penn, John Witherspoon, Oliver Wolcott, and other signatories to the Declaration of Independence would or could with Condoleezza Rice's definition of democratic principles. I rather believe that they would choke up at her ignorant words.
They would also choke up at her and sonny boy's refusal to acknowledge that a democracy can never be imposed on any country from an outside source. They would choke up at their failure to acknowledge that a democracy is the choice of a people.
"Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
When an administration does not heed the will of the people, or when it rules by fear and intimidation, as Bush tries to do in his Speech of 10/6//05 at the National Endowment for Democracy, in which he states that,
"Islamic radicals are seeking to establish a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia ..." adding that,
"Like the ideology of communism, [and fascism] our new enemy teaches that innocent individuals can be sacrificed to
"serve a political vision ... Against such an enemy there's only one effective response: We never back down, never
"give in and never accept anything less than complete victory."
such an administration clearly shows the fangs of a fascist, repressive state.
Simply put, Ms. Condoleezza Rice's definition of "democratic principles" in a world where evil is still very real, is nothing more than a preamble to Bush's speech at the National Endowment for Democracy in which, through fear, intimidation, and propagandists lies, Bush is making the case for the need for his iron hand to rule the world.
An iron hand which is the true subtext of Condoleezza Rice's speech at Princeton University on 9/30/05 and a preamble to Bush's own speech at the National Endowment for Democracy on 10/6/05.
An iron hand which is far removed from true democratic principles
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