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Here is a first glimpse of Alex Jones’ most powerful film yet, to be titled ‘Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack Obama.’ The globalists want the Republic to fall, and they are trying to use their newest, and slickest ever puppet to destroy the last vestiges of America’s freedom, Constitution and economy, all while helping the bankers loot the country clean. But this film shows how we can turn it around, and restore all that was good and right in our nation.
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
In a Democracy only the mob rules
“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”
Thomas Jefferson quotes (American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)
You really need to do some research into what you want to advocate.
Originally posted by Strictsum
That last bit at the end of the video is the first I've heard of Obama wanting a pre crimes unit. Where people can be locked up for crimes they haven't committed yet.
I'm going to have to look into this some more.
Among the many aspects of Obama's Thursday speech on national security that drew criticism from human rights advocates and civil libertarians, the notion that the United States could engage in preventive detention proved most objectionable.
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, compared the whole program to something out of the Steven Spielberg flick "Minority Report."
"[Obama] is re-wrapping a preventive detention scheme and giving it some more due process," said Ratner. "In the end, it still comes down to holding people -- much like Minority Report or pre-crime stuff -- for being dangerous, and that is not something that I think is constitutional or this country should be engaged in."
Originally posted by dzonatas
That quote my Jefferson makes it more obvious what you want to say... that is 'majority vote is mob rule'.
Democracy doesn't mean majority vote... it simply means the will of the people.
Originally posted by dzonatas
You can try to put a representative in the way and call it a republic, yet that still doesn't hide the fact that there is a majority vote (as noted by ZindoDoone that states a belief we aren't a democracy).
Originally posted by dzonatas
Excuse me, I'm someone who likes to share ideas and learn from each other. That is research. I don't think of you any less because we disagree on a subject or because we don't believe exactly the same things. If you are someone that can't relate to others that have different beliefs or that may disagree with you and you tell them off rather then simply a bit more communication... your loss... not mine.
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Today’s presidential election is likely to be relatively close, at least in terms of popular vote totals. Should either candidate win the election but lose the overall popular vote, we will be bombarded with calls to abolish the Electoral College, just as we were after the contested 2000 presidential election. After all, the pundits will argue, it would be “undemocratic” to deny the presidency to the man who received the most votes.
This argument is hostile to the Constitution, however, which expressly established the United States as a constitutionally limited republic and not a direct democracy.
The Founding Fathers sought to protect certain fundamental freedoms, such as freedom of speech, against the changing whims of popular opinion. Similarly, they created the Electoral College to guard against majority tyranny in federal elections. The president was to be elected by the 50 states rather than the American people directly, to ensure that less populated states had a voice in national elections. This is why they blended Electoral College votes between U.S. House seats, which are based on population, and U.S. Senate seats, which are accorded equally to each state. The goal was to balance the inherent tension between majority will and majority tyranny. Those who wish to abolish the Electoral College because it’s not purely democratic should also argue that less populated states like Rhode Island or Wyoming don’t deserve two senators.