#foxnewsfacts

[El Kabong]

It's hard to take Jon Stewart's attacks on Fox News seriously when you take into consideration his political views and the political skew of The Daily Show which is no doubt to the left....unapologetically to the left. Stewart defines himself as "Socialist, or Independent", but oh well. His book is wrong as well, making several references to the "Democracy" .....we're not a Democracy, we're a Republic.

[Master]

Democracy = Republic. Same thing.

[El Kabong]

Democracy = Republic. Same thing.

Sure it does, of course it does, I mean what was I thinking?

Article IV Section 4, of the Constitution "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion",

Pledge of Allegiance "to the Republic for which it stands"

...but you were saying?

[Master]

Democracy = Republic. Same thing.

Sure it does, of course it does, I mean what was I thinking?

Article IV Section 4, of the Constitution "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion",

Pledge of Allegiance "to the Republic for which it stands"

...but you were saying?

Words, articles and constitutions still the same thing.

[El Kabong]

Democracy = Republic. Same thing.

Sure it does, of course it does, I mean what was I thinking?

Article IV Section 4, of the Constitution "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion",

Pledge of Allegiance "to the Republic for which it stands"

...but you were saying?

Words, articles and constitutions still the same thing.

Exactly, just like Baseball and Cricket are the same thing

[Master]

Democracy = Republic. Same thing.

Sure it does, of course it does, I mean what was I thinking?

Article IV Section 4, of the Constitution "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion",

Pledge of Allegiance "to the Republic for which it stands"

...but you were saying?

Words, articles and constitutions still the same thing.

Exactly, just like Baseball and Cricket are the same thing

Hitting a ball with a bat. Yes.

[SlimTrae]

Democracy = Republic. Same thing.

Sure it does, of course it does, I mean what was I thinking?

Article IV Section 4, of the Constitution "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion",

Pledge of Allegiance "to the Republic for which it stands"

...but you were saying?

Words, articles and constitutions still the same thing.

Exactly, just like Baseball and Cricket are the same thing

Hitting a ball with a bat. Yes.

That's funny.

[El Kabong]

Yes. It's a democratic thing to vote for example and as citizens we all participate in that if we so choose, but our system of government is a Constitutional Republic.

Splitting hairs but it's important to distinguish between the two

[SlimTrae]

Yes. It's a democratic thing to vote for example and as citizens we all participate in that if we so choose, but our system of government is a Constitutional Republic.

Splitting hairs but it's important to distinguish between the two

No problem.

Our Government is a Constitutional Republic that votes- which is a democratic thing , not a Republican thing (to vote).

Ok, Got it!

[El Kabong]

Yes. It's a democratic thing to vote for example and as citizens we all participate in that if we so choose, but our system of government is a Constitutional Republic.

Splitting hairs but it's important to distinguish between the two

No problem.

Our Government is a Constitutional Republic that votes- which is a democratic thing , not a Republican thing (to vote).

Ok, Got it!

It is a democratic action to vote ok? By voting you are practicing democracy.


HOWEVER


The Democratic system of government is 1 person, 1 vote, per issue. Meaning that 51% of the people RULE 49% of the people (or a plurality might be able to rule given a certain breakdown of the percentages). A pure Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, if 51% of the people said "Fuck The Constitution" then it would be so, if 51% of the people said "SlimTrae's car should be confiscated and used as a government taxi" it would be so.



In a Constitutional Republic, which we in the United States have elected representatives vote on most issues. These representatives are sworn to uphold the Constitution as the rule and guide to governing their constituents. The Constitution protects land rights, minority rights (voting minorities and ethnic/religious/etc minorities), in hopes to keep the government of this nation from becoming oppressive. That said the more we stray from The Constitution the vulnerable we as citizens become to an oppressive government. We've not been perfect in the past and we won't be perfect in the future, but the closer we are to the founding document of this nation the better off we will all be.



but that's just my take.

[SlimTrae]

I guess I'm posing more of a question than stating a fact. I thought we were (A) Republic that practices Democracy.