Comments for Freedom, Liberty, HBS, and the Seven Strands of Diversity at http://ts-si.org , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://ts-si.org Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:39:32 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ts-si.org/global-warning/3237-freedom-liberty-hbs-and-the-seven-strands-of-diversity.html#comment-784 I am in total agreement with you all. Benjamin Franklin said it best with his statement when asked, (I paraphrase) 'What type of government do we have?'. His answer was that it was not a Democracy but a Republic. Too many seem to have forgotten that and do not understand what Franklin meant in the first place. Simply put a Democracy is a land governed by the oft whimsical majority and a Constitutional Republic is a land whereby the people give limited rights to government and only after strict consideration is the law of the land changeable and then with only a two thirds majority of the Congress, State's and the people therein which does allow protection of minorities against the majority. The people can give rights to the government and not the other way around. Seems to me that democracy has become synonymous with socialism as evidenced by the governments of many countries where the people now beg for a 'nanny' state. Great article, Lisa. Diane - Diane Kearny Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:15:57 +0100 http://ts-si.org/global-warning/3237-freedom-liberty-hbs-and-the-seven-strands-of-diversity.html#comment-783 Somewhere in the early part of the twentieth century a Republic based on the Constitution of the United States was substituted for a democratic government. A democracy hallways leads to ether socialism or fascism. This happens when the "The people" realize that they can vote themselves their own welfare check, they also realize they can silence those who disagree with by enacting laws against or taxing those behaviors they find objectionable. Our forefathers gave us the tools to keep this from happening. We (collectively) have chosen to grow apathetic in our prosperity. We were told by our forefathers that all government should be feared and kept at the business end of a gun in order to keep government serving us instead of itself. Those who are in government are not authorities in a republic form of government, they are servants they work for US, not the reverse. Identity politics is the very least of our problems, that doesn't minimize it's importance it is one symptom of a much larger problem. Good article Lisa, Take care - Sue Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:25:02 +0100 http://ts-si.org/global-warning/3237-freedom-liberty-hbs-and-the-seven-strands-of-diversity.html#comment-779 Well said !! I also fear those in power that would tax those that wprk and save to "equalise" incomes and to support those that don't work and illegal immigrants. I am a firm believer in the Constitution of the UNtied States and that all people are created equal which means they have an equal opportunity to work and improve their lot in life; not that they have a "right" to the income earned by the sweat of my brow and aching back. I desire to live a quiet life of a woman with a home to care for and a loving partner I also am a firm believer in the Right of a Private Citizen to own and carry weapons whether they be a rifle or a hand gun, but tempered with the realization that ther are those mentally unstable people that should not be allowed to obtain those weapons; a delicate line to tread for sure. Pamla - Pamela Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:07:32 +0100