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Subject: The irony continues


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Ben
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Date Posted: 02/24/05 5:50pm
In reply to: QUITTNER 's message, "Democracy" on 02/22/05 1:28pm

>Like it or not, in the USA there are elections from
>time to time, and also the legislators do have some
>powers, including the power to vote against the
>president's or state governors' budget proposals, or
>the proposed debt ceilings.
>..... Compare that with various dictatorships in some
>other countries.

Yes, I think that in this situation, part of the striking irony is that he is an elected dictator. In most countries, if people had the chance, they would throw someone like George Bush, but we, for some reason, re-elect him.

One thing Jesus said that I agree with is that people are like sheep.

Ben

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