Voice of the WHAT?!?

Post #143,234 by jb4 2/25/04 12:20:40 PM 2/25/04 12:27:22 PM Reply	Voice of the WHAT?!? Duh blathers: "On a matter of such importance, the voice of the people must be heard." Yeah. Right. From [link\|http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/chi-0402250168feb25,1,5084171.story?coll=chi-printnews-hed\|the Chicago Tribune] The Gallup Organization found in a recent poll that about 60 percent of Americans oppose legalizing same-sex marriage, but less than half of them want to see the Constitution amended to ban such marriages. The poll also showed that while the issue overall is important to Republicans, it is of much less concern to Democrats and independents. Also, see this [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=143125\|poll] that shows statistically as much support for leaving the Constitution alone as it does for fucking with it to make the neocons feel better about their own sexuality. It seems that the "voice" of the people" is pretty clear, alright...the problem is that the voice just isn't what Duh want's to hear. (And this differs from this "administration's" SOP how?) Just fire up that Big Lie machine one more time... [Edit: cross-referenced Another Scott's post containing the poll results I couldn't find earlier...Thanks, Scott...] jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating that facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT Edited by jb4 Feb. 25, 2004, 12:27:22 PM EST Expand All History
Post #143,235 by deSitter 2/25/04 12:26:14 PM Reply	More than that! The Constitution is not the "voice of the people" - what idiocy! It's the form and boundaries of government. The "voice of the people" is embodied in laws, on whatever level. Does this fucking idiot even have a vague idea about the government he's residing over? -drl
Post #143,237 by boxley 2/25/04 12:37:13 PM Reply	thats a major flaw of democracy my vote is equal to the clyde who heard from his wife's coworker second hand to vote an issue based on a surmise enshrouded in a fallacy. thanx, bill when I was young I envisioned myself as the embodiment of Trinity, Now I realize I have turned into the Bambino questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #143,300 by lincoln 2/25/04 5:15:53 PM Reply	The USA isn't a democracy, Bill Or are you forgetting your Pledge of Allegiance? "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the *REPUBLIC* for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all". We are a REPUBLIC - we elect people to represent us in our government. We are democratic when it comes to the economy - everybody votes with their dollars on which products/services to buy. They decide which ones they believe are the better value for their purchasing effort. lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #143,335 by boxley 2/25/04 6:29:20 PM Reply	I know it is a Republic and the dems are still gnashing their teeth and crying about losing the last election, the fact we are a republic but many would prefer a democracy to destroy our freedoms. thanx, bill when I was young I envisioned myself as the embodiment of Trinity, Now I realize I have turned into the Bambino questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #143,347 by Silverlock 2/25/04 7:08:55 PM Reply	That old chestnut? losing the last election [link\|http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/newsnight/1174115.stm\|transcript] as reported Feb 16, 01, by Greg Palast. The scrubbing of the voter roles of "felons" just happened to remove 22,000 eligible democrats from those able to vote. Gore won. He got screwed. Bush is President. Sob. Boohoo. ----------------------------------------- "If you don't vote, it's your fault!" -jb4 George W. "I cannot tell a lie" George W. B. "I cannot tell a lie from lie related program activities"
Post #143,349 by boxley 2/25/04 7:15:44 PM Reply	horse chestnut backatcha either way the legislature was set to appoint the electors, bush wins anyway. thanx, bill when I was young I envisioned myself as the embodiment of Trinity, Now I realize I have turned into the Bambino questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]

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