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happy independence day!

Started by Steve @ bripblap · 10 months ago

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For the Americans out there, enjoy Independence Day! I spread my fair share of gloom and doom about ye olde Union, but it’s still the only functional democracy in North America.  Except for Canada.  And except for the last 16 years, we& ... Continue reading »

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  • Momma

    1 year ago

    I can't agree with you more. Seriously folks, VOTE. I'm a firm believer in the old adage "If you didn't vote, you can't gripe"... or something like that :)

    Thanks for the reminder. We all need it once in a while.
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  • Curmudgeon

    1 year ago

    It's the major summer holiday, and it's raining. I blame the government for not doing something about it. I'm clearly owed another holiday in recompense. It's really the fault of the White House, which once again demonstrates its inattention to the needs of the average citizen in its zeal to please the oil industry and other special interests. You can bet that the next President will never let it rain on Independence Day.

    (note that my tongue is stuck firmly in my cheek)
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  • Ron@TheWisdomJournal

    1 year ago

    For the record, the US isn't a democracy, we're a republic. If we were a democracy, we would have to vote on every single bill brought before Congress.

    A democracy is two wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner...and no one votes "present" 130 times.
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  • Geography?

    1 year ago

    so...

    Aren't there only 2 countries in North America? Canada and the US...

    Mexico is Central America, and the rest are South.......

    So you could say that we are 100% democratic republic in this continent.
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  • Steve

    1 year ago

    @Momma: Amen, amen.
    @Curmudgeon: The next President will actually cure all what done ails us, of that I am sure. And count me firmly in the camp that believes that either man in the running will spectacularly fail to address the most pressing needs of our nation within the next four years. Sigh.
    @Ron: Well, yes, true, I am just using the convenient shorthand that you hear on the news and in the papers so frequently. We're a democracy at least in the sense that we've hijacked the word democracy, no?
    @Geography: I was making a joke. I know Canada's a parliamentary democracy, so it was just a feeble attempt at humor on my part to say that there was one democracy in the North American continent.

    :)
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