[PAA-Discuss] I like the sound of this...

[Wendy Schroell]

This is exactly why the 2nd Amendment was enacted. Overthrow of tyranny, 
should it become necessary. It was never so humans could hunt deer in 
their leisure time.

wendy


Ron and Kris Graham wrote:
>
> *Revolution in the street. Obviously, the Republicans and the 
> Democrats don’t care what the voters think. If we can’t foment change 
> via the ballot box then perhaps we should resort to other tactics.*
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> * *
>
> *I would be interested in hearing others’ views on how to convince our 
> government to represent the vast majority of us.*
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> * *
>
> *Kris*
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> * *
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> *From:* ChasMauch at aol.com [mailto:ChasMauch at aol.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 7:01 AM
> *To:* graham2639 at mindspring.com; ie3456 at yahoo.com; Discuss at paa-tx.org
> *Subject:* Re: [PAA-Discuss] I like the sound of this...
>
> In a message dated 11/27/06 6:41:10 A.M. Central Standard Time, 
> graham2639 at mindspring.com writes:
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>     *Governing from the middle is a crock of crap. It’s high time this
>     government started governing from the left if you want to call it
>     that. I would just like a government that is truly representative
>     of the majority of the people. What a novel concept!*
>
> I don't think a government that truly represents the vast majority of 
> the people is ever gonna happen, Kris. There has been a conflict 
> between Democracy and plutocracy right from the first days of the 
> republic and it continues today. There are always more poor and middle 
> class folks than there are rich folks, and in a real democracy the 
> majority could pass laws to even things up, so the system was set up 
> to protect the "opulent" classes. I think it was John Jay, the first 
> chief justice of the supreme court, who said that the people who own 
> the country ought to govern it, and they set things up as best they 
> could to insure that happened. The Repubs are blatant about favoring 
> the big money, and the Dems talk a lot about fairness etc but we 
> haven't really come close so far. Like keeping their kids out of the 
> army, the rich also keep their money and continue to run things. How 
> do we finally overcome that?
>
> Charlie M
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