Bret L
August 31st 09, 07:23 AM
(( Since the 1787 Constitutional Convention the US Government has
always been a democratic republic, but very weakly democratic at first
and more so as time went on. They had a healthy fear of democracy
then. BUT it was NEVER a pure republic. The Roman Catholic Church-
strictly speaking the Catholic Church since there are Eastern rite
Churches in communion with Rome that are not Roman Catholic- is a pure
republic, with all power residing in the Pope and the College of
Cardinals themselves all appointed by the Pope or his predecessors.
AFAIK it's the only one there is. Bret.))
Supreme Court Worship Comes First With Respectable Conservatives
Posted by Bob on August 29, 2009 at 3:35 pm
>> "People asked Ben Franklin what the Constitutional Convention had given them and Ben is supposed to have replied, “A republic, if you can keep it..” There used to be a slogan, “This is a republic, not a democracy, let’s keep it that way.”
Actually, like most conservative statements, this is simply no longer
true. The same Supreme Court that made the holy decision to strike
down all state laws against interracial marriage which no conservative
dares question also decided that the United States is NOT a republic.
The only phrase in the Constitution that gives the Feds the right to
interfere with the FORM of state government is the one which requires
that all states must maintain “a republican form of government.” Since
the outset every state allowed one senator per county, regardless of
its size, just as states were allowed equal Senate representation
regardless of their population.
This is, in fact, the only part of the Constitution which cannot be
changed by amendment.
The Holy Court of Miscegenation ruled that this provision in in all
but one (unicameral) state legislature in the fifty states was
unconstitutional. The Holy Court ruled that if a state is not a
democracy, it is not a republic, so all legislative bodies must be
based on population.
Except the Federal one. So the Federal Government is not, and cannot
be, a republic." <<
http://www.whitakeronline.org/blog/2009/08/29/supreme-court-worship-comes-first-with-respectable-conservatives/
always been a democratic republic, but very weakly democratic at first
and more so as time went on. They had a healthy fear of democracy
then. BUT it was NEVER a pure republic. The Roman Catholic Church-
strictly speaking the Catholic Church since there are Eastern rite
Churches in communion with Rome that are not Roman Catholic- is a pure
republic, with all power residing in the Pope and the College of
Cardinals themselves all appointed by the Pope or his predecessors.
AFAIK it's the only one there is. Bret.))
Supreme Court Worship Comes First With Respectable Conservatives
Posted by Bob on August 29, 2009 at 3:35 pm
>> "People asked Ben Franklin what the Constitutional Convention had given them and Ben is supposed to have replied, “A republic, if you can keep it..” There used to be a slogan, “This is a republic, not a democracy, let’s keep it that way.”
Actually, like most conservative statements, this is simply no longer
true. The same Supreme Court that made the holy decision to strike
down all state laws against interracial marriage which no conservative
dares question also decided that the United States is NOT a republic.
The only phrase in the Constitution that gives the Feds the right to
interfere with the FORM of state government is the one which requires
that all states must maintain “a republican form of government.” Since
the outset every state allowed one senator per county, regardless of
its size, just as states were allowed equal Senate representation
regardless of their population.
This is, in fact, the only part of the Constitution which cannot be
changed by amendment.
The Holy Court of Miscegenation ruled that this provision in in all
but one (unicameral) state legislature in the fifty states was
unconstitutional. The Holy Court ruled that if a state is not a
democracy, it is not a republic, so all legislative bodies must be
based on population.
Except the Federal one. So the Federal Government is not, and cannot
be, a republic." <<
http://www.whitakeronline.org/blog/2009/08/29/supreme-court-worship-comes-first-with-respectable-conservatives/