Re: Democracy Is Not For Everyone

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Subject: Re: Democracy Is Not For Everyone
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:06:16 -0800
From: Jim Kirwan kirwanstudios@earthlink.net
To: Kitsykitty@aol.com

Beautifully put Joann - with the exception that the land that our forbearers chose to do this in, was already occupied by those whose land this was for thousands of years. . .

And perhaps because we began life in this nation by slaughtering the native population, then what is beginning to descend upon us, is nothing more than all that blood-drenched history retuning to enslave us, just as we destroyed so many millions before we even became half a continent, much less one that reached "from sea to shining sea."

That said: it is soooo true that freedom can never come from the barrel of some one else's guns ~ those who would have their freedom must fight for it. Witness the Iraqi's whose only "crime" is resisting our invasion of their lands and their way of life, not to mention that in this process we are absolution destroying all that they once were, their culture, their belief systems and in the process we still plan to steal all their natural resources - if not every single life that might still oppose this crime against the crippled and blood-stained nation of Iraq.

Still your reminder here is timely and well put - VERY well put!

k

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From: Kitsykitty@aol.com
To: kirwanstudios@earthlink.net
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:39 AM
Subject: Democracy Is Not For Everyone

I wrote this last year, but in light of Bush's inaugural and SOTU speeches I thought it was time to dust it off and re-circulate it.

Democracy Is Not For Everyone

America was the first country to try a new concept in government. That experiment has lasted over 200 years. It needed some corrections along the way and with struggle and perseverance the corrections were made. Democracy! Our founding fathers had no model for our form of government, a Democratic Republic. It is unique.

This president and his administration are determined to bring democracy to the rest of the world, by force if necessary. It isn't as if other countries are unfamiliar with the concept. Why doesn't everybody want democracy? Can freedom really be forced on people at gunpoint?

What George Bush and his friends fail to realize is that democracy is not for everybody. The unique government in America worked because it's people are unique.

The people who came to America left behind the country of their birth, their family and friends, their homes and possessions, and undertook a long and arduous journey because of a desire for freedom of one sort or another. They could no longer tolerate the conditions they lived under and were willing to face an unknown and primitive wilderness rather than remain under a repressive rule. They were rebels who would not conform, adventurers willing to face dangers for the chance at living free from persecution and harsh rules. They built homes, and villages and cities out of nothing. They were individuals from different backgrounds united by one common thread-the desire to live free.

Over the years others came from all over the world. They had the same yearning for freedom and were willing to give up everything and endure anything to come to the unique country where there was a chance to build a new life. They found people who were tolerant and allowed them to practice any religion, to say and write whatever they felt, to use their skills and talents to open a business. Everyone was entitled to the same opportunities and held to the same standards of law. They could even vote for the people they wanted to represent them in this new kind of government.

Those who stayed in the other countries had the same opportunity to leave everything behind them for a chance to live differently. Why were they willing to remain with the status quo? If they weren't willing to leave their own country, why didn't they at least make their own declaration of independence? The answer is simple. They lacked that passion for freedom that for their fellow countrymen burned in every fiber of their being. They lacked that spirit of independence that sets them apart. They lacked the tolerance to be able to accept people as they are, with all their differences. They lacked the courage and determination to fight and die to have and keep their democracy. They lacked what it takes to be an American.

These are not qualities that can be forced at the end of a gun barrel. These are not qualities that can be legislated by an occupying force. Maybe in order to have democracy and freedom, you have to be willing to fight for it. It can't be won for you by the sacrifice of others. Maybe you have to earn it.

11-12-03

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In January, 1810, Senator Reed proposed the "Title of
Nobility" Amendment (History of Congress, Proceedings of the
Senate, p. 529-530). On April 27, 1810, the Senate voted to pass
this 13th Amendment by a vote of 26 to 1; the House resolved in
the affirmative 87 to 3; and the resolve was sent to the States
for ratification: By Dec. 10, 1812, twelve of the required
thirteen States had ratified as follows: Maryland, Dec. 25,
1810; Kentucky, Jan. 31, 1811; Ohio, Jan. 31, 1811; Delaware, Feb.
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13, 1811; North Carolina, Dec. 23, 1811; Massachusetts, Feb. 27,
1812;New Hampshire, Dec. 10, 1812. Before a thirteenth State could
ratify, the War of 1812 broke out and interrupted this very rapid
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