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WE ARE A REPUBLIC, NOT A DEMOCRACY

Wednesday, July 16. 2008

Some 700 attempts have been made throughout our nations history to eliminate the Electoral College. Here is a good article to explain why this is not a good idea. It has to do with learning or remembering that we are the United States, not the United People of America.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/07/16/

the_brilliance_of_the_electoral_college/

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WHAT WAS THE PARTY ABOUT YESTERDAY?

Saturday, July 5. 2008

The Boston Globe today extols last night’s local (but broadcast nationally) July 4th Celebration with the Boston Pops as the greatest ever.

It seemed to be designed to offer something for everyone under the overall theme of celebrating America. I am such a literalist, full of “oughts” and “should haves” about most everything. That can make me critical and unhappy, for few things are as I expect them to be. July 4th is traditionally known as Independence Day. We are supposed to remember, appreciate and celebrate our ancestors who declared their independence from the mid-18th Century tyranny of British King George over the affairs of the British colonies in the “New World”. Those ancestors fought a war to conserve their freedoms as Englishmen against the unlawful treat to them by their sovereign. In so doing, of course, they gave birth to our Nation. We ought to celebrate that!

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WHAT ARE WE CELEBRATING TODAY?

Friday, July 4. 2008

Christian friends are in Boston tonight. They came from England some 5 years ago and are returning tomorrow morning. This is an appropriate Holiday to make this transition. Many argue whether we are a Christian Nation today. The argument that we are depends greatly on our historical origins and the intentions of our founding fathers. There can be no debate that our historical origins are British and that the intention of our colonial ancestors of the 17 and 18th centuries was to live according to the principles and values of Englishmen.

Edmund Burke in 1775 said, “The people of the colonies are descendents of Englishmen. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas and on English principles.”

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