Guest_ikonboard Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Who will you vote for? Or will you vote? Inspired by FC!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkchop Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Me like'm Bush. :wave: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegvr Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Bush all the way!! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No2muchsht Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 The way i see it is that my son and all the others that are fighting now are bigger heros than Kerry who spent 3 mos. in Nam!,and got a purple heart for a scratch that was probably self inflicted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Killer Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 If this was a real bikers site Kerrys name wouldn't even be on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_ikonboard Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 If this was a real bikers site Kerrys name wouldn't even be on the list. Grumpy old man The two leading candidates are on the list and should be there, this is not a dictatorship it is a Republic (NOT a Democracy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Cheef Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Last Resort!!! Good to hear someone else knows there is a difference between a Republic, and a Democracy. THAT is where we have gone wrong in the last 50 or so years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_ikonboard Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 Last Resort!!!Good to hear someone else knows there is a difference between a Republic, and a Democracy. THAT is where we have gone wrong in the last 50 or so years. I always point that out to people who do not want to hear it or care. The popular vote DOES NOT elect the President. The Electoral College does. Why? It is so the states are represented pretty equally and not just biased on their population. If it was the popular votes the fly over states would be ignored as the population of this country is on the coasts. A republic also PROTECTS minorities. If we were a Democracy it would be mob rules. Here is a good short explanation. REPUBLIC vs. DEMOCRACY I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." In the Pledge of Allegiance we all pledge allegiance to our Republic, not to a democracy. "Republic" is the proper description of our government, not "democracy." I invite you to join me in raising public awareness regarding that distinction. The distinction between our Republic and a democracy is not an idle one. It has great legal significance. The Constitution guarantees to every state a Republican form of government (Art. 4, Sec. 4). No state may join the United States unless it is a Republic. Our Republic is one dedicated to "liberty and justice for all." Minority individual rights are the priority. The people have natural rights instead of civil rights. The people are protected by the Bill of Rights from the majority. One vote in a jury can stop all of the majority from depriving any one of the people of his rights; this would not be so if the United States were a democracy. (see People's rights vs Citizens' rights) In a pure democracy 51 beats 49[%]. In a democracy there is no such thing as a significant minority: there are no minority rights except civil rights (privileges) granted by a condescending majority. Only five of the U.S. Constitution's first ten amendments apply to Citizens of the United States. Simply stated, a democracy is a dictatorship of the majority. Socrates was executed by a democracy: though he harmed no one, the majority found him intolerable. SOME DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS Government. ....the government is but an agency of the state, distinguished as it must be in accurate thought from its scheme and machinery of government. ....In a colloquial sense, the United States or its representatives, considered as the prosecutor in a criminal action; as in the phrase, "the government objects to the witness." [black's Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, p. 625] Government; Republican government. One in which the powers of sovereignty are vested in the people and are exercised by the people, either directly, or through representatives chosen by the people, to whom those powers are specially delegated. In re Duncan, 139 U.S. 449, 11 S.Ct. 573, 35 L.Ed. 219; Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. (21 Wall.) 162, 22 L.Ed. 627. [black's Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, p. 626] Democracy. That form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens directly or indirectly through a system of representation, as distinguished from a monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy. Black's Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, pp. 388-389. Note: Black's Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, can be found in any law library and most law offices. COMMENTS Notice that in a Democracy, the sovereignty is in the whole body of the free citizens. The sovereignty is not divided to smaller units such as individual citizens. To solve a problem, only the whole body politic is authorized to act. Also, being citizens, individuals have duties and obligations to the government. The government's only obligations to the citizens are those legislatively pre-defined for it by the whole body politic. In a Republic, the sovereignty resides in the people themselves, whether one or many. In a Republic, one may act on his own or through his representatives as he chooses to solve a problem. Further, the people have no obligation to the government; instead, the government being hired by the people, is obliged to its owner, the people. The people own the government agencies. The government agencies own the citizens. In the United States we have a three-tiered cast system consisting of people ---> government agencies ---> and citizens. The people did "ordain and establish this Constitution," not for themselves, but "for the United States of America." In delegating powers to the government agencies the people gave up none of their own. (See Preamble of U.S. Constitution). This adoption of this concept is why the U.S. has been called the "Great Experiment in self government." The People govern themselves, while their agents (government agencies) perform tasks listed in the Preamble for the benefit of the People. The experiment is to answer the question, "Can self-governing people coexist and prevail over government agencies that have no authority over the People?" The citizens of the United States are totally subject to the laws of the United States (See 14th Amendment of U.S. Constitution). NOTE: U.S. citizenship did not exist until July 28, 1868. Actually, the United States is a mixture of the two systems of government (Republican under Common Law, and democratic under statutory law). The People enjoy their God-given natural rights in the Republic. In a democracy, the Citizens enjoy only government granted privileges (also known as civil rights). There was a great political division between two major philosophers, Hobbes and Locke. Hobbes was on the side of government. He believed that sovereignty was vested in the state. Locke was on the side of the People. He believed that the fountain of sovereignty was the People of the state. Statists prefer Hobbes. Populists choose Locke. In California, the Government Code sides with Locke. Sections 11120 and 54950 both say, "The people of this State do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them." The preambles of the U.S. and California Constitutions also affirm the choice of Locke by the People. It is my hope that the U.S. will always remain a Republic, because I value individual freedom. Thomas Jefferson said that liberty and ignorance cannot coexist.* Will you help to preserve minority rights by fulfilling the promise in the Pledge of Allegiance to support the Republic? Will you help by raising public awareness of the difference between the Republic and a democracy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_ikonboard Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 Republic vs. Democracy Rule by Law vs. Rule by Majority Just after the completion and signing of the Constitution, in reply to a woman's inquiry as to the type of government the Founders had created, Benjamin Franklin said, "A Republic, if you can keep it." Not only have we failed to keep it, most don't even know what it is. A Republic is representative government ruled by law (the Constitution). A democracy is direct government ruled by the majority (mob rule). A Republic recognizes the inalienable rights of individuals while democracies are only concerned with group wants or needs (the public good). Lawmaking is a slow, deliberate process in our Constitutional Republic requiring approval from the three banches of government, the Supreme Court and individual jurors (jury-nullification). Lawmaking in our unlawful democracy occurs rapidly requiring approval from the whim of the majority as determined by polls and/or voter referendums. A good example of democracy in action is a lynch mob. A more recent example was the failure of the US Senate to uphold their oath "to do impartial justice" and remove bill clinton from office. Those Senators should be removed themselves, for failure to uphold their oath and for aiding and abetting a known criminal. If you would like to help remove them, E-mail me. Democracies always self-destruct when the non-productive majority realizes that it can vote itself handouts from the productive minority by electing the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury. To maintain their power, these candidates must adopt an ever-increasing tax and spend policy to satisfy the ever-increasing desires of the majority. As taxes increase, incentive to produce decreases, causing many of the once productive to drop out and join the non-productive. When there are no longer enough producers to fund the legitimate functions of government and the socialist programs, the democracy will collapse, always to be followed by a Dictatorship. Even though nearly every politician, teacher, journalist and citizen believes that our Founders created a democracy, it is absolutely not true. The Founders knew full well the differences between a Republic and a Democracy and they repeatedly and emphatically said that they had founded a republic. Article IV Section 4, of the Constitution "guarantees to every state in this union a Republican form of government".... Conversely, the word Democracy is not mentioned even once in the Constitution. Madison warned us of the dangers of democracies with these words, "Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths...", "We may define a republic to be ... a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior. It is essential to such a government that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion or a favored class of it; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their powers, might aspire to the rank of republicans and claim for their government the honorable title of republic." James Madison, Federalist No. 10, (1787) "A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men." Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Our military training manuals used to contain the correct definitions of Democracy and Republic. The following comes from Training Manual No. 2000-25 published by the War Department, November 30, 1928. DEMOCRACY: A government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of "direct" expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude toward property is communistic--negating property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether is be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences. Results in demogogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy. REPUBLIC: Authority is derived through the election by the people of public officials best fitted to represent them. Attitude toward law is the administration of justice in accord with fixed principles and established evidence, with a strict regard to consequences. A greater number of citizens and extent of territory may be brought within its compass. Avoids the dangerous extreme of either tyranny or mobocracy. Results in statesmanship, liberty, reason, justice, contentment, and progress. Is the "standard form" of government throughout the world. The manuals containing these definitions were ordered destroyed without explanation about the same time that President Franklin D. Roosevelt made private ownership of our lawful money (US Minted Gold Coins) illegal. Shortly after the people turned in their $20 gold coins, the price was increased from $20 per ounce to $35 per ounce. Almost overnight F.D.R., the most popular president this century (elected 4 times) looted almost half of this nation's wealth, while convincing the people that it was for their own good. Many of F.D.R.'s policies were suggested by his right hand man, Harry Hopkins, who said, "Tax and Tax, Spend and Spend, Elect and Elect, because the people are too damn dumb to know the difference". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Killer Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 I thought that would raise the excitement level a notch but I didn't get any bites. Grumpy & bored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_ikonboard Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 I thought that would raise the excitement level a notch but I didn't get any bites.Grumpy & bored SO did I but did you notice that there were more people here then any where else for quite some time. Never seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaSpirit Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 That's cause they wanted to see Steve Kielty's new logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Killer Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 I thought that would raise the excitement level a notch but I didn't get any bites.Grumpy & bored SO did I but did you notice that there were more people here then any where else for quite some time. Never seen that before. That just proves were all old. The crotch rocket set could care less about the election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memfuss Chief Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Their too young to vote... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Is Pat Paulson still alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANT Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Am having a hard time deciding between this guy: Or this feller: Although I do like this chap's foreign policies: Here's some FOOD FOR THOUGHT -ANT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Cheef Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Is Pat Paulson still alive? Rosie--Careful my friend --you are dating yourself. (I remember him!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANT Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Forgot to mention, Pat Paulson tossed off his mortal coil in 1997. He still has better qualifications to be Prez than the contenders! -ANT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaSpirit Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Is Pat Paulson still alive? Rosie--Careful my friend --you are dating yourself. (I remember him!!) Don't worry about Rosie, soon he'll move up to a SPIRIT...and then he'll be able to date GURLS instead!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Junior!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Is Pat Paulson still alive? Nope!!! Junior!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Is Pat Paulson still alive? Rosie--Careful my friend --you are dating yourself. (I remember him!!) Don't worry about Rosie, soon he'll move up to a SPIRIT...and then he'll be able to date GURLS instead!!! Damn!! Now I got Mountain Dew all over my keyboard!! Good one Lisa!! See, I'm trying one out now: Rosie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Cheef Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 ROSIE!!! Unsaddle slowly-- Back away-- Stay away from the Spirits!! Stay away from the Spirits!! Junior--Did you get a Paint job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickDanger Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 IMHO, all politicians are a bunch of liars and crooks nowadays anyways. Does it really matter WHO you vote for? They are in so many special interest groups and businesses pockets, that they cant get anything done without having to the grease the palms of someone. And how about these gas prices? What a bunch of bullshit that is. It shouldnt be more than $1.45 for 87 octane. Every year, its the same shit. They raise the prices so high, that when they DO come down from $2.50 a gallon, to $1.95, people are satisfied. These politicians have forgotten that they work for US, the taxpayer, not the other way around. Thank God I left SoCal for Idaho, where at least we dont have the state government squeezing us for every last red cent that we have. I f**king hate the way that government has (de)evolved, but what can I do? If I had the answer, I would surely take action. -DD Out :veryangry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02IndianSpiritRider Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 Even if he isnt Rosie , you can write him in! Or better yet, I hear "Grampa" from the "Munsters" is running! By the way , thats a nice looking "2005 Criss-Craft Indian Chief " your sitting on ! Does that come with the Powerless + engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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