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Government for the people. Preventing Conflict of Interest
The people entrust the government and those who act as agents for the government with great powers. Successful practical government requires that the people generally accept decisions made by the government on their behalf. As such, the people have a ... |
Jun 23, 2008 5:06:00 PM |
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The Adversarial Vice President
Dick Cheney’s legacy is inevitably going to be the powerful vice-presidency. Prior to his administration the VP has been the ultimate-non-job. Cheney made it the most powerful unelected position in the world. I say unelected because there is no real ... |
Jun 22, 2008 5:21:00 PM |
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The Election of the President of the United States by the People
It is hard to believe that the American People tolerate a process for electing a president were the one with the most votes does not necessarily win. If we wanted one single justification of the ridicule that the rest of the world holds the US, that ... |
Jun 21, 2008 5:17:00 PM |
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A Constitutional bias in favor of The People
A zoo keeper who observes the wild animal in his charge testing, straining, and poking at the fence that is intended to contain the animal knows for certain that the animal is going to escape. An animal that spends its life challenging a fence will find a ... |
Jun 20, 2008 5:11:00 PM |
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Government for the people. Preventing Conflict of Interest
The people entrust the government and those who act as agents for the government with great powers. Successful practical government requires that the people generally accept decisions made by the government on their behalf. As such, the people have a ... |
Jun 17, 2008 4:57:00 PM |
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The Constitution should be Enforceable by Citizens
My vision of the constitution of a democratic country is a contract. It is firstly a contract between the citizens of that country to grant to each other certain rights in return for surrendering certain of what might be considered rights. It is secondly ... |
Jun 16, 2008 4:46:00 PM |