OCTOBER 2005
Letter from america
Is America a
Republic or a Democracy
Reed Heustis, Jr.
(www.ReedHeustis.com),
sent out on August 3, 2005:
Before I became a judge, my law practice consisted
largely of arguing cases before the Court. That
experience left me with a profound appreciation for the
role of the Court in our constitutional democracy and a
deep regard for the Court as an institution..Judge
John Roberts
"Most voters have been brainwashed by the media and
the socialist education systems that the United States of
America is somehow supposed to be a democracy, and so
they would have failed to zero in on this canard.
Presumably, a Harvard graduate like Roberts (Judge John
Roberts nominated to the Supreme Court July 2005) would
know the truth. This then begs the question: How
can a Harvard graduate not be aware that the Founding
Fathers rejected democratic government? Were the
Federalist Papers never required reading? Was the
Constitution never taught?
On November 23, 1787, James Madison wrote in Federalist
No. 10, ".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."
The Constitution of the United States creates a republic,
not a democracy. Article IV, Section 4 specifically
mandates, "The United States shall guarantee to
every State in this Union a Republican Form of
Government," not a democratic form."
[Reed Heustis, Jr. comments ended]
Outside Independence Hall when
the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel
of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well,
Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"
With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded,
"A republic, if you can keep it." -- Benjamin
Franklin (1706-1790) US Founding Father 1787 Source: as
recorded by Constitution signer James McHenry in a diary
entry.
| AN ELECTION OR
A FARCE? In the United States, there are two main parties: Republicans and Democrats. In England there are Labor and the Tories. In Germany, Social Democrats and Christian Democrats. In Israel, Likud and Labor. In Palestine, Fatah and Hamas. An election, in which one of the parties is prevented from taking part, is a farce. Gush Shalom ad published in Ha'aretz, September 23, 2005 |
China Names Condom for Bill Clinton
A Chinese company is honoring ex-president Bill Clinton by naming a new line of condoms after him - along with a companion line of condoms that will be named after his ex-girlfriend, Monica Lewinsky.
Reports Britain's Sky News: The Guangzhou Haokian Bio-science company has registered their names as trademarks for the contraceptives.
The condoms will display Chinese spellings: Kelitun and Laiwensiji.
A 12-pack of Clintons is expected to cost $5.00, with Lewinskys selling at a discounted price of just over $3.00.
The manufacturer's general manager, Liu Wenhua, told Sky News that naming his condoms for Clinton was perfectly legal, explaining that "trademarks of two foreign surnames and can't be seen as a violation of rights."
