A "republic".....when power is held by representatives elected by and HELD RESPONSIBLE to those who elect them. The electorate are those who vote, elect. A City Council is held responsible only for those who elect them (the electorate) for that city...and so on. However, only one office, the U.S. Presidency, is responsible to ALL Americans who elect (the electorate) him or her!
A confusing point comes when, over time and history, the terms of 'democracy', 'republic', 'representative democracy' and 'republican form of goverment' appear to have different definitions. They, however, merge!
BUT......most of us have grown up with our favorite term, DEMOCRACY. The supreme political POWER rests WITH the PEOPLE (that's us), BY the people and FOR the people. We, the people, hold the SOVERIGN POWER, and our government is conducted ONLY BY and WITH OUR CONSENT!
The elected representatives, no matter where and in what dept., work for US...they are responsible to US. We DO NOT work for them, nor do WE have to kowtow to anyone. We have a DUTY, a RESPONSIBILIY to watch, get involved and speak up and out on any subject. America's strength lies in the people, that's US, getting involved, participating in elections and holding officials accountable for their actions.
That's what's exciting and terrific during this summer of 2009 and the "Tea Parties." And this involved and astute educator is telling you flat out that one of the branches of our three-branch government, the Executive Branch, is on a rapid path to taking away many of our rights and freedoms we've earned as a proud and strong country over 200+ years.
Those many "czars" already in place by the Executive Branch DO NOT report back to us, the people, and are NOT responsible to us! Think....listen...observe. Our country's direction is oh so rapidly changing for the worse, taking away our Republic's basic workable structure. It is YOUR responsibilty to pay attention, to, collectively, speak out! Again, thousands upon thousands have been soing just that this summer...BRAVO!
And listen, too, to the Legislative Branch "biggies" who are yelling back that the ordinary citizens, US, who do speak out are racists, Nazis, un-
Americans and troublemakers. WRONG! VOTE THEM OUT NEXT ELECTIONS!
We, the people, more than ever, MUST get involved. "We're mad, and we're not going to take it any longer!"
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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