Our democracy, in the United States, is stronger than it has ever been in our lifetimes.
I'm sorry to say you're wrong. Democracy is about one (wo)man one vote, not about one lobbyist one vote, or one corporation one vote.
The US of A recently crossed the thin line between democracy and democrazy, read the NY Times article: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/corporation-says-it-will-run-for-congress/
Warning: "Politics makes you a fuckhead"
I think politicians really really should wear this Turing-test T-shirt.
DRM 'manages' the restrictions when playing a recording - in fact DRM often violates the rights of a consumer (e.g. when preventing making backup copies while the legal system grants consumers the right to make a backup copy).
Pros:
Free tool, nice for building simple webforms.
Cons:
Unfortunately a pain in the a** when building complex webforms. This is not only due to limitations that have been designed into the product, but also due to many 'features'. Finding a work-around is possible but rather time consuming given the limited debugging functionality.
Steep learning curve.
The Tao is like a glob pattern: used but never used up. It is like the extern void: filled with infinite possibilities.