Democracy is what the people make it (Score 1)

I hate to say this, because it will sound like an NRA sound bite but... Democracy is a full time job. We must be ever vigalant to protect what democracy that we have and do all in out power to make our society a more democratic one. For the past few months people have b*tched and moaned about the DMCA and the damage that it has done but how many of those people were actually out fighting against that act before it was passed! How many people are writting there congressmen to ask them to repeal the law? Technology can be the ultimate aid to democracy, more information can be shown to more people faster than ever before but most people don't take advantage of it. We are to busy reading userfriendly and playing diablo rather than checking up on our congressman. If you are going to whine about the fate of technology and democracy get out and do something about it. Whew! I'm glad thats over. The national conventions were a joke because the parties do not want to be embarrased. When we vote in primaries (which everyone should do) we only vote for party delegates, not for the actual people. In the "old days" the delegates that got elected to the convention could vote for anyone they want, not the people we told them to. It would be real bad for a party to say "GW Bush" is our next candidate, and then for all the delegated to get to the convention and elect McCain. The moral of the story... Quit B*tchen and get out and do something!
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