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gettinjiggywithit
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1. Democracy- Government of the People, By the People, and For the People
#6500613 - 01/26/07 09:17 PM (17 years, 24 days ago) |
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http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/democracy.html
I. DEMOCRACY Our nation was born as the first great experiment in modern democracy. We seek to rescue that heritage from the erosion of citizen participation. Moreover, we seek to dissolve the grip of the ideology, intoned by big-money interests for more than twenty years, that government is intrinsically undesirable and destructive of liberty and that elected officials should rightly "starve the beast" by slashing all spending on social program, in the name of freedom. We challenge that tactic by calling on all Americans to think deeply about the meaning of government of the people, by the people, and for the people. In a democracy, individuals come together to form structures of governance that protect and advance the common good. We the citizens are the government, and we the citizens can direct it to fulfill its finest goals and purposes. Our citizens must not permit usurpation of their authority by acts of individuals and government agencies that isolate or insulate government from their oversight and control. We, the People, have a responsibility to participate in self-government through all the means that our Constitution provides.
Citizens of a democracy must have the information and ability to determine the actions of their government. Vast concentrations of wealth and power that have occurred in recent years are inherently undemocratic. The deregulation of corporate activity and the decentralization and underfunding of the regulatory structures that remain - accompanied by the centralizing of big money - has been a disaster for our country. The true owners of the public lands, pension funds, and the public airwaves are the American people, who today have little or no control over their pooled assets or their commonwealth.
The power of civic action is an antidote to the corporate control of so much of our law-making and regulating. The pervasive abuse imposed by corporate power increasingly undermines our democracy, but the Green Party seeks to rekindle the democratic flame. As voting citizens, taxpayers, workers, consumers, and stakeholders, we unite to exercise our rights and, as Thomas Jefferson urged, to counteract the "excesses of the monied interests." Toward this end, we consider serious reform of campaign funding to be essential, as well as curbs on the influence of corporations on lawmakers and regulatory agencies.
The Green Party considers American democracy to be an ongoing, unfolding project that is dynamic and creative in nature. We are committed to the strengthening of our civil society, including the many mediating institutions at the community level that have always characterized our democracy. We seek to heal the alienation and apathy that has been cultivated in the citizenry by the power-brokers of the status quo. Righteous anger about the crippling of our democracy is rising in the land, and the Greens offer constructive alternatives. In addition, we seek to repair the plummeting opinion of the United States in the international community resulting from our arrogant, narcissistic foreign policy of recent years. A growing and grave imbalance between the citizens of this country and the interests which extract power from the citizens is an imminent danger to our security and national and global social stability. We strongly feel that our country should view itself as a member of the community of nations... not above it. The United States could well play a leadership role in that community but only if we become committed to an eco-social vision of peace, national self-determination, and international cooperation.
Our goal is to become an important political force in this country, and to present candidates for election at every level of government.
There's more. To read the rest on proposed solutions, click here
http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/democracy.html
-------------------- Ahuwale ka nane huna.
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trippindad82
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Re: 1. Democracy- Government of the People, By the People, and For the People [Re: gettinjiggywithit]
#6500827 - 01/26/07 10:20 PM (17 years, 24 days ago) |
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But see, the problem lies in that the current administration has attempted turning anyone with different views, especially those listed above into supporting acts of terrorism. There are many persons, including on this site here, who listen very well to what their govt says. They might not agree with what the govt is doing, but they are being the good little lapdogs that the Bush family and friends' criminal ring wants them to be. I think one of the lines that has come out of Bush's own mouth that scared me the most was, "You are either with us, or you are one of them." That is a line that should have brought fear into the hearts of every American, however, it just helped fuel his preplanned rush into war. It's a sad day in the history of the United States when even the actions of our own forefathers are being thrown out without a second thought. They forewarned us of this. I have read a number of quotes from Benjamin Franklin in which he directly tells the future generations of America the signs of a fascist or dictator oriented govt. Many of them have already been enacted by the current administration, yet due to a lack of the CORRECT history being taught in schools, the average american doesn't know the true inner workings of our govt established by the constitution. Few people know this, but our forefathers wrote the constitution with the intent of it being updated, not just amended. They knew that changing times would require a change in the constitution to keep the govt in the hands of the people. Yet, our govt seems to be moving closer and closer to being 100% a big business' govt, if it isn't so already. Although I refuse to align myself with any specific political party since all sides have some of the solution, I cannot agree more with what the Green Party has stated as their goals. It's nice to see a political party that has a set of goals that they are proud to display. With the other two parties, it depends on the candidate what goals are being supported at what time. America has the potential to remain a great society, but only if we shed the chains of big business economics. We are a land of free individuals, not sheep for the wolves to herd around and live off.
I know I have said this before, but the "war on terrorism" is nothing more than the same propaganda touted around during the "war on communism." War is money. Plain and simple. And as long as someone is making money on war, there will never peace.
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gettinjiggywithit
jiggy


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Re: 1. Democracy- Government of the People, By the People, and For the People [Re: trippindad82]
#6501023 - 01/26/07 11:48 PM (17 years, 23 days ago) |
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I hear you about concerns of being pinned as a terrorist against the machine, I mean government, for just wanting and or acting to see a true transparent democracy become restored.
I don't know what to say about that. Maybe this. If that will come to be the case someday, Micheal Moore will get sent away and tortured first I figure, if I see that happen, then , its time for me to shut up and leave the country 
-------------------- Ahuwale ka nane huna.
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