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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

    Rule of Law Versus Democracy in Detroit


    By Rougman, Section News
    Posted on Thu Jul 21, 2011 at 01:53:28 PM EST
    Tags: Jesse Jackson, Detroit (all tags)

    Jesse Jackson is back. This from MLive:
    The Rev. Jesse Jackson is back in Michigan, and he's calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to join his fight against the state's recently-expanded emergency manager law.

    'We have a profound economic crisis in the country and the state," Jackson said this morning on WJR-AM 760. "There's nothing about the economic crisis that should allow one to demolish democracy. The vote remains sacred even in a time of crisis."

    In response to another commenter I posted this:
    The United States is not a democracy and it never has been. It is a representative republic. There is a significant difference. What democracy basically boils down to is "majority rule." While this is great for those in the majority on specific issues, it doesn't do a lot of good for those who find themselves believing in something that the majority finds distasteful.

    In truth, the founding fathers feared democracy. The ignorance of our political system displayed by people on here who sound otherwise intelligent is troubling to me. Don't they teach history or government in school any more?

    Detroit is a cesspool today because it has operated for decades in a manner inconsistent with individual rights and the rule of law. It has been a center of corruption, graft, and the welfare state for so long that it has virtually crumbled other than what few crumbs it could pander from those who refused make it face the consequences of its own corrupt actions.

    I don't feel sorry for Detroit. It made its own bed and for too long now it has been making the rest of us wake up next to it.

    What is most interesting about Jackson's (and I presume the commenter's) thoughts is that while they endlessly pander for the money of others to help prop up historically corrupt municipalities, they simultaneously demand that those whose money they spend should butt the hell out.

    It is the rule of law versus democracy. I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you, that Jackson winds up, once again, on the wrong side of the equation.

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    Oh hell, Jesse ain't got nothing on... (none / 0) (#1)
    by Corinthian Scales on Thu Jul 21, 2011 at 03:25:28 PM EST
    ...Mary Sue Coleman and the vanity of the U of M crowd.

    Of course the University of Michigan will comply with the laws of the state.

    At the same time, I guarantee my complete and unyielding commitment to increasing diversity at our institution.

    Let me say that again: I am fully and completely committed to building diversity at Michigan, and I will do whatever it takes.

    Only thing Mary Sue was missing is the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition internationally recognized commie liberation fist pump.

    Keep driving that point home. (none / 0) (#2)
    by JGillman on Thu Jul 21, 2011 at 04:37:54 PM EST
    "In truth, the founding fathers feared democracy. The ignorance of our political system displayed by people on here who sound otherwise intelligent is troubling to me. Don't they teach history or government in school any more?"

    End of story.

    Democracies inevitably lead to tyranny.

    We live in a Republic.  Not that most of our elected leadership understands what the rule of law is, we do NOT live in a democracy.

    • Amen! by Corinthian Scales, 07/21/2011 04:49:18 PM EST (none / 0)
    • Again, false by BillMilligan, 07/21/2011 08:00:00 PM EST (none / 0)
    "Some" Founding Fathers (none / 0) (#4)
    by BillMilligan on Thu Jul 21, 2011 at 07:54:54 PM EST
    "Some" Founding Fathers feared a rule of the majority, if you will. Hamilton actually wanted a British Monarchy. Adam's proposed that the president be called "his majesty." You get the idea. Some were more open to majority rule (Jefferson for one, who was so smitten with the concept of peasant revolution that he couldn't ever bring himself to say one bad thing about what happened in France in the 1790s).

    Some Founding Fathers believed in Jesus. Some did not. Some believed...

    You get the idea.

    It's a pet peeve of mine when any person of any political persuasion makes a blanket statement to the tune of "THE Founding Fathers thought______."

    Ah, yes... (none / 0) (#13)
    by BillMilligan on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 09:07:42 AM EST
    Typical "debate" you get with the Right: engage them and they fly off the handle with personal attacks and threats about your job.

    Knuckle-draggers will never win the day--at least for very long. Evolution dictates that ;)

    Have a great weekend. Turn those frowns upside down.

    • threats? by JGillman, 07/22/2011 09:10:19 AM EST (none / 0)
    My Hamilton analysis... (none / 0) (#15)
    by BillMilligan on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 09:10:48 AM EST
    is spot on, Corinth.

    Perhaps you should (instead of personal attacks) present forth some points to ponder for debate (culled from your vast and extensive reading list and study of history), instead of just throwing out the cartoonish behavior you're so famous for?

    Just a thought. I won't hold my breath--the whole "pearls to swine" thing, of course.

    lol... (none / 0) (#16)
    by BillMilligan on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 09:14:51 AM EST
    If I had a nickel for every time some clown said "we need tenure reform to kill off Bill" when I tried to--in good faith--debate someone of your ilk, I could retire and have my number on Snyder's speed dial.

    Seriously.

    Ah, but I forgot: you guys are the calm, polite, and rational ones. You're the ones calmly debating everything. Union thugs like me at the frothing-at-the-mouth lunatics.

    Lol.

    Btw: send me a pic, Gill, so we can include you on our "where's the teaparty?" milk carton campaign ;)

    :rim shot: (none / 0) (#23)
    by BillMilligan on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 01:52:40 PM EST
    Nice. Fairly typical for over here though with the "we love to publicly debate" crowd.

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