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SIGNS: Know the political landscape

| May 30, 2010 10:00 PM

I was amused to have read the item in the Letters section of the Press titled "Signs: Theft can't silence supporter." The very first line Mr. or Mrs. Gary refers to our "Republican" form of government.

This shows how ignorant or misdirected people can be when it comes to our political system in the United States. We live in a Democracy, a Constitutional Democracy with democratically elected representatives. We have a democratic system not a republican system. The will of the people and the majority rule and all that.

The author may be a republican (the Party of No then Deny) and accepts the right-wing brainwashing, omitting and rewriting history like what's being done to the school text books in Texas, but with word play aside, the United States still has a Democratic form of government. Democracy and Republic are not synonymous.

To be honest, no matter what color your blinders are, I believe America is a Plutocracy (Plutarchy). Government by the Corporate and Elite (wealthy). Or a Corporatoracy (Corpocracy). Corporations or companies have more power than the government and whatever wrong they commit, a whole political party backs them and makes excuses.

Hate campaigning was perfected during the 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns and took the Un-American hate leap in 2008. So Boo-Hoo over your signs especially in America where the winner receives death threats.

MIKE MARTENS

Coeur d'Alene