Tag Archives: Democracy

A Baker’s Dozen (TM) Ways to get rid of the States (or some of them)

Posted on August 2, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

You may have seen some of the current clickbait, telling you “These ten states will be empty by 2025” or “Everyone leaving these states” only to find out (again) that the click-bait headlines are never truthful, accurate, or really reflect … Continue reading →

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Craziness 2 – more bizarre recent media nonsense

Posted on March 8, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

More craziness “threatens” us all. Continue reading →

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The evil called democracy

Posted on December 28, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The track record of democracy in human history – and American history – demonstrates it both fails to protect life, liberty, and property and leads to much worse conditions of tyranny. Democracy is evil, but we refuse to accept that lesson. Continue reading →

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Democracy’s end? Or just the end of the Union

Posted on October 19, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Ze pollsters claim ‘mericuns more divided than ever on everyting! Continue reading →

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End of American democracy?

Posted on August 30, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Well, we are again finding something that so-called liberals and so-called conservatives seem to agree on. And both Democrats and Republicans. American democracy, like the American republic before it, has ended. According to voices on many different sides. As people … Continue reading →

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“Will no one rid me of this mettlesome priest?”

Posted on August 10, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

This is a quote attributed to Henry II of England that preceded the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170. The king’s words were “misinterpreted” as an order, prompting four knights from Normandy to travel to Canterbury and … Continue reading →

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The evils of Democracy

Posted on July 11, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

It is traditional in many States to have the laws passed by the last legislative session take effect on the 1st of July. This theoretically gives the bureaucrats and the cops time to adjust their procedures and gear up for … Continue reading →

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French mob does what French mobs do

Posted on March 18, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Or should we say “the Paris mob” instead? Since about 1787 or so, mobs have been a seemingly inescapable part of the French system of government. Regardless of what they call it: democracy, republic, empire, monarchy. Fairly frequently, the streets … Continue reading →

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“We’re a democracy” – except when we ain’t

Posted on December 21, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

We hear all the time how these United States are a “democracy,” and the importance of “one-person, one-vote;” we know that people worship (or claim to worship) democracy. There is, of course, a constant, growing demand for popular election of … Continue reading →

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Hated ideas: The evils of democracy

Posted on October 14, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Local, State, federal, world… today, and for a century-plus, we have been told that “democracy” is a good thing – and the only legitimate form of government. We are being treated (and threatened) with that today, both with the upcoming … Continue reading →

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