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ulTRAX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 10:19 AM
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107. I fully realize the hurdles
But that doesn't mean we must give up on a vision for a nation based upon democratic principles. I fully expect this to be a 50 year process that has to proceed on numerous front simultaneously.

I believe anyone who believes in democratic principles SHOULD be actively be trying to reform the Constitution. The EC and Senate are nothing but vote weighing schemes hidden in the concept of state suffrage. Worst, the formula for amending the Constitution now gives a mere 4.5% of the population the ability to stop all reform.

The Constitution is anti-democratic and essentially reform-proof. It is failing to provide morally legitimate government. Election 2000 proved the world's only superpower is outside the control of its own people.

Sadly, no one, not even the so-called Democratic Party is even talking about it.
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