Occupy Wallstreet?

OK, this is getting silly. Why would we want to occupy wallstreet? Our problems are a result of the government we chose, not the wallstreet we didn't.

“Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”
-- George Bernard Shaw

gary

China

I look forward to the day when the Chinese people become citizens of the world. But before that can happen they must first become citizens of their own nation. My definition of citizen involves participation in your government, the democratic process. If you're not free, you're a captive. You're being denied the most basic democratic freedoms that the rest of the world enjoys. It's not that China isn't a great nation, it's whether China is achieving it's full potential as a citizen of the world.

gary

Prepare for World Peace

World peace is now inevitable. It becomes technologically possible because the internet empowers the masses. And more power to the people means less power to the dictators. And ultimately more democracies. And democracies have a tendancy not to attack other democracies. Especially when the people have something to say about it. Which they increasingly do. Think about it...who really wants to go to war?

gary

United Democratic Nations - justification

Without human rights, you cannot have world peace.
Without democracy, you cannot have human rights.
And if our ambasadors leave their democratic principles at the UN door, we ultimately work against the cause of democracy, not for it.

gary

My latest experiment in youtube video creation...



A solution for achieving world peace.

gary

Democracy Quotes

I thought I'd share a few of my favorite quotes on democracy...

"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
-- Sir Winston Churchill, November 11, 1947

“Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”
-- George Bernard Shaw

“Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.”
-- Sydney J. Harris

“All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.”
-- Alfred E. Smith

And one funny one...

“Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.”
-- Anonymous


Here's my own attempt at defining democracy...

Democracy is the assumption that empowerment means less terrorists in the world. Dictatorship is the assumption that absolute power does not corrupt absolutely.

How do you define democracy?

gary

democracy it's not

I have a serious issue with those who fall for this trap. When you hear the phrase "direct talks between North Korea and the United States", the statement pretends that dictators represents people just the same as elected governments. A more accurate statement would be "direct talks between the North Korean dictatorship and the United States". Those few extra words teach our children.

If you don't know what democracy is, you can't fight for it.

gary