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Great post! True Blue American Jul 2019 #1
the founders were operating at a time whrn travel was slow and technology slower rampartc Jul 2019 #2
I think the fetishizing of our founding fathers HopeAgain Jul 2019 #3
The owning of slaves is a separate issue entity. While repugnant tymorial Jul 2019 #28
We are finding out HopeAgain Jul 2019 #31
Glad to see you posted this in your journal. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2019 #4
K&R. What was the point of declaring independence if we just replace a king with "elected" tyrants? ck4829 Jul 2019 #5
This was a serious melm00se Jul 2019 #24
K & R Well said, my friend! FakeNoose Jul 2019 #6
Your last sentence PJMcK Jul 2019 #7
I would say that preachers and hate-radio jocks (and secretive billionaires) destroyed the nation FiveGoodMen Jul 2019 #18
Fair enough PJMcK Jul 2019 #21
It doesn't even matter "who" destroyed out country... Just that they did world wide wally Jul 2019 #22
Seems like the "perfect storm" has hit us. demosincebirth Jul 2019 #25
They also voted for Nixon and Reagan,twice each, howling with glee BamaRefugee Jul 2019 #29
The checks and balances arms have been broken. ananda Jul 2019 #8
McConnell is the culprit by allowing much of this shit to happen. I will demosincebirth Jul 2019 #27
Our govt system didn't take into account that Congress would be loyalists to the President.... Honeycombe8 Jul 2019 #9
They have added Supreme Court Justices before... kentuck Jul 2019 #10
As long as the reasoning melm00se Jul 2019 #32
So, at parades and stuff... johnnyfins Jul 2019 #11
My question remains ...... bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #12
Great analysis. llmart Jul 2019 #17
Most of the People don't participate treestar Jul 2019 #13
There's a good analysis posted Turin_C3PO Jul 2019 #14
That makes me feel a bit better about it treestar Jul 2019 #15
The thing is, Turin_C3PO Jul 2019 #16
I keep hoping the military will be wiser than the 'president' and refuse to allow demigoddess Jul 2019 #19
Any country that is dependent on the military to save them ... kentuck Jul 2019 #20
Yeah, I'm hoping that too! FiveGoodMen Jul 2019 #23
We Can Look to the Republicans and their Unitary President Vision dlk Jul 2019 #26
Geez, me too. bdamomma Jul 2019 #30
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