democracy is coming to the usa

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lbj
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democracy is coming to the usa

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lyrics i came across that strike fear into the heart of every republican. they were written by leonard cohen. a canadian, liberal, jew who was a buddist monk in california currently scheduled to do a concert on some mount in israel. ya go figure. i'll be damned, he sounds just like jesus christ. no wonder the right wing dont like him.
It's coming through a hole in the air,
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It's coming from the feel
that this ain't exactly real,
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
from the sirens night and day,
from the fires of the homeless,
from the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall;
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay,
from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

It's coming from the sorrow in the street,
the holy places where the races meet;
from the homicidal bitchin'
that goes down in every kitchen
to determine who will serve and who will eat.
From the wells of disappointment
where the women kneel to pray
for the grace of God in the desert here
and the desert far away:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

Sail on, sail on
O mighty Ship of State!
To the Shores of Need
Past the Reefs of Greed
Through the Squalls of Hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.

It's coming to America first,
the cradle of the best and of the worst.
It's here they got the range
and the machinery for change
and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
It's here the family's broken
and it's here the lonely say
that the heart has got to open
in a fundamental way:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

It's coming from the women and the men.
O baby, we'll be making love again.
We'll be going down so deep
the river's going to weep,
and the mountain's going to shout Amen!
It's coming like the tidal flood
beneath the lunar sway,
imperial, mysterious,
in amorous array:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

Sail on, sail on
O mighty Ship of State!
To the Shores of Need
Past the Reefs of Greed
Through the Squalls of Hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.

I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
I love the country but I can't stand the scene.
And I'm neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight,
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
that Time cannot decay,
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
this little wild bouquet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
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democracy is coming to the U.S.

Post by JIM HAMRICK »

I hope that the U.S. never becomes a democracy. It would be shame to to see that the minorities, we all are minorites in some fashion, loose their protection that they have under this Republic.

I don't know why you think that only the Republicans would not want this. I believe that most ot the Democrats would also oppose the change.

jim hamrick
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Post by lbj »

jim,

bush made this country a banana republic and its to make it a democratic republic.
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Post by Knun »

LBJ,

And what exactly does your post have to do with Jim's?

For some reason you have no ability to stay on topic.

Stop wasting eveyones time. If you have ADD go see a doctor. If you can't afford a doctor one will be provided to you. A capitalist funded one here in America.

By the way what the heck were you trying to say?
bush made this country a banana republic and its to make it a democratic republic.
What the heck?
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Post by lbj »

knun
And what exactly does your post have to do with Jim's?
read what jim wrote about.

jim said
I hope that the U.S. never becomes a democracy. It would be shame to to see that the minorities, we all are minorites in some fashion, loose their protection that they have under this Republic.
now, knun, follow closely if you can. jim is saying the usa is a republic and not a democracy. i agree with jim that bush changed the usa from a republic with representative democracy to a banana republic. but i disagree with jim in his assertion that most democrats want the usa to remain a banana republic.

originally i said
bush made this country a banana republic and its to make it a democratic republic.
perhaps it threw you off totally that the word "time" is missing between "its" and "to". i didnt think i was communicating with a fifth grader so i thought that you could pick up such an obvious typo. i guess i was wrong.

i was hoping that jim would tell me what type of government he thinks a "republic" is. but looks like i was wrong there too.

thats what i get for giving right wing nuts credit for a fifth grade education. any fifth grader in a european socialist school would pick that up.
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