Showing posts with label Democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Democracy. Show all posts

Monday, December 3, 2007

"Yeah, Sergei, I know the box I'm carrying is full
of ballots. But I sometimes think Russia simply
gets too much snow to be a democracy. Democracy,
you know, was invented in Athens, and it doesn't
snow there but once in a blue moon."

Friday, October 19, 2007

Hamid Karzai Goes Forth to Water the Seeds of Democracy

Thursday, September 20, 2007

According to the latest poll, the approval rating for the
Congress of the United States is down to 11%. Does this
mean our system of government is no longer a representative
democracy? Has it become a misrepresentative democracy?
An unrepresentative democracy? Or, perhaps, has it become
something other than a democracy altogether?

Monday, September 17, 2007

After a long illness, Democracy in America has died
from Bush Derangement Syndrome. The carcass will be
buried in Arlington National Cemetery as soon as Alexis
de Tocqueville is able to clear customs and perform
the graveside ceremony.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

"I, Ayad Allawi, have paid $300,000 to Haley Barbour, the
Governor of Mississippi, to install me in place of the
democratically-elected Governor of Alabama. And I
expect results within one or two Friedman Units!
Or else!"