tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post383964321916457583..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: The Revolution, Part IVDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-74922168476828994092010-07-18T12:46:51.009-05:002010-07-18T12:46:51.009-05:00Something like 67% of the country did NOT approve ...Something like 67% of the country did NOT approve of Obamacare, and contemporaneous polling was available to Congress during the entire spectacle.<br /><br />So you claim, Jimbo, that THAT was 'consent'?Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-9565768224869455142010-07-18T10:13:18.960-05:002010-07-18T10:13:18.960-05:00Except, Jimbo...many of those who voted for this r...Except, Jimbo...many of those who voted for this regime don't like what they are doing. And "consent of the governed" doesn't end at the election. When we elect a representative government, it doesn't mean they have carte blanch to do what they wish.<br /><br />The "grip" needs to be obtained by those currently in power.Beer, Bicycles and the VRWChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976779901265528597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-16472650278056771202010-07-18T01:36:33.506-05:002010-07-18T01:36:33.506-05:00You mean the REPUBLIC we live in.You mean the REPUBLIC we live in.Andrew Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416362476181360949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-54473776699234337922010-07-17T23:09:22.795-05:002010-07-17T23:09:22.795-05:0062 percent of voters say that our government does ...<i>62 percent of voters say that our government does not enjoy that consent. </i><br /><br />Those 62 percent apparently don't understand the democratic principles of the country they live in. We have elections every two years. There are winners and there are losers as there have been since the Greeks. By participating in a democracy, one consents to be governed by those who are democratically elected. Participants are free to try again in the next election if they are unsatisfied with the results.<br /><br />People need to get a grip on reality.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004209843701697773noreply@blogger.com