american democracy. it exists to serve you. that s the know the only kind of democracy, there s also the soviet version of democracy, same word but very different definition. bowl has conviction took power by promising more democracy. the country that created the soviet union became the most impressive police state in human history. yet it was, you should know, a democracy. that s what they called it. east germany was a democracy, too, so was north vietnam, and ethiopia, and albania. democracies all. in his first speech as leader of north korea in 1946, kim i will sung talked about destruction of opposition to his rule, killing of political opponents as democratic reform. almost 80 years later, kim jong-un continues to run north korea as a democracy, a soviet style democracy. so again, they re using a very different definition of the word. in their version of democracy all decisions are made by a shadowy oligarchy. front by a strong man. the point isn t to find out what the p
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in their version of democracy all decisions are made by a shadowy oligarchy. front by a strong man. the point isn t to find out what the population thinks or wants, it is to lend aura of legitimacy to criminals already in charge. here is joseph stalin bragging about results of the 1937 soviet election where his party won 99.4% support. 89 million votes to 562,000 votes for the other guys, whoever they were. our elections stalin went on to say are the only free and democratic elections in the whole world. at the moment stalin spoke those words, he was busy murdering more than a million citizens for
down and his family was in it tore me. the school district released this statement. this news is devastating for the k community at large. eric and kristen are very active in the community and the kind of people that make this a special place to live. they send heart the felt sympathy to the king family. members of the community set up a gofundme page. 8,300 people have contributed $562,000 so far. the fair marshal is investigating what happened. but it looks like it was a cry christmas tree and faulty wiring on those lights. jon: new york city soon will have a new police commissioner. the first female to ever serve in that position.