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Yuram writes perspectives on Islam, social justice, economics and politics from the viewpoint of an American convert to Shia Islam, focusing on the deleterious role played by the U.S. in the Middle East and elsewhere.  A dissenting voice from the “Belly of the
Beast”, he lives in Denver, Colorado and can be reached at yuram@sahafa.com. 

Bush, Democracy, and Other Contradictions
28 December, 2006

Democracy – Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.[1]  This is how the Dictionary defines Democracy, which is supposed to be the system of government in America.  Recently, the people elected their representatives and, barring an intervention by the Republican Party, the majority in both houses of the new Congress will shift to the Democrats.  How might the current Neocon administration plot to regain control of Congress before the next election?

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