Article 137463 of alt.energy.homepower: Path: news.misty.com!not-for-mail From: nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu Newsgroups: alt.energy.homepower Subject: Re: new (to me) inverter score Date: 16 May 2008 14:35:56 -0400 Organization: Villanova University Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: acadia.ece.villanova.edu X-Trace: max.inside.misty.com 1210959318 25211 153.104.44.130 (16 May 2008 17:35:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@misty.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:35:18 +0000 (UTC) Xref: news.misty.com alt.energy.homepower:137463 Neon John wrote: >>>So you want to use the government as your proxy to steal money from the rest >>>of us so that you can play. Is that correct? That's what your "free >>>government money" really is... >> >>... aka "democracy" :-) > >"Might makes right, eh?" In a sense. >Well, since this is a representative republic (says so right there in the >constitution) and not a democracy, I'm not sure what that comment meant. Ideally, it's the will of the people. Less so, the will of the corporations. I'd like to see more democracy, with a chance to gently change course every day, vs abruptly every 4 years. Nick