About Wiosconsin's Christmas tree and our representative form of democratic governance . . . . . . . . .

In 1965, Wisconsin lawmakers bowed to the demands of a half dozen people - the few ruling the many - and moved away from the "Christmas tree" moniker to "Holiday tree," in an effort to quell concerns that the state government was sponsoring a particular religion. Well, this week, Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin, changed the official name of the holiday tree back to the " Christmas tree."

Atheists are reportedly angry. Oh well.

But the point I want to make, here, has to do with the political debate concerning the notion of "democracy" and its very popular use by the socialist/anti-capitalist who have infected our political system.

Forever understand this: if we lived in a simple "democracy," the atheist opinion would not count for a pile of Occupy discarded "up with democracy" signs. "Democracy" is "the rule of the majority." Our version of "democracy," is a representative/federalist system, that gives equal authority to minority opinion in this country. It - our system, not "democracy" -- is the very reason the atheist opinion carries weight in the State of Wisconsin, or anywhere else in this nation, for that matter.

In a true democracy, minority opinions would have no chance in the courts of legislative law or judicial settlements. In a simple democracy, you are one popular vote away from a theocracy, a monarchy or dictator rule. Egypt is about to use its newly acquired democracy to vote in Sharia law and the end of democracy in that country. Under democratic rule, Venezuela voted in Hugo Chavez and, in so doing, lost its democratic freedoms to a closet dictator. In Syria, there was a sham "democratic" election resulting in the presidency of the current tyrant.

Say what you will about our system of governance, without it, the Obama's of this world would have to go Europe to preach their class warfare crap, the atheists would have no hearing at all and gays would have to continue banging around in the closets they have all exited, under representative rule.

Point of post: a "fundamental transformation" of this country would limit freedoms and move us away from what has been proven to be the most representative government in the history of the world. Love it or leave it.