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Article: Homeland democracy: speaking up for the legislature: at the center of representative democracy is the need for legislatures to define and communicate messages in today's language, using today's technology.
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- State Legislatures
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- July 1, 2003
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As he stood in front of a crew that had served on the longest carrier deployment in a generation, President George W. Bush announced on May 1 the end of major combat operations in Iraq.
"Men and women in every culture need liberty, like they need food and water and air," he told the men and women on the USS Abraham Lincoln. "Everywhere that freedom arrives, humanity rejoices."
At least it rejoices for awhile. As Operation Iraqi Freedom evolved from bombing to rebuilding, Iraqis embraced their new found freedom. Here on the homefront, however, many U.S. citizens take our 200year-old democracy for granted, judging by polls and voter turnout.
"The ...