It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

On this, a rainy and mundane Wednesday, I was contemplating writing a little bit about how I like rainy days in the Smokies but only if you get to stay inside under a blanket with a good book blah blah blah... I wasn't really excited about it, but I figured that it wasn't a really exciting day so it might work. Then I decided to look up the Scrutiny Hooligans, just to see what my leftist pink-o commie brothers were having to say. Take a look at this site if you are left of the dial and really pissed about the way things are going. It's leftist rhetoric, to be sure, but they do a good job with the writing and the documentation.

It was here that I found my topic. I hadn't read the page this week and came across something that made me think a few entries in. A site called World Audit has taken polls from around the globe and come up with a list of the top democracies in the world.

Now, I want to review for a moment: We are now, under the current administration, in the business of bringing democracies to those poor, under-privileged countries that are in dire need of freedom. This is the administrations stated policy (never mind about being under threat of annihilation from Weapons of Mass Destruction, turns out there weren't any, so this is why we invaded a sovereign nation with no provocation), and this is also what they are trying to sell to us as gospel for our starting to threaten other countries. The United States is the heroic herald of democracy and its purpose is to initiate an era of world unity with our style democracy.

Are you happy with your democracy? Take a deep breath and ask yourself, "Do I have all the liberties that feel entitled to?" Sure, you’re comfortable. We are very comfortable here in America, but are we free? More than are we free, are we free enough to validate our using military force to enforce democracy on others?

In the list of top democracies from World Audit, we didn't even make the top ten.

We're 13.

The countries ahead of us enjoy more civil liberties, more basic freedoms, and more inalienable rights than we do. Their populations are happier and more productive. They are doing more to help on a global scale than our form of government. And, yet, they do not feel the need to spread their ideas by force.

But, we are powerful. So, if the reason is not because we are trying to spread democracy to increase the world’s freedoms, but because we have the capability to, then it's not democracy anymore. It's imperialism.

Please take a stand. Write someone, anyone. Read and comment. Show that there are more than a noisy rabble of us. If you're scared, scream. Just because the right talks louder and curse more vehemently, it doesn't mean that they are in the majority. We can push them back into place and get back to the business that his country was founded on: increasing our station in life.