Word: rayner
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...Lacey Rayner, age 15 Modesto, California AOL: LaceyLr...
...Lacey Rayner, age 15 Modesto, California I am increasingly frustrated with our tendency in North America to pander to the lowest common denominator, a practice known as participatory democracy. Both U.S. and Canadian democracies are supposed to be based on representation by principled leaders. The Achilles' heel of today's North American political environment is the demand for the government to be slavishly obedient to the mass of ``empowered'' individuals, neatly packaged among a multitude of special-interest groups. In everyday matters, our expectations of government are limitless. Yet we hamstring its ability to act freely with propositions, referendums...
...Lacey Rayner, age 15 Modesto, California Hyperdemocracy was an excellent article about an important issue of our time. Congress is becoming a poll-watching, poll-taking Babel, far from the independent deliberative body envisioned by the Founders. We are witnessing the decline of representative democracy to a level not unlike that of rabble-led assemblies in Revolutionary France...
...Green Lantern corps; in Coast City. Jordan disobeyed the Guardians and used his power ring for personal business, attempting to resurrect his hometown after its destruction by an alien. Ignoring demands to give back the ring, Jordan turned villain last month and was dismissed. A new Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, will be appointed in coming weeks...
Detroit pretty much invented carjacking, so its police force has had the most practice in fighting it. They've spent the past three months trying to find the killer of Mark Rayner, a 255-lb. National Golden Gloves heavyweight champ, who was carjacked for his new white Jeep Grand Cherokee when he stopped at a phone booth on his way home from a movie. When he tried to escape by driving off, the thugs opened fire. At least five bullets hit the side of his Jeep; two hit Rayner in the back, killing him instantly...