Subject: Re: [Homestead] Our new president, whoever he may be
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:40:39 EST
They never do claim it in their titles, the USSR has republic in the title
and I don't think they can claim not to be communist.
Drew
In a message dated 11/6/2008 10:41:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
indexer AT localnet.com writes:
Actually, now that I look closely at that list....it doesn't gel...
Lithuania and Ukraine are both republics, that I remember because we had
several exchangees from each country both before and after the fall of
the Soviet Union
The Russian Federation at least claims to have a representative
democracy, IIRC
Finland is the Republic of Finland
France's official name is Republic of France and and it always seems to
me that they have a sort of hybrid jumble for government. the CIA
Factbook says France has a republic government.
As to Denmark, I had to look it up. From their official website:
"Denmark has a long history of democratic rule and is today high on the
list of countries in the world where democracy is most successful."
Garrison Keillor didn't stick it out there long. :-)
So while some of them have some socialist programs and some have
communist-rule history, they ain't claimin' the titles.