de·moc·ra·cy
n.

1) Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
2) A political or social unit that has such a government.
The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.

ahhh...by that defintions, america is no longer a democracy? i see no..."power" for the people here, only bush and his...borderline attempt at a dicatorship. Fortunately there are more americans that would rather fight than lay down for bush's...actions towards, world domination....thank goodness, he would need less intelligent and more...protected countrymen for that...

aren't some states currently "dumbing" down their students by removing certain aspects of an education...and how much of american media is governmentally influenced?