The first permanent signage has been installed on the facade of the future Coffee Republic coffee shop next to Lidl at the Bethesda Place apartments. It's a small, round sign that is drowned out visually by its surroundings. Hopefully there's additional signage on the way, given Montgomery County's draconian sign regulations that victimize and hurt so many businesses across the County, when they cannot be seen by drivers passing them on the roadways. Heckuva job, Brownie! Meanwhile, our bumbling County Council will likely be triggered to learn that we do not have a coffee democracy, but a Coffee Republic.
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It's hilarious that yer' gonna have to explain "brownie" to some newbie here on the blog before the thread runs it's course... LMFAO
Maybe first explain that this country (check the Pledge of Allegiance) is, in addition to being a democracy, a republic. Nothing partisan about that duality.
2:29: The U.S. is technically not a democracy, but a constitutional federal Republic.
Oh goodie! A coffee place. Just when we needed. .
The U.S. is a democracy according to at least (one part of) the first of the Merriam-Webster (m-w.com) definitions of the word: "a form of government in which the people elect representatives. . . ."
Also see the first sentence under "Frequently Asked Questions" about that word (lower down on the definition page).
(In case anyone's interested, m-w.com's got two different definitions for "moribund.")
@Robert Dyer No, the US is a democracy. It is a representative democracy.
What? A brownie is a cookie for sale a Levain right?
The US is a federal constitutional republic that operates through representative democracy.
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