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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 03:51 PM
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Poll question: Is it too early to declare America a dictatorship?
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Technowitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 03:53 PM
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1. On Nov 2nd 2004, the country of my birth was no more
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 03:54 PM
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2. You've got that right.
I swear alliegence to the REPUBLIC. Not this fascist regime.
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IrateCitizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 03:57 PM
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3. This poll is absurd. We are nowhere close to a dictatorship.
Our system is succumbing to the "Imperial Presidency" and more authoritarian controls more and more with each passing year, but we are still nowhere near a dictatorship.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 03:59 PM
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5. True...
there should be an option for Jan. 20 2009, because then we would know for sure, fight till then of course.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 04:01 PM
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6. Lol, I'll put you down for "Other" :)
n/t
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Minstrel Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 03:58 PM
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4. If democracy means anything,
the US is undoubtedly a post-democratic state.
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