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screembloodymurder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:46 AM
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Other than corrupt, how would you describe our government?
Edited on Fri Sep-08-06 07:46 AM by screembloodymurder
If we no longer have a "Democratic Republic", what do we have?
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Chimichurri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:47 AM
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1. A Corporatocracy.
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darkmaestro019 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:28 AM
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17. Give this lady a free drink and some nachos.
You got it in one.
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Seansky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:47 AM
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2. inept n/t
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Lowell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:48 AM
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3. Dysfunctional n/t
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populistdriven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:49 AM
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4. Corporate Republic n/t
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:50 AM
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5. a facade
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:52 AM
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6. criminal
we have a criminal gang holding us at gunpoint to their protection racket.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:53 AM
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7. Bloated, self-perpetuating, run by egoistic, self-serving politicians
No longer acting in the interests of the people from whom its power is derived.

Serving as an elected official was not intended by the founders of this country to be seen as a profession. Public service used to be, and should be, a solemn duty performed for a short time, after which one returns to his or her usual occupation or retires.
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screembloodymurder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:08 AM
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11. Capitalistocracy seems to fit the bill.
Government by a privileged minority consisting of those with the most money.
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bperci108 Donating Member (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:19 AM
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14. To quote an un-named radical from the early 20th century:
Edited on Fri Sep-08-06 08:21 AM by bperci108
"Fascism is Capitalism in decay."


And it only took a little over 200 years.

:cry: <== (For the greatness that was American democracy, not for the capitalists that destroyed her.)




(Edit: clarity)
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screembloodymurder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 10:03 AM
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25. I like that.
So true.
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 07:54 AM
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8. Kleptocracy
or a Kakistocracy
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:02 AM
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9. Incompetent Imperialists -- a Bozocracy
We've had imperialist presidents before -- in fact most US presidents for the last 100 years (or more) have followed imperialist imperatives.

However, we've never had one that was such a fuck up, top to bottom. Every member of this administration is an incompetent Bozo.

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bperci108 Donating Member (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:23 AM
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15. Bozocracy?
:rofl:

I'm stealing that!

How descriptively brilliant.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:05 AM
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10. Plutocratic Fascist Kleptocracy, or just totally F'd up.. will ever be the
same.. gone forever.

we will descend into an Argentine police state.. DU will be relegated to the praises of Fascism or you will be diss-appeared, or they will kill your brothers wife to make a point..
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:10 AM
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12. Arrogant
And I think right now, we're vascillating between a theocracy and a dictatorship. Very few other options.
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screembloodymurder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 10:06 AM
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26. I met a security guard who worked in the WH for 30+ years.
He told me this administration was the most arrogant he had ever worked under.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 03:46 PM
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28. I agree wholeheartedly
It just goes to show that they know how to keep the truth from ever leaking out. Rove at his best spinning propaganda.
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bperci108 Donating Member (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:16 AM
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13. A failed experiment soon to be joining Rome on the scrap heap of history.
...if things don't change for the better real soon.

I want my country back. :grr:
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savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:26 AM
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16. secretive and incompetent
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intaglio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:42 AM
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18. Let me seeeeee
Venal
Self Regarding
Lying
Dumbed down


Oh sorry you meant the US government not the UK
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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 08:43 AM
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19. DANGEROUSLY EXPLOSIVE
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 09:05 AM
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20. The Bushco Adminstration is NOT The Government
We are
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 09:09 AM
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21. Petro Fascist!
The Petro-Fascist wing of the GOP, is running the country into the ground.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 09:48 AM
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23. Petro Fascists, sounds about right
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screembloodymurder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 10:08 AM
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27. Yes, the Texas wing of the Republican Party.
good one.
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canichelouis Donating Member (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 09:43 AM
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22. The public sector version of
Enron, and this time, we are all shareholders
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 09:56 AM
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24. At best, a necessary evil. At worst, an intolerable one.
See my tagline for full quote.
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