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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:20 PM
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Poll question: What kind of government do you think we now have here in the US?.....
In other words what kind of government system do you think the US most closely resembles in this day and age?...
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:22 PM
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1. A and B
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:22 PM
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2. Broken. nt
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:33 PM
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7. .....
:thumbsup:
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:24 PM
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3. Plutocracy. nt
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:27 PM
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4. You misspelled Oligarhy.
Just trying to help...
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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:51 PM
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10. You sure? it's looks alright to me. n/t
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 05:03 PM
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12. definitely misspelled
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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 05:26 PM
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17. LOL.....
I can't believe I didn't catch that. :rofl:
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tXr Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:30 PM
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5. A nascent neotheofascist coprocephalocracy,
Edited on Sat Oct-03-09 04:32 PM by tXr
although we might have pulled slightly back from the brink.

Maybe.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:30 PM
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6. Corrupt
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:34 PM
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8. Plutocracy. These people don't care about the corporation
it is merely a tax sheltered way to enrich the individuals involved.

Reference Ken Lewis being given $125mm for running BoA into the ground and losing share price for his shareholders.

They just hide behind the corporation.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:46 PM
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9.  The 1% ,THE GOOD OLE BOY network ,NWO ,Haves and the have nots
controlled Anarchy
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 04:57 PM
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11. I'd say a mix of all the above which is why shit sticks to the wall (nt)
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 05:08 PM
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13. We have a Fuckfest...that's what we have.
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givemebackmycountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 05:10 PM
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14. Other
I BELIEVE
we live in a
"sooner-or-later-the-american-people-are-going-to-get-sick-of-this-shit-and-rise-up-and-kick-some-ass-ocracy.

I mean I am so angry I am ready to get in the car and drive to NY and bash Glen Becks head in with a Easton Softball bat.
However, I live in Florida and that's a LONG ass drive.

West Palm Beach is a lot closer.
I hear some fat draft dodging drug addict pedophile M'effer lives down there.
Any ideas?

JUST KIDDING... SEE!

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

I'm still pissed off.

Kind of.

Well not anymore, too much football on TV.
:beer:
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 05:10 PM
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15. I voted "a mix."
Last year, with Bush, my vote was for "kakistocracy."
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 05:22 PM
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16. a plutocratic theo-kleptocracy.
and that is some crazy shit...

i just wish that it qualified u.s. progressives for political asylum in a warm, developed country with universal healthcare.
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invictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 06:41 PM
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18. A mixture of the first three: Corporatocracy/Plutocracy/Kleptocracy
Edited on Sat Oct-03-09 07:26 PM by invictus
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Coyote_Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 06:49 PM
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19. A failed government
One that is incapable of simultaneously serving the interests of the majority and of the individuals in the society. What is good for the many quite often does not serve everyone - and vice versa. Take away a sense of community and mutual committment and add selfishness, greed and a quest for position and power and you are guaranteed to have a failed government.
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timeforpeace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 08:37 PM
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20. A government with Barack Obama in charge! What kind of government do you call that?
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 08:41 PM
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21. FASCIST!
As Mussolini coined the term, it meant government run by corporations.

That is exactly what we have.

No guesswork there.
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-03-09 09:06 PM
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22. In theory we have a republic but we aren't doing too well keeping it,
as predicted by Benjamin Franklin.
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