Fri Apr 6, 2012, 06:37 PM

WillParkinson (16,117 posts)

Bumper sticker seen on a car recently...Very accurate

Ours is not a democracy.
It's an auction.

Simple, but quite eloquent and, sadly, too true.

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Bumper sticker seen on a car recently...Very accurate (Original post)	WillParkinson	Apr 2012	OP
That explains everything. And we know who the auctioneers and buyers are. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Apr 2012	#1
Actually ours is not a demopcray it is a republic.	Synicus Maximus	Apr 2012	#2
...If we can keep it.....	lastlib	Apr 2012	#4
It is a very corrupt empire	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2012	#5
Actually not	bongbong	Apr 2012	#6
What would it be if the Economic Royalty had the power to hand pick who we voted for?	Larry Ogg	Apr 2012	#7
Our republic is a type of democracy.	ZombieHorde	Apr 2012	#9
I swear I thought this said "bumper sticker seen on a cat"	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2012	#3
If anyone wants one they sell them at Northern Sun	Bjorn Against	Apr 2012	#8

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 08:10 PM

Sarah Ibarruri (18,667 posts)

1. That explains everything. And we know who the auctioneers and buyers are. nt

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 08:18 PM

Synicus Maximus (860 posts)

2. Actually ours is not a demopcray it is a republic.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 08:29 PM

lastlib (3,806 posts)

4. ...If we can keep it.....

...off the auction block

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 08:29 PM

nadinbrzezinski (120,416 posts)

5. It is a very corrupt empire

We crossed the rubicon a while ago...

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Response to Synicus Maximus (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 09:25 PM

bongbong (5,436 posts)

6. Actually not

Nope, the repig Talking Point that "we're not a Democracy, we're a Republic" hasn't been true since Lincoln penned these words 145+ years ago:

"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed."

Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864, letter to Col. William F. Elkins

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 09:34 PM

Larry Ogg (1,403 posts)

7. What would it be if the Economic Royalty had the power to hand pick who we voted for?

What would it be if it didn't matter who we voted for,

because the working class was going to get f*<ked regardless of who won?

What would it be if not getting f*<ked was not an option,

and the only thing the working class voters could do,

was to choose between getting f*<ked by a blue d*ck

or getting f*<ked by a red d*ck?

What would it be if...

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Sat Apr 7, 2012, 02:54 PM

ZombieHorde (23,873 posts)