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7. i'm not corrupt!11 -- just very, very, very Festive

Reply to jody (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 10:47 AM

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Court to feds: Stop deporting defense witnesses [View all] bemildred Sep 2012 OP

The extent that America is corrupt is breathtaking. Nt xchrom Sep 2012 #1

Disagree, it's not "America" that's corrupt but "American government". nt jody Sep 2012 #2

can you honestly separate the 2? nt xchrom Sep 2012 #3

Yes by excluding you and I from the corrupt group. On the other hand I'm not so sure about you. jody Sep 2012 #5

i'm not corrupt!11 -- just very, very, very Festive xchrom Sep 2012 #7

Did you mean "Feisty" instead of "Festive"? jody Sep 2012 #8

Festive. Miss Festive to you. nt xchrom Sep 2012 #9

The government is probably easier and quicker to fix. bemildred Sep 2012 #11

well, Miss Festive wants to believe you. xchrom Sep 2012 #13

Well, "we" are part of the problem too, not saying otherwise. bemildred Sep 2012 #14

Yes. This isn't the 50s - ThangGawd. xchrom Sep 2012 #16

Yep, "interesting times". But hey, we wanted change, right? bemildred Sep 2012 #18

Wow. Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #4

If government was not corrupt, then We the People would have the power to prevent abuses etc. jody Sep 2012 #6

I'm not denying that government is corrupt. Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #10

Agree "lack effective institutional means to do much about it." Many people have given up voting jody Sep 2012 #12

I intend to exercise my vote, as I always have. Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #15

I'll see your "Madison 2011" and raise you a "Jefferson/Madison 1798". nt jody Sep 2012 #17

The "States' Rights" approach to killing the Alien & Sedition Acts? Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #19

Yes. If that was still enforced, then "Madison 2011" might have been illegal. nt jody Sep 2012 #20

People around here know the dmnedest things… Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #22

Prosecutorial misconduct allows all kinds of people, i.e. Don Siegelman to be charged with midnight Sep 2012 #21

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