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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:57 AM Original message |
Poll question: Is America a Dictatorship? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not yet, but ShrubCo is TRYING HARD! n/t |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. indeed! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. No, but there's some danger of it |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. More like an oligarchy. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Oligarchy and dictatorship are not mutually exclusive though |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I think that our oligarchy is more insidious. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I don't know if I would agree with insiduous |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. No doubt. But, public financing would, at least, open the door. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Yep. It's a plutocratic oligarchy - the best government money can buy. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nope. Not even close. |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Haven't seen any removal or even any "check" as yet. |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. Not Yet... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Exactly |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. another choice: we in the american version of it. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. That's not an other |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. well, then I'd have to say we are in a defacto dictatorship |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. For what? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. Not yet, and now is the time to stop it from becoming one. - n/t |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. If it were, would DU exist? |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Aslong as we remain powerless, they let us yammer away ineffectually. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. if miers get a pass, yes it is. until then, we are certainly on our way. |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
22. Probably not |
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