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blues90 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:15 PM
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can anyone name one thing that is not screwed up in this country
I have been thinking about this for years and I could find some things that still worked in a somewhat normal fashion.

Now at this point I think through each law and agency and right , I don't care what it is I seem to find nothing but dead ends and have to back out and try to find anything that might work as it was designed and I can't.

My lights go on when I flip the switch , that works. So far anyway.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:16 PM
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1. If "screwed up" simply equals "not perfect", then no.
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blues90 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:26 PM
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12. How about broken instead of screwed up
Just for an example this bailout or the government . Things appear to be normal when I look out the window for the most part but they certainly don't feel normal.

Like waiting for the next disturbing thing to leap out of the dark and ruin more peoples lives.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:30 PM
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18. If "broken" simply equals "not perfect", then no....
Welcome to the utter sterility of synonymy.
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:17 PM
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2. DU... except when a circuit breaker trips...
;)
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:17 PM
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3. Obama.
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Fed_Up_Grammy Donating Member (923 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:18 PM
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4. Yep.the Red Sox !
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:18 PM
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5. The Courts Functioned As The Founder;'s Intended
They saved us - barely - from Bush becoming a dictator.
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 11:34 PM
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25. Seems to me they installed him as dictator...
:shrug:
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 09:41 AM
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27. They've Consistantly Ruled Against Bush On Dictatorial Powers
Edited on Sun Oct-19-08 09:41 AM by MannyGoldstein
including his "war presidents can do anything" insanity, which SCOTUS shot down 8-1 (even Scalia couldn't stomach this one).

Congress, on the other hand, has been the great enabler.
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LiberalHeart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:19 PM
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6. George Clooney is still hot. Oh wait. He doesn't live here.
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:20 PM
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8. John Cusack? He lives in America! and is hot! N/t
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Miss Chybil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:20 PM
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7. Me
Of course, that's debatable.
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:20 PM
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9. Well, the Cubs are consistent
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johns777 Donating Member (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:25 PM
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10. Reconstituting America
I agree that what we have now in Washington is not what our framers had in mind.

It has been painfully brought to our attention that the greed, corruption and incompetence demonstrated by the washington suited blood sucking leaches may no longer be tolerated. They encourage each other to not do the 'popular' thing. Hey!! Wait a minute!! Are not, We the American Wage Earner, the majority and the 'popular'? Now is the time to vote out the control freaks and vote in those who will empower us.
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:26 PM
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11. The mail still appears in my mailbox each day.
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LiberalHeart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:28 PM
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13. Meant to tell you I've been getting your mail. Should I forward it?
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:37 PM
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19. Good one! Actually, most of the mail is utter crap, of course!
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:28 PM
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14. just you and me, bud
and anyone else with the will, the way, and the why not.

it's a start, and we're getting there, just 17 more days.
you don't give up now.
dp
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lob1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:29 PM
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15. The firefighters who fight the California wildfires.
These guys and gals are amazing to watch. Their water drops are the definition of precision. They'll stand and defend a house in the face of a wall of flames. Besides their courage, they have to be amazing athletes to keep going under the conditions they do. I salute them.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:29 PM
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16. I still make a damn good cup of coffee
That's about it.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:29 PM
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17. you mean the part of the country that loves their country
or the other country-hating part of the country?
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 11:00 PM
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20. Yes. The thought processes of about 60% of Americans is showing
definite signs of working well. Those are the ones who are voting for Obama and Biden.

Another thing that is right: The S.O.S. of Ohio, M. Bruner.

But, if you are referring to the Federal Government, I'd have to say there is not one part of it that hasn't been corrupted by the Republicans. Not one.
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 11:15 PM
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21. Corrupted by money and lobbyists.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 05:55 AM
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26. You have summed it up. nt
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 11:26 PM
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22. The Captain in me!
:toast:
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 11:28 PM
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23. Even the Budweiser ain't right anymore!
It don't get any worse than that!
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Time for change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 11:32 PM
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24. Here's something
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=5
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 10:02 AM
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28. The US Postal Service seems to work the best of any in the world.
I am fairly certain there are other Government Programs that Bush* didn't think about politicizing that are also doing well. Everything Bush* got involved with in any manner though is probably hurting.
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