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Old 03-03-2009, 12:24 AM   #256
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The IRS should investigate every single one of them. Starting at the top and going through the Senate and then the House, until every elected official has been done.
But Senators and Congreemen don't do their own taxes. Another perk. The government does their taxes for them. Tax laws are too complex for Senators and Congressmen to comprehend. Irony and reality.
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Old 03-03-2009, 05:09 AM   #257
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Not gonna happen, for a variety of reasons, the first of which is the fact that the people that fund the two major parties will crush a third party like a bug.

Why pay for three, when you only have to pay for two?

Also, any 3rd party that actually gained any power would be corrupted instantly, because the problem isn't with the parties, it's with the people.
Pure speculation on your part. You have little to back that up. It can be done if the people will it.
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Old 03-03-2009, 05:51 PM   #258
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Pure speculation on your part.
Possibly. I am a very avid student of monkey-ass pack behavior, though.

Also, history is on my side:

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Duverger's law — After Maurice Duverger. Winner-take-all (or first-past-the-post) electoral systems tend to create a 2 party system, while proportional representation tends to create a multiple party system.
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You have little to back that up. It can be done if the people will it.
Okay. So will it.

See what I mean?
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Old 03-03-2009, 05:51 PM   #259
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Well, sometimes you do engage in troll-like behavior. Do you not know that?

I blame society.

And the drugs.
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:19 PM   #260
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and the boogie?
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:23 PM   #261
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I blame first Bush. Beause everybody blames him for everything.

Second Al Gore. If he never would have invented the internet or global warming we would never have gotten into this mess.
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:27 PM   #262
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I blame you. yes, you. It's all your fucking fault.
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:29 PM   #263
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I thought it was Obamas fault?
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:35 PM   #264
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I blame you. yes, you. It's all your fucking fault.
Ok. But it's not. It is the fault of Bush.

Oh, and Al.

And the Illuminati. Serious.
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:36 PM   #265
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I think the little green men did it.

Or was it the mice?
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:42 PM   #266
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and the boogie?
ALWAYS!
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:43 PM   #267
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I blame first Bush. Beause everybody blames him for everything.
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:47 PM   #268
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Cute, it fits you.
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Old 03-03-2009, 07:03 PM   #269
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Cute, it fits you.
I have to have that done once in a while. It clears my sinuses.
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Old 03-03-2009, 07:48 PM   #270
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That would clear my adnenoids!
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