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Traitor!
Creed of Heresy Offline
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Traitor!
June 9, 2014 at 12:41 pm (This post was last modified: June 9, 2014 at 12:45 pm by Creed of Heresy.)
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RE: Traitor!
June 9, 2014 at 12:55 pm
Bribery has always been "a thing." Now it is merely more obvious.
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RE: Traitor!
June 9, 2014 at 1:37 pm
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
...      -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
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RE: Traitor!
June 9, 2014 at 2:06 pm
We might consider hanging a couple of the bribers and bribees just to teach the rest of the fucks a lesson.

It might sink in for a while.
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RE: Traitor!
June 9, 2014 at 3:48 pm
What shocks me is that you seemed surprised at this, Creed.

Corruption is the name of the game here in America, and any sense of democratic control we the people feel is an illusion.
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RE: Traitor!
June 9, 2014 at 3:54 pm
(June 9, 2014 at 2:06 pm)Minimalist Wrote: We might consider hanging a couple of the bribers and bribees just to teach the rest of the fucks a lesson.

It might sink in for a while.

The thing is: If you try to pay a cop out of a ticket, you are corrupt. If you are giving milions to politicians, you are lobbying.

Nothing is greater than human greed. Not even their imagined god.
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RE: Traitor!
June 9, 2014 at 4:40 pm
In case you haven't been hearing about it, Creed, we've been busting one or two senators per month since Jan.
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RE: Traitor!
June 9, 2014 at 4:58 pm
It's kind of surreal, having a major political party driven almost entirely by spite.
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RE: Traitor!
June 9, 2014 at 5:01 pm
(June 9, 2014 at 3:54 pm)LastPoet Wrote: The thing is: If you try to pay a cop out of a ticket, you are corrupt. If you are giving milions to politicians, you are lobbying.

As with a lot of things, there's something about "going big" that sanitizes.

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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
...      -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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...       -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
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RE: Traitor!
June 9, 2014 at 9:18 pm
Bought and paid for politician is bought and paid for.

Big surprise.

Just who did you think his master was? The people?
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