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		<title>by: phentermine overnight no prior prescription</title>
		<link>http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/29#comment-208</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>&lt;strong&gt;phentermine overnight no prior prescription...&lt;/strong&gt;

Because this consequence can origin erroneous fleece evaluation didrex where can i conserve my physic ? ...</description>
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<p>Because this consequence can origin erroneous fleece evaluation didrex where can i conserve my physic ? &#8230;
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		<title>by: livemike</title>
		<link>http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/29#comment-73</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>What I really loved about that episode was that after everyone saying how vital Stan's vote was the final tally was one thousand four hundred and ten to 36.  So Stan's vote would count - if he could persuade 687 people to change their minds.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I really loved about that episode was that after everyone saying how vital Stan&#8217;s vote was the final tally was one thousand four hundred and ten to 36.  So Stan&#8217;s vote would count - if he could persuade 687 people to change their minds.
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		<title>by: Jeff Langr</title>
		<link>http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/29#comment-72</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>I think I like Angelo Mike's suggestion so far. 

"If you don't believe in voting, why don't you just move to another country."
"No, why don't YOU move."

It's childish (just like voting), and probably works well.  I'm anxious to try it out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I like Angelo Mike&#8217;s suggestion so far. </p>
<p>&#8220;If you don&#8217;t believe in voting, why don&#8217;t you just move to another country.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;No, why don&#8217;t YOU move.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s childish (just like voting), and probably works well.  I&#8217;m anxious to try it out.
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		<title>by: Jeff Langr</title>
		<link>http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/29#comment-71</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Oops, yes, it was a giant douche. Bad mis-typing. That was a Freudian slip, I suppose...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oops, yes, it was a giant douche. Bad mis-typing. That was a Freudian slip, I suppose&#8230;
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		<title>by: ajab__</title>
		<link>http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/29#comment-67</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Robert,

Great insight in your essay that I arrived at independently awhile back as well:

"Think about it: what would the Powers That Be do with themselves if half or more of the total ballots cast were marked for various minor party candidates, with no clear winner? Or better yet, what if every single eligible voter in the country simply did not show up at the polls? Or if at the most only a very small handful—say just a few thousand or so in the entire country—showed up? Just imagine all those befuddled senior citizens standing around at the polling places, munching on cookies to pass the time, listening to the crickets chirp. 

What would the government do without knowing what is the “will of the people”? I suggest that it’s more than likely that they would use various methods to either force, coerce or trick you into going to the polls, impose stiff penalties for those who refused to vote, ban all minor parties and thus reveal once and for all that the insipid idea that “democracy” is what keeps us “free” is a bald-faced lie."

I have seen it written that "if voting could change the system, it would be illegal."  

I understood not long after the corollary that "if NOT voting could change the system, it would be illegal."

You are one of the only writers I have ever seen who grasped this reality.

It is simply a fact that there is no way to change the system by working within it.  A fool's errand.  The ultimate in pig-singing lessons.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert,</p>
<p>Great insight in your essay that I arrived at independently awhile back as well:</p>
<p>&#8220;Think about it: what would the Powers That Be do with themselves if half or more of the total ballots cast were marked for various minor party candidates, with no clear winner? Or better yet, what if every single eligible voter in the country simply did not show up at the polls? Or if at the most only a very small handful—say just a few thousand or so in the entire country—showed up? Just imagine all those befuddled senior citizens standing around at the polling places, munching on cookies to pass the time, listening to the crickets chirp. </p>
<p>What would the government do without knowing what is the “will of the people”? I suggest that it’s more than likely that they would use various methods to either force, coerce or trick you into going to the polls, impose stiff penalties for those who refused to vote, ban all minor parties and thus reveal once and for all that the insipid idea that “democracy” is what keeps us “free” is a bald-faced lie.&#8221;</p>
<p>I have seen it written that &#8220;if voting could change the system, it would be illegal.&#8221;  </p>
<p>I understood not long after the corollary that &#8220;if NOT voting could change the system, it would be illegal.&#8221;</p>
<p>You are one of the only writers I have ever seen who grasped this reality.</p>
<p>It is simply a fact that there is no way to change the system by working within it.  A fool&#8217;s errand.  The ultimate in pig-singing lessons.
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		<title>by: ajab__</title>
		<link>http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/29#comment-66</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>I once read a Playboy Forum entry about a guy who "entertained" a young lady Jehovah's Witness who knocked on his door.  You should have done the same to your little Democrap callers.  There's more than one way to F*** the system!

George Carlin wrote, "When I hear someone saying there's a political solution to a problem, I know I'm not dealing with a serious person."</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I once read a Playboy Forum entry about a guy who &#8220;entertained&#8221; a young lady Jehovah&#8217;s Witness who knocked on his door.  You should have done the same to your little Democrap callers.  There&#8217;s more than one way to F*** the system!</p>
<p>George Carlin wrote, &#8220;When I hear someone saying there&#8217;s a political solution to a problem, I know I&#8217;m not dealing with a serious person.&#8221;
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		<title>by: Robert Kaercher</title>
		<link>http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/29#comment-65</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>It was indeed a giant douche. My very first piece for S-T-R was inspired by that very episode of South Park: http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/kaercher/kaercher1.html

I had an interesting conversation with a couple of college-age Democratic National Commitee drones during the campaign season that has just passed. They came to my front door wanting to register me to vote, and I basically told them that the Democrats and Republicans were merely two wings of the same party, as evidenced by the Democrats' initial support for the Iraq War, the PATRIOT Act, etc. Therefore, I said, I no longer voted. Then one of the two young ladies (they couldn't have been any more than 19 or 20) told me I should just leave. 

I then told her she should get f*** of my porch and I shut the door in her face.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was indeed a giant douche. My very first piece for S-T-R was inspired by that very episode of South Park: <a href="http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/kaercher/kaercher1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/kaercher/kaercher1.html</a></p>
<p>I had an interesting conversation with a couple of college-age Democratic National Commitee drones during the campaign season that has just passed. They came to my front door wanting to register me to vote, and I basically told them that the Democrats and Republicans were merely two wings of the same party, as evidenced by the Democrats&#8217; initial support for the Iraq War, the PATRIOT Act, etc. Therefore, I said, I no longer voted. Then one of the two young ladies (they couldn&#8217;t have been any more than 19 or 20) told me I should just leave. </p>
<p>I then told her she should get f*** of my porch and I shut the door in her face.
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		<title>by: Angelo Mike</title>
		<link>http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/29#comment-64</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Dildo??? It was a giant douche and turd sandwich.</description>
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		<title>by: Jeff Langr</title>
		<link>http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/29#comment-63</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>I received a bit of enlightenment on this last night, while watching a South Park episode I'd not seen before. They were voting for school mascot, and the choices were between "giant dildo" and "turd sandwich."</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received a bit of enlightenment on this last night, while watching a South Park episode I&#8217;d not seen before. They were voting for school mascot, and the choices were between &#8220;giant dildo&#8221; and &#8220;turd sandwich.&#8221;
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		<title>by: Angelo Mike</title>
		<link>http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/29#comment-62</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Here's my response: Why doesn't the state leave? Why should it acquire everything it has from the production of others?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s my response: Why doesn&#8217;t the state leave? Why should it acquire everything it has from the production of others?
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