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Old 01-13-2010, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by merrylander View Post
Now get a good dictionary, I recommend the OED, and look up 'citizen' , 'petition' and 'redress' and then tell me where the governments of China and Abu Dhabi qulaify as citizens or where a petition comes in the form of $100 bills. I believe Mencken's remarks apply to the Supremes who decided that the First applies to lobbyists.
I think you just said what I was thinking in a whole lot less words. I also think some of those $100 bills may have influenced that Supreme court decision in one way or another. Money talks and certain lobbys have a lot of it.
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