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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-04 03:43 PM
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An Iraqi Student Defines Democracy - Sounds like Bush's definition
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=1&u=/usatoday/20040629/ts_usatoday/nextacrashcourseindemocracy

Ronald St. John, a political consultant with the International Republican Institute, recently asked some college students in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to define democracy. One student stuck up his hand and answered: "Democracy means you can disobey laws you don't agree with."
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-04 03:56 PM
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1. Smart kid
He's learned well from his 'liberator'

God help us all.
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