YES! and ALEC's corruption of the Virginia legislature is evidence that we no longer have a functioning democracy.
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NO, Virginia is just an isolated case and the rest of the country is fine.
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Fiona Mackenzie 14 years 26 weeks ago

Unfortunately for us, the rapidly progressing corporate (e.g., ALEC) takeover of state governments as a path to controlling the U.S. government is not a conspiracy theory. That's probably why all the people who believe Bush bombed the Twin Towers and Obama was born in Kenya don't believe it, and have labeled it a "conspiracy theory." Unless they wake up, this will not end well.

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1961arnie 14 years 25 weeks ago

the money has to get out to stop alec

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