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Wouldn't this be like making someone from the SNP deputy PM?

It's certainly bizarre and eccentric, but unless the AIP runs paramilitary domestic terrorism schools, I'm not sure it's treasonous.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 04:15:06 PM EST
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Of course it's not treasonous. I'm just stunned to hear of a Democrat saying that about a Republican after years of it being said of us.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 04:37:17 PM EST
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Okay - not so much understanding patriotism here, this being Europe where we don't really do patriotism unless there's food involved.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 06:07:03 PM EST
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British food? I realize you've got all those immigrants as well as fancy chefs applying French techniques to Brit food now, but in terms of old school home cooking I don't think I'd be that patriotic. Ditto for the Germans.

by MarekNYC on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 06:18:10 PM EST
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(Shhhhhh....

....nobody mention pancakes)

by Sassafras on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 06:49:33 PM EST
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Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 06:59:43 PM EST
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Ack!

Sassafras mentioned the "P" word!

by ATinNM on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 07:02:10 PM EST
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That's not PANCAKES we can believe in!

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 07:13:26 PM EST
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Or footballs.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Sep 3rd, 2008 at 06:00:48 AM EST
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It's not treason legally. But the AIP's website does include the following quote by the founder:

"I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions."

With all we've been learning about Alaskan politics in the last few days, I've started wondering if we should sell it back to Russia...

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 06:46:33 PM EST
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