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the head of State is Obama
the head of Government is the chairman of Goldman Sachs

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 12:17:03 PM EST
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Re: For instance, in the US (4.00 / 5)

So, the US is a financial oligarchy with a popularly-elected figurehead president?

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 12:22:08 PM EST
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Re: For instance, in the US (4.00 / 4)

thanks, i alwasy wondered who the actual head was. D'ya reckon he's the magi of the Illuminati ? {hides}

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 12:47:59 PM EST
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Re: For instance, in the US (none / 0)

I don't think the Illuminati are accepting automated trading farms as members just yet.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 05:19:16 PM EST
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Re: For instance, in the US (none / 0)

And here I was thinking it was Evan Bayh.

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

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 05:52:56 PM EST
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