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Tacitus X Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 10:52 AM
It's a good thing Obama is still president since attacking the free market system and centralizing national government power is the last thing he wants. His unwavering devotion to constitutional limited government is responsible for the booming prosperity we've all been enjoying . . oh wait - never mind . . .
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One of the great character-study movies of all time is the 1933 film Duck Soup starring the Marx Brothers.

As President Rufus T. Firefly (played by Groucho) is interrogating a man named Chiolini (played by Chico) who is on trial for spying. There is this brief exchange as a General rushes in to announce that Sylvania, the country bordering Freedonia, is threatening to attack:

General: This means war!

Civilian Official: Something must be done. War would mean a prohibitive increase in taxes.

Chicolini: I got an uncle lives in Taxes.

Official: Nooo. I'm talking about taxes,...

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