Dwayne Powell: Jack and the Branches of Government

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Jack and the Branches of Government

Posted on Jun 27, 2007

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By GW=MCHammered, June 29, 2007 at 8:31 am Link to this comment
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And We The People are the tree surgeon. Now where is that K-street limb? Or must we bring down the whole diseased forest?

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By bob Wallace, June 27, 2007 at 9:58 pm Link to this comment
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It’s interesting the way the Executive’s limbs are twisting around the Judicial’s branch. And the Legislative branch is completely gone !!! Oh my! A great metaphor !!

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