>>>>Now with all the technology (including headology, the science of social engineering), imagine if Bushies organized a referendum about anything. Would you bet a beer that they'd lose?
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>>>I wouldn't be willing to bet anything. They'd get a part of the population agreeing, but the majority would be dead against anything they proposed.
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>>Spin isn't limited to tales... if you're organizing a referendum, you take goood care to pick the question in such a way that they'd feel bad if they let you down. And then you claim victory. The question is, usually, a thinly veiled "are you a traitor", rephrased as applicable to the situation at hand.
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>>BTW, and quite unrelated... an eatery in my neighborhood: http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/13762575.jpg
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>I waited 40secs for that page to load :o) Cute :o)

OK... for the curious, smaller image at http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13762575, you can still easily read. Disclaimer: it also has links to my other pictures there.