Fluther: What ONE word would you use to describe the U.S. government?

What ONE word would you use to describe the U.S. government?

Asked by AtSeDaEsEpPoAoSnA (1502

) August 12th, 2009
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Darwin (21872

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Big

YARNLADY (46385

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stupid

hug_of_war (10735

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Bureaucratic.

Sarcasm (16793

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arrogant

jonsblond (43759

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“Fluctuate…ive.”

Okay, that isn’t a word.

“There.”

Grisaille (12048

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Expensive

Corey_D (1309

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Flawed

cak (15863

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undemocratic

ragingloli (51981

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Inconsistent

Followed closely by Impulsive, Capricious, Unpredictable, Erratic, Mercurial, and Fickle.

Bluefreedom (22944

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@Bluefreedom Dammit, that was the word I was looking for.

Grisaille (12048

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Obese.

drdoombot (8145

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Irresponsible.

nicolas (46

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Hypocrites

brinibear (1388

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Miraculous

Judi (40025

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Necessary

NaturalMineralWater (11303

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All of the above and more.

rooeytoo (26981

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Aristocracy

oratio (8940

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Fraud

crunchaweezy (1733

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Impressive.

mattbrowne (31732

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Worrying.

lloydbird (8740

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Lie.

chelseababyy (7939

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hilarious…

ABoyNamedBoobs03 (7543

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@jonsblond took mine

arrogant

cookieman (41630

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Amoral.

dpworkin (27085

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Tainted

hearkat (22917

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Dysfunctional.

Bluefreedom (22944

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Bellicose (during the Bush administration).

Bluefreedom (22944

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Chaotic

seVen (3486

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Excessive.

It’s funny how many negative terms are being used, yet speak of changing the system and people call you all sorts of nasty names. :)

ubersiren (15208

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conniving

filmfann (52246

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Scary

PerryDolia (3481

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transmogrified

CMaz (26308

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Cruel

mammal (9431

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scapegoat

Bri_L (12219

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American

bea2345 (6251

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Omnipresent

LuckyGuy (43698

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lost

benjaminlevi (2992

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Yet preferable to almost all others I have seen. That’s the part that we sometimes forget.

rooeytoo (26981

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meh

Ivan (13489

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F**ked or criminal

donburt (1

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tolerant

Judi (40025

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@rooeytoo – I have been trying and trying to think of a word to express that. Despite all the negative shit that is on here not a single one of these people will be pulled from their beds tonight and imprisoned or murdered for typing it.

Bri_L (12219

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suborned

Zuma (5908

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♫ Rock Flag Eagle ♫

drClaw (4452

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Hmmmm…

Lost

rottenit (1187

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Morbidly Obese

FrogOnFire (719

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Passionate

Judi (40025

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human

AtSeDaEsEpPoAoSnA (1502

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A lot of these answers are very depressing.

Bri_L (12219

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Ordinary

Nially_Bob (3844

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Frustrating!

janbb (62886

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Clusterfuck.

TexasDude (25274

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Us. No, really, you and me.

YARNLADY (46385

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