{"id":1234,"date":"2007-03-21T14:11:30","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T22:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/archives\/2007\/03\/21\/political-science-for-dummies\/"},"modified":"2007-03-21T14:11:30","modified_gmt":"2007-03-21T22:11:30","slug":"political-science-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/21\/political-science-for-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Science for Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a funny for you. If you don&#8217;t like funnies, don&#8217;t click on the &#8220;More&#8221; thingie<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0033cc\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"5\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #0033cc; font-family: Arial\">Political  Science for Dummies<\/span><\/font><font color=\"#0033cc\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #0033cc; font-family: Arial\">  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"8\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">DEMOCRATIC<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nYour neighbor has none.<br \/>\nYou feel guilty for being  successful.<br \/>\nBarbara Streisand sings for  you.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">REPUBLICAN  <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nYour neighbor has none.<br \/>\nSo?  <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">SOCIALIST  <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nThe government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.<br \/>\nYou form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his  cow.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">COMMUNIST  <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nThe government seizes both and provides you with milk.<br \/>\nYou  wait in line for hours to get it.<br \/>\nIt is expensive and  sour.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">CAPITALISM,  AMERICAN STYLE <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nYou sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.  <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">BUREAUCRACY,  AMERICAN STYLE <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nUnder the new farm program the government pays you to shoot  one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.  <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">AMERICAN  CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nYou sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the  2nd one.<br \/>\nYou force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are  surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts  stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.<br \/>\nYour stock goes up.  <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">FRENCH  CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nYou go on strike because you want three cows.<br \/>\nYou go to  lunch and drink wine.<br \/>\nLife is good.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">JAPANESE  CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nYou redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an  ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.<br \/>\nThey learn to travel on  unbelievably crowded trains.<br \/>\nMost are at the top of their class at cow  school.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">GERMAN  CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nYou engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer,  give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour.<br \/>\nUnfortunately  they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per  year.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">ITALIAN  CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows but you don&#8217;t know where they are.<br \/>\nWhile ambling around, you  see a beautiful woman.<br \/>\nYou break for lunch.<br \/>\nLife is  good.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">RUSSIAN  CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nYou have some vodka.<br \/>\nYou count them and learn you have five  cows.<br \/>\nYou have some more vodka.<br \/>\nYou count them again and learn you have  42 cows.<br \/>\nThe Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really  have.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">TALIBAN  CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have all the cows in Afghanistan , which are two.<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t milk them because  you cannot touch any creature&#8217;s private parts.<br \/>\nYou get a $40 million grant  from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money  to buy weapons.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">AL-QAIDA   CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two cows.<br \/>\nThey go into hiding.<br \/>\nThey send radio tapes of their mooing.  <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">POLISH  CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have two bulls.<br \/>\nEmployees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk  them. <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">BELGIAN  CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have one cow.<br \/>\nThe cow is schizophrenic.<br \/>\nSometimes the cow thinks he&#8217;s  French, other times he&#8217;s Flemish.<br \/>\nThe Flemish cow won&#8217;t share with the  French cow.<br \/>\nThe French cow wants control of the Flemish cow&#8217;s milk.<br \/>\nThe  cow asks permission to be cut in half.<br \/>\nThe cow dies  happy.<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 22.38%\" bgcolor=\"blue\" width=\"22%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#ffcc00\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ffcc00; font-family: Arial\">FLORIDA  CORPORATION <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; background: #bfc1ff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 76.72%\" bgcolor=\"#bfc1ff\" width=\"76%\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt\"><strong><font color=\"black\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana\">You  have a black cow and a brown cow.<br \/>\nEveryone votes for the best looking one.<br \/>\nSome of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote  for the black one.<br \/>\nSome people vote for both.<br \/>\nSome people vote for  neither.<br \/>\nSome people can&#8217;t figure out how to vote at all.<br \/>\nFinally, a bunch  of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.  <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in; 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