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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (70080)	1/9/2003 10:29:03 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If it isn't an "establishment" (which definitions, 2, 3, 4, and 5 below seem to apply) then it is a statement of "legitimacy" and therefore my Church of the Cosmic force is not established by the U.S. Government by definitions in the IRS Tax Code. es·tab·lish Audio pronunciation of establish ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-stblsh) tr.v. es·tab·lished, es·tab·lish·ing, es·tab·lish·es 1. 1. To set up; found. See Synonyms at found1. 2. To bring about; generate: establish goodwill in the neighborhood. 2. 1. To place or settle in a secure position or condition; install: They established me in my own business. 2. To make firm or secure. 3. To cause to be recognized and accepted: a discovery that established his reputation. 4. To introduce and put (a law, for example) into force. 5. To prove the validity or truth of: The defense attorneys established the innocence of the accused. 6. To make a state institution of (a church).