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* In ''[[Who Cut the Cheese?]]'' by Stilton Jarlsberg, the first pages of the story lampshade the practice of writing "Cheese" with initial caps for extra symbolism.
* There's a conspiracy theory about the [http://activistnyc.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/united-states-corporation-and-the-district-of-columbia-organic-act-of-1871-more-anti-banker-misinfo-disinfo/ DC Organic Act of 1871], a law passed soon after the Fourteenth Amendment that reorganized the government of [[Washington, DC]], claiming that the United States has been [http://www.serendipity.li/jsmill/us_corporation.htm transformed into a corporation] called "THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT" under control of foreign bankers, which is somehow distinct from the "united States of America" under the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
** This particular conspiracy theory gets more hilarious if you're aware of the sovereign citizens movement and "freeman on the land". These domestic terrorists (as they are considered by the FBI) attempt to use the above theory in legal situations by claiming because their name is in all caps on a document, claiming this is their "legal" person, and that it does not apply to their actual person (spelled normally), as is there is an actual difference or that this even has legal weight. Needless to say, this has yet to be taken seriously anywhere, and is considered contempt of court.
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