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Thu Oct-06-11 12:22 AM
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| 112. Uh uh. No way. We have a society in which that is the norm. |
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Had someone said "gee, years from now, you will have more trouble voting if you take your husband's name" maybe we wouldn't do it. But to suddenly tie that to ability to vote is a direct attempt to make it harder for women to vote.
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| -96-year-old Chattanooga resident denied voting ID |
d_r |
Oct-05-11 08:19 AM |
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Disgusting |
cyberswede |
Oct-05-11 08:31 AM |
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My mom was denied a photo id in North Carolina because her social security card was laminated. |
yardwork |
Oct-05-11 08:32 AM |
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don't social security cards |
melm00se |
Oct-05-11 08:55 AM |
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I'm 59 and my original SSI card was laminated |
lark |
Oct-05-11 01:50 PM |
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Your card wasn't laminated by SSA. |
Gormy Cuss |
Oct-05-11 10:24 PM |
#111 |
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My original card issued in the fifties was laminated by the people that issued it to me. |
Bandit |
Oct-06-11 10:08 AM |
#118 |
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It's not illegal to laminate them. |
Gormy Cuss |
Oct-06-11 07:02 PM |
#120 |
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They also say Not to be Used as Identification.. |
Bandit |
Oct-05-11 03:07 PM |
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Thank you, Bandit. |
Paka |
Oct-05-11 07:10 PM |
#103 |
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Gee, my card says |
Kelvin Mace |
Oct-05-11 03:42 PM |
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some have it, some don't |
eyeofdelphi |
Oct-05-11 08:50 PM |
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if they weren't made out of recycled toilet paper, people wouldn't want to laminate them. |
dogmoma56 |
Oct-06-11 06:30 AM |
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Are you the laminating police. |
kickysnana |
Oct-06-11 07:42 AM |
#115 |
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no, all I did was ask a question |
melm00se |
Oct-06-11 07:59 AM |
#116 |
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when you apply for a replacement SS card, they will give you a printout varifying your name and SSN |
mysuzuki2 |
Oct-05-11 09:14 AM |
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unreal. |
barbtries |
Oct-05-11 09:19 AM |
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Get used to it. eric "Sleepy" Holder doesn't seem to want to intervene |
Doctor_J |
Oct-05-11 08:34 AM |
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Please elaborate |
Kolesar |
Oct-05-11 08:39 AM |
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It is within the brief of the Attorney General to enforce things like the Voting Rights Act... |
Tesha |
Oct-05-11 08:43 AM |
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+1 non-enforcement of the Voting Rights Act will be Obama's undoing |
KeepItReal |
Oct-05-11 08:56 AM |
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Holder's not to blame, it's all the Dems who went before him... |
Xtraneous |
Oct-05-11 11:59 AM |
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It is currently the duty of Holder, the first non Bush AG since the |
Bluenorthwest |
Oct-05-11 02:04 PM |
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Holder has the watch and is making the decisions |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 02:17 PM |
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Can you think of any reason why they might choose to ignore the situation? |
emcguffie |
Oct-05-11 02:44 PM |
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Good cop (dems) bad cop (reps) |
Xtraneous |
Oct-05-11 09:03 PM |
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So there are no Dems who are honestly Dems? |
emcguffie |
Oct-07-11 02:48 PM |
#122 |
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Holder is well named. |
MedicalAdmin |
Oct-05-11 03:58 PM |
#92 |
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hmph... |
chervilant |
Oct-05-11 10:24 PM |
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It would be monumentally stupid of him to even try |
Major Nikon |
Oct-05-11 12:33 PM |
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Good. Thanks for the clarifying facts. |
elleng |
Oct-05-11 01:14 PM |
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The concept was approved, not all implementations |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:28 PM |
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The case said that voters did not need an ID if they signed an affidavit |
plumbob |
Oct-05-11 02:13 PM |
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I seriously doubt the issue was adjudicated properly. |
LiberalFighter |
Oct-05-11 06:02 PM |
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The voter ID laws are straw men |
Xtraneous |
Oct-05-11 09:10 PM |
#108 |
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He is too busy dodging the fallout of the gun running he approved |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 09:23 AM |
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And tracking down the most dangerous subculture in the US |
Doctor_J |
Oct-05-11 09:43 AM |
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Thread hijack |
Kolesar |
Oct-05-11 02:11 PM |
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Squawk 7500 |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 02:26 PM |
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Voting laws are regulated by states |
loyalsister |
Oct-05-11 03:24 PM |
#87 |
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Come the revolution, |
MedicalAdmin |
Oct-05-11 03:57 PM |
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And people don't understand what the big deal is. |
No Elephants |
Oct-05-11 08:41 AM |
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The issue and maintenance of birth records has been |
TheDebbieDee |
Oct-05-11 12:09 PM |
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It's always been ridiculously difficult to get a birth certificate in Kansas |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-05-11 06:59 PM |
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Why doesn't she vote on an absentee ballot and give it to someone reliable to turn in for her? |
judesedit |
Oct-05-11 08:42 AM |
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You still have to be registered to vote absentee. |
enlightenment |
Oct-05-11 08:52 AM |
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At least in Wisconsin, that wouldn't help her |
dragonlady |
Oct-05-11 09:20 AM |
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Follow the link. Look at the photo. |
Pab Sungenis |
Oct-05-11 08:44 AM |
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This is infuriating. She's disenfranchised again. |
Faygo Kid |
Oct-05-11 08:52 AM |
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"Occupy" protestors all over the country "ain't nuttin," though, so cheer up! |
No Elephants |
Oct-05-11 09:32 AM |
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I am sure her skin color had nuuthing to do with it... |
nadinbrzezinski |
Oct-05-11 08:54 AM |
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State bureaucracy |
libinnyandia |
Oct-05-11 08:55 AM |
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Powerful Caucasians |
Tsiyu |
Oct-05-11 09:04 AM |
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Registering to vote while Black? |
L. Coyote |
Oct-05-11 09:17 AM |
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True only if a white person with similar docs would have been allowed to register |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 10:11 AM |
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Sorry, gotta call bullshit on that one, 'professor' |
Major Nikon |
Oct-05-11 12:53 PM |
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I got call bullshit on the premptive assumption of this being a racial issue |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:16 PM |
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You are right as usual, 'professor' |
Major Nikon |
Oct-05-11 01:33 PM |
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Indeed |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:48 PM |
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Once again, professor, you are trying to make this a case of individual racism |
Major Nikon |
Oct-05-11 03:29 PM |
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is there anything funnier than a sock war at DU? |
Capn Sunshine |
Oct-05-11 05:29 PM |
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I wouldn't consider this to be necesarilly a racial issue, but note the demographic composition. |
Old and In the Way |
Oct-05-11 02:08 PM |
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No doubt at a macro level its vote suppresion |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 02:15 PM |
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No doubt also at group level the effect of voter suppression is racially biased. |
L. Coyote |
Oct-05-11 04:00 PM |
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Might want to read the story again |
RantinRavin |
Oct-05-11 02:16 PM |
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Might want to read a history of the Sixties. |
L. Coyote |
Oct-05-11 04:02 PM |
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Name removed |
Oct-05-11 07:18 PM |
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Call the ACLU! |
barbtries |
Oct-05-11 09:18 AM |
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Soon it could be all of us... |
AsahinaKimi |
Oct-05-11 09:18 AM |
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but she is eligible. |
barbtries |
Oct-05-11 09:21 AM |
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She doesn't deserve to vote because _____. Please fill in the blank |
think |
Oct-05-11 09:21 AM |
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She's not a 1%er or moran supporter of the 1%ers. That's the truth! nt |
valerief |
Oct-05-11 09:30 AM |
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People who deny people their rights in this manner are savage, hideous beings |
Kurovski |
Oct-05-11 09:45 AM |
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And so it begins. |
SpankMe |
Oct-05-11 10:11 AM |
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You are so right. |
xxqqqzme |
Oct-05-11 11:15 AM |
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Kicked and recommended. |
Uncle Joe |
Oct-05-11 10:54 AM |
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If she is/was married, there should be SOME way for her to get a copy of her marriage |
kestrel91316 |
Oct-05-11 10:59 AM |
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Except this is one more step WOMEN have to go through that men do not. |
AllyCat |
Oct-05-11 12:27 PM |
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It is also a choice |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:20 PM |
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When a 96 year old woman got married, that 'choice' might have |
Bluenorthwest |
Oct-05-11 02:07 PM |
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Actually I know of exceptions from the period... |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 02:14 PM |
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Uh uh. No way. We have a society in which that is the norm. |
AllyCat |
Oct-06-11 12:22 AM |
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When does this become a chargeable offense? |
Blacksheep214 |
Oct-05-11 11:22 AM |
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Elder abuse, targeted racism, voter suppression |
Zambero |
Oct-05-11 11:24 AM |
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She's one of 5MM that Republicans plan to disenfranchise in 2012. |
Old and In the Way |
Oct-05-11 11:24 AM |
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You're right, and we have to get to the States! All part of rover's plans. |
elleng |
Oct-05-11 01:17 PM |
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racism here?? |
PatrynXX |
Oct-05-11 11:38 AM |
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My first thought too. |
tblue |
Oct-05-11 01:31 PM |
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A lot of the comments are disgusting |
booley |
Oct-05-11 11:46 AM |
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the article didn't say why she didn't have her marriage license |
MrsBrady |
Oct-05-11 11:47 AM |
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And if she was married under the Common Law, how do you get something that does NOT exist? |
happyslug |
Oct-05-11 01:51 PM |
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right, but per the article, we don't know |
MrsBrady |
Oct-05-11 03:12 PM |
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my mother is 90, they made a spelling error on her birth certificate..crossed it out. she cant vote |
dogmoma56 |
Oct-06-11 06:26 AM |
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check out this link from Indiana in '08 |
LittleGirl |
Oct-05-11 11:47 AM |
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I wouldn't be so quick to rule out DMV incompetence and belligerence. |
Flatulo |
Oct-05-11 12:12 PM |
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We had similar issues with the MVA |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:18 PM |
#54 |
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It makes one wonder what on earth people who lose everything |
Flatulo |
Oct-05-11 02:37 PM |
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If I was a man and my name was "Cooper" I'd ask Ms. Cooper |
EmeraldCityGrl |
Oct-05-11 12:17 PM |
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And people want to know why folks don't vote. And why they are marching in the streets |
AllyCat |
Oct-05-11 12:19 PM |
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K&R |
patrice |
Oct-05-11 12:56 PM |
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This is how we roll. (Republicans) |
Enthusiast |
Oct-05-11 01:02 PM |
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DOJ needs to hire |
KT2000 |
Oct-05-11 01:19 PM |
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I believe SCOTUS let voter id laws stand a while back |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:24 PM |
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That is freaking BULLCRAP! |
tblue |
Oct-05-11 01:30 PM |
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An interesting generational angle on this |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 01:57 PM |
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Oct-05-11 02:20 PM |
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Not so quickly there. |
RedCloud |
Oct-05-11 02:28 PM |
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Did they all have a jar of Grey Poupon as well? |
U4ikLefty |
Oct-05-11 02:43 PM |
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Its who I have access to... |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 02:58 PM |
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I'm quite aware of the makeup of tech students as I am an engineer myself. |
U4ikLefty |
Oct-06-11 09:49 PM |
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Fucking stupid yuppies in training. There's no excuse for that level of ignorance at college level. |
saras |
Oct-05-11 04:41 PM |
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They are upper division at UC |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-05-11 07:27 PM |
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Works as designed |
Gman |
Oct-05-11 02:32 PM |
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Your papers please |
Xicano |
Oct-05-11 03:14 PM |
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The whole idea is to disenfranchise blacks. Seems like it's working. |
FLAprogressive |
Oct-05-11 03:18 PM |
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proof republicans are Anti-Democratic elitist suck-ups |
fascisthunter |
Oct-05-11 03:48 PM |
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Republican bastards |
dpbrown |
Oct-05-11 04:04 PM |
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Without clicking to look at a photo... |
rucky |
Oct-05-11 06:52 PM |
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All state voting laws |
sulphurdunn |
Oct-05-11 06:52 PM |
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Same thing happened to my mom when she was 81 |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-05-11 07:01 PM |
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Several years ago I took my mom to get a state ID card |
dflprincess |
Oct-05-11 09:32 PM |
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NOW is the time to organize - the rules have to spread out to everyone who |
peacetalksforall |
Oct-06-11 08:56 AM |
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My wife's having the same problem. |
Igel |
Oct-06-11 10:37 AM |
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