TahitiNut
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Thu Sep-21-06 01:41 PM
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| 112. Well, the bulemic who dies with the fanciest kitchen wins, ya know? |
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 Hell... I thought I'd "arrived" when I got an ice-maker in the door refrigerator. Fifty years of ice trays and spilling water on the floor ... I enjoyed every fragment of crushed ice in my lemonade. Now I'm back to spilling water on the floor. (sigh)
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| -A nation of brats |
salinen |
Sep-20-06 04:10 PM |
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you'll get no arguement from me |
notadmblnd |
Sep-20-06 04:14 PM |
#1 |
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It's not just one generation.... |
gilpo |
Sep-21-06 08:37 AM |
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Who exactly, is the "me" generation? |
Blue State Native |
Sep-21-06 08:40 AM |
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I think my generation (I am 27) |
nam78_two |
Sep-21-06 10:19 AM |
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Great point nam |
BlueJackal |
Sep-21-06 10:27 AM |
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yup...many of the young "liberals" are liberal because its "hip" |
nam78_two |
Sep-21-06 10:41 AM |
#92 |
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Again, damn good points |
BlueJackal |
Sep-21-06 11:13 AM |
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I used to be a fundamentalist. |
Blue in Portland |
Sep-21-06 06:55 PM |
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I know how |
spoony |
Sep-22-06 02:02 PM |
#121 |
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Yup, you're right. |
Blue in Portland |
Sep-22-06 08:33 PM |
#124 |
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Don't be so hard on yourself |
lumberjack_jeff |
Sep-21-06 01:36 PM |
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I wouldn't define the "me" generation as any specific generation but...... |
BlueJackal |
Sep-21-06 10:22 AM |
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Everything is image! Blame the advertising industry! |
Joanne98 |
Sep-20-06 04:16 PM |
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Blame TV |
DireStrike |
Sep-20-06 04:18 PM |
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That is exactly it |
treestar |
Sep-20-06 04:19 PM |
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It started in the 80's. "Dress for success". |
Joanne98 |
Sep-20-06 04:28 PM |
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I remember people buying cars and houses they really could not |
treestar |
Sep-21-06 08:11 AM |
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They deserve some of it |
salinen |
Sep-20-06 04:27 PM |
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A book I just recommended tonight actually answers that question. |
blonndee |
Sep-20-06 09:59 PM |
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actually Channels of Desire |
hfojvt |
Sep-20-06 11:24 PM |
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Thank you! I mistyped! n/t |
blonndee |
Sep-21-06 08:39 AM |
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sounds like a great book! |
NotGivingUp |
Sep-21-06 08:53 AM |
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Some people like to be fooled. n/t |
susanna |
Sep-20-06 11:18 PM |
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re: |
BlueJackal |
Sep-21-06 10:34 AM |
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loved for an image projected |
salinen |
Sep-22-06 01:52 PM |
#120 |
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Exactly. I LOATHE the advertising industry. |
EOO |
Sep-20-06 06:52 PM |
#25 |
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People used to be referred as "citizens" |
Raine |
Sep-20-06 08:31 PM |
#29 |
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Yup. We're not people anymore. We're walking dollar signs. |
EOO |
Sep-20-06 09:01 PM |
#30 |
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Ironically, we used to USE our power as consumers to effect change. |
blonndee |
Sep-20-06 10:01 PM |
#33 |
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Good catch |
salinen |
Sep-21-06 10:05 AM |
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I blame Reagan |
Horse with no Name |
Sep-20-06 10:05 PM |
#34 |
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Don't get me started. |
susanna |
Sep-20-06 11:17 PM |
#43 |
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Spoiled brats. |
TahitiNut |
Sep-20-06 04:16 PM |
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A population bred to become |
salinen |
Sep-20-06 04:35 PM |
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And if I see one more yuppie on an interior desecration show |
Warpy |
Sep-20-06 04:52 PM |
#18 |
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True |
salinen |
Sep-20-06 04:55 PM |
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I have a family member like that....magazine style kitchen.. |
Porcupine |
Sep-20-06 08:11 PM |
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This is the industry I work in, but...... |
midnight |
Sep-20-06 11:11 PM |
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People who USE the elaborate kitchens are a different matter... |
Carni |
Sep-21-06 08:33 AM |
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You have just voiced my personal #1 yuppie pet peeve! |
Carni |
Sep-21-06 08:31 AM |
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On HGTV's "House Hunters" a couple needed a "professional" kitchen |
mikeytherat |
Sep-21-06 08:47 AM |
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Well, the bulemic who dies with the fanciest kitchen wins, ya know? |
TahitiNut |
Sep-21-06 01:41 PM |
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Still using ice trays here. |
Swamp Rat |
Sep-21-06 06:06 PM |
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"costumed puffballs of nothing" |
rhiannon55 |
Sep-20-06 04:20 PM |
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that description is perfect! |
NotGivingUp |
Sep-21-06 08:57 AM |
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I agree... |
Sammy Pepys |
Sep-20-06 04:20 PM |
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Harley riders are just the easiest to see |
salinen |
Sep-20-06 04:28 PM |
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And those who say they aren't |
gizmo1979 |
Sep-20-06 04:33 PM |
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They are even easier to HEAR! nt |
Tyo |
Sep-20-06 04:39 PM |
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that was the point of the OP. they're playing dress-up n/t |
freeplessinseattle |
Sep-20-06 11:43 PM |
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Conspicuous consumption... |
objet |
Sep-20-06 04:30 PM |
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Welcome objet |
salinen |
Sep-20-06 04:33 PM |
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Hi objet!! |
newyawker99 |
Sep-20-06 05:15 PM |
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Veblen also described the dichotomy between people who are inclined |
TahitiNut |
Sep-20-06 06:37 PM |
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touche' |
Jcrowley |
Sep-20-06 10:07 PM |
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Kicked and Recommended |
StephenB48 |
Sep-20-06 04:33 PM |
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LOL |
marions ghost |
Sep-20-06 04:45 PM |
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Most of the Harley Riders now ARE those Brooks bros bozos |
Carni |
Sep-21-06 08:38 AM |
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OK well...I havent seen those kind |
marions ghost |
Sep-21-06 11:04 AM |
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60 miles outside of DC |
Carni |
Sep-21-06 11:49 AM |
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I will keep my eyes open for the repuke faux bikers |
marions ghost |
Sep-21-06 01:01 PM |
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Look for leather in garish colors lol eom |
Carni |
Sep-21-06 01:09 PM |
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OK got it now-- |
marions ghost |
Sep-21-06 02:30 PM |
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Yep! Now you have the picture! lol |
Carni |
Sep-21-06 05:49 PM |
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MTV |
Lorax |
Sep-20-06 05:15 PM |
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That's it. Strike a Pose, baby |
classicfilmfan |
Sep-20-06 07:35 PM |
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What the heck is wrong with harley riders in leather? |
The Straight Story |
Sep-20-06 06:47 PM |
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Harley riders in leather.. |
undergroundpanther |
Sep-20-06 10:15 PM |
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I know |
salinen |
Sep-21-06 10:15 AM |
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If they were 'thinkers' they wouldn't be on a Harley |
TheFriedPiper |
Sep-21-06 08:43 AM |
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True Dat... |
EnviroBat |
Sep-21-06 08:52 AM |
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What a mean ass ride |
salinen |
Sep-21-06 10:17 AM |
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Yep, and they rattle the kidneys... |
EnviroBat |
Sep-21-06 11:28 AM |
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Go with the Suzuki |
ZombyWoof |
Sep-21-06 12:21 PM |
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Yeah, I'm leaning that way... |
EnviroBat |
Sep-21-06 12:24 PM |
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harley riders are just fine |
salinen |
Sep-21-06 10:14 AM |
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How often to you see a Harley rider in an Aerostitch suit? |
lumberjack_jeff |
Sep-21-06 12:53 PM |
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It's more-or-less their parents' faults.... |
BlooInBloo |
Sep-20-06 06:48 PM |
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To borrow the words from a Canon commercial from the 90's. |
bumblebee1 |
Sep-20-06 07:51 PM |
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It's rather superficial to judge somebody by how they dress. |
Telly Savalas |
Sep-20-06 09:45 PM |
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I'm a costumed furball |
undergroundpanther |
Sep-20-06 10:11 PM |
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LOL! |
Nikki Stone 1 |
Sep-20-06 10:57 PM |
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I half agree, and LOL, but isn't it pretty great we have the option? |
cigsandcoffee |
Sep-20-06 11:01 PM |
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Nice motorcycle? No, he said "Harley", not BMW or Honda |
TheFriedPiper |
Sep-21-06 08:46 AM |
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This post fails. |
kiahzero |
Sep-20-06 11:09 PM |
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Oh come on |
salinen |
Sep-21-06 10:21 AM |
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But the green ones taste better, |
susanna |
Sep-20-06 11:15 PM |
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You made me think of food |
salinen |
Sep-21-06 10:22 AM |
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80s is when style become more important than substance for a lot of |
glitch |
Sep-20-06 11:54 PM |
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you'll get no argument from me... |
Triana |
Sep-21-06 01:38 AM |
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Right on |
salinen |
Sep-21-06 10:23 AM |
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How does someone so self-centered think everyone else is a brat? |
kdpeters |
Sep-21-06 02:01 AM |
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! |
Blue State Native |
Sep-21-06 08:45 AM |
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Are you the one whose loud-ass bucket of bolts disturbs my peace every day |
Ron_Green |
Sep-21-06 10:37 AM |
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sad to say, I pretty much have to agree with you . . . |
OneBlueSky |
Sep-21-06 04:19 AM |
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dogs are great teachers |
salinen |
Sep-21-06 11:15 AM |
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"The Century of the Self" - how the Freud family founded consumerism |
muriel_volestrangler |
Sep-21-06 04:47 AM |
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This is VERY important info |
Karenina |
Sep-22-06 02:02 PM |
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Spoiled brats. No intelligence, no morality. |
cassiepriam |
Sep-21-06 06:22 AM |
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Too much Peter Pan |
exlrrp |
Sep-21-06 08:22 AM |
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you won't catch any hell from me. i've been surrounded by these |
NotGivingUp |
Sep-21-06 08:43 AM |
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i feel like copying this thread and sending it to all the puffballs |
NotGivingUp |
Sep-21-06 08:44 AM |
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lol me too!/nt |
nam78_two |
Sep-21-06 10:29 AM |
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I, for one, agree with the concepts in your post. |
Kerrytravelers |
Sep-21-06 08:56 AM |
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goodgod if i start on the harleywannabe mid-life-crycile owners nextdoor |
elehhhhna |
Sep-21-06 09:19 AM |
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The other night I drove over 90 miles to have dinner |
LibDemAlways |
Sep-21-06 09:33 AM |
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Welcome to 21st Century America and the new generation of "hipsters": |
BlueJackal |
Sep-21-06 10:11 AM |
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Great post! A nation of thinkers-what a concept! |
TheGoldenRule |
Sep-21-06 10:22 AM |
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No rotten tomatoes from me-I agree 100% |
nam78_two |
Sep-21-06 10:31 AM |
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I agree 100% with --> |
Cygnusx2112 |
Sep-21-06 10:34 AM |
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How Fucking Dare You Wish Death On Motorcyclists. What The Fuck Is |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Sep-22-06 10:26 PM |
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Most Americans seem insubstantial and seem to wallow in trivialities. |
Oregonian |
Sep-21-06 10:36 AM |
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How about the people who make a career out of helping others |
Annces |
Sep-21-06 10:37 AM |
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Anybody heard of the term "princess?" |
BlueJackal |
Sep-21-06 11:17 AM |
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Welcome to DU! |
Iris |
Sep-22-06 10:34 PM |
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Everybody is "in costume"--unless they're naked. |
Bridget Burke |
Sep-21-06 11:29 AM |
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jeans & a t-shirt for the eternal kid...hippie housewife???? |
NotGivingUp |
Sep-21-06 11:36 AM |
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Hippy, not Hippie.... |
Bridget Burke |
Sep-21-06 12:12 PM |
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When a grown man spends $25k for leather jacket and chaps,... |
lumberjack_jeff |
Sep-21-06 12:45 PM |
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Well, the Lumberjack Costume is definitely cheaper! |
Bridget Burke |
Sep-21-06 01:26 PM |
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Fewer rules, too. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Sep-21-06 01:34 PM |
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"costumed pufballs of nothing" ...well said (nt) |
BluePatriot |
Sep-21-06 12:43 PM |
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Excellent points. I know the Harley reference is only illustrative, and |
ForrestGump |
Sep-21-06 01:45 PM |
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that is just an excellent post |
Jcrowley |
Sep-22-06 10:39 PM |
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lookers demand conformity |
sweetheart |
Sep-21-06 05:52 PM |
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Culture of Consumption |
Swamp Rat |
Sep-21-06 06:07 PM |
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Maybe they can tag along with Condi?! |
Nutmegger |
Sep-22-06 02:05 PM |
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Outlaws, Ltd. |
mitchum |
Sep-22-06 10:10 PM |
#125 |
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With All Due Respect, The Tomato Doesn't Deserve To Be Hit By Your Head. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Sep-22-06 10:25 PM |
#126 |
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