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Sun Mar-21-10 02:57 PM
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| 93. Rep. Cleaver spoke to our Democracy for America training session in KC for about an hour. |
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He's a great guy. Mild-mannered and funny.
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| -Teabaggers SPIT ON my favorite congressman today. Yes they spit on him!!!! |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 08:25 PM |
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This is literally a godsend. And yes, I would be the spit target. |
Gman2 |
Mar-20-10 08:26 PM |
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I think so, too. This country has been in denial about racism, and this clearly |
bobbolink |
Mar-20-10 08:57 PM |
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They dont even know the difference between racism, and discrimination, and what makes one diff from |
Gman2 |
Mar-20-10 09:31 PM |
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I don't think too many people with more than 2 synapses actively firing are in denial about racism |
MajorChode |
Mar-20-10 10:13 PM |
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Then your experience is very different from mine. I hear middle-class "progressive" whites |
bobbolink |
Mar-20-10 10:18 PM |
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Are you saying you don't think we have come far in the past 40-50 years? |
MajorChode |
Mar-20-10 10:30 PM |
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We've come far in OUTWARD things, like laws. As far as racism itself, NO. |
bobbolink |
Mar-21-10 11:37 AM |
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I'm not sure how one could progress without the other |
MajorChode |
Mar-21-10 12:03 PM |
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No, laws precede changing of mindsets, which is obviously not as far progressed as |
bobbolink |
Mar-21-10 08:47 PM |
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I know of not one major piece of legislation that didn't follow many years of changed mindsets |
MajorChode |
Mar-22-10 11:02 AM |
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I agree with you bobbolink |
CLANG |
Mar-21-10 04:38 PM |
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I would like to believe that racists will not be replaced, but with home schooling so popular |
bobbolink |
Mar-21-10 08:49 PM |
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Progressive laws were made, but right wing backlash reversed many of the gains by AA and women . |
defendandprotect |
Mar-21-10 07:31 PM |
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Racism has always been an issue... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Mar-21-10 02:42 PM |
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Unbelievably, it's still overt as of the last 2 days on the floor of the lower house of congress... |
MajorChode |
Mar-21-10 08:16 PM |
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Yeah, they are |
awoke_in_2003 |
Mar-21-10 08:28 PM |
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I'm tired of it being ignored. |
skyounkin |
Mar-21-10 05:08 PM |
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Yep the shit has finally hit the fan |
malaise |
Mar-20-10 11:08 PM |
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These people are beyond vile. |
Lilyeye |
Mar-20-10 08:29 PM |
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Mr. Cleaver is a bigger man than most |
Bluzmann57 |
Mar-20-10 08:30 PM |
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He needs to press charges |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 08:38 PM |
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I'm with you |
SusanaMontana41 |
Mar-21-10 06:31 PM |
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dupe -- |
defendandprotect |
Mar-21-10 07:36 PM |
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I thought so, too --- perhaps he knows better--????? |
defendandprotect |
Mar-21-10 07:37 PM |
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I am an atheist... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Mar-21-10 02:44 PM |
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So sorry. This is so awful. |
Cleita |
Mar-20-10 08:31 PM |
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And some of the protesters are clearly Medicare... |
CBHagman |
Mar-20-10 08:34 PM |
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The Medicare set has dominated the teabagger rallies |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-21-10 07:38 AM |
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That's assault |
ericinne |
Mar-20-10 08:32 PM |
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it's assault if you aren't a cop too- |
Bluerthanblue |
Mar-20-10 08:42 PM |
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they're racist motherfuckers who do not deserve to live in this nation n/t |
RainDog |
Mar-20-10 08:33 PM |
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What you said, damn right! |
madmax |
Mar-20-10 08:34 PM |
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There is nothing new about the teabaggers arguments. |
Grand Taurean |
Mar-20-10 08:35 PM |
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That's pretty frakking SICK. Cleaver is such a Good Guy! Did you see the stuff about Brownback |
patrice |
Mar-20-10 08:36 PM |
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and here . . . |
patrice |
Mar-20-10 08:40 PM |
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Cleaver has spoken highly of Brownback |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 08:49 PM |
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Oh, I'm sure they try to keep things as polite as they can. |
patrice |
Mar-20-10 08:55 PM |
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And don't forget farmers don't pay sales tax in Kansas |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 08:56 PM |
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The teabaggers just want to go back to the "good ol' days" before the 60's. |
Sebastian Doyle |
Mar-20-10 08:38 PM |
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At least before Obama, when taxes were lower... NOT! |
Rhiannon12866 |
Mar-20-10 08:49 PM |
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Pre-13th Amendment and all following, specifically. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Mar-20-10 08:50 PM |
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Zing! |
ljm2002 |
Mar-21-10 11:24 AM |
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Probably just a bad apple |
Oregone |
Mar-20-10 08:45 PM |
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Good thought. Thank you. |
patrice |
Mar-20-10 08:48 PM |
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I spent much of my summer at rallies with them |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 08:51 PM |
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Huh? Were you shooting a funny documentary? |
Oregone |
Mar-20-10 08:52 PM |
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LOL no just working for HCR |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 08:55 PM |
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I dont mean to be a dick |
Oregone |
Mar-20-10 09:10 PM |
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Huh? I'm not following . . . |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 09:11 PM |
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I mean while you were out fighting "the good ole fight" |
Oregone |
Mar-20-10 09:26 PM |
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Jesus man, reel it in a little |
comrade snarky |
Mar-20-10 09:37 PM |
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It was an honest observation |
Oregone |
Mar-20-10 09:46 PM |
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Uh huh... I can hear the tiny violin you play so sadly |
comrade snarky |
Mar-20-10 09:54 PM |
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That work already is denigrated by the leadership that took advantage of it, then took a shit on it |
Oregone |
Mar-20-10 09:55 PM |
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Oh,and i guess you know what's better... |
butterfly77 |
Mar-21-10 04:08 PM |
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You are welcome |
Oregone |
Mar-21-10 07:17 PM |
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Thank you |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 10:07 PM |
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Not a problem, that was totally uncalled for |
comrade snarky |
Mar-20-10 10:14 PM |
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No I didn't get any intrinsic reward |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 09:58 PM |
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Sorry. Well at least maybe you will get a low actuarial value private plan |
Oregone |
Mar-20-10 10:00 PM |
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Yes, "invaded" is the word. |
CBHagman |
Mar-21-10 09:38 AM |
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Thank you |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-21-10 10:07 AM |
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Nice try. Not buying today. |
CLANG |
Mar-21-10 04:48 PM |
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Not buying a joke? |
Oregone |
Mar-21-10 07:02 PM |
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OK, I'll give you that. Maybe there was an innocent baby in the crowd. |
CLANG |
Mar-21-10 07:13 PM |
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Sad. n/t |
teacher gal |
Mar-20-10 08:52 PM |
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The regressive movement in action. |
The Gunslinger |
Mar-20-10 09:00 PM |
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John Lewis had his skull fractured while marching for civil rights in the '60s. |
gauguin57 |
Mar-20-10 09:12 PM |
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me, too. I was outraged. |
Iris |
Mar-20-10 09:30 PM |
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What again? It never stopped. |
bobbolink |
Mar-20-10 09:35 PM |
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yes. you're right. |
Iris |
Mar-20-10 09:45 PM |
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I wish to hell I was wrong. |
bobbolink |
Mar-20-10 09:53 PM |
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So do I bobbolink |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 10:00 PM |
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me, too. |
Iris |
Mar-21-10 04:47 PM |
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I understand the feeling |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-21-10 08:02 AM |
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The bastards realize that they're losing |
eleny |
Mar-20-10 09:31 PM |
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"lash out with spit" |
bobbolink |
Mar-20-10 09:36 PM |
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Hi, b! |
eleny |
Mar-20-10 09:40 PM |
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ABsolutely, he was on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, not the Bridge To Nowhere. |
bobbolink |
Mar-20-10 09:48 PM |
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Reptilian and apt, agreed. |
EFerrari |
Mar-20-10 09:40 PM |
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Yes they are losing and they are losers |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-21-10 02:08 AM |
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I'd like to spit on a few wall street CEOs and cronies, and their partners in Washington.... |
Political Heretic |
Mar-20-10 09:42 PM |
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THEY wouldn't hesitate for a minit to charge you with a crime. |
bobbolink |
Mar-20-10 09:50 PM |
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I'm sure. If you haven't been to jail for conscience, you haven't really done anything. |
Political Heretic |
Mar-20-10 09:55 PM |
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geeeez, I gave you a bit of suport and understanding, and you cut me right down. |
bobbolink |
Mar-20-10 09:57 PM |
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No, no, I am agreeing with you. And saying, yes jail... it would be worth it. |
Political Heretic |
Mar-20-10 10:00 PM |
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Sheeesh yourself. The statement clearly read that unless I and others go to jail, we have done |
bobbolink |
Mar-20-10 10:03 PM |
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For fucks sake I was talking about MYSELF. Jesus. |
Political Heretic |
Mar-20-10 10:12 PM |
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That is disgusting - and this will work against them |
karynnj |
Mar-20-10 09:48 PM |
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I keep waiting for the shots to ring out. Seems just a matter of time. |
Maru Kitteh |
Mar-20-10 09:49 PM |
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No doubt |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 10:52 PM |
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Any way we could send a message of support to Rep Cleaver??? |
MindandSoul |
Mar-20-10 09:53 PM |
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I don't have the Capitol Hill numbers at hand right now, but they are easy to find. |
bobbolink |
Mar-20-10 09:55 PM |
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We are organizing a phone rally on Monday |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-20-10 10:03 PM |
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Thanks! |
MindandSoul |
Mar-20-10 10:28 PM |
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And please remember us, his constituents, and he want a public option, minimum! |
grahamhgreen |
Mar-21-10 01:45 PM |
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declined to press charges? |
shireen |
Mar-21-10 10:11 AM |
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Hippies allegedly spit on Vietnam Vets. We heard about it for 40 years afterward. But |
troubledamerican |
Mar-21-10 12:00 PM |
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Supposedly that is an urban myth. It never happened. |
Cleita |
Mar-21-10 12:43 PM |
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Of course. But you miss my point entirely. |
troubledamerican |
Mar-21-10 01:00 PM |
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I got your point. Sorry if I offended you. |
Cleita |
Mar-21-10 01:05 PM |
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No, it is true - I was hitchiking home on a leave, wearing my uniform |
old mark |
Mar-21-10 01:14 PM |
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Having drunk a**holes spit at you while driving by don't make it "true" that Hippies |
FailureToCommunicate |
Mar-21-10 02:03 PM |
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Keep your thanks. nt |
old mark |
Mar-21-10 04:42 PM |
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Yes. it happened to my guy too. |
pengillian101 |
Mar-21-10 05:42 PM |
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What a disgusting asshole! |
Spirochete |
Mar-21-10 12:15 PM |
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I suspect the teabaggers fervently wish for a return to the good old days of slavery. |
kestrel91316 |
Mar-21-10 12:39 PM |
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Oh you know that's right |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-21-10 04:50 PM |
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Isn't that considered assault? Arrest the spitter. This is nasty and could spread disease. |
Liberty Belle |
Mar-21-10 01:02 PM |
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I would be considered assault in California. |
Cleita |
Mar-21-10 01:06 PM |
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Found the Congressman's website/email - |
northofdenali |
Mar-21-10 02:09 PM |
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Thank you |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-21-10 03:57 PM |
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I wish |
Rwalsh |
Mar-21-10 02:15 PM |
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Rep. Cleaver spoke to our Democracy for America training session in KC for about an hour. |
mistertrickster |
Mar-21-10 02:57 PM |
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Are you coming to DFA training in OP? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-21-10 03:56 PM |
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You mean in April? I've gone twice already, but I'd go again to meet Howard. nt |
mistertrickster |
Mar-22-10 08:06 PM |
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I'm really afraid there will be violence today |
Tailormyst |
Mar-21-10 04:53 PM |
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That is assault-he should have filed charges and made an example of the asshole |
TK421 |
Mar-21-10 04:56 PM |
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collect that dna, put it in a data base |
SemperEadem |
Mar-21-10 05:54 PM |
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Really classy people -- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-21-10 07:45 PM |
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They were actually just frothing at the mouth |
Blix Krieg |
Mar-21-10 08:51 PM |
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I know the media has been "busy" covering the HCR Bill, but why |
chelsea0011 |
Mar-22-10 05:02 AM |
#120 |
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