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Lt. Ehren Watada on Citizen Responsibility Feb 3rd 2007

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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Feb-07-07 04:47 AM
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Lt. Ehren Watada on Citizen Responsibility Feb 3rd 2007
Run time: 40:26
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cs4YUiQ-DI
 
Posted on YouTube: February 05, 2007
By YouTube Member: talkingsticktv
Views on YouTube: 10781
 
Posted on DU: February 07, 2007
By DU Member: ClayZ
Views on DU: 2795
 
Hear this Patriot speak!
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   Absolutly amazing speech!  LiberalVoice   Feb-07-07 07:12 AM   #1 
   K&R  demnan   Feb-07-07 09:28 AM   #4 
   I beg you ALL to watch this! PLEASE! Lt. Watada will spend years in prison and  Bonobo   Feb-07-07 08:11 AM   #2 
   Kick! I will not let this sink until it has 1,000 views.  Bonobo   Feb-07-07 08:46 AM   #3 
   Thanks for the Kick, I wish everyone could hear this too!  ClayZ   Feb-07-07 02:13 PM   #18 
   He makes me want to chain myself to the White House fence  Chalco   Feb-07-07 10:34 AM   #5 
   Makes me want to ram the fence with a bulldozer.  Bonobo   Feb-07-07 11:02 AM   #6 
   kicked  Sherman A1   Feb-07-07 11:13 AM   #7 
   I am speechless.  nancyr   Feb-07-07 11:58 AM   #10 
      It left me floored and teary-eyed. That is a great man.  Bonobo   Feb-07-07 12:05 PM   #12 
   kicking again!  LiberalVoice   Feb-07-07 11:48 AM   #8 
   The Lt's speech  cgraz   Feb-07-07 11:49 AM   #9 
   Welcome to DU, cgraz.  Bonobo   Feb-07-07 12:08 PM   #13 
   what does 'kick" mean?  cgraz   Feb-07-07 03:55 PM   #19 
      Kicked means  Sherman A1   Feb-07-07 04:18 PM   #20 
         Like this.... Kick  ClayZ   Feb-08-07 11:18 PM   #30 
   Here is a website to respond to Lt. Watada  ClayZ   Feb-07-07 05:18 PM   #21 
   Welcome to DU!  ClayZ   Feb-08-07 11:22 PM   #31 
   Sometimes a great human being stands up and is seen...  mexicoxpat   Feb-07-07 12:02 PM   #11 
   Sometimes a great human stands up and is NOT SEEN!  Bonobo   Feb-10-07 04:33 AM   #38 
   My husband just watched it. He walked over to me crying.  Chalco   Feb-07-07 12:19 PM   #14 
   Lt. Watada has more honor in his fingernail than Shrub has in his whole body.  Bonobo   Feb-07-07 12:22 PM   #15 
   Thanks for being so insistent.  sammythecat   Feb-07-07 12:25 PM   #16 
   Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Kick  ClayZ   Feb-07-07 12:31 PM   #17 
   Kick. I know it's 40 minutes, but you won't be sorry. Please find the time.  Bonobo   Feb-07-07 09:39 PM   #22 
   This SPEECH should not be missed! Kick!  ClayZ   Feb-08-07 04:20 AM   #23 
   Why did you say "SPEECH" in capitals? Oh well, that's okay.  Bonobo   Feb-12-07 10:33 PM   #39 
   kick  wicket   Feb-08-07 08:55 AM   #24 
   spectacular!  robinlynne   Feb-08-07 01:46 PM   #25 
   I know, huh! WHOOO HOOOO for Lt. Watada!  ClayZ   Feb-08-07 04:10 PM   #27 
   KICK!! n/t  freeplessinseattle   Feb-08-07 04:06 PM   #26 
   Wow!  teach1st   Feb-08-07 04:29 PM   #28 
   Kick  crickets   Feb-08-07 06:13 PM   #29 
   Kick.  Bonobo   Feb-09-07 03:54 AM   #32 
   Truly a courageous man...  aaronbees   Feb-09-07 04:06 AM   #33 
   This should be shown in the Halls of Congress for all to see.  OxQQme   Feb-09-07 03:20 PM   #34 
   I hope people spread this FAR and Wide!  ClayZ   Feb-09-07 07:21 PM   #35 
   So far, only 667 views, Pretty piss poor. It's been here like 4-5 days...  Bonobo   Feb-09-07 11:58 PM   #36 
      Kicking it again. I sent it to my Senator.  ClayZ   Feb-10-07 03:41 AM   #37 
      It may make it to 1000 Kick  ClayZ   Feb-13-07 02:46 AM   #40 
   I just finished listening  Nite Owl   Feb-13-07 04:19 AM   #41 
      I watched it with my 12 years old daughter and she looked at me and said...  Bonobo   Feb-13-07 06:34 AM   #42 
 
LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 07:12 AM
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1. Absolutly amazing speech!
K&R
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demnan (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 09:28 AM
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4. K&R
I can't listen at work, so I'm saving the link for later - but I know this must be worth hearing.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 08:11 AM
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2. I beg you ALL to watch this! PLEASE! Lt. Watada will spend years in prison and
this is only 40 minutes.

NEVER have I heard a greater, more moving speech. NEVER.

PLEASE, PLEASE WATCH.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 08:46 AM
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3. Kick! I will not let this sink until it has 1,000 views.
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Feb-07-07 02:13 PM
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18. Thanks for the Kick, I wish everyone could hear this too!
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Chalco Donating Member (796 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 10:34 AM
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5. He makes me want to chain myself to the White House fence
until this war and all wars are over.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 11:02 AM
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6. Makes me want to ram the fence with a bulldozer.
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 11:13 AM
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7. kicked
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nancyr (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 11:58 AM
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10. I am speechless.
This should be required viewing for everyone. Particularly the traitors in D.C. who sent us into this lie.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 12:05 PM
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12. It left me floored and teary-eyed. That is a great man.
What a SHAM of a human, what a waste of flesh we have in the White House.

It sickens me that Bush has the lives of people like Lt. Watada in his slimy, shaking, hands.
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 11:48 AM
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8. kicking again!
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cgraz (3 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 11:49 AM
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9. The Lt's speech
Wow, i was moved to tears several times.  Does anyone have an
address or email to send the Lt messages of support.
Having been in my teens during the Vietnam war, i remember
asking my Dad why we were over there, and him replying
"I don't know".  He served in WW II and now i have
a son serving in the Marines, been to Iraq once, going again.
 I didn't raise my son to die for a government that is full of
crap.  We the people need to speak out!
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 12:08 PM
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13. Welcome to DU, cgraz.
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cgraz (3 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 03:55 PM
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19. what does 'kick" mean?
In reading your posts, i notice "KICK"!! or kicking? explain please?
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 04:18 PM
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20. Kicked means
that the thread has been reccomended for greatest posts section. If you look at the orginal post in the lower left hand corner you will see a place to click and the number of votes thusfar.

Welcome to DU!
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Feb-08-07 11:18 PM
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30. Like this.... Kick
:kick:
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Feb-07-07 05:18 PM
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21. Here is a website to respond to Lt. Watada
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Feb-08-07 11:22 PM
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31. Welcome to DU!
:hi:
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murray hill farm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Feb-07-07 12:02 PM
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11. Sometimes a great human being stands up and is seen...
this amazing man is one such human being. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Recommended.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Feb-10-07 04:33 AM
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38. Sometimes a great human stands up and is NOT SEEN!
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Chalco Donating Member (796 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 12:19 PM
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14. My husband just watched it. He walked over to me crying.
Edited on Wed Feb-07-07 12:20 PM by Chalco
He said "What can we do? We have to work, we have to get by. What can we do?"

I said "Watada gave his life for us. We have to do something."
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 12:22 PM
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15. Lt. Watada has more honor in his fingernail than Shrub has in his whole body.
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sammythecat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 12:25 PM
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16. Thanks for being so insistent.
I watched the whole video. It's the first I've ever heard him speak. Very moving and inspirational, and very sad.

From what I've heard and read, it's likely that, after the trial, it will be deemed necessary to remove this honorable and brave young man from society and keep him in a cage for at least a couple years. I just don't know how to express how tragic and insane this is. This man is nothing less than a hero. Nothing less.

I hope to God that someday this administration receives the justice it so richly deserves. I despair of that ever happening however. Almost all of our congressional leadership is guilty of craven cowardice and self-interest in allowing this evil administration full reign to do anything they wanted. To bring this administration to FULL justice would require admitting how they were bullied into submission. To save their status they allowed the destruction of another country, the utter waste of immense treasure, and the complete trashing of this country's noble reputation. To save their status, they did the unforgivable, they allowed the deaths of hundreds of thousands and ruined the lives of at least twice that number. They could have been noble, they could have been leaders and done the right thing, but they didn't. They didn't because they were afraid for themselves. They will never, ever, admit to this, and for that reason, this administration will never receive full justice for what it has done. I could say virtually the same thing about the majority of the MSM as well.

I'm not religious, but God bless Lt. Ehren Watada. I chose Martin Luther King as my avatar. He was a hero and a patriot, and I have no doubt that, if he was still living, we'd be seeing pictures and videos of him standing right beside Lt. Watada.

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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Feb-07-07 12:31 PM
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17. Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Kick
:kick:
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Feb-07-07 09:39 PM
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22. Kick. I know it's 40 minutes, but you won't be sorry. Please find the time.
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Feb-08-07 04:20 AM
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23. This SPEECH should not be missed! Kick!
:kick:
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Feb-12-07 10:33 PM
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39. Why did you say "SPEECH" in capitals? Oh well, that's okay.
Maybe you accidentally hit your caps lock...?

Cheers!
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Feb-08-07 08:55 AM
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24. kick
:kick:
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Feb-08-07 01:46 PM
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25. spectacular!
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Feb-08-07 04:10 PM
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27. I know, huh! WHOOO HOOOO for Lt. Watada!
:kick:
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freeplessinseattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Feb-08-07 04:06 PM
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26. KICK!! n/t
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28. Wow!
Another kick
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crickets (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Feb-08-07 06:13 PM
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29. Kick
:dem:
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Feb-09-07 03:54 AM
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32. Kick.
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33. Truly a courageous man...
:patriot:
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OxQQme Donating Member (609 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Feb-09-07 03:20 PM
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34. This should be shown in the Halls of Congress for all to see.
and I'm kicking it with tears rolling.

Sent link to my congress critters, Wyden and Smith, also to my reps.
Poli-sci prof friend at the local college got a link hoping he'll show it
for his students.

Please get this out there.
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Feb-09-07 07:21 PM
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35. I hope people spread this FAR and Wide!
:kick:
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Feb-09-07 11:58 PM
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36. So far, only 667 views, Pretty piss poor. It's been here like 4-5 days...
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Feb-10-07 03:41 AM
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37. Kicking it again. I sent it to my Senator.
:kick:
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Feb-13-07 02:46 AM
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40. It may make it to 1000 Kick
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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-13-07 04:19 AM
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41. I just finished listening
to this great speech, and it is up there for sure with the great ones. This needs to passed on to others, send it to your email lists etc. It's long and a lot will not have the time to listen but even if just a few do what he says will spread. It would be great if he could one day be elected to some office, we need someone with his voice, his values. What a real American he is.
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42. I watched it with my 12 years old daughter and she looked at me and said...
Dad, that's the kind of person we need as President!
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