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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:34 PM Original message |
Health Insurers Caught Paying Facebook Gamers Virtual Currency To Oppose Reform Bill |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. despicable, but part of me admires their ingenuity... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Bribery isn't very ingenius. (nt) |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. What's ingenious |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. It's illegal to buy votes. Isn't this illegal? |
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Boxturtle (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Is it illegal to buy votes? |
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TwentyFive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Not illegal? Then MAKE it illegal. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. Tell us, how did HD mgt know how each individual voted? |
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Boxturtle (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. That is what I thought as well. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #26 |
51. Thank you for exposing this. I forward a link to this post to the IAMAW |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
62. Aren't contract votes secret there? |
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Boxturtle (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Actually, most if not all of the contract was written by HD. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Which party "writes" the contract is irrelevant. Your posts make no sense, then veer off... |
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Boxturtle (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. Sorry, my last post went off topic... |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. If by results you mean "passed/failed by xxx votes" that doesn't answer how mgt... |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. I Agree |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. I am a union member of IBT |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
84. i DON'T THINK IT IS |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. no, it's not ... |
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sasquuatch55 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Slime balls; they are slick, evil manipulators! |
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sojourner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
89. your honesty appreciated. but that's one of the problems with today's culture of win at any cost. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. What does it say about your position if you have to bribe people to agree? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Ask your Congressional Rep and your Senators. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Excellent suggestion. |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. I haven't paid Zynga a dime since they fucked up Mafia Wars |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Damn, just how crooked is it all going to get... n/t |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. But those are GRASSROOTS health insurers paying bribes to make people |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. Could that possibly explain ... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Some of us are pretty sure that's the case. Disgusting, isn't it? |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
67. Hello again Hekate - I've been thinking the same thing but much |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. ....hmmm and many of us thought they were just Freepers...turns out they |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. Are you fucking kidding me? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Ditto!!! n/t |
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pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Triple-oh. |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm glad I got out of Facebook. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. I am Facebook free and proud of it. |
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nicky187 (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
87. I spend enough time here... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. Why didn't they just buy them a couple of extra bags of Cheetohs? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
74. ...oh, and orange-favored drink. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
16. Don't worry, when they get cancer they can get virtual chemotherapy |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. exactly |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. I think, if we reflect over the last decades, our feeling that things don't make sense . . . |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. Thanks you gave me a reason to post something |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
53. Facebook IS banal. I only use it so I can play Farmville, lol. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
76. my girls are addicted to farmville. |
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parts (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. seems as if they didn't even know that the letter was being sent |
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sasquuatch55 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I see plenty of "adults" playing farmville and mafia wars. |
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parts (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. that's true too, though. |
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quark219 (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. They also gamed the Yahoo Movie reviews on "Sicko." |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'm confused/ I thought the HCR was benefitting the insurance lobby |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Just read the letter. It was about reform that doesn't create a new government run program |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. K & R |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. Congress is full of "Gamers" and the name of their game is... |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
25. Fuck the insurance industry. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
28. One more reason to avoid Facebook |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Not just Facebook. Huffpost had downloads for porn to your I-Phone. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
36. Oh this is rich, and we need to keep this industry alive for what reason? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Why, to get all those lovely campaign contributions, of course nt |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
37. I don't understand the "caught" part. It doesn't sound like they were hiding anything. n/t |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
38. so people's health care premiums help buy virtual junk so that people can play games |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
39. I would use the virtual money to buy donkeys for my farm |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. It was a form letter sent automatically at the end of the survey nt |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
44. Oil lobby has been doing that with global warming denial. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
46. Good grief |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. It does seem particularly apropos. nt |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. yep, every year |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
47. Well then, give them more subsidies! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
49. Oh HELL! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Farmville IS fun. Just don't click on those "offers". I'm still getting spam after |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Thanks for the heads up! |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
55. "Virtual Currency". I wonder if I can pay for it with Monopoly money? |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
57. They may be on to something!! |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
58. Virtual currency to go buy virtual health insurance!! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
59. I give them credit for having an excellent and well-run ground game |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
60. I signed up for facebook for business, political, and family connections. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
61. OH GOD. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
63. Wow! Only proves, if it can be done, it will be done. nt |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
64. Facebook users: Go to the link and post to your facebook accounts |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. That's exactly what I did |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
65. Someday someone will finally stand up to these guys. nt |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
66. Why am I not surprised? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
71. Only in America... |
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V_Byl (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Agreed. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Sometimes, I just think about the utter ridicule that will ensue when/if aliens contact us |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 06:02 AM Response to Reply #78 |
92. There is a reason they do not really contact us. |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
75. ooh yeah, I know what they are talking about now |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
77. "Friends for Sale" |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
79. Stephen Hemsley needs your help in Mafia Wars. |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
80. Holy Shit |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
85. ...and when these gamers get ill, I hope they'll be satisfied with "virtual health care" n/t |
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nicky187 (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
86. This is as bad... |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
90. McCain's Campaign Encouraged Supporters To Comment In Liberal Blogs |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
91. Too bad it's not real money, I could make a killing on FarmVille. |
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DAMANgoldberg (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-12-09 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
93. Rachel had this story on her show tonight. |
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