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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:49 PM Original message |
Record-High Ratio of Americans in Prison; More Than 1 in Every 100 Americans Now Behind Bars |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. "The rate of increase for prison costs was six times greater than for higher education spending" |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. The good news is we are winning the war on drugs. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I heard, we had Marijuana on the ropes and it was begging for a peace treaty. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Lots of "Colored People" being warehoused |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
70. That I believe |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
74. Being Black, while not -technically- against the law |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is how the US prison industrial system was designed to work |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And how many of those non-violent offenses are first timers |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. On the other hand... |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "Want to stay out of jail, don't break the fucking law". Are you a fucking cop?........ |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. a quote from the poster I initially responded to. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. See my post of 1232/28 on this thread. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Want to stay out of prison? Quit fucking building economies based on prison industries! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I was quoting the poster I initially responded to... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Oh. |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. why have intaking substances be illegal at all. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Right on point! |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
73. God gave us marijuana |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
81. So people like me who break the law to not go blind from glaucoma... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
91. Amazing that so many in the USA "choose" to land in prison |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. What exactly are you saying? |
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khaos (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. many are non-violent doing time for drug related crimes.. |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Do you seriously believe that? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. And we have at least one political prisoner imprissoned because he is a dem. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. I'm backing you up on this |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #42 |
78. false dichoctomy |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. WTF! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
68. In Illinois, the % of death-row inmates that were INNOCENT was 50% |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
89. And it should be noted... |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
69. Disagree... for many it's become necessity to break the law. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
71. the "...repeat, repeat, repeat offenders" should clue you into |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
77. do you think Americans are more criminally inclined |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
85. The point is there are so many laws |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is an intended consequence by forces above....they want a system to employ |
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liberal4truth (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. You forgot to mention those great "Taser Users" that we used to call the Police... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Indeed....street patrol with tasers...gestapoesque...soon mind patrol...the thought police |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is just really disgusting AND you won't see anything........ |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. USA! NUMBER ONE!!! USA! USA! |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. More than any other country in absolute and proportional terms. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. 1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It's also the WRONG 1 in 100 |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. USA NUMBER ONE!!! USA! USA! |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I guess it's right what they say. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. We have the higher incarceration rates than any nation on Earth |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
75. To protect our FREEDOM (tm), of course |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
79. and share the death penalty |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Why is * free? n/t |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Prison population nearly triples since 1987 |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Good lord! Stay out of Kentucky! |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
67. I wonder if they are taking 'out of state' prisoners? |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. There is no cog in the machine. Kick, and Nom a thousand times if I could. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. 1 of 100? A good start! |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Is there ANY doubt that this is a religious police state? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. rAmen, brother! |
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Hulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. If the chimp and darth were TWO of the 1 in 100, I wouldn't have as much problem with it. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
50. They have implimented a system that feeds itself,,,and even grows...we can thank The GOP |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. Privatize the prisons and ya gotta keep them 'customers' rolling in. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
33. Disrupting families for profit. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. I just got the below from Brass Check: |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. Time to end the War on Non-Approved Herbs. |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. Thank you Ronnie |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
80. Credit where it's due |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Here in Calif, the education budget is about to be slashed to the bone,& federal student loans... |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
43. Only 12 recs???? |
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liberal4truth (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
47. Here's the latest PC game for training future US cirtizens:"Prison Tycoon" !!! .............. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
48. Probably for BULLSHIT drug charges or BULLSHIT |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
51. 1 in 100 U.S. adults behind bars, new study says |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yeah |
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Oleladylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. It was even more interesting..the breakdown by race. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Another Tax on the Poor |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. The white collar wall street and corporate criminals get multi-million dollar bonuses.......... |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. "THE LAND OF THE FREE!!" |
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Betty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. once the warrantless wiretapping is fully up and running |
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mihalevich (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I'm scared that I'll do something say something buy something |
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liberal4truth (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty in this country .... |
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Hulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. I'm hoping chimp and cheney will be the "1" soon. |
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Daveenla (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. WHAT HAPPENED ... |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I want to know the same thing. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Doesn't speak too well of our country when 1% of the population is locked up. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. K & R |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
65. That's one way to keep the unemployment rate down |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Also a way of disenfranchising the lower classes. nt |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #65 |
84. BINGO!!!!! |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
72. Let FREEDOM (tm) Reign |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
76. Holy Shit we're turning into Russia! |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
82. The new concentration camps. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
83. Hey keep this up |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
86. RE: fear of appearing soft in crime |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
87. No Jobs = High Crime n/t |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
88. 1 in 9 Black Americans between 18 - 32 |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
90. What do Obama and Hillary have to say about this? |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
92. We're #1! We're #1! We're #1! We're #1! We're #1! We're #1! |
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