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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:26 PM Original message |
do you really need a gun to defend yourself in rural ares? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Naw |
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Emboldened Chimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Poor taste |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why do you think the crime rates are low? |
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jagguy (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 07:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. this is the fact of the matter |
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matt819 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 09:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. How do you figure this one? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 11:39 AM Response to Reply #54 |
69. Couldn't have anything to do with economy and social conditions |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:46 PM Response to Reply #69 |
89. lmao.. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 03:24 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. And just when exactly |
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Patriot_Spear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. True... |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. myself ... no NRAer I ,... |
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Brian Sweat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. YEAH! |
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Patriot_Spear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Freepers don't live in the country... |
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short bus president (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. there are plenty |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 03:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
95. I love your screen name.... |
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lcordero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Carnahan advocated taking guns away from felons |
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Patriot_Spear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh... that's already a law. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sometimes it might be helpful |
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Patriot_Spear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Coyotes, copperheads and feral dogs... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 01:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
78. copperheads?? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 01:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
80. ooops, a dupe, sorry |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. YES |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Obiously, you don't have much experience with coyotes |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. OMG I SEE COYOTES ALL THE TIME |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 07:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. So you've see some and feel the need to be armed? |
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leanings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 07:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Now, I don't shoot |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 07:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Then move the animial or call someone who will |
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leanings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 09:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. I understand where you're coming from |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:17 PM Response to Reply #61 |
82. snakestick?? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 01:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
79. righton |
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karlschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. One of the reasons we have guns (living WAY out rurally on a lake) is that |
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zoidberg (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. You aren't the one who is heartless |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. What I've been doing, Karl |
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karlschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. I absolutely agree with everything you said, it's heartbreaking to me too |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 09:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. Here's another idea |
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synthia (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. it is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun |
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Logansquare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. There are guns and then there are guns... |
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lkinsale (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. You might need a rifle, not a handgun |
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Patriot_Spear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I disagree... |
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lkinsale (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Check out the dogs |
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short bus president (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. and a handgun |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 01:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
76. They don't work too good for |
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Superfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. My question is: |
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Logansquare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. You won't like my opinion |
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chiburb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I do. n/t |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 04:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
97. You make a lot of sense, fellow Chicagoan |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Too much of a bitch fest over there |
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lcordero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. what's a J/PS forum? |
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kubi (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. Here you go |
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short bus president (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. I'm a 3-forum DUer. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 11:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
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Clete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. Only in wilderness areas. |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. Rural |
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alaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Hey. I grew up in Powhatan, VA. Ever heard of it? (n/t) |
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Set (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 11:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
71. Pow-HAT-an.... |
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leanings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 07:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. Yeah, where you at, Muddle? |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 08:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Nearby |
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leanings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 09:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. No trouble. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. I don't mind people owning guns |
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Clete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Hah. |
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Melsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. I live in a rural area and am thinking of getting a gun |
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Clete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. One of the reasons I never owned a gun. |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 09:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
59. That's the problem exactly |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 09:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I believe your statement is wrong "Many, many home owners are shot with |
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Clete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 09:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. There are other ways of being secure without |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 11:23 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I understand, but law enforcement offiers carry handguns for self |
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Clete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 12:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. I am not arguing about that. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. Large cities have murder rates up to 13.5 and rural-surburban areas |
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alaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. Haven't you ever heard of the Hatfields and the McCoys? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. We live in a rural area |
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Township75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. I grew up in the "suburbs" of a 3 traffic light town |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
38. Yes, and cops have told me so. It takes a long time for a police |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
84. if you like snakes... |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. I feel anybody that feels the need to pack a gun is a coward |
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Superfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. So I guess I'm a coward |
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Township75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 06:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Are you calling Sen Boxer and Sen Fienstein cowards? |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 11:44 AM Response to Reply #46 |
70. Let's put it this way ~ I don't pack a gun and I don't need the Patriot ac |
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CowboyUp (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 01:47 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. haha |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 04:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
96. Run scared little boy ~ Live up to Bush*'s dreams |
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Township75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 04:59 PM Response to Reply #70 |
99. I think you are naive or however it is spelled, or ignorant... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 07:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Some people may be cowards and others may be stupid. |
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Patriot_Spear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 07:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. We Have a Winner! Most Incendiary Idiotic Statement tonight!! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
87. wild? |
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mkregel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
55. If you are in a bear cave |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-03 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
64. I agreed with you until |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
66. In rural areas, there are hunters |
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SyracuseDemocrat (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
67. Typical, typical, typical |
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CowboyUp (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 12:16 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. My outlook |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
74. Live out here a while--THEN come tell me if you need a gun. |
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CowboyUp (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 01:17 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Very good Idea |
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CowboyUp (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:17 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. Some people.. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:30 PM Response to Reply #74 |
83. Feral cats get rabies, too. |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:41 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. unintential humor |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:51 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. When we first heard about it, we were horrified, |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
85. I don't need a reason.. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
88. NO...nearest grocery store 35 minute drive...nearest police station same |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:48 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I don't need homeowners insurance either. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
92. I don't need you to help me figure out what I need or ought to have |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
94. I think the idea that we need to be chronically afraid in this country |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
98. Nothing stops |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-03 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
100. of course you do |
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