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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:58 PM Original message |
They took your jobs and gave you |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, how I wish I could rec this 100 times. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. There's 5. |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. i know it sounds corny but |
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Shoedogg (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
77. Not corny at all.... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. So true. K&R |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm going to quote that in entirety on a union listserve I administer. Thanks. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Help yourself. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
55. Mark Twain once said that |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
92. Throw in the foods we import and it is clear we have NO SECURITY at all |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. HERE IS MY REC |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. ditto! n/t |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Mine, too |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. k&r for the truth. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. like trading pretty trinkets for land. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yup. nt |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. yes -- with a touch of indentured servitude on the side... |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
56. Poverty is slavery. |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. you have some very good points |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Some real replacement jobs in the industrial and service sectors |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
69. Without jobs |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
81. K and r'd your post! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Yep. No more booms. It's going to be all bubbles from now on. nt |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. K & R |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. So many kick ass op's |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. I have a shiny new iPhone! It's mysterious and scary, and did I say shiney! |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Did demons crawl into your iPhone and draw those paintings on the screen" |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
90. That's it! I too am a caveman. So what as long as I have this shiny iPhone? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. How sustainable is a service economy? How long can the world sustain us? |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Don't look at me. I rebelled and can actually produce real stuff now. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not me. Born to see bullshit. |
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lordsummerisle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. K&R n/t |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well said! I totally agree with you. |
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proReality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hold on... |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Uh huh - |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Like Esau, who sold his birthright for a bowl of beans. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. ...An even hundred recs. |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. I am personally not going to consume anymore and collapse their world! |
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Aragorn (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. that's the ticket |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
83. Only about 15% - 20% is required to collapse this house of cards. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. Finish paying off my last credit card next paycheck. |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. No No No! |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well, the mortgage is going to take quite some time. |
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Aragorn (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. get a bicycle instead |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #43 |
54. Not if I have to ride 15 miles to work on the side of I-90. |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
89. Carpool |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
88. Forget doodads, New is not necessarily better. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
35. THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!!!! |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Says he, through clenched teeth. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #36 |
57. I take it you haven't seen that South Park episode. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Have you seen the South Park where they go after big corps |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
73. What job industry do you work in? |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
37. I'll Tell you what people are going to do ... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
38. Yep. And they enslaved you with debt and fear of losing what you've indebted yourself too |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
39. K&R! |
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Biker13 (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
40. K&R |
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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
41. And while we do this |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
44. soooo glad |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
45. Commie |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. The sad thing is... |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #50 |
59. The truly sad thing is that the Reich Wing... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #59 |
95. I agree |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
46. kick for truth... |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
47. What can we do? We have the toys, they have the power. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
84. We have the power, we just don't remember that we do. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
93. Sorry to be a bother, but what power do we have? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. We have only one power, the power to say no. |
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freebrew (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
48. Good post, |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Kicking for your response. We do this and did before it was fashionable or an |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
49. Best summation of the real effects of Trickle Down Economics ever! |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
51. That is how capitalism works - |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
74. Well, people can live with it or get rid of it. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Your pretty sure about that - people are happy right now? |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
52. awesome |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #52 |
62. I had a CEO say a similar thing at a meeting |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
53. Why will committed capitalists never engage these points? nt |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. They are irrelevant to a Capitalist |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
61. K&R n/t |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
63. Bullshit. it is "their" fault if I spend beyond my ability to repay? By "the biggest house" I can? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. So when the jobs don't pay enough to even rent an apartment, it's still our faults? |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
64. That pretty much sums it up. nt |
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jimmil (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
65. This is spot on the money |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. You get around, don't you? |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
66. I know so many people who have struggled because they overbought in the boom times. |
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ScottLand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
68. And then there's Mastercard. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
70. There was an influential book in the 80's called "Mega Trends" |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
71. "Now what are you going to do to get them back? " There is nothing we CAN do. It's too late. |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #71 |
82. Reagonomics started the downward spiral |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
85. It's too late?? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
75. I have an idea! |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
78. Spot on. |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
80. yup. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
86. True, and bitter to behold. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
87. If we had a greatest post of all time page, this should be on it. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
91. evening kick for a masterful post |
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