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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:10 PM
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Newton was a racist slave owner
who stole lines from a Negro spiritual
All this restoration of honor maybe the return of slavery.

Fuck Glen Back and this madness

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redirish28 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:14 PM
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1. Issac Newton? Sorry if I'm missing something.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:18 PM
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5. Amazing Grace
at the rally
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Retrograde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:14 PM
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2. Isaac?
Could you provide some context, please?
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:15 PM
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3. Wayne,duh.
I never did like that smarmy guy.
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redirish28 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:16 PM
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4. At the Beck Rally? Sorry don't have a tv and I'm trying to follow all of these
threads.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:24 PM
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6. John Newton, folks.
18th Century English poet and clergyman. He wrote "Amazing Grace."

Uff da!
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:33 PM
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7. At least John Newton eventually came around and tried to atone...
for the evil he participated in.

The likes of Beck, Palin, and their drooling, dog-like followers never will.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:53 PM
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8. So was Thomas Jefferson but I haven't thrown out the declaration of independence
Edited on Sat Aug-28-10 12:54 PM by stray cat
and the constitution
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