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Grassy Knoll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:19 PM
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Massive Tea Party Crowd Overwhelms Cedar Rapids, IA
 
Run time: 02:43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WY4j6I3Cdo
 
Posted on YouTube: September 01, 2011
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Posted on DU: September 02, 2011
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**** SKIP TO 1:40 To See Massive Crowd ****
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:22 PM
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1. rofl
lamers. :rofl:
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:22 PM
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2. "come on people-- get back on track, we don't want a president who's..."
"I can't hear you..."

:rofl:
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willhe Donating Member (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 07:17 AM
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38. lol
k&r
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 06:40 PM
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55. omg
she's just . . . . AWFUL.

Can't sing, and sure as hell can't dance!

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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:24 PM
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3. Look's like they're trying to do the macarena
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dddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 08:14 PM
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57. she acually looked like she had a pantload
just sayin
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:25 PM
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4. OMG, there must be a whole 3 dozen of them
:rofl:
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 04:41 PM
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49. half of them just wandered over looking for free beer
and finding none, kept moving. :evilgrin:

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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:25 PM
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5. That is disturbing. Where's Piers Morgan when you need him...
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angstlessk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:27 PM
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6. Wow...most of the attendees will be dead by the next election
Edited on Thu Sep-01-11 08:32 PM by angstlessk
they look to be 90 years old or older?
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:34 PM
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11. whoops- not sure what I was replying to - about that age
Edited on Thu Sep-01-11 08:37 PM by rurallib
all looked to be upwards of 75, all white, most probably SS and Medicare recipients.
Would have been a good place to have a petition asking for the gummint to end SS & Medicare
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:45 PM
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17. I don't want no gov. touching my SS and Medicare crowd! n/t
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:28 PM
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7. Tea Thugs & "Christian" Reconstructionists seem to consist of exhibitionist attention seekers,
Edited on Thu Sep-01-11 08:30 PM by patrice
a.k.a. Pharisees, i.e. people who have mistaken the physical buzz they get from attention seeking for "THE Truth" or "divine" inspiration.
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Siwsan Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:28 PM
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8. Glad to see Christine O'Donnell found another gig.
Tee hee.
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Merlot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:30 PM
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9. "massive t-party crowd" = "jumbo shrimp"
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:47 PM
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19. Yeah, they were probably there for a free meal! n/t
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stlsaxman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 07:22 AM
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39. yup- that crowd is "fresh frozen" and "pretty ugly".
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:32 PM
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10. Teabagger Karaoke night?
:rofl:

I almost feel embarrassed for them. Almost.
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:38 PM
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12. Our forefathers would have ran you dicktits out of the Hall.
Tea Partiers are those who think that government-run anything is bad but have absolutely no problem whatsoever with a Corporate-Controlled America.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 09:19 PM
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25. +1
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The Wielding Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 06:33 PM
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54. Time to run them out again!
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Bryan Buchan Donating Member (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:39 PM
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13. I needed that...thx!
n/t
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:40 PM
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14. About 1:30 in: "I can't hear you!"
Stand closer.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:41 PM
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16. not only that, she couldn't see them cause they weren't there
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:40 PM
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15. They broke up the bingo game at the home to get those folks out there
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:45 PM
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18. Hahahaha
That'd explain the grim faces.
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:47 PM
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20. Didn't she say something
about a sleeping giant being awakened? So the 8 years prior to Mr. Obama were of no concern to them? 2 wars, tax cuts and more vacation days than any president ever? :wtf:
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:49 PM
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21. Karaoke tryouts gone bad.
What a joke.
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NICO9000 Donating Member (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:50 PM
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22. That singer has Bachmann-type crazy eyes!
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 07:29 AM
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40. As a musician, I hate to hear music used in the service of evil.
Even bad music.
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CarrieLynne Donating Member (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 08:59 PM
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23. OMG im so embarrassed for her lol
:wtf:epic fail
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Plucketeer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 09:19 PM
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24. Just a few bags short of a pot! nt
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bleedinglib Donating Member (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 09:57 PM
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26. Nice Bus??
I wonder? Did the koch bros. furnish that $300,000 motor home??
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Politicalboi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 10:19 PM
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27. Good to see
Casey Anthony found a job. LOL!
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 10:47 PM
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28. An organic grass roots movement ...... no doubt
:rofl:



The singer was O.K. and was really working for her paycheck but the back up dancers were
a little long in the tooth.

BTW massive crowd and also 2.
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pezDispenser Donating Member (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 10:50 PM
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29. it may be a small crowd, but at least its diverse n/t
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stlsaxman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 07:31 AM
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42. yes it is- they got BOTH types of people- White AND Caucasian!
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David Sky Donating Member (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 11:32 AM
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45. And old men and old women! Both types of white folks! n/t
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marybourg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 11:56 PM
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30. It's just them old geezers again. Well
maybe they had some plastic surgery. It's got to be old geezers, right?
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Skip_In_Boulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 11:59 PM
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31. Looks like her glory days are firmly behind her.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 02:30 AM
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32. Seriously if I wanted to make the big bucks I'd run a sunblock stand for that crowd
So fricking white - all of them!
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ScottLand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 04:45 AM
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33. Great, now I'll have that song in my head all day!
Rule by Walmart, y'all!!!!

I think the crowd was mostly the grandparents of the performers, y'know, the ones who want the government away from their medicare.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 06:05 AM
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34. I guess there weren't enough port-a-potties.
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florida08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 06:11 AM
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35. lord have mercy
Geritol crowd seems so enthused to be there. Slow day in Iowa? :shrug:
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 06:15 AM
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36. Yikes. Just, yikes.

:scared:

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livingonearth Donating Member (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 07:11 AM
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37. Very "corporate".
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 07:29 AM
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41. Jeez, what losers.
:eyes:
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 11:23 AM
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43. Where's the mosh pit?
I didn't see a mosh pit...:shrug:
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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 11:30 AM
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44. The nursing home have a field trip?
Jeebus! I am dying laughing. I love the populist anthem written by committee. A lot like those engaging educational films they used to show us in school -- the ones everyone slept through!
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soupkitchen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 04:37 PM
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46. Tea Wrecks
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SoapBox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 04:39 PM
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47. More of the faked up outrage, better known as "Astroturfing"!
...and never exposed by the Limp Media.
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sce56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 04:41 PM
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48. They should rename the bus to Tea Party Slump!
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 04:57 PM
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50. Thank God I wasn't there; I would have pissed in my pants from laughing.
I hope KO puts this on his show, or Jon Stewart, they'll have a field day.
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DaveJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 05:53 PM
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51. This video has 1 like and 26 dislikes on YouTube
Apparently the Tea Party is not very popular.
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EvilMonsanto Donating Member (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 06:20 PM
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52. Arrghhh MY EARSSSSSSSSSS
Dammit
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 06:25 PM
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53. These are the folks the GOP in Congress fear the most.
Retribution.........:rofl:

Better do as they say, or they might leave you out of their Wills.
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Mosaic Donating Member (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-11 07:13 PM
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56. Bunch of retards
No disrespect to actual mentally impaired people.
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pam4water Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-11 06:55 AM
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58. Wow must have been 2, 2 and 1/2 dozen people throe.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 10:32 AM
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59. She's kinda hot
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Supply Side Jesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:25 PM
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60. Holy Shit! Skeletor is a Tea-Bagger @ 1:50
for a good ten seconds I think the camera guy was taken back him also
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Nostalgic Donating Member (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-11 02:44 PM
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61. aaarrrggghhh
I've had this song playing in my head for several days now. I'm even starting to do some of the dance moves. :mad:
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