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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:30 AM Original message |
I have an idea about how we can all help fix some of the damage that has been done... |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. k&r |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Holy shit. |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Some assbag |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The day Kucinich brought Impeachment to the Floor |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Thank you for representing us, demnan |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I cannot compete with your words |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Editing? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. here's where a 'nominate single post' option would come in handy |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
66. Just. Awesome. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 01:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
74. well written. There are many in the world that have never know freedom. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Love that quote, kpete; love this intelligent ramble, Will. k&r n/t |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Hey now! |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. You just did. |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Marvelous Post! |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Presidential candidate in 2016 |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. We did it last year |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Indeed |
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sazemisery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. K&R |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. Couldn't have put it better myself Will |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. w00t! |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. I would rec 50 times for 'c' if it could be echoed a thousand times a day. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Don't have a way to do that |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. Any more teasers along those lines? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
18. All good |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yeah, cuz everything got all better once Reagan/Bush Sr. were gone. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Yes, essential. |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
86. Will, Dimes to donuts... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. An excellent & educational rant. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
25. "Corporations and the wealthy run the world. It's a puppet show and the joke is on you." |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Read Gore's "The Assault on Reason." |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
26. Lovely post... |
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Fiendish Thingy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
27. Excellent summation of the fine mess we find ourselves in, however... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. It's still going to be the difficult and uncertain slog it's always been |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
30. We're stuck with Junior, like it or not. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
31. Very well put, Will. I'm with ya, but I doubt that the great wave of change to give the country back |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
32. As always, you speak good common sense, Will. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
33. I think we would be better off destroying every Rethug in the nation |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
34. I understand your observations, but your solution escapes me. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Fixing or even ameliorating the larger problems |
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DeanDem10 (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
35. Great post, but.... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. "They want us to do their scutwork, and then they censure us." |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
36. Powerful stuff, Will |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
37. This is the beginning of FIFTY YEARS of DEMOCRATIC DOMINANCE, |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
38. Make all Republicans read Kevin Phillip's book Wealth and Democracy |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. If we have a Democratic prez, we won't need the 67 Senate seats. |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
41. I knew there was a pony in there somewhere. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
72. Though provoking at the least. Must say i like your signature flag. nm |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 01:59 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. "Thought" provoking was what I meant, |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:02 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. yeah i knew what you meant. just givin you some stuff. nm |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. Now we need a Veto-Proof Majority? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Take a look at post 46 |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. What makes you think |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I'm not talking about these current assbags. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. how to adhere to a progfressive vision and still win elections |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. My mother told me "every GENERATION THINKS IT INVENTED SEX." point coming. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
44. Help us in Kentucky to Ditch Mitch. Support Andrew Horne in 2008. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. How's he polling against MCConnell? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I haven't heard of any polling. If you want to stay on top of this |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. PM or email instead, if that's OK. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. IM PM same to me. It should be in your inbox now. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
50. WillPitt, what most concerns me is that... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. This idea doesn't depend on them. Check post 46, tell me what you think. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. I don't think it's an Executive problem as much as it is |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 03:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
78. "I think Bush is an exception to the rule" |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #78 |
85. I pray you are wrong... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
57. "This is our common calamity..." |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
59. So Will Pitt, why don't you shut up and run for office? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
60. So your basic point is "vote"? |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Stay engaged and educated as to the facts not the fiction being created for you. Then VOTE. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 04:19 AM Response to Reply #63 |
82. Go Pats! |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
92. They are forcing us through a two-part process. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #60 |
95. Of course vote, but voting is not the answer. We have to convince many people that |
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existentialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
62. Doesn't filibuster proof require a MERE 60? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Filibuster proof but not veto proof. |
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existentialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. yes, |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
65. Man...I read your words and... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 04:06 AM Response to Reply #65 |
80. "Cut the Corporate umbilical" |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #80 |
87. How about a class action law suite? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #65 |
88. AMEN! |
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flying_wahini (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
68. thanks - I needed that! k&r |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
69. Your are correct, sir. |
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ScooterFibby (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
70. Supermajority! |
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GMFORD (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
71. Yep, you hit the nail right on the head. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 04:16 AM Response to Reply #71 |
81. Welcome to DU. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
73. Very interesting post. But I am a little slow and had a hard time finding the point. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 04:04 AM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Including this one. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #79 |
89. i must have been tired when i wrote that. Don't mean that at all. I do as much ranting |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Same to you. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #90 |
96. Thanks. Please see post 95, link in message, I think I did a better job |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
77. K & R . |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
83. i was too late to recommend this |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
84. bravo Will |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
91. The point is |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
93. correct.. |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
94. "... slaughtering so many words along the way." |
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