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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:09 PM Original message |
Bush Makes New Pitch for Social Security (threatens opponents) |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. I am really starting to believe that |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Also, I have noticed that most media sources |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Yeah, ole' Scotty should have learned that from Ari pushing that |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Nice picture of King George! |
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kittykitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
60. also an increased number of callers to C-Span dump on him |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Of course they need to steal SS.......... |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. I think you're giving them too much credit, Old And In The Way |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
59. FUCK THEM.......No quarter drawn |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:18 AM Response to Reply #42 |
95. Don't take my comments the wrong way.... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Sinking? The Titanic orchestra starting playing when AARP mobilized |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. So true... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. You are my hero for displaying that bumper sticker!! |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Wow, thanks! |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. amazing...... |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. It's the voices in his head. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:40 AM Response to Reply #39 |
61. Welcome to DU, Granny! |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
62. Great way of putting it, Arkansas Granny... |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. "bush wants to kick seniors off Social Security" |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. glad to see this one is on yahoo |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Go ahead chimp, talk all you want |
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Mrs_Beastman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. What "suggestions" would chimp accept??? |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. HE MUST BE DAMNED DESPERATE IF HE IS THREATENING, BECAUSE AFTER ALL IT IS |
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grumpy old fart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. At what point does *'s head blow up? * cannot take NO for an answer.... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Maybe he'll hold his breath till he passes out. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's looking more and more each day like he's not going to get his way. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. This is not strange: their proposal does not address the issue |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Wow, that's never made a difference before. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. And the more they've talked about it the clearer it's become |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Opponents haven't said it's not a problem... |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. CNN story pretty telling of his threat also ... |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. he has laways engaged in the politics of personal destruction to |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
94. He's bullly. First and foremost, he's a bully. |
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chomskysright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. OOH! Big Bad Georgie-Porgie gonna sic the winged monkeys on us |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. little dictator threatens again |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. First the cajoling, then the begging, then the whining, then the threats |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. Uh uh, threats will get you NOWHERE |
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DFWJock (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. "...public opinion is leaning his way " |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Even the news casts have changed |
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gasperc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. you've got to wonder why they keep at it????????????? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I think it's simpler. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. not enough people with their heads out of the fog yet-- |
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chomskysright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. 4: he's got Narcissitic Personality Disorder & he cannot quit or give in.. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. But you would think that |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
92. Because of the money. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. So, your threat is . . . well, what President Lame Duck? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. how bout this one? |
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Brooklyn Michael (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
26. Bush has a point... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. yes, i too would like to see the Dems put forth a plan for solvency |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Um...nope. Homey don't play dat. That's classic Rovespeak. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. the Dems would have to convince us it is plan for solvency--NOT like |
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Lab2112 (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. RE: Um...nope. Homey don't play dat. That's classic Rovespeak. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Well said. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Bush's proposal is that Democrats propose tax hikes or benefit cuts. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. First, we need to see Bush's "Plan" |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Continue to get his way? |
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Sunny_Sunshine (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. The problem is not SS, the problem is the deficit |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. On the other hand...my fear is |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. "Bush Chides Lawmakers Over Social Security" headline on yahoo now |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. there was an art. on DU this am about Bush possibly using an executive |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
41. This is the same kind of BS his father used |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. George, you and the Investment houses you're whoring for |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
49. I HOPE we all REMEMBER |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
56. Me thinks the "political price" Little Boots is speaking of may actually |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
57. You gotta wonder who he's threatening? Or is that Blackmailing? nt |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
58. Has Bush bothered to explain how his plan will "fix it"? |
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Moderator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
63. kick to combine |
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Khaotic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
64. Bush tries to reassure seniors |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. But what * doesn't realize is ...... |
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Khaotic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Come Up With a Better Caption |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. True! LOL, funny. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #69 |
91. Hahahahahahahahahaha! Great image!! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Reassuring seniors: I'm not screwing you |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Yeah, he's pandering to people's selfishness |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Yet another bizarre expression caught by the cameras |
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soup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. It's a look he saved for Iowans. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #73 |
93. Is that when he took a bite out of the raw ear of corn? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Seniors to Bush : Piss Off n/t |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Words of advice... |
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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
74. Bush Undeterred By Resistance To Plan |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Well facts and lack of public support have never stopped him before |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. "My way or the Highway", |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. heh heh - he said undie turd |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. What part of 'will of the people' doesn't he quite comprehend ?? |
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durablend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
85. Well see, there's the problem (in your perception) |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Yeah, you work hard and go take a rest at your ranch then when you get |
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Wright Patman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. SSRI dosage needs adjustment |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. Hahahahaha! "support for individual investment accounts is lower now |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. Oh yeah!!! |
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gasperc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
83. there should be a days left on the DU home page |
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Bob3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
84. * undeterred by reality |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. You beat me to it! |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
87. Fuck him. A tree that's too proud to bend in the wind. . .breaks. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
88. Corporate America hired him to do a job. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
89. "When one person calls you a jackass, ignore him. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
90. Yeah, wave that tiny peener of yours around, Chimpy. |
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