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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:28 PM Original message |
U.S. Ranks Dead Last In Overall Social Spending |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. But but...socialism ......big guvmint .........taxes ........commies...... |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. !!! |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
60. +1 |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. And both sides.. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. But we are Numero Uno in invisible bootstraps...n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. +1000 |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. this is important, crucial!!! |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. You have the 'dead 'part right if lyin Ryan gets his way. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes. We are the only first world country without socialized medicine. |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Actually The US HAS the only socialized medicine in North America and most of the developed world |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And you know that is not what I was referring to... |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
71. Yes You do... |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
79. My point is |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
84. American thinking and American English and Canadian thinking and Canadian English |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. hospitals in Canada are not privately owned. |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
70. They may be owned |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
73. No they're not |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. we spend more on war than all the world`s countries combined... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wish I could rec. 1000 times! |
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Terra Alta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. the solution to that |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Author corrected 7.2% to 16.2%. Not sure where than ranks us. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Only if you count Social Security as general revenue. This is bullshit |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Other Western countries have paid maternity leave for new mothers. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Ninth from the bottom of the 34 OECD countries is where the U.S. ranks. |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. American "health care", I mean death care |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
81. Thanks for those great links! those are keepers. nt |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Kathleen |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. But in the US, job #1 is corporate and wealth welfare via a grossly unfair tax code and wholly |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
51. hmm... |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. And dead first in defense spending. Check out the graph |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. But we are first in prison population and incarcerating those who |
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iwishiwas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. And the Repugs with the help of many Dems continue to bleed the 7.2% day |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. K&R'd! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. DEAD LAST -- !! |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. and that's still waaaaay too much for any republican |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm all confused, 40% of my tax dollars go to SS, Medicare and Medicaid... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. We pay so much money for our military, and the rich don't pay as high |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. But that is not what the graph or calculator shows on the WH site ... |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:24 AM Response to Reply #27 |
43. I take it you're not a billionaire |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
90. Far from a billionaire or millionaire, but there are two sides to the SS equation... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The White House Has Put Out A Calculator To See How Your Tax Dollars Are Being Spent... |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
55. But the highest income it lets you put in for single no children is $25,000 |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #55 |
88. Limited options, between the graph and the calculator on the WH site... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
68. whitehouse.gov is a propaganda site. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
89. Certainly looks that way and we should talk about it regardless of party. n/t |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
59. Health care costs in this country |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Health costs as a % of GDP |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. Thanks |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. And in those other countries EVERYONE is covered |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
80. I saw this by another Canadian on another message board. This is how Canadians think. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. There's no money to be made off of prevention |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
91. We should have had a full discussion of HC costs in the last couple of years... |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. That's because they have no money for social spending |
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yngdip (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. It is a travesty and a shame that we are |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. K&R nt |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. Wow! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. This is why repukes suck and need to be voted out of office |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
35. But we have more combatant ships, aircraft, missiles, guns and bullets then the rest of the world. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
36. And that is apparently 9.3% of GDP too much according to Republicans |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
37. Which is why if Republicans were serious about cutting spending |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
38. "Canada spends 26% of their GDP on social programs." "United States spends currently only 7.2%". |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #38 |
62. except there is now an update |
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Redbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I believe it puts us 26th out of 34. |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
39. knr! |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. Everybody now... We're number LAST!, We're number LAST! |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. ASU! ASU! ASU! |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
41. This report will never |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
44. but, but, but... our financial issue are due to soshilism...burp |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
45. FUCK YOU KOCH BROTHERS YOU LYING SACKS OF SHIT!!! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
46. Best country in the WORLD! |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
47. But we've got a world-wide empire and the guns to keep it that way! |
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BigD_95 (728 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
48. might want to see the update b4 u email this info out |
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Swampguana (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
49. cut defense spending |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
50. Does "United States" mean the whole country or just the Federal govt? |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
52. tea baggers and rethugs are dancing in the streets over this news |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
53. No social-contract, no America! nt |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
54. I guess being dead last is not good enough |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
57. Its obvious that this country wants us poor people dead. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #57 |
87. There's no question that they do! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
58. Good. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
61. This information truly shocked me, Dems must use this |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
63. Author has posted an update. NOT 7.2% but 16.2%. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
64. We were lied to for decades by the puppets. |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
66. k & r !! n/t |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
67. K&R n/t |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
69. K&R n/t |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
72. But we are number one in warfare spending! USA! USA! |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
74. And when the GOP is finished, no one will beat us in that category |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
75. Kicked and recommended. |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
77. And is anybody surprised? |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
78. Wooooooo Hooooooooooo, we're # 34.....oh wait |
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