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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 06:25 PM
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We need George W. Bush** to be straight with us - and now.
It's what we've needed since the beginning. No, Al Gore wasn't the enemy... no, Tom Daschle wasn't the enemy... no, Howard Dean wasn't the enemy... and no, John Kerry's not the enemy.

We all need to remember who the enemy is.

NGU.


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RaulVB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 06:28 PM
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1. And a mortal enemy...
Indeed.
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insane_cratic_gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 06:28 PM
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2. More importantly
We need to hold Bush accountable.

Because he ever ONCE had your back.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:05 PM
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12. How true, gal...
Edited on Sat Dec-18-04 07:09 PM by ClassWarrior
The only back he watches is his own skanky ass.

NGU.


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chomskysright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:12 PM
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14. loved insanedemocraticgirl's blog spot
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 08:11 PM
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23. Love that blogspot!
O'smabinforgotten, very funny, very true, thus very sad.

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insane_cratic_gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 08:32 PM
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27. Thank you
It's more like a venting blog, but it's therapy for me.
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Danocrat Donating Member (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 06:30 PM
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3. Nongonococcal Urethritis?
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proudtobeadem Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:36 PM
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19. Are you a Doctor?
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vessel44 Donating Member (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 08:04 PM
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22. Never Give Up
Edited on Sat Dec-18-04 08:05 PM by vessel44
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seito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 06:31 PM
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4. Keep reminding us CW
Several times a day would be best lol!!!

No Retreat No Surrender
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GetTheRightVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 06:33 PM
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5. * & Com = American Axis of Evil
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 08:12 PM
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24. Asses of evil!
:evilgrin:
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 06:39 PM
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6. Just remember that Bush doesn't care if you live or die
Unless you're one of his $100,000 or $250,000 donors, in the mind of "Born Again Jesus Bush," he wouldn't whiz on you if you were on fire.

Unless there were grounds for impeachment...STRONG grounds...I can't see anything for the next four years other than Bush raping, looting and pillaging this country for the glory of his worthless fucking base of "have mores" and "have nots." He needs to be straight with us? From where I stand, HE ALREADY HAS.


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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 08:16 PM
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25. I always wanna smack that leering gnome sitting behind Junior**.
NGU.


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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:38 PM
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33. Funny, I always thought that Jr. IS a "leering gnome."
Edited on Sat Dec-18-04 11:39 PM by RevCheesehead
Look at the ears! The nose!
(of course, one could also call him the "garden weasel.")

edited because I forgot my ).
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Turn CO Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:23 AM
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40. Isn't it strange how normally peace-loving people can be
Edited on Sun Dec-19-04 12:24 AM by Turn CO Blue
driven to want to thump these "leering knomes" and rethugs on the head!!! You know the scene in A Mighty Wind, where the manager of the auditorium slaps that guy on the forehead? Too funny and I relate!

Every time I see that smirk of Junior's or hear him utter his favorite word (pause, "Uuhhh"...Pause, "Uuuhh"...Dumb look,"Uuuhh"...) -- I just feel like screaming, "Stop that! You are embarrassing yourself, me, and the whole darned country!"



Edit: spelling
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 02:01 AM
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43. Ahhh, we're all human after all.
LOL

NGU.


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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 02:53 AM
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69. Speak for youself. I'm cheddar.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:22 AM
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70. With all due respect, that's just your head, Rev. Dahling...
NGU.


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catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:40 PM
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34. Nor do I care in the obverse....
....I merely sit and think,Karma....Karma...If I am right his natural result will be far past any minor resistance I could offer him...
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Turn CO Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:15 AM
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39. Yep. That little universal truth (Karma) has crossed my mind

more than a few times since the Selection.

Bush and Company will harvest the type of crop they have sown:
corruption, destruction, suffering, malice, deceit, ignorance, etc.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 01:58 AM
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42. Karma... serendipity... payback...
It's all a bitch...

:evilgrin:

NGU.


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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:32 AM
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41. Yes, and an integral part of Karma...
...is that sometimes we don't get to witness it.

It may appear that he will just keep getting away with it all, and that may be our last public perception of him. He may just slip into a fat retirement and get old and mummified like his daddy, continuing his good works with the Saudi royal family (sarcasm, you bet).

With seniors' organizations lining up to battle him on Social Security, and groups like the National Retail Association ready to marshall its members and affiliates if he decides to be foolhardy enough to push John Linder's "national sales tax," I'm guessing Bush-Cheney II will primarily be about lack of accomplishment, fierce opposition to his "mandate," and rat after rat fleeing the sinking ship.

I don't think Bush will reap the full value of his Karma rewards during his presidency. Look at Richard Nixon...who, despite it all, accomplished FAR more than Bush will even ATTEMPT...most of his Karma came behind closed doors after he stepped out of the spotlight. I think the same will hold true for Junior.
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righteous1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 06:42 PM
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7. And if he was, would we believe him?
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intelle Donating Member (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 06:46 PM
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8. This is definitely a unifying thread
Edited on Sat Dec-18-04 06:46 PM by intelle
Yes, Yes, Yes!

I am afraid, though, that he has no idea how to be straight with us. He never learned how.

on edit: corrected typo.

:evilgrin:
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madison2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:02 PM
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9. There's no chance of * being straight with anyone.
He wouldn't know how to speak the truth if it were his dying breath.
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insane_cratic_gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:04 PM
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10. Speak?
The chimp can't articulate anything over two syllables. Even that's a struggle
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:30 PM
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30. Don't misunderestimate him.
He's not stupid - he just has such an overinflated sense of entitlement, this criminal doesn't think he has to bother getting his sentences straight. Read Mark Crispin Miller's "The Bush Dyslexicon."

NGU.


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insane_cratic_gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:35 PM
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32. LOL
do you have the book of Bushism?

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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:12 AM
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38. I don't, but I hear it's hysterical.
NGU.


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catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:49 PM
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35. Yes,he is stupid.....
...cunning in the way of small predator mammals-yes.Backed by a massive power structure-yes.Dangerous to society almost beyond comprehension-yes.But also stupid beyond belief....the fact that he graduated Harvard is the most damning indictment of that institution I have ever heard.Non-reading,non-thinking,small time hustler and glad-hander,writ large on the coattails of his family....When the definative biography comes down even TRUE republicans will be appalled at whom we allowed to seize power....
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:56 PM
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36. According to Kitty Kelly's book,
those who knew him at Yale said he wasn't stupid, but they would describe him as "intellectually lazy" and "the most amazingly disinterested student" who had very little interest or curiosity about the world around him. While many were expanding their knowledge at Yale, shrub basically was drunk and on coke, and bided his time to get the degree and get the hell out of there. He HATED Yale with a passion (because it was so "left-leaning"). Most of his classmates were shocked when he was "elected" since he showed absolutely NO ambition in college.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:59 PM
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37. Agreed Rev - and we deny this at our own peril.
Karl Rove rubs his sweaty little palms with glee when we label Bush** stupid, because it allows them to get away with all kinds of stuff.

NGU.


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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:01 AM
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48. SLOTH, one of the 7 deadlies, eh Rev? n/t
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 02:51 AM
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68. ...wha?... (yawn) ... Oh, I meant to get back to you on that....
but maybe later (yawn), I'm tired....:boring:
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:38 AM
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50. Kitty Kelly Book Says Laura was the goto person in Colledge for....
Dime bags of Marijuana
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 02:49 AM
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67. Aww....now you ruined it for me! I ain't there yet!
Spoiler! :P
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renaissanceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:04 PM
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11. Bush has never been straight with anybody.
He's a lying sack of shit that is good about portraying a "good ol' Christian cowboy" persona. I'm sick of the MSM falling for it, saying he's one of us. He's not. He never was, and never will be. He hasn't had to work for what he has, he has always been given a silver platter.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:08 PM
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13. Yup. All the "average folks" I know and have a beer with regularly...
...are honest and caring as the day is long. And sadly, it's some of these same people who have been manipulated by this snake, his criminal family, and the Radical RW power vampires.

NGU.


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liberalla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:19 PM
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16. sorry, but...
Class Warrior,
I have two questions. What does NGU stand for?
What does the paper clip represent? (I know about the red hands...)
Thanks!
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liberalla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:14 PM
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15. We all need to remember who the enemy is.
Edited on Sat Dec-18-04 07:58 PM by liberalla
"We all need to remember who the enemy is."

AGREED

But we shouldn't hold our breath waiting for him to come clean, or "be straight" with us. I can't see him ever doing that. He doesn't have the courage or the moral values to do what's right.

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seito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:23 PM
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17. Could this be the enemy???


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liberalla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:56 PM
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20. Now there's a guy whose got Bush's back !!!
And he looks so happy!!! yuch!
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 08:23 PM
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26. Hi Seito: could you start a new thread with that photo, titled
something like "Caption this Picture"?

We need healthy doses of laughter to leaven the bread of our struggle.

:)
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seito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 09:02 PM
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28. You got it.
:bounce:

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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 09:30 PM
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29. Arigato gozaimasu!
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 11:34 PM
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31. Wow, it really does pay off to give tax cuts to billionaires!
NGU.


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googly Donating Member (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:34 AM
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61. Bush** tried to bribe me with
$3000 taxcut on a $50,000 income, but he failed in getting my vote.
However many dumb voters probably got bought off.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 07:27 PM
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18. Oh, I hold out no hope for Bush** or the Radical RW...
Edited on Sat Dec-18-04 07:28 PM by ClassWarrior
I phrased this thread that way as a direct contrast to another thread in this forum. A thread that may cause us to momentarily forget that Junior** and Dick** and the corporatists are the real enemies.

The blue paper clip is a symbol of resistance to contemporary fascism that a group of DUers have adopted, taking the idea from Norway during Nazi occupation. Here's the original thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1399359&mesg_id=1399359&page=

And NGU = Never Give Up, my own personal motto since Nov.3.

NGU.





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liberalla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 08:01 PM
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21. Thank you Class Warrior!
Now I understand. NGU
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 02:05 AM
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44. My pleasure.
NGU.


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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 02:13 AM
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45. What are they hiding?
NGU.


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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 09:20 PM
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46. My enemies have never been on my side, I know who they are
and I know who they aren't. People who are on my side are Gore, Daschle, Dean, Kerry and Edwards and there are others too.

With B* and Company it will all come out in the wash, not because they are willing to come clean, but because we will be doing their dirty laundry in public. This is America we don't have to take their stupid secret bullsh**!

I will fight my enemies. I will stand up against them. I will protest for my rights else I will lose them. My enemies would love to strip me of them and anyone else who thinks like me. The time to fight is NOW!
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joeunderdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 09:27 PM
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47. Don't wait under water. n/t
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:06 AM
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49. What are my enemies hiding? What are they hiding? What do
they not want us to see? What are they afraid of? What are they concealing? What are they not showing? What's behind their backs? What's in their grubby little guilty hands? What are they hiding?
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:53 AM
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51. Gotta question for ya, tex...
NGU.


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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:10 AM
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52. Let me guess ClassWarrior, What are they hiding?
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seito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:23 AM
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53. Hey Tex
Did you hear that one about Blackwell?????
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:24 AM
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54. No, is it about something he's hiding?
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:35 AM
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62. So Seito, give it up, what's the one about K. Katherine Blackwell?
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seito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:44 AM
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63. You can help me out with it
A lawyer, a cop and a priest walk into Katherine Blackwell's office

Your turn...
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:53 AM
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65. And the priest says to Katherine Blackwell, there is nothing I can
do for you, you're on your own and the lawyer says...

Your turn
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seito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 02:07 AM
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66. Katherine why don't you just make life easy on yourself
You roll over and we promise you 10-20 with time off for good behavior, a nice cushy cell and witness protection. You will not be suicided. And the cop say...

Your turn
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:28 AM
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55. No, it's...
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:28 AM
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56. What
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:28 AM
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57. Are
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:29 AM
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58. Da Bastids
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:29 AM
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59. Hiding??
NGU.


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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:34 AM
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60. You're right, they ah bastids, hmm, what cood it be, what would
dey hide? De evidence maybe dey cood try to hide de evidence.
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New Earth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:45 AM
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64. it's possible
just a little
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