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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:07 PM
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Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!!


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MONDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2006

Now that the length of time our troops have been improperly and illegally employed in Iraq has surpassed our involvement in World War Two - and considering that the “official” US death toll is rapidly approaching the number of Americans killed on 9-11 – what will be done to stop the madness?

Join Mike LIVE tonight for a belated after-Thanksgiving-dinner postprandial peristaltic conversation!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:07 PM
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1. hi ralps, hi everybody
Edited on Mon Nov-27-06 09:08 PM by cal04
:hi: :hug:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:08 PM
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3. Hi cal04, You're 1st!!!
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:09 PM
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9. Hi cal04!!!!
How was your Thanksgiving?
:hi: :hug:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:08 PM
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2. Hi ralps and my fellow truthseekers!!!!!
Hope everybody had a great holiday!!
:hi: :grouphug:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:09 PM
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7. Hi smokey nj, mine was great! How was yours?
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:10 PM
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12. Mine was good......
I sure am going to miss you guys when I'm gone!:cry:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:13 PM
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22. Are you leaving tomorrow? I hope you have a great vacation!!!
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :hug: :grouphug: :hug:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:14 PM
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25. I leave Wednesday morning. I'll be here tomorrow night, though.
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:17 PM
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38. Cool that you'll have one last Malloy night! Will you have any access to a
computer in England? if you do I hope you'll check in either here or at the other website!! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:19 PM
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46. Ken said that there's an internet cafe in the vicinity of the hotel....
I'm going to try go there if I can.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:16 PM
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100. hey smokey have a good time in England
and have a spot of tea for me!!! try to check in if you can.
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:19 PM
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104. Thanks alyce, I will!!!
and I'll say hi the Queen for you too!
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:24 PM
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107. the queen is such a stuffy thing isn't she? no wonder they sing
god save the queen.
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:25 PM
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111. I wonder what she keeps in that purse she always carries.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:33 PM
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121. now smokey don't try to get that close!!!
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:49 PM
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129. I won't, it's just something I wonder about......
I bet it's something kinky like S&M tools.
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:09 PM
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8. hi smokey nj
I had a good one, how was yours?
:hi: :hug:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:10 PM
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15. I had a good one. Ate way too many sweet potatoes.
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oldgrowth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:08 PM
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Hi all after long weekend
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:10 PM
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14. Hi oldgrowth
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:14 PM
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23. Hi oldgrowth!!!!
:hi:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:15 PM
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31. hi oldgrowth
:hi:
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:08 PM
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Loving Mike Malloy!!!
:party: :toast: :bounce: :thumbsup: :hi: :dem: :loveya: :hug: :pals:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:10 PM
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13. Hi ikojo
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:13 PM
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Hi ikojo!!!!!
:hi: :hug:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:15 PM
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28. hi ikojo
:hi:
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GymGeekAus Donating Member (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:08 PM
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4. Checking in, Ma'am!
::salute!!::
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:09 PM
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10. Hi GymGeekAus
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:12 PM
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19. Hi GymGeekAus!!!
:hi:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:15 PM
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26. hi GymGeekAus
:hi:
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Liberal_Dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:08 PM
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5. Checking In...
Hi ralps. :hi: Hello Everyone. :hi:

:grouphug:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:11 PM
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16. Hi Liberal_Dog
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:15 PM
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27. Hi Liberal_Dog!!!!
:hi: :hug:
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Liberal_Dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:16 PM
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35. Hi smokey nj
:hi:

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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:16 PM
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33. hi Liberal_Dog
:hi: :hug:
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Liberal_Dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:28 PM
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58. Hi cal04
:hi:

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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:09 PM
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6. He's baaaaack
predicting NBC will receive envelopes of white powder.

Hi, truthseekers
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:11 PM
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17. Hi TOJ
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:15 PM
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30. Hi TOJ!!!!
:hi:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:16 PM
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36. hi TOJ
:hi: :hug:
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JoMama49 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:09 PM
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11. Jomama checking in -- I have the same feeling, Mike ...
how can we get jolly with what we started over there in the Middle East?
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:12 PM
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18. Hi JoMama49
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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GymGeekAus Donating Member (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:13 PM
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20. Same way you did the past (enter age) years
I guess. :)
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:16 PM
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32. Hi Jomama49!!!!
:hi:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:17 PM
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37. hi JoMama49
:hi:
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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:13 PM
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21. Evening, ralps and everybody....
...good to be back with y'all.
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:14 PM
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24. Hi Graybeard
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:16 PM
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34. Hi Graybeard!!!!
:hi:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:18 PM
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39. hi Graybeard
:hi:
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Andrushka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:15 PM
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29. Hi all!
This story is horrific. My Mum has mild epilepsy and this really pisses me off. They Tasered him?! Fer f*ck's sake...

Have a good evening, all!
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:18 PM
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41. Hi Andrushka!!!!!

This is just disgusting. I hope he sues the city for millions. The cops that did this should be FIRED.
:hi: :hug:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:18 PM
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42. hi Andrushka
:hi: :hug:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:19 PM
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43. Hi Andrushka, I sure will & I hope you all have a great day!
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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GymGeekAus Donating Member (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:20 PM
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47. The new crime: Having epilepsy ... while black?
This is what our "culture of terror" has brought us to. It's influence is ubiquitous.

The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.
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CelticWinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:18 PM
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40. Hi ralps hi everyone!!!!!!
:hi: :hug: :grouphug:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:19 PM
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45. Hi CelticWinter
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:20 PM
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48. Hi CelticWinter!!!!
:hi: :hug:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:30 PM
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60. hi CelticWinter
:hi: :hug:
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:19 PM
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44. I'm here
I hope everyone's holiday was gobble-riffic :think:

:grouphug:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:24 PM
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51. Hi proud patriot!!!!
:hi: :hug:
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:30 PM
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59. Hi smokey nj
:hug:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:24 PM
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52. Hi proud patriot, Mine was great, How was yours?
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:31 PM
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63. Delicious, it was delicious
We tiled our bathroom floor over the holiday weekend .

Man oh man is that a lot of work . Whew !
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:31 PM
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61. hi proud patriot
hope yours was too
:hi: :hug:
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:32 PM
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66. hey there cal04
it was :hug:
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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:22 PM
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49. Hi Truthseekers.!!.
:hi: ralps
:hi: Everyone

Thanks for the story about epilepsy, Mike.

Seizures are also often interpreted as drug abuse. In the past, epileptics were sent to insane asylums.

Troops with head trauma injuries can result in epilepsy. Support our troops........
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:24 PM
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53. Hi gumby
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:24 PM
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54. Hi gumby!!!!
:hi: :hug:
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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:32 PM
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64. Hi smokey nj
:hi: (If I'm not here tomorrow...) Have a Great Vacation. !! .
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:34 PM
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70. Thanks gumby!!!
:hug:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:31 PM
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62. hi gumby
:hi: :hug:
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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:34 PM
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68. Hi cal04
:hi: I still have a turkey hangover.... hahaha
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lordsummerisle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:22 PM
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50. Hi Everyone
Happy Monday, glad to hear Mike again!
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:25 PM
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55. Hi lordsummerisle
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:25 PM
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56. Hi lordsummerisle!!!!
:hi:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:32 PM
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65. hi lordsummerisle
:hi: :hug:
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GymGeekAus Donating Member (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:28 PM
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57. The song just now....
It was David Bowie and Bing Crosby, right?
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:33 PM
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67. hi GymGeekAus
:hi:
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GymGeekAus Donating Member (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:34 PM
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69. Think your macro-finger is broken.
There was actually a question in there.
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:39 PM
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72. sorry GymGeekAus
I don't know the answer to that question.
:hide:
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GymGeekAus Donating Member (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:42 PM
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73. Pardon me.
I get snippy. :)
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:37 PM
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71. Yes it is. Here's an iTunes link to an album that has it
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GymGeekAus Donating Member (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:43 PM
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74. Talk about pluralism. n/t
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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:47 PM
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75. Study THIS. !!.
Wonder if Lee Hamilton will be wearing a milk mustache?

Got Whitewash?
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:48 PM
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77. Why would you say that, gumby?....
He did a fabulous job when he was part of the 9/11 commission.:sarcasm:
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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:50 PM
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79. Ya Got Me. !!.
I actually LOLed.
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:47 PM
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76. Here's the Bob Herbert Column is reading from
http://select.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/opinion/27herbert.html?hp=&pagewanted=print
While Iraq Burns

By BOB HERBERT
Americans are shopping while Iraq burns.

The competing television news images on the morning after Thanksgiving were of the unspeakable carnage in Sadr City — where more than 200 Iraqi civilians were killed by a series of coordinated car bombs — and the long lines of cars filled with holiday shopping zealots that jammed the highway approaches to American malls that had opened for business at midnight.

A Wal-Mart in Union, N.J., was besieged by customers even before it opened its doors at 5 a.m. on Friday. “All I can tell you,” said a Wal-Mart employee, “is that they were fired up and ready to spend money.”

There is something terribly wrong with this juxtaposition of gleeful Americans with fistfuls of dollars storming the department store barricades and the slaughter by the thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians, including old people, children and babies. The war was started by the U.S., but most Americans feel absolutely no sense of personal responsibility for it.

Representative Charles Rangel recently proposed that the draft be reinstated, suggesting that politicians would be more reluctant to take the country to war if they understood that their constituents might be called up to fight. What struck me was not the uniform opposition to the congressman’s proposal — it has long been clear that there is zero sentiment in favor of a draft in the U.S. — but the fact that it never provoked even the briefest discussion of the responsibilities and obligations of ordinary Americans in a time of war.
snip
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:51 PM
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80. Thanks for the link ralps.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:14 PM
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96. this article is so true, some americans are totally oblivious and
just really do not care about what is happening in Iraq, we will be there for a long time, what a waste of human life for both sides Americans and Iraqis.

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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:48 PM
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78. Hey everybody!
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:52 PM
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81. Hi jgraz!!!!
:hi:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:52 PM
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82. Hi jgraz
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:57 PM
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83. hey ralps and everyone else!!
checking in, how is everyone did you enjoy your turkey!! it's great to hear Mike again.:hi: :grouphug:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 09:58 PM
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84. Hi alyce douglas, I'm doing good, how are you? My thanksgiving was great!
How was yours? :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:07 PM
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90. Hi alyce douglas!!!!
I'm good, but I don't eat turkey - it looked good though!
:hi: :hug:
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:22 PM
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105. so what did you eat instead? oh, those sweet potatoes I guess.
my family and I had a good thanksgiving, my kids love thanksgiving.
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:24 PM
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109. Lots and lots of side dishes......
My Thanksgiving meal was definitely NOT Atkins-friendly. I'm glad you and your family had a good holiday!!
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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:00 PM
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85. Another thanks to Mike.
I also hate the word "choice" in the Privacy debate. I've long bemoaned the choice of "choice."

Being an autonomous human being means never having to say the government owns your body.
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:01 PM
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86. Roj enters party, stylisticly late

SUP thruthseekers ! !



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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:06 PM
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88. Hi FogerRox, LOL
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl:
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:16 PM
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101. Sup ralps
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:08 PM
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91. Hi FogerRox!!!!
:hi:
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:17 PM
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102. Sup smokey
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:28 PM
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112. what up FogerRox
:hi: :hug:
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salib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:05 PM
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87. Hey everyone
Late, but still here
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:06 PM
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89. Hi Holland
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:08 PM
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92. Hi Holland!!!!
:hi:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:29 PM
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113. hi Holland
:hi:
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roamer65 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:13 PM
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93. hi everyone!
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:13 PM
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94. Hi roamer65
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:14 PM
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95. Hi roamer65!!!!
:hi:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:29 PM
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114. hi roamer65
:hi:
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haydukelives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:15 PM
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97. I'm here
Hi ralps, everybody
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:15 PM
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98. Hi haydukelives!!!!
:hi:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:24 PM
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108. Hi haydukelives
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:30 PM
Original message
hi haydukelives
:hi: :hug:
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flaminbats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:16 PM
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99. I love this guy!!
Mike's right, if the Nuremberg Trials were held today..these patriotic scumbags would be executed :grr:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:17 PM
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103. Hi flaminbats!!!!
I'd love to see the Bush/Cheney cabal facing charges before a Nuremberg-like court. Will it happen? I doubt it.
:hi:
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salib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:23 PM
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106. Perhaps more to the point
If we had the same sensibilities as we did in the 1940's, these bastards would be tried as war criminals.

However, somehow, we are here, not there. Now, not then.

It sucks.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:31 PM
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118. hey holland!!
I agree with your comment, it really sucks that these thugs are still in office, they are truly criminals, if we even came close to what these jerks have done, our butts would be behind bars right now. It is just really sickening that our society has sunkened in so low, our standards are in the dumps.
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flaminbats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:49 PM
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128. Carter wrote a great book on this topic..
"Our Endangered Values, America's Moral Crises"

at least a former President isn't afraid to address this, now we need more of our Democratic leaders to show this kind of courage!

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salib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:15 PM
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137. A moral crisis is more than courage
It is dead-on understanding of what is wrong. But more so, it is dead-on understanding of what is right.
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:24 PM
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110. Hi flaminbats
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:30 PM
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116. hi flaminbats
:hi: :hug:
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MzNov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:30 PM
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115. Hi Everybody! Hope you're all great.

:hug:

:hi:

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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:30 PM
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117. Hi Ms. November, I'm doing good, How are you?
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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MzNov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:37 PM
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123. Hi ralps. We're great thanks. Cute kitty santa!!

Hope you had a great T-giving!

:hi:
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:31 PM
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119. hi Ms. November
:hi: :hug:
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MzNov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:38 PM
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124. Hi cal04 !

how are ya!

:hi:

:hug:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:32 PM
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120. Hey Ms. November!!!!!
I'm good. How are you? Did you have a nice holiday and did the kitties get to enjoy some turkey?
:hi: :hug:
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MzNov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:39 PM
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125. Hi smokey nj! We're great. Kids got lots of turkey.

:hi:

:hug:

How about your gang?

Skid and Screech !!!

:bounce:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:48 PM
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127. My guys didn't get any turkey, they're plenty plump without the holiday
feasts. I'm sad that I'll be leaving them for a few weeks :( I even cried a little yesterday about it while I was straightening up (am I nuts, or what?) My sister and my niece will be looking after them while I'm gone.
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MzNov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:54 PM
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131. I know what you mean. They will miss you. But they are in good hands!

I hope you have a wonderful time in London!
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:08 PM
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133. I'm sure your kitties will miss you. & I'm sure that your sister & niece will
take good care of them!! I hope you all have a lot of fun in London! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :hug: :hug: :loveya: :hug:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:10 PM
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134. Thanks ralps!...
I just wish there were a way I could take them with me. How are Norman and Crook?
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:15 PM
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136. They're doing good! Here's Norman's latest photo. He's watching me post.


:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:19 PM
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139. Hi Norman!!!
He seems so well behaved. When I'm at the computer, Skid lays on my lap and digs his claws into my legs and Screech walks all over the keyboard. Milo likes to stand right in front of the monitor and rub against the lamp.
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:23 PM
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143. He's well behaved because my computer table is about 18 inches square
so the kitties can't get on top of it! They can mess with the cords though! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :scared:
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MzNov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:22 PM
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142. Norman is such a handsome dude.
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:25 PM
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144. He sure think so! I hope you'll give your kitties a hug from me & Norman
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :hug:
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MzNov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:35 PM
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145. Yes I will and tell Norman he has a twin sister. Except she's
a litty fatty. I have a JuneBug, who was my last feral, the toothless one. I saved her in 1996 from the colony and have had her ever since. I will get a picture!

and hugs to all your kitties too

:hug:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:49 PM
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148. I love toothless kitties....
My dear, departed Willie was missing a few teeth. Please give JuneBug a hug for me.:hug:
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:37 PM
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122. hey ms november!!
:hi:
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MzNov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:40 PM
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126. Hi alyce douglas !!! Happy Monday!

:hi:

hope you had a nice T-giving.

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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 10:53 PM
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130. very nice thanksgiving and my
cat loved her portion of turkey, she loved it.
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:05 PM
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132. I think this is the Andrew Greeley article Mike will be talking about.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/greeley/147970,CST-EDT-GREEL24.article

What is the point of Iraq deaths?

November 24, 2006
BY ANDREW GREELEY
My mother used to tell me when I was very young a story about the last American to die on Nov. 11, 1918, at 10:59 in the morning. It was an urban folk tale of that era, doubtless, though indeed there was an American who was the last victim of the war. His death was pointless, that was the sentimental irony of the story. But so was the death of everyone else who died in that absurd, insane mass murder. The "Great Powers" of Europe stumbled into the war because of a toxic mix of arrogance and ignorance and couldn't find a way out of it. Nothing was settled, the war went into a recess to be renewed 20 years later with even more demonic fury.

I found myself pondering as I watched the heartbreaking Veterans Day ceremonies on television, what the government will tell the family -- parents, spouse, children -- of the last American to die in Iraq. Or the families of all the men and women who have died there. What was the point in their deaths? They fought bravely for their country. They did their duty. They will be missed. Their courage is an honor to their sacrifice. That should be enough and that's all there is.

They died defending American freedom? But American freedom was never at issue. They died to protect the country from weapons of mass destruction, to create a democracy in the midst of the Arab world, to win a victory that would enhance American credibility, to keep faith with those who had already died, to get rid of Saddam Hussein, because the president said it was the right thing to do, because Iraq was the central front in the war or terror?

Or should they be told the real truth? Their young person died because of the arrogance and the ignorance of the American government, because of mistakes and blunders, because some of our leaders thought the war was a good thing, because it would take pressure off of Israel, because of Arab oil.
snip
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:13 PM
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135. EVERYBODY POLKA!!!!!
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Andrushka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:15 PM
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138. Taser polka!
Oi, oi, OOOOOIIIIII!!! vey
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:19 PM
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140. Here's the Polka album where that song came from! (I Think?) It's the 6th
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:21 PM
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141. Thanks for the link ralps....
I love "Who stole the kishka"!
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:45 PM
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146. rather late. (what the hell was that guy just reading? how horrible!)
hi truthseekers.
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:47 PM
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147. Hi orleans!!!!
It was something his father wrote based on accounts of attrocities that came out of Vietnam.
:hi:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:51 PM
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149. Hi orleans
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:54 PM
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150. Tell it Daryl!!!! Condoliza is a total screwup!!!
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:56 PM
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151. She does know shoes, maybe she can get a job at Payless.
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:57 PM
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152. Excessive force situations were very common while Rudy was mayor of NYC
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:58 PM
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153. Good night truthseekers, have a great one tomorrow!!!!
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 11:58 PM
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154. Good Night Everyone, Have a great day Tomorrow & Take Care & Keep It Lit!
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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