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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:48 PM Original message |
The return of the confederate flag on the pickup truck |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's hard to ignore, I know.....believe me, I know |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I know you're right. But it's so difficult to ignore bigotry and hatred when |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. I see far too many Confederate flags in Canada as well |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
88. Whereabouts? |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Flying the Confederate flag.. a defeated break away insurrection.. hmmmm sounds UnAmerican to me |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. That miserable rag that we refer to as a Confederate flag is today,a symbol of hatred |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. What the hell are you ranting about? |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. And let me add to that |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. What I've noticed here in East Tennessee is that rednecks identify themselves with that flag.. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Its a two step Ghost |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. *whew*! |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. You're right |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. One wonders . . . |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. What? He had a white flag flying from his pick up truck? |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Sorry, it wasn't a white flag. And if you didn't notice, the Civil War has never really ended. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Deleted message |
Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Sure it did |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. Rofl /nt |
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tcfrogs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. They've never really gone away to begin with n/t |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
64. I live in an area where the North meets the South |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Um, it wasn't from this outfit, was it? |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Nope. I don't think so. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ive seen plenty of them in Michigan, which makes no sense |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
65. Well, what flags should fly in MI |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
85. The auto manufacturers brought a lot of people from the south |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. There is a trailer around town that has a US flag and a cunfederait flag. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. Oh the irony. n/t |
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BeeBee (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. I live in liberal Northern California... |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yep. It's really hard to keep the disease of ignorance from spreading. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Is Sacramento fairly conservative? Or is it purple? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Purple. Blue in the center, red in the outlying areas |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. There were several approved flags of the confederacy over a |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Spare us the sophistry |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Damn! I truly feel chastened now. (hangs head) nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. He's got a point. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. And the only reason anyone starts a thread about the confederate |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Exactly! |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Oh please! The Confederate flag absolutely IS a symbol of hatred nowadays |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. My point is this. The only reason anyone starts a thread on this |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Only purpose is to stir shit up? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 06:31 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Absolutely. And it has worked again. The folks who get really |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. Exactly.. this topic comes up by the same people all the time |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
76. umm - BECAUSE IT IS A ONLY A SYMBOL OF HATE & ONLY INBRED REDNECKS HAVE IT!!!! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
63. The Confederate Navy Jack is preferred by Navel-gazing Jack-asses. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. Someone here had a banner they made with the Confed flag on fire |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Will this do? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. LOL I love it! |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Ummm, I wouldn't do that. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I can take care of myself |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
61. So.. terrorism works huh? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Let's see if they can read the print on this one: |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. Here's one you can bring out when you see him: |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. Southern heritage lives! |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I'm all for southern heritage....the south has lots of things to be proud of and for |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I don't understand your logic. The US lost in Viet Nam. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Korea is is not clear-cut. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. hence the qualifier "arguably" |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. If you don't understand that the Confederate flag represents hatred, then you're an idiot. |
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Dramarama (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. +1 |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. and you have to be deliberately obtuse not to recognize |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. You mean people like these? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Symbol of hate? So is the stars and stripes, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #79 |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. Please stop defending the Confederate flag |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Get a FUCKING CLUE... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Get a fucking CLUE! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
73. A liar, more likely. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. hated by a degenerate scat eater, more likely. |
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Libertyfirst (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Right on! |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. The Stars and Bars was the first official flag of the Confederacy: |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Run like the wind! Save yourself! Do not try to explain the differences |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Duly noted! Hey, it's also a part of American history, but I don't fly |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Confederate flag, battle flag - big fucking deal |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
74. The confederacy was really nothing more than a bunch of slave lovers... |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #74 |
89. armyowalgreens, that is the absolute worst, most ignorant broadbrush attack on southerners |
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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. You been driving down Griffin Road in Davie? |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Nope, it ain't a silver RAM. I'm seeing a different idiot with the same agenda. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. So true. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
49. Saw one today in the back window, it was in a truck. Told the wife that is like shouting to the |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. I taught my kids... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Kids can get away with saying that stuff at times, nice. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
56. Start worrying immediately! Why wait? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
58. When I lived in the Tampa Bay area, I remember a truck... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
68. the flag of losers, let them fly it. You lost, suck it. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
72. Bigots love nothing quite so much as being bigots. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
78. I ventured onto Topix |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
83. hate map: |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
84. get a life. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. deaniac21. It's hard to respond to your post, but let me try. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
90. Brick. Meet windshield. |
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