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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-05 11:49 PM
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Any other unfortunate acronyms out there?
Committe to RE-Elect the President (CREEP) comes to mind.

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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-05 11:53 PM
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1. the Club for Rush And his favorite President:
CRAP
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-05 11:56 PM
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4. Now that you mention it...
...that WAS the acronym for the Canadian Reform Alliance Party. Until someone said, uh, maybe we'd better merge with the Conservatives.

The leader of CRAP could well be our PM in a few weeks. Yikes.
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-05 11:54 PM
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2. I've always been creeped out by this one
Depleted Uranium... DU

One or the other should change names!!!
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-05 11:55 PM
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3. A group of neo-Luddites: The Committee for Undermining New Technology
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 12:16 AM
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5. The one they were going to use for the Iraq War:
Operation Iraqi Liberation
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