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GreatCaesarsGhost

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3. Harry Shearer did a fake report on this last weekend on his Le Show

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Thu Jul 26, 2012, 08:21 PM

Jul 2012

He played a reporter covering the relay as a man dressed in an SS uniform was running to commemorate the nazi tradition. The torch bearer was beaten by the crowd.

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Torch relay's Nazi origins aren't widely known [View all] rug Jul 2012 OP

No wonder they put missiles on the rooftops of London! The Nazis are coming! freshwest Jul 2012 #1

I did not know that. Interesting. But I looked it up and saw that torch relays were a Greek ritual. Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #2

Harry Shearer did a fake report on this last weekend on his Le Show GreatCaesarsGhost Jul 2012 #3

Uhm......... Swede Jul 2012 #4

People should do a google search before writing this nonsense. Swede Jul 2012 #5

from your link Go Vols Jul 2012 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author PSPS Jul 2012 #7

Margret Sanger was a Eugenicist, so Planned Parenthood is Eugenicist! Odin2005 Jul 2012 #8