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zerosumgame0005

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24. well, yes in a large part it

Reply to AnnetteJacobs (Reply #17)

Sat May 18, 2013, 01:54 PM

May 2013

IS our fault. people shop at Wal-mart and Amazon despite KNOWING how it destroys local business, we waste water and food and electricity and then we complain when the bills come in. WE have to stop being the grease for corporate wheels...IMHO anyway WE let them get away with this stuff by electing and re-electing morons feebs and crooks.

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well, yes in a large part it zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #24

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