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rhett o rick

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8. I am not sure what "either way" means but I say that authoritarian governments

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 05:59 PM

Jan 2014

do not like whistle-blowers. I believe this Admin has been particularly hard on whistle-blowers. Just because she didnt run her car into a tree isnt reason to think they are getting soft.

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