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TheKentuckian

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14. The people claimed to be selected for "knowing where the bodies are buried" don't seem overly

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #8)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 12:27 PM

Jan 2015

effective in digging up anything instead it seems they are functioning as gatekeepers to make sure the bones stay where they are hid.

This rationalization sounds like home spun wisdom but practical application has made it a lie or at best a weak alibi to justify yet another crook has their dirty mitts on the levers of power.

Who better? Probably someone with the actual intent and goal to unwind them.

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Like water and food or night and day.......... nolabels Jan 2015 #15

+1 Enthusiast Jan 2015 #18

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K&R.... daleanime Jan 2015 #5

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She doesn'thate (President) Obama ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #9

I'm pretty sure ybbor forgot the sarcasm smiley tavalon Jan 2015 #24

heh SammyWinstonJack Jan 2015 #11

I'll say it again ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #8

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Question ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #17

Correct me if I misunderstand your insinuation, but you seem to be suggesting that rhett o rick Jan 2015 #23

Do you know any governmental workers? ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #30

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Are there no Progressive Dems without that questionable history and without the bribe money sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #25

Elizabefh Warren... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #31

The people claimed to be selected for "knowing where the bodies are buried" don't seem overly TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #14

Thanks for the laugh -- though you didn't intend it. n/t brentspeak Jan 2015 #20

Dumbest post of 2015 so far. Holy shit Doctor_J Jan 2015 #21

And unfortunately, we've got two more years of this to go. brentspeak Jan 2015 #22

By that logic, John Gotti should be in the cabinet - probably AG Doctor_J Jan 2015 #32

Good point. All of Obama's other nominees from Wall Street have worked out pretty well MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #26

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #19

K&R liberal_at_heart Jan 2015 #28

Good for her. AtomicKitten Jan 2015 #29