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demigoddess

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3. amen, brother

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 01:46 PM

Jan 2015

and I have been seeing the soldiers come back from wars since the 50s. Most of them will never be the same. Then after each war we have a recession. Damage to the economy. But it puts money into the pockets of rich men. And gives the politicians something to crow about.

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