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Buns_of_Fire

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10. I really don't get all that upset at them. I just read their opinion and remember that

Reply to brentspeak (Reply #6)

Tue May 5, 2015, 09:57 AM

May 2015

they don't know anything more about it than the rest of do. Like football cheerleaders, they have no more access to the coach's playbook than the fans do.

And if it wasn't for organizations like Wikileaks and Public Citizen, all of us wouldn't even know THAT much.

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K&R abelenkpe May 2015 #3

And the cheerleaders are scheduled to arrive in 3... 2... 1... Buns_of_Fire May 2015 #4

The one who uses the Woody Guthrie avatar brentspeak May 2015 #6

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I really don't get all that upset at them. I just read their opinion and remember that Buns_of_Fire May 2015 #10

+1 daleanime May 2015 #14

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We as in Alittleliberal May 2015 #7

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