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Octafish

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5. The cons *pray (prey)* the Bunger can keep them from becoming convicts.

Reply to Hubert Flottz (Reply #3)

Sat May 26, 2012, 11:03 AM

May 2012

Sen. Mike Gravel quoted H.G. Wells when reading the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record:

The true strength of rulers and empires lies not in armies or emotions, but in the belief of men that they are inflexibly open and truthful and legal. As soon as a government departs from that standard, it ceases to be anything more than "the gang in possession" and its days are numbered.

SOURCE: http://www.maebrussell.com/Articles%20and%20Notes/Pentagon%20Papers.html

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Mitt's "Morans" defined [View all] Hubert Flottz May 2012 OP

Too dumb to fail? Hubert Flottz May 2012 #1

Bunger Octafish May 2012 #2

Mittens has even bungered himself. Hubert Flottz May 2012 #3

Mitt's VP I'm betting.... Hubert Flottz May 2012 #4

Cheney's Cheney. Octafish May 2012 #9

A good read, thanks. Hubert Flottz May 2012 #10

The cons *pray (prey)* the Bunger can keep them from becoming convicts. Octafish May 2012 #5

"and its days are numbered" Hubert Flottz May 2012 #6

Hey folks, my fingers are getting tired from typing responses spiderpig May 2012 #7

"I need a drink" Hubert Flottz May 2012 #8

Hubert, I've been through 8 years of Shrub, spiderpig May 2012 #11