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sendero

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11. "wasting no time"

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Sat Jan 28, 2012, 01:00 PM

Jan 2012

... what has the last 3+ years been then?

None of the big boys are going to be forced to account for their behavior, you can bet that.

And isn't it strange that this shit starts popping up in campaign season when there was plenty of time to look at it before.

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"wasting no time" sendero Jan 2012 #11

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