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jimmy the one

(2,708 posts)
23. Advice column
Thu May 2, 2013, 08:13 AM
May 2013

clffrdjk: You shortened your walls of text into something kind of legible. Now start using quotation marks and hot links when quoting things rather than italics and I will be really impressed.

I'm not trying to impress you in the slightest. I'll post the way I see fit.
Something might be of interest to you, pass along to 'coke machine' if you see him, thanx:

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I have a question gejohnston Apr 2013 #1
We're not supposed to know the answer to that. sylvi May 2013 #2
+1. pacalo May 2013 #3
The clue is "expanded background checks"....... rdharma May 2013 #7
but the mt amendment gejohnston May 2013 #9
Ayotte is despicable. Control-Z May 2013 #4
special kinds of cowards jimmy the one May 2013 #5
Jimmy good job clffrdjk May 2013 #8
Advice column jimmy the one May 2013 #23
Of course what you want to say is kudzu22 May 2013 #6
Was the daughter JohnnyBoots May 2013 #10
Wow, what a piece of work you are...the daughter is from a state the Senator shouldn't care about CreekDog May 2013 #11
So disagreeing with you is now a TOS violation? DonP May 2013 #12
no, but being a jerk by saying that a Newtown victim isn't Ayotte's concern b/c it's out of state CreekDog May 2013 #14
It seems that you lot only support the victims that hew to your line. friendly_iconoclast May 2013 #26
Town Halls should be JohnnyBoots May 2013 #13
if you really believe that I dare you to post that as an OP in GD CreekDog May 2013 #15
Why would I post a thread JohnnyBoots May 2013 #16
because you know how abhorrent what you posted here is CreekDog May 2013 #17
How is asking JohnnyBoots May 2013 #18
you aren't just "asking" you're saying Newtown victims have no place in that meeting CreekDog May 2013 #19
If JohnnyBoots May 2013 #20
You are wrong that a Senator only makes local decisions CreekDog May 2013 #21
She's there in DC to represent the JohnnyBoots May 2013 #22
JohnnyBoots - 1, Creekdog - 0 oldhippie May 2013 #24
Sure, but he probably wants someone to actually see his posts ... DonP May 2013 #25
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