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tecelote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:59 PM Original message |
AP: U.S. Teen Runs Off to Iraq by Himself |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. so he did this for a journalism class? |
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MsKandice01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Teenagers...SHEESH!! |
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sandrakae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. He needs his ass beat. |
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tecelote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are you not proud that he is an American teenager? |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Freeper news would have people believe that it's all just wonderful |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. He could be a great journalist one day...if he lives long enough. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Total moron, total |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
73. I wondered the very same thing |
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tecelote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Does anyone have his version of this? Please post it. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. leaving the country is too far to take off to. Glad he's okay. |
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Oreo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Here's a link to excerpts from his essay |
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fbahrami (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
72. who is her referring to |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
74. As I suspected this sounds like a photo op ala bush admin |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Since When does a 16 year old get to fly out of the country un-escorted? |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. High school students fly overseas un-escorted every day. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. When, in the Sixties? My Daughter just got back late summer |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Early 1990s in Europe and England. n/t |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. I used to fly to Colombia unescorted since I was ten |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. You can get a passport on your own at 15, no parents needed |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
75. But isn't the Iraq airport under US military control? |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Don't know about in and out of the country, |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Better question would be, where did he get the money? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #43 |
67. the kid is from a well-to-do family |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #67 |
83. Not my 16-year-old or his friends. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
48. Sounds like a propaganda swag to me... |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
76. I agree with you behere -- I smell bushit |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 02:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
55. Yeah, I got a smell from reading it too. The time line is kind of |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. Farris Hassan is a very lucky young man |
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tecelote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Here, here. |
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darkism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
49. Cheers to Farris! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wow, that kid is fucking nuts! |
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tecelote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Wish you did, eh? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Cant afford the plane ticket! |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. We'll still be in Iraq, two years from now. I'm sure Hassan will elist. |
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tecelote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I hope he writes for the New York Times. |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. I hear Judith Miller's positon is available. He's a perfect fit ... |
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silvermachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
61. Position available... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I see it too, too canned for me, too much like a Nixon 2.0 speech |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. He's still in the world of Black and White...total right or total wrong. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
77. His father said he *fought against Saddam for years* |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #77 |
89. He's A Member of Republican Club @ His Expensive |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. I also think it's odd that he doesn't speak Arabic |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Thank you... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Deleted message |
Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Watch yourself buddy. |
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tecelote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Sorry about the Republican slander. |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Joan of Arc. |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Don't confuse bravery with life threatening foolishness, mkay? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #40 |
65. Brave isn't the word I would use. |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. He's what Bugs Bunny would call an "Ultra-maroon" |
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tecelote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. His mother is right to demand that he be honest with her. |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. One can be noble and still be an idiot. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. He's probably going to be accused of being an "enemy combatant" |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
88. Nah - He's A Member of Republican Club @ His School |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. Having read through his essays, I see the kid is wise beyond his years |
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tecelote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Thanks for posting this. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. No problem |
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Pewlett Hackard (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
68. what an amazing young man |
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ama (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
91. he also drives a car? |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
93. When He's 18 - He Won't Be Joining The Army |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Idiot - |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. And I thought MY sons gave me gray hair |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. KEY STATEMENT - Did you read what the military officer said? |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. 'The State Dept. advises U.S. citizens against travelling to Iraq...' |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. The last word, wonder if he was paid by the Nixon 2.0 Administration? |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. Naive little idiot.... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. This is believeable, more than his "story" of travel to Iraq |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
51. "I feel guilty" |
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NightOwwl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
52. Did no one else notice this hidden gem: |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 08:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
94. Yep, I spotted that, too. Along with that other little gem. |
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Jamison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
53. He should have prepared better |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
54. Did he get an A? |
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currents (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
56. Hey That's Cool, Life's a Journey |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 02:18 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Yah ... too bad I didn't have wealthy, absent parents growing up. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:32 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. heh, youthful naivete + large disposable income = wide world of trouble |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I agree--he's lucky not to be a Darwin Award candidate! n/t |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
58. And just in a couple of years, he could be actually send there. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
59. Something stinks about this story |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
60. What's funny about this |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
63. I have to agree with BeHereNow upthread. Story doesn't make sense. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. The author, JASON STRAZIUSO, also wrote quite a few Berg stories |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. I can't find a bio or ANYTHING on the author... |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
66. That is the face of the next generation.... |
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ridgerunner (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
70. I don't trust any puke myself |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. Oh geeeezz-- I will just bet his father is a chalabi insider |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
71. Maybe he can sway teens away from recruiters |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
78. imagine the treatment he would have received if he had gone against |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
80. something strange here |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. You want strange? Try to find a bio for the author... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. found a little bio info |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. You turned up more than I could! And I agree... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Again, could he be on the Nixon 2.0 payroll? |
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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
87. My problem |
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watercolors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Heard a report this a.m. that |
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