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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:19 PM Original message |
Obama: “We are…a Jewish nation…a Muslim nation...a Buddhist nation...a nation of non-believers...” |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fox News Headline: "Obama Says We Are a Muslim Nation." (Bet on it) n/t |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Minutes Later, Mrs. Clinton Trotted Out To Say |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. zoroastrians.... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
59. ME and Zoro are like this man.... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Hah - no one mentions Wakan Tanka, or Gitchee Manitou |
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ezgoingrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. That statement |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. me too. This is a big improvement over some prior statements. |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Keep your ears open! :) |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Treaty of Tripoli |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. I especially like that last part. |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wow |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. George Washington said it in 1790, in his letter to the Touro Synagogue ... |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. No one's "faith" should influence government policy |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Lovely. |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I'm a big fan of separation of church(all of them) and state. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. That was his precise point, if you had clicked and read |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. And so am I......religion should NEVER even come up in political |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. he also said non-believers. you ignored that purposely |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #45 |
61. Don't care what he said if it had to do with religion...it is private & |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. No worries. If you actually read it, he's saying (basically) what you are saying. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
75. But half the country IS mixing religion & politics |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. IMO too many of my fellow atheists attack things just because they have a religous inspiration. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. Some of the religiously inspired |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
79. A lot of people's inspiration comes from thier religious beliefs. |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. Can you just inspire privately and then I won't have to perspire publicly |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. I hear you dugggy |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. No need to be so sensitive. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I am SICK of it being shoved in my face |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:22 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. We are but guests in the land of the fantasists |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. He included non-believers--good for him |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Uh, what? |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Because I don't want religion influencing policy, I hate? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. I support Hillary so I must be a Republican? What a pathetic clown |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Selective reader, aren't you? n/t |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. exactly, what is the benefit of replacing one religion with another? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. You can always count on Tellurian. nt |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Hillary...."This is the day the Lord has made"... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Ruh Roh... Hillary claims to be a believer! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. he also said non-believers. you ignored that purposely |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. where has hillary EVER has such a grreat statement? |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
54. WTF are you talikng about???? |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Whaaaa????? |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Separation of church and state. What is is YOU don't get? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yeah, we all support that. What's YOUR point? |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. An interview with the CHRISTIAN Broadcasting Network. What is it you don't get? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. No. The poster is dissing him because he's Obama. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. he also said non-believers. you ignored that purposely |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
48. what he said |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. In this statement Obama is coming out BIG time fpr separation of churche and state |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. That should read "no ONE'S faith..." |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Thanks for your post. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Well said,Obama is on the mark IMO |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. he also said non-believers. you ignore that purposely |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. So much for, "Whatever happened to the politics of hope?" |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oh, I BELIEVE!~ I just don't |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. Great stump speech Obama |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. It's not a speech |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
63. It has nothing to do with Biden, it's just everytime I hear Obama speak |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:14 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I've never heard him make any of those statements. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:23 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. "and he never says how" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Because it's not being reported |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. Here |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. Beautiful. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. Someday, it would be really nice |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
57. imagine |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
67. Well, we've got our first open non-theist congressman, that's something! |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Well it's nice to be included for once, thanx Mr Obama nt |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
37. Okay, I was with ya until this point: |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. Johnny gangsta is reprehensible to all |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. I don't think he's saying that at all, and it would be "unchristian" if he did |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. President Obama: A Leader for All Americans. |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. Kudos to Obama. He is exactly right nt |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Cheers, D_M_C! |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Hey, we are all on the same team! |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
58. Sounds good to most around here, |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
62. reminds me of an old Woody Guthrie story . . . |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:47 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. Woody and I think alike, in this instance and otherwise. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
65. Obama finally said it. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
66. I really like this guy. nt |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
68. Someday, I hope this goes without saying. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
72. Gore/Obama 2008 |
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MiserableFailure (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
76. I really HATE the term non-believers! |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I appreciate the distinction. |
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MiserableFailure (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. May be clear but still offensive imo |
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eweaver155 (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. What is the correct term to use? |
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MiserableFailure (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. non-religious |
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eweaver155 (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Thank You |
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eweaver155 (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
81. He is absolutely correct, |
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