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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:26 PM Original message |
Why I am not jumping up and down over the Egyptian protests |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. I heard some disturbing comments from people in |
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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I would be shocked if that happened. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No. Sunni v. Shiite. It would take a miracle. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. From all the readying I've done in the recent past |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wish I knew, one thing for sure if it goes wrong it could put |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Why would the Egyptians close the Suez Canal? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. We have no idea who is going to take over in Egypt |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. US revolution was an anomaly |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Your right. n/t |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
51. No, he/she is oversimplifying. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
53. Or it could be more like Romania: |
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johnroshan (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is the kind of thinking that has dragged us into the mud |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Mubarak is President-not dictator. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. What do you call a regime that sends out its "security forces" |
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johnroshan (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. LOL.. Good one there Biden. nt/ |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Mubarak is a dictator. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. in what respect charlie? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
88. Why? Because that's his title? |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
89. Oh i c wat u did thar |
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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. So then |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. delete |
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johnroshan (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. To be honest, I don't know. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
59. Deleted message |
Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. And all I can see from yours is patronizing marginalization |
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johnroshan (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Idealistic platitudes? |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. +1,000! |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. The ironic |
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lutherj (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. I AM jumping up and down because I want to see all spurious authoritarian regimes |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Thank you! |
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lutherj (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Beautiful signature image. :) |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. What are the other regimes around the world that you would like to see fall? nt |
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lutherj (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Something closer to home. nt. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 05:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
71. Quebec will be free, mon ami! |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #71 |
82. ... |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
90. Oh, you mean the-- |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
66. Bravo! Well said. -n/t |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 05:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
72. +1 n/t |
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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Please see editorial correction under original post. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:00 AM Original message |
'creates a great unknown' |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
38. Except that what you "know" and others "know" is quite different. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Both reporters would be full of shit |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
91. And what the people want may not matter to who grabs power n/t |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. Mubarak should be removed. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
16. Anyone aware of the delicate balance in the Middle East is holding their breath |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
18. My take on this.... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
20. 40% unemployment. 2/3 under 30 yrs old. Change is coming, brace yourself. |
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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You almost make it sound like us |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Oh as bad as things are here, we are not there yet |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. So did you take the same position regarding the anti-aparthied and ANC movement in South Africa? |
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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I had a better sense of Mandela and the ANC. |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. How are things going there nowadays? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
55. So they should have kept Apartheid? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #55 |
73. Should have kept apartheid?!? Is that some kind of joke? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
85. Guess I misread your motivation. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
68. Thanks nt |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
32. a hungry man, is an angry man |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. Nobody ever knows what comes next. All we know is that what has been has become untenable. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Thank you SW!!! +1000 |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Thanks, DR. I can't really wrap my head around the idea that there are some DUers who aren't moved |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Well...I can't wrap my head around a lot of DUer's anymore. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. Deleted message |
Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
64. absolutely right, thank you. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
80. Hear hear! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
34. You are right that there are a lot of risks in this situation. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
36. Exactly what the rulers of Egypt have been saying for the last 30 years. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Thank you. I'm ashamed that this OP is getting any recs. (nt) |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. DU is a discussion board. People want to discuss things n/t |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Did I say anything at all to disuade discussion? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
77. Maybe the thread is being recommended because of the counter-opinions. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 04:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
70. that was deep. nt |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Well, some people don't seem to get it. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
74. It is out of complete ignorance. If they are getting their info from the Corporate |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
39. It is possible to have realistic concerns and apprehensions about what may happen, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
41. Deleted message |
leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. +1 |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Great post! Thank you for making some very relevant points. (nt) |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
86. Damn. I missed it. It got deleted. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Yeah, I saw that earlier. I can't imagine why it got deleted, it was intelligent and not at all |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #41 |
62. Applause! n/t |
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Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #41 |
65. Nicely put..... Cheers |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 02:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Bravo! Wish I could rec your reply - n/t |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #41 |
75. ^^ this is why I still come to DU, thanks! |
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purrFect (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
42. The authoritarians are crapn their pants right now |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
46. IF the radical Islamic groups take over, it will be because |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
54. So, Egypt should keep their corrupt government to keep Israel at ease? |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
61. Playing it safe never guarantees anything. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
76. well, self-determination can be kind of messy |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
79. What is a "western style democracy"? |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
81. Fear of the unknown is futile and serves no purpose |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
83. We're calling for Obama to throw Mubarek out? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
84. How is what you are saying different in any way from any event |
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