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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:01 PM Original message |
A busboy kneels again next to RFK |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. That I can only Rec this once... |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The story and photos are stunning. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Bobby was The Man. Loved him. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Wow. Thank you. I needed this today. |
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pitchforksandtorches (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
82. Thank you Steve Lopez - LA Times best! nt |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Just to give credit where credit is due, RamboLiberal posted this back in November: |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Absolutely! |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
94. Thanks, Hissyspit, I had missed it in November. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Terrible reminder of what could have been. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. indeed. So sad. nt |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. His overriding philosophy was, "We can do better". |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Even though the Kennedy's |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Each of us, and the entire world, would have been different....for the better. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
77. Amen |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wow. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am sobbing. If only. ...... |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. I think the Kennedys were targeted |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Neither do I. I wish someone in charge of the archives would leak |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. What a dreadful year that was |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yes, it was... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Horrible year. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
55. The republic died in '63.... |
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Peggy Day (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
76. I believe that to be true. |
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kurtzapril4 (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
81. Are you thinking about the same JFK as I am? |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #81 |
96. yes, the same JFK... |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Dreadful it was. |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
68. I was newly married, shortly after King was killed |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R, I can never forget that day |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Guns have not been kind to progressives. nt |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. I went door to door for Bobby, I was 11 |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
62. In May 1968, in my elementary school class |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thanks for posting... |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Sort of the way I felt about it. n/t |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R. So powerful. |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Geez, I remember that night, remember the photos, and mostly |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
19. Thank you for posting this... |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
20. Bobby, John & Martin - Has anyone seen my old friend...Bobby ~ This is a very nice tribute video... |
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Timbuk3 (727 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. History was changed |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. He might have just been another "Patsy" |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Oh, yes, indeed; it seems unlikely that Bobby could have been accused |
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vduhr (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. I have always found it odd that.... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. They say Sirhan is guilty, but I tend to leave open the possibility that he was just a patsy. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
71. He didn't kill Bobby. Bobby was shot from behind (see above photo). |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #71 |
85. And that clip-on tie that is lying at Bobby's feet in that photo |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. aw |
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Scottybeamer70 (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
26. Powerful photos....... |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. Weeping....................n/t |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. So damn much was stolen from us all, that night at the Ambassador |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
69. Yes, Broke my heart |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
30. I had been home |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
31. Thank you for posting this. |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. wow. a moving story |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
33. If you can look at those photos without choking up... |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
35. I have no words. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:06 AM Response to Original message |
36. This quote from the story rips my heart out: |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. That's so heartbreaking |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Absolutely heartbreaking! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
65. Indeed; that phrase just kind of twisted in my gut. Mr. Romero--you were a comfort |
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duhneece (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
79. What a kind heart. nt |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
37. Oh, goddess, that one got me. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
38. Aw geesh |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
41. I'm surprised republicans |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
43. I don't cry easy but......... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
44. Damn that first picture hit me hard |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
45. If not that day, he'd have been killed at another date. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. Excellent post. Should stand on it's own. n/t |
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tex-wyo-dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
86. Excellent post, HughBeaumont! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. Truth be known, Ike was no saint, but he was no dumbass either. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:53 AM Response to Reply #45 |
97. Several times during the 1968 campaign, Bobby was asked if he realized |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 04:29 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. It's funny how those "brutal realities" very rarely, if ever, affected powerful Republicans. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 04:39 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. It makes perfect sense that Republicans don't get assassinated anymore |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
46. DAMN you, kiva. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
95. I've never managed it either, BlueIris. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
49. There are tears in my eyes. |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
51. Horrible night. Horrible year ('68). Horrible Evil in this world... |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Without question, this is one of the mose iconic photos in our |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 04:40 AM Response to Reply #57 |
100. I've heard the photo likened to the Pieta. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
53. That brought tears to my eyes |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
54. The world would be a different -- better -- place, if they hadn't killed RFK. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
56. Mr. Romero has honored Kennedy as much as any man could. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
58. strange during that period of political purge by Assignation no Republicans were killed. just lucky |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
60. there were other bullet holes..more than fired..in the room. they were cut out with >link>> |
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colsohlibgal (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
63. If Only |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
64. Abraham, Martin & John (and Bobby...) |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
66. Tragically beautiful A reminder that what really matters is a moment... nt |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
70. I'm not crying.... |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
72. ah yes America... just think of the freedom though and everything e-l-s-e it stands for |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
73. Sorry trolls and lurking freepers...This is the real America... |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
74. My breath caught in my chest. How powerful. |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
75. Wow. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
78. Someday, the world will know the truth. Someday. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
80. Things could have been so |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
83. I'm just thinking how haunted this man must feel...what an experience he had |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
84. read that in the Times when in came out and pardon me but |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
87. ... |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
88. IMHO - RFK's Death... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
89. . |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
90. K & R and..... |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
91. That is a touching story. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
93. Beautiful story! |
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mfcorey1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
101. So many little known stories. This one is powerful. nt |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
102. Kick for the weekend readers. n/t |
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