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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:39 PM Original message |
Texas... A Republican Stronghold... What can be done about it? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gov. Perry has a 37% approval rating |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. He'll be tossed in the primary |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'll tell you what I'm doing |
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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Which state do you think you'll move to? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Wherever I get a job |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. want more proof? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Texans are very loyal to Texans! |
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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Definitely... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. For starters, we pass a law that no state can get more in federal dollars |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. Read the Texas Observer? |
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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I am... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
54. I not only read the great "Texas Observer," |
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Les BOOGIE (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. see last paragraph in link |
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Delano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. I was born & raised in Texas - and you're no bigot. |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. What can be done? |
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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Thanks for the input... |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 09:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
70. "105 degree heat" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. if the funding ministers saw liberalism is more christian |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
81. It would surely help if the Texas Baptist would break off the Southern |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Texas is SOLID Repug. We can only wait... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Don't make the same mistake Gray Davis and Cruz Bustamante made |
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meg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. By your logic ... |
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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Sorry, |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Well I don't agree with you either. |
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Kiliki (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Don't forget the african-american vote |
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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. How is having a discussion about what |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Remove the negativity and your message will go farther. |
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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I backed up my statements... |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
60. It's not WHAT you're posting. |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
83. He is being constructive. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. How about the USA secede from Texas? |
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Kiliki (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. Texas is NOT solid republican... |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. You are TOTALLY WRONG. Texas IS SOLID Repug! |
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Kiliki (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Think smaller scale... |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. YOU are totally wrong. Texas is RECENTLY repug |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Let's cut Texas loose and send all the freepers there |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Will you at least cut a hole in the wall |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. Bigot Warning n/t |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
62. So, what's your home state? |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. give it back to Mexico |
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rastignac5 (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. What's this? |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. a denizen huh? |
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rastignac5 (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Speaking of a theocracy... |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. so, was it Priests who molested kids or.... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Matcom isn't from Bankok |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Bigot Warning n/t |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. calling me a Bigot??? |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
86. Read your post |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
63. Mexico is fine with Texas as it is. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. Neutron bomb? |
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HippieCowgirl (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. Take it from the bottom up, not the top down |
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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 05:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Thanks... |
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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. I am a Texan...who won't live in Texas. |
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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Glad to hear you're in a place in which you feel safe... |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
84. Read them the Sodom and Gomorrah Story. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
65. Funny, lots of Texas gays don't hide. |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
69. Hide like Maxey? Representative Glen Maxey? :) |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:21 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. I love Glen. |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:26 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. "Whutta guy" |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:48 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I think that |
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TexasEditor (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. Home of Neiman Marcus |
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Kiliki (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Texas isn't the only state to ever be an independant nation.... |
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Serenity-NOW (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. Don't worry about Toxic Texas, the pollution will handle it. n/t |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
49. Well, |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:15 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Yep. A friend of mine who knows the Dallas County Dem chair |
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Gothmog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. There is long term hope for Texas |
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salonghorn70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. I Would Never Call You A Bigot, BUT |
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blackmoonlillith (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Inferring and flat out saying so are two different things... |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
52. Ya'll who are inclined to just keep writing Texas off |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Good point...Texas is gnarly |
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Oddman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
55. Nothing can be done this election . . . |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-04 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
58. Let's be honest |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
61. Give it back to Mexico |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:48 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. As I was reading the intro |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 09:30 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. And your state is.....? |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. Hey I live in California, was born here |
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Les BOOGIE (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #79 |
92. check your #'s; don't think the parasite argument will stand |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. California Balance of Payments with the Federal government |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
66. I would have to say the reason for Texas being repub |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
75. It all started when Phil Gramm changed parties... |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
91. Immigration caused it |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
68. Something to think about.... |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. "almost no one supports Bush" |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. I love coming to Central Market from Rowlett... |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
72. Interesting comment on Texas Republicans. |
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sal (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
73. Texas is easily majority Democrat |
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LoneStarLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
78. If Prevailing Patterns Continue, So Will Republican Dominance |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #78 |
93. "Republican co-option of issues" |
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sleepystudent (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
82. I think... |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Well, well, well |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
85. Join and SBC Church, and help the Texas Baptists in their effort to |
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phattyt (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
88. hmmmm |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
89. I miss Henry B. Gonzalez |
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karabekian (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
90. stop advocating gun controll |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 02:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. Yup, we kinda lost it on that one. |
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