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bbinacan
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:43 PM Original message |
The "memorial" has become a pep rally |
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Joe the Revelator
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. It was never billed as a funeral. |
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muntrv
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. For a somber event, there's a lot of cheering. |
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bbinacan
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Agreed. n/t |
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Fuzz
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Yeah, not a fan of that really. Wish people would show a bit more respect and decorum. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. What a bunch of pissy pants there are around here. |
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Fuzz
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
68. Ignoring that |
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LibDemAlways
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. "It's just the way I was brought up." Me, too. I hear you. n/t |
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Gold Metal Flake
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Your concern is noted. |
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valerief
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:46 PM Original message |
Bwahahaha. Haven't used that response in a while. nt |
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bbinacan
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. Your concern of |
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Gold Metal Flake
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. I am not concerned with your concern. I merely noted it. |
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valerief
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's just college kids making the cheers. Cut them some slack. nt |
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Codeine
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
69. No. They should be smart enough to know better. |
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sylvi
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Yep n/t |
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KharmaTrain
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not Many Memorials Have 15,000 People... |
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cynatnite
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. and on a college campus while classes are still in session. n/t |
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galileoreloaded
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sister and I just switched to DVR. Frankly these two Democrats are appalled....n/t |
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xxqqqzme
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. sounds like a tent revival. |
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polmaven
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. It is not just about |
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LibDemAlways
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. I agree. This is just weird. |
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baldguy
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Memorials are a celebration of life as much as they are of the lives that have been lost. |
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SoCalDem
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. same here..and it's disrupting Obama's speech too |
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baldguy
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. You've never been to an Irish wake, I'm guessing? |
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SoCalDem
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
64. My mother's family name is O'Shea |
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baldguy
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. When my Irish mother died, the family spent a lot of time celebrating the life she led. |
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bbinacan
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Yes memorials are are a celebration |
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LibDemAlways
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Judging by what I'm hearing, more like a revival meeting. |
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Bonhomme Richard
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. I find the outburst as inappropriate. Maybe it's me. n/t |
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Tveil
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. You can tell The President was uncomfortable with it |
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blogslut
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. These children have not been taught the etiquette of memorial services |
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tishaLA
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Please slap me if I ever criticize people for grieving wrong. n/t |
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CC
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Me too. and TY n/t |
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seabeyond
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. exactly. trauma and horror.... so they are doing it the way some want. nt |
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scarletwoman
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Thank you for the most sensible post on this thread. (nt) |
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Cerridwen
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Yep, and me, too. |
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EFerrari
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. And me. n/t |
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blondeatlast
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
65. Word, tisha. nt |
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Number23
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Wed Jan-12-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
76. Thank you. DU finds exciting ways to sink to new lows at just about every turn. |
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zazen
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. I remember fans cheering Elton John at Princess Di's funeral |
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Dappleganger
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. What's the problem? |
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ChazII
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. +1000 n.t |
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GoCubsGo
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Yep. |
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Dappleganger
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. I should be so lucky... |
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LibDemAlways
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. I don't know about these particular families, but if someone had |
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Dappleganger
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Well, that's too bad. |
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LibDemAlways
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. My mom was in a state of grief and shock. It's a year and a half |
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Dappleganger
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. How are they making light of it? |
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LibDemAlways
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. If this is ok with those families, fine. I wouldn't be |
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Dappleganger
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. It seems to me that YOU are the one passing judgement. |
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baldguy
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
48. +1000 again. |
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meow mix
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. they actually cheered when brewer said "and of course we lost christina green" |
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pnwmom
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. They were cheering for her life, not her death. |
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NRaleighLiberal
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. What Obama is doing now is truly healing. Finally, making it personal re all the victims. |
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Pathwalker
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. You are now officially univited to my wake, where there better be |
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bbinacan
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. You missed the point. |
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Pathwalker
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Oh, you can do that too at my memorial. I am a native of Arizona! |
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Dappleganger
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. +10000 |
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CakeGrrl
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Maybe that's what they need. Catharsis. |
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seabeyond
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. yes. this is what i was trying to think of. four days of the horror. saying no hate |
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jillan
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. It is NOT a funeral. They are honoring the victims. |
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neverforget
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. It's a celebration of life and remembrance |
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Joe the Revelator
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. Not since the President began speaking.... |
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DainBramaged
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. Cannot watch. |
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baldguy
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Where? |
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Skidmore
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. You do realize that among the vicitims there are survivors too, don't you? |
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bbinacan
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. I know it's not a funeral. |
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EFerrari
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. This wasn't about you. n/t |
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spanone
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
42. been a long, dark week in tucson |
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seabeyond
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. this is how i see it. may look imappropriate, but these people have been living in it. nt |
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MichaelHarris
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. I disagree |
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Kceres
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
54. So I'm old fashioned, but I don't like all of the applauding and cheering at a memorial service. |
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LibDemAlways
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Your grandmother had a lot of common sense. |
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Cerridwen
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
71. My grandma would have said the same thing. |
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Tveil
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
60. Great speech in spite of the audience nt |
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boston bean
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. I agree. i think he gave a very good speech. nt |
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backscatter712
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
70. Concern noted... |
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sylvi
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
73. Perhaps they should've hired the Blue Man Group, too |
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