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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:40 PM Original message |
What happened in 1968 in Chicago at the DNC? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Was mayor daley beating up on people, including anti-war Dems. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Especially, not including. Yes. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's the way I remember it. - K&R n/t |
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Timbuk3 (727 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. K&R |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. It was about: Vietnam. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Radicals, Sir, Complaining About Liberals.... |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Wow, I'm a radical. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Be Assured, Sir, If You Called The People In The Streets That Week Liberals |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Really? 'Liberal' was a dirty word among protesters? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Not true. It was anti-Vietnam war. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The Question, Ma'am, Is How The People In The Crowds Regarded The Matter |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. You were there? Missed you; sorry. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Stuck With It, Ma'am, And Helped Carry The Piggy Bank Through The Loop At The Trial |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Helped get folks out of the Cook County Jail. |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Both of you should be proud and consider each other family. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Doubtless We Could Trade Stories All Night, Ma'am |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #40 |
87. "It was a large crowd...." |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Here Is A Piece From The Period That Captures The Attitude, Sir |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:07 AM Original message |
I love Phil Ochs as much as the next leftist, |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
55. We Seem, Sir, To Be In Beatles Fans v. Stones Fans Situation |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. That's what I'm driving at, essentially. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. There Is A Joke Dating From The Thirties At Least, Sir |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
59. Phil Ochs? Good grief. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Your Loss, Sir: He was Quite Good |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
70. "We used 'liberal' about like people here use 'DLC' nowadays...." |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Good one, Hoot! |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. I had no idea you were there |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Yup, big part of my life, went to Chicago after college, |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. No. It just wasn't a word we were using. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Let Me Guess, Sir: New York? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #44 |
57. A major and influential state. Yes, ma'am. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #57 |
74. with an actual 'Liberal' Party! |
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oldhippydude (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
49. yes |
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Timbuk3 (727 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Another difference |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It Started Out As Eight, Sir |
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Timbuk3 (727 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. How many |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. None, Sir, But All Were Past Draft Age |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Oh, so true. I watched the protestors being dragged and beaten on TV. The teabaggers... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
86. Late to this party |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. 10k demonstrators and 20k cops/guards. What could possibly go wrong? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Deleted: Bug Put It In The Wrong Place |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. .... |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Even though I'm pretty old... |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. And Nixon |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Nixon was grateful that he didn't have to run against Bobby Kennedy |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
65. This is a myth, at least as regards the Nixon Vs. Kennedy part. Every reliable poll in the spring of |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:55 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Who's talking about subject lines of blog posts? |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Cite sources please |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Johnson was wrong on Viet Nam... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
48. Not sure it would have gone in a 'radically' different direction, but |
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existentialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Yes, and as the Pentagon Papers demonstrated beyond doubt |
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oldhippydude (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. 68 was the first election i was old enough to vote in |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
54. "agent provocateurs" |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Destroyed a great legacy to measure his dick. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Richard Milhous Nixon was guaranteed election as the 37th President of the United States. n/t. |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. And he was still more to the left of Obama. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. I can't say as I really see it that way, of course, but I do appreciate the OP. I think those times |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. What happened in Chicago in '68 was that Robert Kennedy had been assassinated in June. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Yes, this is the real essence. I cried my eyes out that day. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Actually, false. RFK spent the spring of 1968 running as far to the Right as he could get in the |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
61. Here are some facts: |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Sorry, dude, but my post is some serious historical truth - and it stands un-refuted. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #66 |
76. Why don't you just post some links to support what you wrote? |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
72. As someone who was a voter during that time I recall |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
79. That is an absolute falsehood. |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
84. Oh I get it. Post lies and then declare victory. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. What a fucking fantasy. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Speaking of McCarthy's...guess who was the most prominent member of the Kennedy family to show up at |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Bobby Kennedy or Roy Cohn? |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Both were lawyers on Tailgunner Joe's Senate sub-committee, of course, but only one had the surname |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Yep. My mom never forgave him for being with McCarthy at those hearings. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
75. To the several critics of my comment above, I was an anti-war activist and voted for Eugene McCarthy |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Wow. That was really well explained, from the heart. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
85. Yes! |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. It was a police riot. I was a little boy of about 9 years old and was |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. McCarthy posters weren't allowed in the hall. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. That is an incredible detail. I remembered Daley being a real pig |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. My neighborhood elected our McCarthy slate. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
82. I think the sole major city to escape burning after King's murder may have been |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. It was a Police riot. nt |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. That It Was, Sir |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
71. yup. that is exactly true. np |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sigh. WE WERE ALL DEMOCRATS. |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. DU the last few weeks. You? |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
51. Check out the movie "Medium Cool". . . |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
69. The police started breaking heads during a peaceful demonstration |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
78. Recommend |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
83. I still have my button. |
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