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BamaBecky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 07:04 PM
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Sibel Edmonds [under gag order from Ashcroft] asks us to SIGN PETITION
Hello all,

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/deniz18/petition.html


Sibel's letter follows this one.......

Sibel Edmonds sent me an email and asked that I forward it to addresses I have. Since she is one brave lady to stand up for America, I think America needs to stand up for her and sign the petition at the link below.

She has been trying to get the IG report released regarding the DOJ / Ashcroft / Bush dealings regarding her and what she found as an FBI translator that totally disputes the BUSH MYTHOLOGY of what 9-11 was all about and who did it.

Sibel found drug trafficking, money laundering, foreign names and AMERICAN NAMES involved in pre-9-11 financing and not all of that came from counter-terrorism (Richard Clarke's group), some of that came from ongoing investigations within the FBI that date back to about 1998. In short folks, we have been lied to and lied to big time.

In short, this is yet another set of facts and truth that our President, his administration, the 9-11 Commission and the "sell-out America" artists on Capitol Hill have tried to suppress.

Keep your eyes on www.onlinejournal.com where I am breaking a 6 part series titled "Pop Goes the Bush Mythology Bubble", and pay attention when each of those 6 articles appears. Hard hitting facts regarding 9-11 have already left my hands to the prosecutors and distribution to the public both here and abroad.

I have instructed my webmaster to add Sibel's petition link to my website under "Breaking News" and ask that each of you stand up for this brave lady and sign the petition.

Remember, we are America, not those that are selling all of us out in DC.

Karl



Subject: Sibel D. Edmonds Petition


Hi Karl,

I am starting a petition demanding the release of the IG Report, followed by a joint investigation and hearings by Congress Re: FBI wrongdoings/accountability. In addition to collecting signatures, I'll recruit various organizations' (such as POGO, GAP, NWC, Pubic Citizen,etc.) backing/support.

First, please join me by signing this petition and disseminating it to as many people as you can (friends, family members, colleagues,...). Our Congress has been ignoring these issues. But lets not give up, and lets make these issues difficult/impossible to ignore.

The link for this petition: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/deniz18/petition.html

Second, I wrote a request letter with the link to this petition. It is attached and copy-pasted below. I need your help to disseminate and promote this to as many websites/organizations/internet forums as possible. Can you help me with that? Is it possible to have this on your website?

Thank you so very much for all your support.

Best,
Sibel



12/01/2004

Dear Fellow Citizens:

For the past three years the United States Department of Justice has been relentlessly engaged in actions geared towards covering up my reports and investigations into my allegations. These actions include gagging the United States Congress, blocking court proceedings in my case by invoking state secret privilege, quashing a subpoena for my deposition on information regarding 9/11, withholding documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act, and preventing the release of the Inspector General's report of its investigations into my reports and allegations. My reports, many of which have been confirmed by the United States Senate and leaked memos by the Department of Justice, involve criminal conduct against our national interests, serious security breaches threatening our intelligence, intentional mistranslation of intelligence with severe consequences, and intentional blocking of certain terrorism and criminal cases from being investigated by our government officials.

This is not just about our government's relentless fight against me, and my information. This fight is also directed against what is known as "the public's right to know" in our essential oversight responsibility over our government as responsible citizens. These actions by our government are not geared toward protecting the 'national security' of the United States. On the contrary, they are endangering our national security by covering up facts and information related to criminal activities against this country and it's citizens. The Department of Justice and this administration are fully aware that making this information public will bring about the question of accountability. And they do not want to be held accountable. It is for these reasons that I have been striving to get the Congress to release the long overdue report by the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General, and to hold its own public hearings regarding these issues. In a letter written July 9, 2004 to the Attorney General, regarding the classification of the entire report on my case by the Inspector General's office, Senator Grassley and Senator Leahy stated: "We fear that the designation of information as classified in these cases serves to protect the executive branch against embarrassing revelations and full accountability. Releasing declassified versions of these reports, or at least portions or summaries, would serve the public's interest, increase transparency, promote effectiveness and efficiency at the FBI, and facilitate Congressional oversight. To do otherwise could damage the public's confidence not only in the government's ability to protect the nation, but also in the government's ability to police itself."

I know that it is very easy to get discouraged with the system and give up the fight. I know sometimes it makes sense to consider attempts to bring about transparency and accountability futile. I know many of us believe that by voting once every few years, paying our taxes in a timely manner, and abiding by the law, we more than fulfill our obligations as citizens of this great democratic nation. I myself used to sincerely believe that. There have been times when I came so very close to giving up, knowing that all those available channels I had pursued, from the Congress to the Courts, from the IG's office to the 9/11 Commission, became rock solid walls and ears deafened to the voice of public concern. Giving up would have been the easiest way to stop the time, energy, and financial resources being consumed in my fruitless battle to bring about truth, transparency, and accountability. For me, there were times it would have been very easy to stop, to get disgusted and give up; if it weren't for those words of wisdom from our founding Fathers who said: "The price of liberty, is eternal vigilance." If it wasn't for the fact that I have lived in countries where the words freedom, liberty, transparency and accountability represented fantasy, surrealism, and impossibility; which gave me more reasons to treasure what this great country and its Constitution offered me as its citizen.

I was told so many times by so many people that " These issues are so troubling, but this is the government and we can't do anything about it. We can't rock the boat." But stop for a second and think about it: We elect the captains of this boat, we maintain and sustain this boat through our taxes, and we, the people, suffer the consequences when this boat malfunctions, as we did on September 11. If we don't have the right to rock this boat, when this boat or part of it is badly in need of being rocked and repaired, then who does?

Our Congress must fulfill the "checks and balances" responsibilities of the Constitution in the exercise of its fundamental duties, including probing deeper to produce more information about government activities as part of its appropriations, authorization, and oversight functions. We the people have put these representatives in the Congress. We the people have given them the authority to ensure oversight, integrity, transparency, and accountability of our government and our rights. Thus, we the people have the right and the power to demand that our representatives fulfill these obligations.

Government transparency is fundamental to democracy. As Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Information is the currency of democracy." Our Democracy cannot endure without a committed citizenry and an open government that answers to the people. Our Democracy has survived because of the participation of its citizenry, which completely depends on the government's transparency and accountability.

I am asking for your support to do just that - demand government transparency and accountability. Please read the following petition demanding the immediate release of the long-completed IG Report, followed by public Congressional hearings, by clicking on the link below. If clicking doesn't seem to work, you can copy and paste the link into your browser's address window, or retype it there. If you agree, if you want answers and accountability, please sign this petition.
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/deniz18/petition.html

Sincerely,
Sibel D. Edmonds
:bounce:
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 07:06 PM
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1. Done
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blueblitzkrieg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 07:07 PM
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2. Signed
:hi:
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Jim__ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 07:07 PM
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3. Signed - n/t
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 07:08 PM
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4. done
:bounce:
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AtlantaBob Donating Member (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 07:10 PM
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5. done
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Jazzgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 07:16 PM
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6. Done!
n/t
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BamaBecky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 07:16 PM
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7. Please send this on to all patriotic Americans. Keep it going!
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 07:19 PM
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8. Did, I'm #126 ,is that all that have signed?
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BamaBecky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 08:04 PM
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9. kick
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 08:06 PM
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10. I signed earlier today
was #29 - Go Sibel! :headbang:
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 08:13 PM
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11. Done. Sad, only 185 signatures so far.
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Proud_Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 08:23 PM
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12. Not too bad
She just announced it this afternoon.
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susu369 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 08:25 PM
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13. Done deal
:kick: - very important!
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 08:32 PM
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14. Up to 203 n/t
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:44 AM
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26. Up to 368
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 08:46 PM
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15. I signed it, but her email add seems a little weird.........
Sibeldeniz2@aol.com

(It's on the petition page, I'm not divulging anything)
:eyes:
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:06 PM
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18. what's wrong w/ her email address? n/t
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BamaBecky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 10:56 PM
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16. kick
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:05 PM
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17. Done
keep kicked
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:10 PM
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19. kickity kick kick n/t
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genieroze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:14 PM
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20. Here is some more info on this.
Read the whole thing it adds to the post
Here is a little bit of it, it's very long so I won't post the whole thing. It's a letter to congress from others and her.


Date: September 13, 2004

To The Congress of The United States:

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States ended its report stating that "We look forward to a national debate on the merits of what we have recommended, and we will participate vigorously in that debate." In this spirit, we the undersigned wish to bring to the attention of the Congress and the people of the United States what we believe are serious shortcomings in the report and its recommendations. We thus call upon Congress to refrain from narrow political considerations and to apply brakes to the race to implement the commission recommendations. It is not too late for Congress to break with the practice of limiting testimony to that from politicians and top-layer career bureaucrats-many with personal reputations to defend and institutional equities to protect. Instead, use this unique opportunity to introduce salutary reform, an opportunity that must not be squandered by politically driven haste.

Omission is one of the major flaws in the Commission's report. We are aware of significant issues and cases that were duly reported to the Commission by those of us with direct knowledge, but somehow escaped attention. Serious problems and shortcomings within government agencies likewise were reported to the Commission but were not included in the report. The report simply does not get at key problems within the intelligence, aviation security, and law enforcement communities. The omission of such serious and applicable issues and information by itself renders the report flawed, and casts doubt on the validity of many of its recommendations.

We believe that one of the primary purposes of the Commission was to establish accountability; that to do so is essential to understanding the failures that led to 9/11, and to prescribe needed changes. However, the Commission in its report holds no one accountable, stating instead "our aim has not been to assign individual blame." That is to play the political game, and it shows that the goal of achieving unanimity overrode one of the primary purposes of this Commission's establishment. When calling for accountability, we are referring not to quasi-innocent mistakes caused by "lack of imagination" or brought about by ordinary "human error." Rather, we refer to intentional actions or inaction by individuals responsible for our national security, actions or inaction dictated by motives other than the security of the people of the United States. The report deliberately ignores officials and civil servants who were, and still are, clearly negligent and/or derelict in their duties to the nation. If these individuals are protected rather than held accountable, the mindset that enabled 9/11 will persist, no matter how many layers of bureaucracy are added, and no matter how much money is poured into the agencies. Character counts. Personal integrity, courage, and professionalism make the difference. Only a commission bent on holding no one responsible and reaching unanimity could have missed that


http://www.rense.com/general59/esFBICIAagentsready.htm
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:18 PM
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22. it should be noted that they're two separate petitions n/t
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:18 PM
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21. Um,...be careful.
Be careful.
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Nordic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:40 PM
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23. ya know, I'm starting to feel the same way
what a great way to get a list of names and addresses of people who haven't drunk the koolaid.

How do we know these things are real?

I hate being that cynical but I can't help it these days.

glad I'm not the only one.
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:57 PM
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25. the way i think about it is this...
they know where i am.
exercising your rights is risky but i need to take that risk.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:47 PM
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24. done! n/t
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lizzieforkerry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:01 AM
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27. Done and passed along. I was number 375
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 01:01 AM by lizzieforkerry
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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:19 AM
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28. Done
Anything to help Ms. Edmonds get the truth out to the American people.
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slutticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:40 AM
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29. kick
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billie_ Donating Member (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:17 AM
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32. nice icon, "yes, yes, this is the drizzle" n/t
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:02 AM
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30. PLEASE SIGN Y'ALL
kick it
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:31 AM
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33. kicking
to get read of a freeper troll.
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billie_ Donating Member (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:09 AM
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31. signed n/t
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hangloose Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:35 AM
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34. Done thank you
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:00 AM
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35. I will kick this for the wee hours crew
Clog on, Sibel



:kick:
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LeftofU Donating Member (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:32 AM
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36. kick in the morning
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 06:48 AM
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37. Kicking for the morning crew.
:kick:
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 07:41 AM
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38. I signed. Kicking up.
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devinsgram Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 07:42 AM
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39. Done
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ObaMania Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 07:47 AM
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40. Done!
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cabbage08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 07:58 AM
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41. Done
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ScaRBama Donating Member (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 09:17 AM
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42. Done.....574
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Debbi801 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 09:29 AM
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43. Done. I'm number 583.
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Mixxster Donating Member (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 09:41 AM
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44. Done n/t
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HootieMcBoob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 10:09 AM
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45. YES
:kick:
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:01 PM
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46. SET RIGHT UP AND GET YER DEMOCRACY
kickin for the afternoon folks
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BamaBecky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:39 PM
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47. kick
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 05:15 PM
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48. Yeah, it's at 994! let's get it to 1000
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 05:24 PM
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49. ttt
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robertpaulsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 05:25 PM
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50. Kicked and signed! #1000!
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 05:26 PM by robertpaulsen
:kick:
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 05:35 PM
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51. Congrats!
And, BTW, you've got an awesome screen name.
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robertpaulsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 06:19 PM
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52. Thanks!
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 06:33 PM
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53. #1052
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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 10:28 PM
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54. Done
1,213
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 07:41 AM
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55. done
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:16 PM
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56. kickin for the Thursday folk n/t
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