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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:53 PM
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Rahm Emanuel's a pretty cool guy. Eh fights Republicans and doesn't afraid of anything.
I think if you're gonna criticize the actions of someone like that, you should try starting what you would have done in each situation and showed that it would have worked, and worked better, rather than just labeling the guy a this or that and trying to fit everything he does into that label. And another thing is, if you have the guy pegged as never being able to do anything right, he'll never seek your praise because he knows he is never going to get it anyways.
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:53 PM
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1. True enough.
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Neecy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:54 PM
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2. huh?
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:54 PM
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3. "Doesn't afraid of anything?" What does that mean?
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rudy23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:08 PM
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12. It means the DLC is outsourcing.
At least their ideology is consistent.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 12:08 AM
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42. Hello my name is ...
"Lozoccolo" how can i be helping you with your Message Dissiplin today?
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 06:51 AM
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92. LOL
:rofl:
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Ignis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 12:33 PM
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80. Well, it's much easier with a script from which to read. (nt)
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 06:47 PM
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86. +1
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ShamelessHussy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:55 PM
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4. locozoco
in your cups?
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tonysam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:56 PM
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6. "locozoco." I LOVE that one. LOL!!!! n/t
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GrantDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:55 PM
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5. That made my head hurt.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:58 PM
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7. pretzel logic
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:59 PM
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9. Katy lied.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:12 PM
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15. The Royal Scam
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:19 PM
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18. Black Friday
I like this game.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:21 PM
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19. Can't Buy a Thrill
:D
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:32 PM
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21. Razor Boy
Edited on Tue Dec-22-09 10:32 PM by cliffordu
:D
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:40 PM
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22. Two Against Nature
:7
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:44 PM
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23. Deacon Blues...
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:45 PM
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24. Everything Must Go!
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:46 PM
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25. Bad Sneakers!!!!
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:50 PM
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26. Steely Dan
Edited on Tue Dec-22-09 10:51 PM by Sebastian Doyle
...the only "band"* so horrible they even make Oasis look good.

Hey now there's an idea. Rahm should join Oasis. Then the OP could still worship him and the rest of us could move on without that Angry Dwarf fucking up the Democratic party.








*"band" is used loosely here, as two guys are not actually a band.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:53 PM
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27. ...Not content
to spew your spunk all over the OP, you have to give us your opinion on popular music, too.

If I wanted your opinion on music, I'd check my catbox.

I could give a fuck what you think on either subject, gasbag.

:hurts:
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 11:05 PM
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32. Go fuck yourself Rahmbot
Geez... can't even make fun of one of this site's biggest douchebags, or the most overated crap duo (not band) to ever bore the shit out of millions anymore. What the fuck is this world coming to?
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 11:15 PM
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35. Aw....
:hurts:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-25-09 09:07 PM
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90. =
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 12:28 AM
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44. FM
You mustn't leave that out!
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 12:42 AM
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45. Well yeah, but
Doesn't the chorus of that song say "no static at all", which is about all a LoZo thread is? :rofl:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 04:22 PM
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85. here at the western world
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704wipes Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 12:00 AM
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40. Just when
Just when I'd spent the last piaster. I could borrow. All night long.
We would sing that stupid song. And every word we sang ... was true.
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beltanefauve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-04-10 01:29 AM
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112. A world become one
with salads and sons, only a fool could say that! :rofl:
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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:59 PM
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8. How is it "cool" to spend more time bashing the left than "fighting Republicans"
And Rahm had NO RIGHT to demand that progressives agree not to support primary challengers to right-wing Dems. Almost everybody that voted against HCR was a candidate RAHM recruited.

And one of his guys just crossed over to the GOP, right after we elected the guy and right after he spent his whole term voting against this party on almost everything that mattered.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:03 PM
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11. The amount of time spent doesn't matter. l2 strategy.
Republicans are going to try to vote against anything we do for health care reform so it's no use and a waste of time and really just posturing to go after them. It's easier to call out the left because they want health care reform too, they are just aching about degree and/or being disingenuous about how much is being offered by the bills before Congress.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:59 PM
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10. More incoherent babbling
From the same person who hypocritically scolds people on here for spending too much time on the net, and not enough being activists. :jerkingoff:
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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:10 PM
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13. Actually, by Lozo, This IS coherent.
He's at least making some argument for something. It's better than those "I'm the only one who's in on the joke" threads.

He's wrong, but at least he's saying something in an understandable fashion for a change.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:13 PM
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16. that is a shit statement
:rofl:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 11:11 PM
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33. :)
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 09:01 PM
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69. Thank you for sane evaluation
I thought it was just me and too much wine making it all seem so jumbled.
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:11 PM
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14. I can't speak to the Clinton Administration, so should we start with his votes in the
House of Representatives?

It's is not about being afraid - it is ALL ABOUT being TOO FAR RIGHT and forceful in his power. He is someone I don't respect for all the votes that he participated in and all those he influenced since he joined Obama.

If Obama selected him, it means that Obama is far more right than he said he was in his speeches and/or he is letting Rahm bring him further right.

Who cares if he is un-fearful or whatever you say he is? He speaks for corporations over and over and over again. He is also a DLC leader.

Need more?
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:17 PM
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17. He's obviously not afraid of us either
Edited on Tue Dec-22-09 10:17 PM by lunatica
He's just like Rove. He loves the power and winning no matter what it takes. I guess that's something to admire, but it would be nice if it was a fight for the betterment of humanity. But since it's just a fight for power then maybe he's just your run of the mill sociopath. Just like Rove.
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KakistocracyHater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 07:39 PM
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87. yes & too many who run for House Rep, County Supe, etc are all after POWER
we need people who DON'T want power to get into office, all sorts of positions, including House Reps & President.
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Confusious Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:29 PM
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20. Rahm Emanuel is a pusswad

Who took deans' credit for the 50 state strategy.

He'll give anything away to get a bill passed. ergo, he believes in nothing except power.

He's a DLC asshole.
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midnight armadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 11:21 PM
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36. More specifically
rahm seems to interpret political acts as victories if they deliver corporate campaign cash to Democrats at the expense of Republicans. Period. Why else would he consistently attack the liberal, non-corporatist wing of the party?
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:54 PM
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28. Sarah, is that you?
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:56 PM
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29. "A pretty cool guy" - yes, just what we need bending the Prez's ear, your version of "cool guy"
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Toasterlad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:58 PM
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30. Do You Ever Think Anything You Don't Say?
I can't imagine why you think anyone here gives a flying fuck about your love affair with Obama, Emmanuel, and everything else that's wrong with the Democratic party.

You are a joke. And not a funny one.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 10:59 PM
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31. "Eh fights Republicans and doesn't afraid of anything." - good god.
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 11:13 PM
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34. Classic
Bookmarking
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 11:23 PM
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37. I doesn't afraid of anything either
Me afraid of no thing.

And I doesn't start what I would have done in each situation and worked, and worked better than just labeling the guy.

And you can take that to the bank.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 11:35 PM
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39. Eh.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 12:10 AM
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43. drunken third person singular
Edited on Wed Dec-23-09 12:11 AM by Moochy
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 11:00 AM
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47. Thank you. I doesn't know that conjugations.
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 02:04 PM
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52. Is gooder thread than Lozo usual does
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spoony Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 12:03 AM
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41. .
:rofl:
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 11:06 AM
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49. ALL THREE
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Ignis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 02:51 PM
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53. "Thagg am BEST chess player! Smash all in way!"
:rofl:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 09:23 PM
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89. !
:rofl:
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nomaco-10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 11:29 PM
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38. This rhetoric must come from a die hard,,,,,,
hillary supporter no doubt. Been there done that, but stopped short of getting the t-shirt.

Just when I was trying to like her too.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 12:49 AM
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46. Auto UnRec for incoherent rambling & mention of Rahm & use of 'anyways'
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 11:02 AM
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48. Anyone who labels me can expect to get labeled back.
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freddie mertz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 11:08 AM
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50. This really doesn't make any sense.
Rahm is a public figure and is subject to public accountability for his actions and his words.

Really, that is all there is to it.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 01:10 PM
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51. Rahm is petrefied of
saying no to big corporations.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 02:53 PM
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54. sage goes in all fields....nt
Sid
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tkmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 03:12 PM
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55. I dub thee Aquarius, the Water Carrier.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 03:18 PM
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56. "Eh fights Republicans and doesn't afraid of anything"
God, I wish I spoke Panglossian too...

:shrug:

RL
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 08:40 PM
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67. Eh you call Rosetta Stone and doesn't ask for it ever.
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spoony Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 12:27 AM
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76. I love this thread so much
it hurts a little, but good.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 02:44 AM
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79. me too. classic.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 04:44 PM
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57. K&R
:rofl:
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 04:45 PM
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58. Stick to Oasis threads, champ.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 04:48 PM
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59. Posting while drunk?
:rofl:
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WhollyHeretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 04:49 PM
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60. I think I've seen this speech before...
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LastNaturalist Donating Member (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 04:50 PM
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61. Amen friend!
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 05:08 PM
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62. Ah yes! All who belong to and support that organization that wants to destroy the Democratic
Edited on Wed Dec-23-09 05:08 PM by Individualist
Party are just peachy keen.

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LastNaturalist Donating Member (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 05:10 PM
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63. That would not be Rahm Emanuel, my very confused amigo.
Rahm knows the need to win elections trumps the purity of the cause.
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 05:23 PM
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65. It would indeed.
Edited on Wed Dec-23-09 05:25 PM by Individualist
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 06:15 PM
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66. which cause would that be? the cause of big business?
cause his dedication to that cause seems to be plenty pure.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 12:21 AM
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73. you said it.
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LastNaturalist Donating Member (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 12:26 AM
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74. Yeah, the Democratic President's Democratic Chief of Staff want to crush the Democratic Party!
:crazy:
:crazy:
:crazy:
:crazy:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 12:27 AM
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75. .
Edited on Thu Dec-24-09 12:44 AM by Bluebear
/ignore

apologizing to rest of board for vile language.
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LastNaturalist Donating Member (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 12:29 AM
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77. Love you too, Deaniack!
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 12:33 AM
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78. That would be the New Democrat's Chief of Staff
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 08:14 PM
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102. -1
:banghead:
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Major Hogwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 05:22 PM
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64. My dogs have had chew toys tougher than Rahm Emanuel.
And they don't even have to ask Obama for permission if they can go out and talk to people either!
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 08:45 PM
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68. I think he needs to be INVESTIGATED:
EVER WONDER WHY THE BANKING INDUSTRY GOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED?

INVESTMENT BANKING
In Banking, Top Obama Aide Made Money and Connections
December 4, 2008, 7:08 AM

-snip

Mr. Emanuel, who was chosen last month to become President-elect Barack Obama’s White House chief of staff, went on to make more than $18 million in just two-and-a-half years, turning many of his contacts in his substantial political Rolodex into paying clients and directing his negotiating prowess and trademark intensity to mergers and acquisitions. He also benefited from the opportune sale of Wasserstein Perella to a German bank, helping him to an unusually large payout.

The period before he was elected to a House seat from Illinois is a little-known episode of Mr. Emanuel’s biography. Former colleagues said the insight it afforded him on the financial services sector is invaluable especially now. But Mr. Emanuel built up strong ties with an industry now at the heart of the economic crisis, one that will be girding for a pitched lobbying battle next year as the incoming Democratic administration considers a potentially sweeping regulatory overhaul.

After Mr. Emanuel left banking to run for Congress, members of the securities and investment industry became his biggest backers, donating more than $1.5 million to his campaigns dating back to 2002, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Mr. Emanuel also leaned heavily upon the industry while he was chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee during the 2006 midterm elections. Financial industry donors contributed more than $5.8 million to the committee, behind only retirees.

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/in-banking-top-obama-aide-made-money-and-connections/
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 09:02 PM
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70. I've voted for Rahm
and would do it again in a heartbeat.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 10:08 PM
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71. Blue dogs of a feather
You bear more than a strong resemblance to him.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-23-09 11:12 PM
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72. Me too. n/t
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GreenTea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 01:04 PM
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81. Rahm Emanuel sucks pig shit for breakfast & gets worse as the day goes along....
Edited on Thu Dec-24-09 01:06 PM by GreenTea
Rahm is wonderful if one adores lying egotistical, corporate whore, DLC elitist....Then I can understand your ridiculous uniformed thread.
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 01:07 PM
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82. Are you still here?
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 01:10 PM
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83. LOL. Epic thread is epic.
WTG dude! :thumbsup:
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 11:45 PM
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110. I accidentally the chief of staff. n/t
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-04-10 08:32 PM
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113. You accidentally the whole chief of staff?
You're an hero :fistbump:
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Stardust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 01:21 PM
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84. Kick cuz this thread is laff-a-licious!
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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 07:43 PM
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88. If only I had more love for Rahm...
then maybe he would seek my praise.

:rofl:
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-25-09 09:12 PM
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91. This is a Duzy fer sure!
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 03:18 PM
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93. unintended!
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cowcommander Donating Member (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 03:22 PM
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94. gb2/4chan
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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 03:48 PM
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95. When I mix eggnog and olives I get incoherent too
And as everyone knows, people look lots better in a bar just before closing time.
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 07:39 PM
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99. Eggnog and olives, eh? I should try that sometime
Sounds like it'd taste pretty gross though...
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 09:54 PM
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109. Disgustingly eh!
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-05-10 06:05 PM
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114. .
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 03:55 PM
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96. Sounds like HAL is shutting down...

HAL: I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you.
Dave Bowman: Yes, I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me.
HAL: It's called "Daisy."

HAL: Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-27-09 01:26 PM
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97. ---
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nonsequitur Donating Member (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-27-09 02:18 PM
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98. No, he isn't cool and he was a leaker when he was in the Clinton administration.
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natrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 07:50 PM
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100. the man is completly corrupt, casual research reveals this
furthermore all the causes he pushes are complete dlc garbage. Lozo you are a simpleton and should be put to bed at 7pm with the 5 year olds, sorry you have no grasp of politics.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 07:56 PM
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101. You got this rambling from Oasis liner notes, didn't you?
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 08:22 PM
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103. !
:rofl:
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-30-09 05:08 PM
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104. You must be a paid political operative if you find this thread ridiculous
:rofl:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-30-09 05:19 PM
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105. Eh doesn't.
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Geek_Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-30-09 05:27 PM
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106. Rahm is Obama's DLC Curtain
Everyone blames Rahm for Obama's Corportist Policies. I'm kind of tired of it. It's a ruse. Rahm isn't steering the ship he's following Obama's orders and carrying forward his policies.

I think DUer's should stop hating on Rahm and realize that Obama is a DLC corporatist.
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inna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 11:53 PM
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111. I agree. Lieberman is a convenient scapegoat, too, IMO. nt
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 12:04 AM
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107. happy new year!
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Union Yes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 12:34 AM
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108. I like to call him Ream Urmanhole. nt
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-05-10 06:11 PM
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115. "That Rahm is a bad mutha..." "Shut your mouth!" "Well, I'm talk'n bout, Rahm!"
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 11:54 PM
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116. "Who searches you?" "Nobody" "Then get the same cat to search us."
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-10-10 08:47 PM
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118. Shut your mouth!
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 11:57 PM
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117. He's not afraid of his feminine side.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-11-10 11:56 PM
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119. kick
:kick:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 12:59 AM
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120. I WILL KICK LOZOCCOLO ASS
FOR KICKING HIS OWN SHIT :7
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 10:33 PM
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121. I'd like to see that.
O8)
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