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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:33 AM Original message |
What President Obama has done for me and my family. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. A lot of the 'consternation' on the left stems from Obama's attacks on the left |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. If it were even correct - mommy he hit me first! |
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great white snark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Yeah, yeah. You "criticize" and Obama "attacks". |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Thanks for pointing that out. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
78. Unemployment should never have been paired with |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #78 |
86. extending UI at ANY cost is whats right |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I never said we should deny UI to anyone. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. so what your doing is essentially howling at the wind |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. What is it to you that I observe |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
88. Oh please. The same people who never liked him have attacked him since before he was inaugurated. |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. +100000 |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Thank you. n/t |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. very happy for you and yours |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Thanks. n/t |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thank you |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Thanks. n/t |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nothing in the supposedly tough financial reform bill.. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. All consumer groups love that bill. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
76. Here are a few things I do not like in the HCR bill: |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. A quick question for you |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. The truth is that the vast majority of people in their 20s and 30s will be far worse off.. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Good thing you didn't ... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Actually, I did end up in the hospital. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. And if you required some emergency surgery, you'd be in debt for the rest of your life. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I could declare bankruptcy.. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Does your reply not make you see why it's better for everyone to have insurance? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. uncompensated care accounts for a tiny amount of the nation's total health care expenses.. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. If those stats are true, then that's a good point. There is also the issue of |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. If having no insurance was such a great deal |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. A financial adviser would consider.. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. But carrying health insurance, non the less. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
79. "How come wealthy people obtain health insurance?" |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
71. It's much better to have Single Payer. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
70. None of this would be an issue with Single Payer. But oh no, that would be too humane. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. And there's far more who agree with you than we realize. nt |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. I think you're right. n/t |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. Big K&R for a really good post. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Thanks. Yes, it's still 45% or so. I hope it's up by 2012. n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Rec'd. I have always been a glass half full person myself |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. You were helped at the cost of hurting others |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. The Health Care bill didn't affect us personally yet. |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Actually, it has everything to do with HCR |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. I have no idea why you think I'm being insulting. |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Your words |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. I just reread our conversation, and you're right. I'm wrong. |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Thanks. No need to send a message |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Really? Because my insurance (BC/BS) is not going up |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Just went through open enrollment |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Oh no..... |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. thanks |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. Every post like this with a true personal anecdote is worth ten thousand "Obama is a Caver" threads |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. No, they're really not . .........nt |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. says the Caveman |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. And the billionaires are thrilled also! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Silly anecdotal screed... |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. Nothing he has done has helped me or |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. That may be true, but I honestly find it hard to believe. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. None of them get unemployement |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. your food stamps are significantly higher now than they would otherwise be |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. That's right, thank you. I completely forgot about that provision in the stimulus program. n/t |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. My food stamps amount has not changed |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. the maximum benefit payable under the food stamp program increased by 13.6 percent |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
63. Actually, Obama nearly doubled the amount allocated for food stamps. |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
75. I thought the stimulus bill expanded food stamps.. n/t |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Thanks! And same to you! n/t |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. very nice +1 |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Thanks. I love your sig line. I never heard that quote before, but I'm going to use it. :-) n/t |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
42. The problem is as a nation we didn't need those tax cuts! |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
50. Thank you, GOPBasher... |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. Thank you for your post |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm One Of The Harshest Critics Of The.... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
57. Meanwhile, another perspective of what Obama has done |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. so thanks to Obamas stimulus you lost your job? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit is it? |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. So if there never was an Obama stimulus, you'd still have your job? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. No, |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. In short, you are whining about something that would never have existed |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
64. I'm glad things are working out for your family. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
72. While the 99ers are starving under freeway underpasses. |
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vikegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:33 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. +1000 etc. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #72 |
81. Not to mention how this is going to screw up the future of Social Security for millions. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
73. K&R nt |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
74. "Thank you, President Obama, for the greatest expansion of the social safety net" |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
77. what a pleasure to rec'd this- |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
82. well, he's done nothing for me. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. I didn't really want to kick this again, but I keep getting accused of selfishness. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. You're not selfish. You're just glad and I'm sure there are millions of others like you. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. i also want as many people helped as possible. |
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mikekohr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
90. BIG KICK |
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