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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:40 PM Original message |
There are some brave individuals working in the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plants |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Very thoughtful post |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. That is one of the things I have thought about |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
60. Japan has national health care |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. kicking |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. THANK YOU! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, they are like the first responders on 9-11. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. hubby and i just now talking about this. like he says, same with 911 responders |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. That is what 'sacrifice' is all about, not the BS we hear from politicans |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Excuse me, but you're spreading total non-scientific nonsense. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Is that like spreading scientific sense? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Deleted message |
FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Really? That's what you got out of this post? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Get pissed at me if you like, but having the facts is important. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I'm not pissed. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. I'd like to see you fight the ten-foot-tall dinosaur-riding terrorist robot ninjas any better! |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
42. What a Shitty Remark To a Thoughtful Post Thanking Those Giving Their Lives |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. you might try actually snipping the actual quote instead of amending it to suit your contempt |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. was i talking to you - nope |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I think northern lights was actually responding to TheWraith. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. back at ya. I was responding the Wraith's hideous comment. |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #51 |
95. Ok We're Good |
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pickle juice (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. Well, oxygen is "present" during a meltdown...but like the cesium is irrelevant |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
86. radioactive cesium is released during a meltdown |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
68. Playing the old "I have a monopoly on Science" card... |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. Thanks for posting this. |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank you....I've thought about this as well. |
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Lefta Dissenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. unbearable sadness (n/t) |
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MGB67deux (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thank you, |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. I would recommend this a second time if i could. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Thank you, FedUpWithIt All. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well said......My heart is with yours on this one. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. dead folks walking |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. Thank you for this. I'll try and concentrate on the great heroes involved. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. Agree. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. I am cryng right now..because I thought the very same thing this morning |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Dear angstlessk, |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Great people. If history is any guide they'll never be given their due |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. New Scientist interviewed the Chernobyl control room engineer before he died |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thank you for the link. I look forward to reading it! n/t |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
69. Thank you. Brave man. nt |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. ARE there still people on site? The reason why I ask is that I've seen every... |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. They are there. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. they have no idea what's going on *inside the reactor itself* |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
81. 1450 of them. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. what an excellent post- yes indeed, they are true heros- |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. Picture of TEPCO Reactor Control Room #6, circa 1995 (from Flickr) |
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B2G (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. Bravo n/t |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. I hope they are succesful |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. +1 n/t |
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SlipperySlope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Japan needs all the heros it can get today. |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
39. I have been thinking of them since last night |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
40. They are dead men walking, bless them every one |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Some people are under the impression that no one is in there. |
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GardeningGal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
41. I wish I could rec this more than once. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. All of our hearts ache for Japan -- and for these workers -- they are in a way |
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vicarofrevelwood (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. Also the sobering fact they Maybe already walking dead. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Welcome to DU, vicarofrevelwood! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
50. Lovely post |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
53. yep |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. Thanks for this post. Hubby and I were talking about this at Breakfast |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Shakespeare - The Twelfth Night |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #58 |
94. Excellent quote! n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
55. Absolutely. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
56. kr |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. kr again |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
82. Thank you Hannah Bell! |
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rdking647 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
57. radiation sickness |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Only one person has been diagnosed with radiation sickness nt |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I read 3 people were treated for radiation sickness. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Yours is probably newer |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. I wouldn't rely on the Daily Mail for accurate info of any kind |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. You're right. How 'bout the BBC? |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #75 |
91. As far I can gather 1 w/sickness believed to be a Plant Worker |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. That is good news. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
63. K & R |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
64. Absolutely! -eom- |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
66. If no one went to war, there'd be no war. nt |
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Rectangle (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
67. If there isn't a United Nations "Medal Of Honor" for selfless bravery |
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Scottybeamer70 (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
70. Sad and beautiful post |
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susu369 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
72. Thank you |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
73. Brilliant post. K/R! n/t. |
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pasto76 (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
76. A-fucking-men |
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Loki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
77. FourScore, thank you for that thoughtful post. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
78. K and R |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
79. A fleet of 1970's nuclear plants survived an 8.9 earth quake, 150 large after shocks, and a tsunami. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
80. K&R. Yes they are heroes. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
83. Here are some things most people don't know - Fukushima Mayor |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
84. As a US West Coast resident, they are working to protect me and my family & community |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
85. Explosion in a third containment building at Dai Ichi. |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
87. There are now a few less. 7 Missing/3 Injured in blast per BBC TV |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Let's hope they are okay. n/t |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
89. Thank you for the post |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
90. I've been thinking about those people risking their lives for the last 2 days. n/t |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
92. Beautifully written. Thank you. n/t |
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