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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:35 PM
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Lets talk about the "Audacity of Hope".
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 03:39 PM by William769
Reagan was a racist, a Homophone, declared war on the poor, bankrupted this Country, Helped propel the moral majority, just to name a few.

Yes Mr. obama your your hope is an audacity not to mention an insult.

We can see the change you really want and as a life long Democrat, I want no part of it. Younger African American will not remember the Reagan Years, but older African Americans will, you will not be able to keep busing in students like you did in Iowa. When all is said and done and people go into the voting booth, we shall see where your hope and change takes us.

You shot yourself in the foot just by the mere mention of his name, but no you had to go one better didn't you? Not only did you shoot yourself in the foot, you stabbed lifelong Democrats in the back.

I hope your proud of yourself, seems like some of your supporters are.

As a lifelong Gay American living with AIDS, may the voters have mercy on your soul.

I will give Reagan credit for one thing, he did help free Some people around the world, to bad he couldn't do it for Americans.

This message brought to you by a bleeding heart Liberal..

I'm William King
And I approve this message.

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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:46 PM
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1. Proudly K & R Well said Billy
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desi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:47 PM
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2. Raygun was that and more...
:applause: :pals:

K&R
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:48 PM
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3. Hillary Clinton associates with a known former Klan member.


See? We can both play this stupid little game.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:49 PM
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4. Want to add the story to that pic?
Or is this just a drive by shooting?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:53 PM
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7. Just cutting through the hypocrisy.
Sorry if it hurts.

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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:53 PM
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8. So no story then?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:57 PM
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9. You want a story? OK.
One day, a stupid little troll was walking through the forest. This troll didn't like billygoats very much, so he decided to slur them. This didn't affect the billygoats very much, since they were a lot smarter then him anyway, and besides, it was pretty clear the troll was a hypocrite. So they went one way, and the stupid little troll went off in the other direction, whistling happily since he was so stupid, he could not understand just how stupid he was.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:58 PM
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10. Thats what I thought.
You can pick up your fries at the next window.
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:01 PM
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17. half of DU can't see his posts....he claims they are all trolls. nt.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:09 PM
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25. Oh, not all of them.
Some of them are humorless twits.

Some of them are immature brats that can't handle losing an argument.

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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:11 PM
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32. there are some humorless twits...on that I agree. nt.
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:01 PM
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18. lol
:rofl:
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desi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:07 PM
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23. Who is it?
:evilgrin:
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:11 PM
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31. that hooligan fool
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desi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:18 PM
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38. lol
an Obamabot no doubt.

Go Giants !!!
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:09 PM
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27. Sorry, Bill, I just don't think you're smart enough to work at McDonald's
You'd probably end up deep-frying your hands.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:10 PM
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28. Still waiting on the story, do you have it?
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:16 PM
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36. I've got it!
Folks, I think we are in the presence of greatness,
it seems that 'William769' appears to be none other than the Big Dog, himself.

Look out, He Bites!
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:17 PM
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37. I could only wish.
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 04:17 PM by William769
But thanks for the complement.

ON EDIT: Still no story. How typical.
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:25 PM
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43. you need to learn how this messageboard works
There are threads and then there are subthreads.

My original post was not even a reply to you, but it appeared in your subthread.

I don't even know what story you're talking about. Ask the appropriate person and you may get a response.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:43 PM
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44. Seems you need to learn how message boards work.
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 05:51 PM by William769
Your comment was off sub thread #10, which BTW just happens to be my post.

ON EDIT: and to give you a little help on how DU message board works, when you click on my DU and you see a number beside it it means someone responded to your post. Hope that helps you understand things a little better.
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:59 PM
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14. LOL
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:51 PM
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5. I think the book needs to be fully examined.
In it, Obama defends and promotes policy positions that run counter to what many Democrats and liberals on DU have fought against.

If I could do it anonymously, I'd post up a bunch of his stated positions from that book without attaching his name to them and sit back while heads explode here.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:53 PM
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6. Heads have been exploding all day.
I keep asking questions in threads and I seem to be on everyone's ignore list.

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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:58 PM
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11. Not mine.
I just really don't have the heart to post a lot the last few days. Only a little and this talk of Reagan is really sick and sad.

Even if he had been a good president his response to HIV was enough to put him on my worst list forever. I shiver that anyone would remember him with good will or as an inspiration.
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Luminous Animal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:58 PM
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12. On ignore...
that's probably where I am for many people. I stayed up until 2:30 AM (had to get up at 7:00 AM) responding to the Obama apologists. I was hoping that a few hours sleep would help cool me down but I am just as pissed off as I was last night.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:59 PM
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13. Here is just a sample

Pg.8-9

Examples of "New Democrat speak."

pg. 10

Obama expresses centrist/DLC beliefs on free market competition. He states his feeling that many government programs (social programs) have not worked as advertised.

pg. 11

Obama rejects special interests, or single issue, politics based on race, gender, sexual orientation, or victimhood - one of the purpose of the DLC. "Common good." Bill Clinton.

pg. 20

Despite Barbara Boxer signing on to Rep. Stepanie Tubbs Jones' challenge of the 2004 presidential election, Obama votes to certify it, believing Bush won the election despite evidence of voter fraud in Ohio.

Pg. 23

Obama recognizes the global war on terrorism is real, and not a "bumpersticker slogan." But he calls it a "the battle against international terrorism," one he believes should be addressed both by dealing with global poverty and a "judicious projection of military power."

Pg.24

Though he admits he believes Democratic ideology is more grounded in fact than that of the GOP, Obama expresses disdain for the conspiracy theories of the fringes, "of America being hijacked by an evil cabal." He says the left and right have become "mirror images of each other," whose purpose is "not to pursuade the other side but to keep their bases agitated and assured of the rightness of their respective causes."

pg. 31

Obama says liberals of the 60s/70s valued entitlements over duties and responsibilities.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:02 PM
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19. Thanks!
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:03 PM
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21. Wow. This deserves a thread of its own. nt
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:11 PM
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30. No shit.
:wow:
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elixir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:07 PM
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24. William we hear you. We all know the right answer.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:09 PM
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26. I know some do.
I'm just trying to get through to the deaf and dumb.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:59 PM
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15. Mind stepping off that soapbox?
Never mind. I'm done. Carry on making a fool of yourself.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:03 PM
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20. I'm making a fool of myself?
Now thats funny! :rofl:
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:05 PM
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22. How is he being a fool? Do tell.
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:21 PM
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40. Why don't you take your ignorance to another thread? n/t
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:00 PM
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16. I bought Obama's book a while back but I haven't read it yet. nt
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electron_blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:25 PM
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41. Get started. I read both of his books last fall to try to understand Obama better.
It helped a great deal.
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smiley_glad_hands Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:11 PM
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29. I approve you message too. K & R eom
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:12 PM
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33. Have you read the book?
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:12 PM
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34. Have you read the book?
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:15 PM
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35. No, why should I contribute to the delinquency of a fool.
I have been able to get from it what I need the the internet.

Why waste the money.
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:18 PM
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39. Thanks for your post.
I just changed my Avatar in support.

I listened in the early months to Obama's message and when he threw boomers under the bus to promote his generational war I asked myself "Is he American enough?" I watched as he threw gays under the bus (it did not start with McClurkin) and I knew he was both personally homophobic and very cynical. I cried as he pushed the race debate for the purpose of winning South Carolina while risking the party and the country and asked myself "How selfish can one man be?" As he went on and pushed forward his attack dog JJJr. to insult women I knew for sure - "He is not a Democrat".

I am old and have been involved in every civil and human rights movement of the past half century. I don't want this poser representing my party or my country.

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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:45 PM
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42. Thats a great avatar, thanks!
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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:00 PM
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45. I'm really starting to dislike Obama -- we don't need "bipartisanship" we need LEADERSHIP
we don't need another Delegater-in-Chief.

his rhetoric has gone from naive to insulting.
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MethuenProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:22 PM
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46. k&r
and :hug:
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Cameron27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:27 PM
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47. K&R
:hug:
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:32 PM
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48. Well said William
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 11:44 PM
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49. Thanks William... another reason Obama doesn't qualify as a democratic president
As time goes by, Obama is revealing his true self peeling off layers at a time revealing a RW zealot masquerading as a populist democrat. His Republispeak seem to run contrary to the writings in his two books.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 11:46 PM
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50. I couldn't agree more.
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 11:48 PM
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51. K&R
Excellent post, William
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 02:17 PM
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52. Well, Sir William, I never thought I would be posting this to you
But heres a kick and a recommend.

He may not have jumped THE shark with the "party of ideas for the last 10-15 years" crap, but he jumped mine.

:toast:
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 02:21 PM
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53. We don't have to like each other (politically speaking) to know who is truly evil.
Edited on Fri Jan-18-08 02:22 PM by William769
Thank you.
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 02:51 PM
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54. Yeah, but I do like you. Just don't tell anyone.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 03:03 PM
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55. Yael likes Billy! Yael likes Billy!
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 03:22 PM
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56. I'm just a heart breaker.
:evilgrin:
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 03:55 PM
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57. and some people TV might agree.
Well maybe not the HEART.
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