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Bjorn Against Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 04:39 PM
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This morning I inherited a few billion dollars so I decided to go to a Tea Party rally to celebrate
This morning when I opened my e-mail I received a pleasant surprise, I have just inherited several billion dollars from a Saudi Prince. As soon as I found out that our wars for oil had given me vast sums of money and power over the peasants of this great nation I knew that I needed to celebrate. When I was told that there was going to be a rally at the Minnesota State Capitol where the duped peasants would teabag billionaires without even requiring us to buy them dinner first I knew I had to be there.

I donned my top hat and Armani tux and headed towards the Capitol to take a stand for a small government. I wanted to ensure that government is limited to doing what is essential for the prosperity of this great nation. The only role of government should be that which is outlined in the Constitution plus handing out really big contracts to Halliburton, subsidizing the oil industry, wiretapping the phones of peasants, torturing people, shooting the greedy immigrants who cross our border, making sure gays stay locked in the closet, ensuring women have no say over their bodies, starting wars, expanding the role of faith based institutions into government, busting up unions, bailing out bankers when they lose profits, and taking on other roles which benefit us billionaires. My vision of small government is so powerful that I want to make sure more people get to be involved, that is why I supported spreading our small government to places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Pakistan. I am hoping that soon we will be able to expand our small government to Iran as well, maybe we can even get some of those activist judges to stop paying attention to the parts of the Constitution that we don't like and allow some churches to become a part of our small government.

I arrived at the Capitol just minutes before my hero Michele Bachmann was about to take the stage. There are very few people who have stood for the rights of billionaires to beat down dirty peasants like Michele Bachmann has, although I am proud to say that the entire Republican Party as well as many Democrats seem to be doing a great job of standing with her in her assault on the greedy workers who demand we actually pay them for their labor.

When we arrived at the Capitol I was impressed at all the support I received, my support for the billionaire agenda in plain terms seemed to be very well received. I carried a sign which stated “Small Government, Big Wars” on one side and “Money for Halliburton Not For Schools” on the other and these were messages that seemed to resonate well with the Tea Party. I received lots of smiles and people stopping to take my photo before I even found my billionaire friends.



When Michele Bachmann took the stage we went and stood as close as we could get to the podium, it was roped off so we couldn't get too close, but we were able to get a good enough spot that we were visible to most of the crowd as they looked up at Saint Bachmann.

Most people seemed to realize that we were standing with them to support the billionaire agenda, but there were a few people who somehow got the absurd idea that we were lefty infiltrators who were mocking them. A few young Republicans crossed the ropes so they could stand in front of us and block our signs, but fortunately they are in the minority of the Republican Party and the GOP officials in charge of security stood by us billionaires like they always do so well and told the young Republicans to get on the other side of the ropes and it allowed the message of the wealthy elite to continue to be heard.


Later we moved to some steps alongside the stage so we could be closer to the crowd and one peasant came to yell in our faces to tell us we didn't belong there, he thought our signs were inappropriate even though they clearly stated the Tea Party agenda. I couldn't quite understand how he could be opposed to a message like “Money for Halliburton Not For Schools” when that is very clearly the agenda that all the Republican members of Congress who spoke from the podium have stood so firmly for these past few years.

It was a great rally and as a billionaire I was impressed with many of the signs, but the one that had the biggest impact on me was the most commonly seen sign at the event. It carried the simple message “No New Taxes! No New Revenue!” and in fine print on the bottom of the sign it said “Prepared and Paid For by the Republican Party of Minnesota”. I was so proud to see the Republicans have moved beyond the simple message of “No new taxes” and have taken an even bolder stance by taking the official position of “No new revenue” as well. That may not be a position taken by anyone who is not lying when they say they are serious about reducing the size of the government, but the beautiful thing is that many peasants don't even know they are being lied to and will cheer for this agenda that only benefits billionaires like myself. The Republican elites know as well as I do that if we don't collect revenue the government will not be able to pay its bills and then they can declare an emergency and say we are forced to sell off public assets to billionaires like me, we can then make huge profits off the backs of the American people. Who needs public schools when people like me need to get another yacht to show off to the peasants who will never be able to ride it?



Today I saw the greatness of an America that places corporate profits over human need...

Uh oh...

Right as I was about to wrap this post up I found out that the e-mail I received this morning was a scam. I did not inherit billions from a Saudi Prince, it was all a lie. I am still a peasant. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to cheer for the billionaire's agenda after all.
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geckosfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 04:44 PM
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1. +
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RyanPsych Donating Member (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:53 AM
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30. I can share some empathy there.
Tooootally got scammed by some Nigerian Prince!

And I was so looking forward to paying no taxes and owning a senator! Dang! :sarcasm:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 04:50 PM
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2. Extremely well played!
I am proud, Proud I tell you, to recommend!

:woohoo:
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 04:51 PM
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3. As a heretofore secret billionaire myself (guess everyone knows now)
Edited on Sat May-07-11 04:53 PM by abq e streeter
I want to thank you for standing up for our right to steal....er... I mean reap the rewards of our industriousness and righteousness. Don't let the disappointment about the Saudi Prince get you down. As you know, in America everyone can inherit...damn, I mean gainfully and respectably earn billionaire status. Keep working hard at your peasant job and I'm sure the riches will start pouring in soon....
P.S. Just don't join no damn union. We hate those, and since we're rich, that automatically makes us right.
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Bjorn Against Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:26 PM
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8. You're right...I am sure some day I will see those billions in oil company profits
Just as long as the peasants don't get in my way.
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Foo Fighter Donating Member (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 10:09 PM
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20. Exactly.
While I'm sorry that your inheritance didn't come through, you don't need it. Anybody in America can be a billionaire if they really want to be. If you're not a billionaire, it's either because you're not working hard enough OR it's because you're being held back by the guy down the street that is collecting food stamps (paid for by YOUR tax dollars, mind you) in order to feed his family. If it wasn't for the people on welfare, every single person in this great country of ours would be a billionaire. No one knows that better than Michele Bachmann. Thank you for getting out there and supporting her. BTW, did you get a chance to ask her about the farm subsidies she gets? ;)
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 04:54 PM
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4. Your post is unlimited width
I keep trying to adjust it so I can read it comfortably, but it keeps growing and growing and growing.

I bet you intended it that way. It's a metaphor for something isn't it?
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Bjorn Against Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:11 PM
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7. I think it is fixed now
Edited on Sat May-07-11 05:12 PM by Bjorn Against
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 04:56 PM
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5. Even though you did not get the billion, your post is totally priceless. n/t
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:02 PM
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6. Excellent!
Billionaires for Healthcare? :thumbsup:
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Tyrs WolfDaemon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:32 PM
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9. I applaud your efforts but you forgot something...
You forgot that the elite will want to hold giant public shows in various sporting arenas (perhaps as half-time shows)in which the peasants are entertained (they must pay admission of course) so as to watch liberals fight it out with swords and tridents. They will also be able to get their kicks from the feeding of Pagans and other infidels to 'wild' animals (they will be clones, specially bred for this as we all know that true wild animals don't belong as they interferes with businesses that want to factory farm or mine or etc.) I'm sure that there are other spectacles the elite can come up with.

I hope you can send these ideas to the other billionairs...

Oh, I forgot, your Saudi Prince didn't come through for you...

Oh well, I guess I won't be fed to a 'wild' mutant animal at half-time...

Damn...That is how I wanted to go...





:evilgrin:



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senseandsensibility Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:39 PM
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10. kick for the snark
and the truth. Well written and sadly funny. I like my humor dry, but the pathos can be upsetting.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:49 PM
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11. And. . .There . .It. . . Is: ~ "Starve the Beast" ~ ,
Shrink it down to the size where you can drown it in the bathtub.

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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 06:15 PM
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12. you did good, I deal with a few righties that quote Dave Ramsey
and preach about how debtors have to decrease spending in order to get their financial houses in order. They don't seem to realize he also preaches taking in new revenue in the way of part time jobs in order to help along the way.

I am very sorry to hear about the Saudi prince. I have a lawyer friend in Nigeria that needs to unload a few hundred large, large. Maybe I can hook you guys up.:toast:
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Bjorn Against Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 07:41 PM
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13. Maybe I will have your lawyer friend in Nigeria get in touch with me in time for the next tea party
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 09:06 PM
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16. Did Dave Ramsey get hit in the head with a cinder block?
And if not, will someone do that for him?

I was sitting there a few weeks ago reading a Dave Ramsey column. In it someone asked a question like this: I have three rental properties worth $100k each that generate enough income to pay all my house payments, $150k left on the mortgage on my primary residence and x in the bank. What should I do? Ramsey's answer: sell one of the rental properties, pay off your primary residence note and use the income from your rentals plus whatever you've got left over from the sale to buy a house to flip.

I am sorry, but after the devastation house flipping caused in the Bush era, anyone who recommends doing it now should be taken out back and shot.
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 07:48 PM
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14. K&R
:applause:
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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 08:15 PM
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15. Keep your fingers crossed, Bjorn. You might get a letter from a Nigerian official any day now.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 09:08 PM
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17. Crowbar on its way via express post
You're going to need something serious to pry tongue out of cheek.

Excellent post, BTW...I hope when the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation sends you their billions you'll do a follow-up.
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Vehl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 09:11 PM
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18. Awesome!!! K&R
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russspeakeasy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 09:24 PM
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19. Evidently we are related, because I got the same e mail.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 11:34 PM
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21. Heh!
A sad yet instructive ending. Live and learn. :D
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 12:23 AM
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22. Five Stars!
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 12:37 AM
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23. Well, damn. Sorry to hear it was a scam...
I was just getting ready to ask you to loan me a few bucks, so I could buy myself some of those there bootstraps.

I've been told it's all I'll ever need to get back on my feet again.

K&R
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live love laugh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 01:53 AM
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24. Those "NO new taxes..." signs--biggg clue re: the "independent" Tea Party identity
Edited on Sun May-08-11 01:55 AM by live love laugh
that they are just another branch of The Party of NO.

Howz about we start just calling them Teaparty Republicans in the same breath? So they'll know who they are.
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mntleo2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 02:47 AM
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25. Stop it! I am having to wipe tears I am laughing so hard
You know ...
...when you show up and TRY to say what they say and they get all poufed up with outrage well ...it's just freaking funneh

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Cat in Seattle
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DesertDiamond Donating Member (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 04:18 AM
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26. ROFL! You rocked this! :-)
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 04:29 AM
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27. Kudos
Sorry about your lost windfall though. LOL
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 05:51 AM
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28. Have we all just figured this out? Why have they been allowed to
tell us that tax cuts equal jobs...
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BumRushDaShow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:33 AM
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29. Bravo!
:applause:
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dotymed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 08:29 AM
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31. Sadly, I think it does often happen this way.
When people are fortunate enough to inherit, win, earn(?) enough money to actually become a part of the elite, they often (it seems) forget about the obstacles that they faced (they believe they were strong enough to overcome the obstacles and everyone else can too, even on an inheritance or a chance windfall), so they want more. Screw the "little people", it's "my turn to shine baby."

What a travesty. We have to Unite and overcome for the sake of everyone. Just level the playing field and help those less fortunate.
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MNmom Donating Member (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 09:16 AM
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32. Great write-up, Bjorn!
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mascarax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 10:01 AM
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33. Bjorn, was it really "thousands" (Strib)?
I saw some pics, looked like 100s (<500).
Did they announce their attendance (and lie, like usual)?

Thanks, as always, for your activism! Love the billionaires. (Tho I think Mr. Green Shirt did not, right?)

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Bjorn Against Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 10:15 AM
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35. I estimated about 1,000
One of the other billionaires that was with me thought there were closer to 2,000, I would consider that number within the realm of reasonable estimates but I am sure there couldn't have been more than that. This is an annual event and it gets the biggest turnout of any anti-tax rally every year as right-wing radio and the Republican Party promotes the hell out of it. It was a large rally, but not a huge rally.

I did not hear them announce a number from the stage, but I am sure there were exaggerated numbers floating around. It was definitely in the range of 1,000-2,000 people.
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eowyn_of_rohan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 10:05 AM
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34. Wonderful post !
Wish I could have been there - hooray for all of you!
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 10:22 AM
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36. K&R! Looks like you hurt some baggers' widdle feelings!
:applause: :rofl:
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 10:23 AM
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37. No New Taxes -- No New Revenue????
They are idiotic!

I say bring back the old taxes. Especially the ones on the rich.

We should tell them every time they use that wording that we have had those taxes in the past.

Maybe income taxes should be based something like COLA except taxes would be raised or lowered based on how much more income one receives compared to everyone else. If a person receives income at about the same rate as the average person then then their tax rates would remain the same. If their income has gone down more than most then their tax rate would be lowered. If they receive more income than most then their tax rates would go up higher. And I mean tack on 1 or 2 percent more in each tax bracket for those making more. Maybe higher if their income is obscenely higher.
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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 10:23 AM
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38. I added you to my buddy list.
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snagglepuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 10:53 AM
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39. Kudos are well deserved.
:kick:
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BlancheSplanchnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:05 AM
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40. Second paragraph, perfect distillation of the rethug/bag agenda
I'd kick and rec this 1000 times if I could!

Bookmarked!
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 12:28 PM
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41. Ex-Billionaire Bjorn, your strategic error was in spelling all your signs correctly.
That probably confused a lot of your would-be converts.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 12:28 PM
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42. was the Tripoli ambassador there to support Bachman?
:rofl:
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 01:22 PM
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43. Bravo!
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 02:58 PM
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44. Us peasants must stick together!
K & R!
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NICO9000 Donating Member (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 03:05 PM
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45. Fear not, Bjorn!
I have a feeling you just may get another e-mail from Nigeria that will make up for the sudden loss of billions you've sadly suffered. In fact, check your "spam" folder right now - I think I'll be proven right!

:bounce:

Seriously though, kudos to all who braved the sea of stupid in MN. I don't think I could stomach a teabagger rally - I'd probably stroke out after 15 minutes or so.
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