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Axordil
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For the establsihment in all these places it's the freedom to self perpetutate their wealth,influence and power.
Around here the code phrase for that is "protecting our way of life." :neutral:

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:cool: I intentionally skipped WWIII. Really I did. It took place on Mars and was started in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico. Earth lost the war and the US offered to take the brunt of the punishment. Long story short that is why GWB is President today. There have been a lot of other incidents the rest of the world has qu

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Ara-anna wrote:
:cool: I intentionally skipped WWIII. Really I did. It took place on Mars and was started in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico. Earth lost the war and the US offered to take the brunt of the punishment. Long story short that is why GWB is President today. There have been a lot of other incidents the rest of the world has qu
No sin or crime anyone anywhere ever committed deserves a punishment so horrendous. :D

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For the establsihment in all these places it's the freedom to self perpetutate their wealth,influence and power.
Around here the code phrase for that is "protecting our way of life." :neutral:
Amen to that!! If only more people realized it.

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Didn't know where to put this. Someone posted it at HoF. It's an amazing, sad story:
http://michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-t ... ildren.htm


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Axordil
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Very sad. Reminds me of some of the atrocities committed in Missouri during the Civil War here. :(

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