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BarackMyWorld's avatar

When I was a kid....the crime rate in America was actually much, much higher.

Suck it, reactionaries and everyone's nostalgic grandparents.

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Lefty Mark's avatar

Come on, you just know that RW pundits are licking their chops over this one.

"Robbing a small business? Why, that kid has a bright future in government!"

"He robbed a small business? Who does he think he is, [choose one] Obama/Pelosi/Reid/Obamacare/a Liebrul/a government bureaucrat...?"

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

wait until that twelve year old knocks over the little girl down the block and robs her Easy Bake Oven

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my stand Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed Squeeze my lemon, 'til the juice runs down my stand

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Painter of Goats's avatar

Is this going to sour the 10 year old's view on the free market?

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Painter of Goats's avatar

So you typed this from your mother's basement?

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

green grass and high tides forever

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

I blame the Dukes

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Comrade Wingtardd's avatar

I think this is called a "hostile takeover" in bizzy parlance, so it seems perfectly entrepreneurial to me. If Goldman Sachs are entrepreneurs, then the kid who holds up the lemonade stand is as well.

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Comrade Wingtardd's avatar

Well I hope it doesn't go sour

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Painter of Goats's avatar

Hey, hands off, that's where I eat MY Cheetos!

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Painter of Goats's avatar

This is just depressing. Talk about making lemons from lemonade.

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

The ten year old should have invested that $30 in a nice used Saturday Night Special- problem solved

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

talk about a hostile takeover

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

I'm holding out for a full auto poop cannon

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

kid should have planned ahead and put his lemonade stand in an M1-A1

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