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youbetcha

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My powdered drink mix with cyclamates was tasty. Then the gubmint just took it away.

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"People" always = "Calls" to the virtouser guardians of truth. This is just good business.

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Put them in hoodies and make them carry skittles and iced tea in his neighborhood. Better yet get one of them...

nausea alert...

...romantically involved with him.

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When I lived in Boulder County, some of the people in the mountains took such pride in their independence. They'd post signs "HEALTH DEPARTMENT KEEP OUT!" (really) so their sewage runoff rights wouldn't be infringed upon by people who lived downstream. Very independent. Until there was a forest fire. Then they wanted those (expensive) taxpayer-funded slurry bombers flying 24x7. Ya gotta admire their chootspah.

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like the people after Katrina retreating to the <i>safety</i> of their roof. duh.

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I had to get a roof repair done once. It hurt my wallet. So I need insurance against roofers.

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<i>"hate the traffic"</i>

Which is the government's fault for enticing people to drive with roads and oil subsidies and zoning.

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No, that's where we get the phrase "Irrelevant to our purposes."

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A friend of mine who is black says this happens every time he visits his wife's family in Montana: he gets followed by prowl cars when he takes the dog out for a walk, and/or stopandfrisked.

He met his wife, a nurse, while recovering from combat wounds during the Vietnam War. Which obviously makes him a criminal.

On the plus side, our fabulous new mayor, here in <strike> Darktown</strike> <strike>Partly Darktown</strike> NYC, just canceled the whole stopandfrisk program today. Boom.

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Nope.

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<i>Massive</i> upfist.

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Just put the words "<a href="http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2014\/01\/29\/3134851\/conservatives-food4patriots\/" target="_blank">patriot</a>," "<a href="http:\/\/www.eaglebusinessproducts.net\/" target="_blank">eagle</a>," or "<a href="http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2014-01-13\/meet-freedom-industries-the-company-behind-the-west-virginia-spill" target="_blank">Freedom</a>" in its name, and the rubes will line up to clean out their savings for you.

(okay, that middle one was a red-tailed herring; it appears to be a legitimate business which has not yet been accused of fraud or destroying any aquifers)

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Only til about mid-April, when the role of New Star in the GOP Firmament is scheduled to pass to the Hispanic one - timed so the GOP can try to take credit for immigration reform.

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Wait til Ms. Grenier gets a bill from Obama for the penalty for not having health insurance. Once she gets over blowing a gasket, she gonna pack her bags and head out to Idaho to join that white militia guy in that poor little town there.

Hey, last I heard he was living in a tent. He could use a roofer.

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I've wondered and wished the same. "No penalty for not having insurance, but you cannot be treated except with cash payment." Fell off the roof? take two aspirin Cancer? try prayer.

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