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There was an outcry when Chris Hayes said he didn't feel it was right referring to every deployed soldier as a 'hero.' There was an outcry when The Red Badge of Courage came out too, a HUGE outcry, that anyone would ever suggest that any of our brave Union soldiers ever felt fear! I am not kidding and it had to be severely cut and altered on every page. Mammoth scandal for the ages. Those letter writers sound identical to the current self-righteous people.

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Oh man that is a nice story. That was so early, he ran the risk of annoying the people of the venue, the parents of all those white children-- well he was a big star I suppose, but it was early for that kind of gesture. It's very moving isnt' it? So I guess it's possible Ryan Zinke might imitate his black hat but probably didn't take any further lessons from the man you saw.Got to get this man's biography now.

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But, who's that up in the corner? ?

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She looks like she's ready to dig into her purse for another little 'love me'

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How nice he looks by contrast.

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The GOP has to go there! 1. Not everyone is allowed, and 2. the islands are fragile. What could be more alluring to guys like them? ( Hell yeah, probably most of the animals are endangered )

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His hat, it's so extra large, his eyebrows, his vacant expression, his riding a horse to work so he can become a legend, his requiring a certain flag to fly from the roof when he's in the building like Queen Elizabeth, his having been a Navy Seal and having been found to have poor judgement. Why isn't he hiding these things?

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Cue Louise Linton. There's another princess afoot. MIrror mirror on the wall, who's the griftiest of them all?

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Or the Centerfold for the Gay Bandidos Magazine.

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I thought that movie was a biography of Zinke.

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It depends on where you're coming from in SoCal. Los Angeles, Orange County, and even northern San Diego County usually head to Catalina. Catalina has one developed town and a number of campsites. Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties head to Channel Islands, which offer campsites and secluded backcountry camping.

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I liked him

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it's like the Obsession perfume TV ad campaign: I thought the ads were beautiful but the scent, notsomuch.

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Yet another gross lying grifter of the GOP. He looks like the crooked town boss in many a 1940s western. He even wears a black hat.This ain't real. This ain't real. This ain't real.Oh, Jesus.It's real.

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Never been a more gorgeous book about a more disturbing/tragic subject.

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How old was she when "Fast Times at Ridgemont..." was released?'My Favorite Martian' played one of Spicoli's teachers, a "Mr Hand"...

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