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... like, "Hi! I'm your black cousin." Your great grandfather raped my great grandmother.and sold his own children from her.Because he didn't want to be reminded about it.

But here it is, being taught in school.Next ... Your black cousins will sue for their share.

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Franklin put a post office in every town, village, and even ships.You would expect cable companies to do the same.But they don't We need to put the post back into The White House.and to expand the scope of The POST vastly.so there will be jobs for people who are looking.

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Yes. C. stands for cathode.R. stands for Rayand T. is for Tube.

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Yes I get it but reorg the police isn't sexy.

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you are right. I should have said I was grossed out by that story.

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I've seen it both ways, I think it started as 6 though, so you're not wrong.

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They aren't constraints placed on the Constitution. They are constraints placed on the Federal government - along with certain rules of operation.

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I'd rather not. Most of the time that just gets laughed off.

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I actually took some time to look into it, and concluded it's remarkably difficult to define "Marxism." Old Karl was all over the place. And much of what he wrote has been twisted since.

I do like "Lennonist." Subtle.

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Yes, they should. We can mock and shun and ridicule those who say such things.

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The basic right-wing tenet here was best stated by Rick Santorum, Republican of Pennsylvania: "Education creates liberals." Can't have that now, can we?

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Oh, no you di'n't. Love it or leave it!

USA no. 39. USA no. 39!

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Forsooth. And Warmth of Other Suns is Wilkerson's vastly better work. That will change your life.

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Reading is not fundamentalist.

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Back when he didn't lie about his hair dye, married "Mommy," and was a big fan of Gun Control.

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American tv and radio journalists don't do that. Follow-up questions. Naw.

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