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in all fairness, Zep really did ripoff Spirit.

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But I thought that the wingnuts liked Poutine, especially when he is shirtless and wrestling bears.

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If Canadian-born Sen. Raphael Cruz is a "natural born" American citizen remains to be determined.

It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.

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as always, IOKIYAR

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ZWP: It came back to bite 'em in butt with (r)Money. Note one major Republican objected when the right wing nutz claimed Mr. Obama wasn't a Christian. They thought it was at least amusing, if not actually helpful.

Kind of like the Tea Baggers.

Then Mittens came along and the far right wondered if "Mormons" were really Christian and all of a sudden it wasn't quite so funny.

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Yeah, ascending line versus descending, but pretty much same changes.

I tend to be pretty meh about most music-plagiarism suits, because there are, after all, only so many chords. In this particular case, I'd wonder why Randy never brought up the issue.

Also, I was a little disappointed to see Colbert sort of treat Spirit as a clown act. They were never high on my personal chart, but they had a decent following for a while.

Kids, huh?

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FWIW, I'll repeat my own belief, which is that it means your US citizenship was established at birth. Other citizenships that may also have been established at birth are irrelevant to whether or not you are a "natural born" US citizen.

But, you are right, because this has never yet been determined, either by law or by SCOTUS.

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