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OT-Very OT-Geen Fruitcakes in action
An email forwarded from an old and dear but green as alge friend
"Dear Friend, No one voted on Election Day to destroy the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But President Bush is now claiming a mandate to do exactly that. Congressional leaders are pushing for a budget bill that would turn America's greatest sanctuary for Arctic wildlife into a vast, polluted oil field. The U.S. Senate has already passed a budget resolution that would open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. But to complete its assault on the refuge, Congress must still pass two different budget measures. We urgently need your help to prevent passage of any final budget agreement that includes Arctic drilling. Please go to the NRDC Action Fund website (http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfor...p=2&item=52387) right now and send a message telling your U.S. senators and representative to reject this sneak attack on the Arctic Refuge. And please forward my message to your friends, family, and colleagues. We must mobilize millions of Americans in opposition as quickly as possible. Don't believe for a second that the president is targeting the Arctic Refuge for the sake of America's energy security or to lower gas prices at the pump. President Bush knows full well that oil drilled in the Arctic Refuge would take ten years to get to market and would never equal more than a paltry one or two percent of our nation's daily consumption. Simply put, sacrificing the crown jewel of our wildlife heritage would do nothing to reduce gas prices or break our addiction to Persian Gulf oil. But if the raid on the Arctic Refuge isn't really about gas prices or energy security, then what is it about? It's the symbolism. The Arctic Refuge represents everything spectacular and everything endangered about America's natural heritage. It embodies a million years of ecological serenity . . . a vast stretch of pristine wilderness . . . an irreplaceable birthing ground for polar bears, caribou and white wolves. It is the greatest living reminder that conserving nature in its wild state is a core American value. It stands for every remnant of wilderness that we, as a people, have wisely chosen to protect from the relentless march of bulldozers, chain saws and oil rigs. And that's why the Bush administration is dead set on destroying it. By unlocking the Arctic Refuge, they hope to open the door for oil, gas and coal giants to invade our last and best wild places: our western canyonlands, our ancient forests, our coastal waters, even our national monuments. This is the real agenda behind the raid on the Arctic Refuge and the entire Bush-Cheney energy plan: to transfer our public estate into corporate hands so it can be liquidated for a quick buck. Please go to the NRDC Action Fund website (http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfor...p=2&item=52387) and tell your senators and representative they have no mandate to destroy the Arctic Refuge. Then please be sure to forward this message to as many people as you can. And thank you for speaking out at this critical time. Sincerely, Robert Redford NRDC Action Fund "[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a group, they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes. Some want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second Amendment. Some want same sex/different species marriage, others want voting rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the competing factions of Islamic fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core, and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr |
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If it were up to me we would drill a hole every 5 feet, the Canadians are
already drilling sideways. I thought Robert Redford was moving out of the country after the election? I hope he takes Jane Fonda with him! "Gunner" wrote in message ... An email forwarded from an old and dear but green as alge friend "Dear Friend, No one voted on Election Day to destroy the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But President Bush is now claiming a mandate to do exactly that. Congressional leaders are pushing for a budget bill that would turn America's greatest sanctuary for Arctic wildlife into a vast, polluted oil field. The U.S. Senate has already passed a budget resolution that would open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. But to complete its assault on the refuge, Congress must still pass two different budget measures. We urgently need your help to prevent passage of any final budget agreement that includes Arctic drilling. Please go to the NRDC Action Fund website (http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfor...p=2&item=52387) right now and send a message telling your U.S. senators and representative to reject this sneak attack on the Arctic Refuge. And please forward my message to your friends, family, and colleagues. We must mobilize millions of Americans in opposition as quickly as possible. Don't believe for a second that the president is targeting the Arctic Refuge for the sake of America's energy security or to lower gas prices at the pump. President Bush knows full well that oil drilled in the Arctic Refuge would take ten years to get to market and would never equal more than a paltry one or two percent of our nation's daily consumption. Simply put, sacrificing the crown jewel of our wildlife heritage would do nothing to reduce gas prices or break our addiction to Persian Gulf oil. But if the raid on the Arctic Refuge isn't really about gas prices or energy security, then what is it about? It's the symbolism. The Arctic Refuge represents everything spectacular and everything endangered about America's natural heritage. It embodies a million years of ecological serenity . . . a vast stretch of pristine wilderness . . . an irreplaceable birthing ground for polar bears, caribou and white wolves. It is the greatest living reminder that conserving nature in its wild state is a core American value. It stands for every remnant of wilderness that we, as a people, have wisely chosen to protect from the relentless march of bulldozers, chain saws and oil rigs. And that's why the Bush administration is dead set on destroying it. By unlocking the Arctic Refuge, they hope to open the door for oil, gas and coal giants to invade our last and best wild places: our western canyonlands, our ancient forests, our coastal waters, even our national monuments. This is the real agenda behind the raid on the Arctic Refuge and the entire Bush-Cheney energy plan: to transfer our public estate into corporate hands so it can be liquidated for a quick buck. Please go to the NRDC Action Fund website (http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfor...p=2&item=52387) and tell your senators and representative they have no mandate to destroy the Arctic Refuge. Then please be sure to forward this message to as many people as you can. And thank you for speaking out at this critical time. Sincerely, Robert Redford NRDC Action Fund "[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a group, they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes. Some want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second Amendment. Some want same sex/different species marriage, others want voting rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the competing factions of Islamic fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core, and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr |
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On misc.survivalism, in
, "Gunner" wrote: An email forwarded from an old and dear but green as alge friend "Dear Friend, No one voted on Election Day to destroy the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But President Bush is now claiming a mandate to do exactly that. Congressional leaders are pushing for a budget bill that would turn America's greatest sanctuary for Arctic wildlife into a vast, polluted oil field. The U.S. Senate has already passed a budget resolution that would open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. snip Funny. I wonder why your friend is not concerned about all of the other ecosystems/habitats that are being trashed for the things that he uses every day in his life. Does he think that all of the other oil fields are somehow earth-friendly, just for starters? AC -- alanconnor AT earthlink DOT net Use your real return address or I'll never know you even tried to mail me. http://tinyurl.com/2t5kp |
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Let me see... The debate on this ultimately involves a trade-off
between keeping humans healthy and alive here in the US, or keeping some obscure but endangered species of animal life alive and healthy for a short time longer in the Arctic Wastelands. Seem to me that this decision is a 'no-brainer', except for someone with a seriously distorted sense of values and who has never personally witnessed unfortunate homeless people sleeping on top of culverts and under bridges just to keep warm in zero-degree winter weather because the local shelter has no heat or space for them. I've seen oil wells in operation for decades everywhere from Long Beach California to Pennsylvania, but I have yet to see one create any notable environmental hazard, nor have the thousands of miles of oil pipeline that we have criss-crossing the US. How many polar bears, seals and birds does it take to equal one human life? Think about it. Harry C. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Let me see... The debate on this ultimately involves a trade-off between keeping humans healthy and alive here in the US, or keeping some obscure but endangered species of animal life alive and healthy for a short time longer in the Arctic Wastelands. Seem to me that this decision is a 'no-brainer', except for someone with a seriously distorted sense of values and who has never personally witnessed unfortunate homeless people sleeping on top of culverts and under bridges just to keep warm in zero-degree winter weather because the local shelter has no heat or space for them. I've seen oil wells in operation for decades everywhere from Long Beach California to Pennsylvania, but I have yet to see one create any notable environmental hazard, nor have the thousands of miles of oil pipeline that we have criss-crossing the US. How many polar bears, seals and birds does it take to equal one human life? Think about it. Forget the d*@ned polar bears. They will all be dead in a few years anyway at the rate the ice packs are melting. Think about this. Not one gallon of ANWAR oil is ever going to mean the difference between life and death for anyone. What it will do is avoid the automobile makers having to increase average efficiency by about 0.2 mpg, supply the same amount of gasoline that would be saved if everyone increased the tire pressure by 1 PSI and give the oil companies something to do with their money rather than increase refining capacity so they are free to declare regional shortages and jack up prices whenever they want. You wingers better face up to the fact that from now on there will never be enough oil and WalMart is shipping all our money to China so they can out bid us for what oil there is. This "energy bill" is just a giant give away to big oil partially financed by cutting research in alternative sources off at the knees. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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On Mon, 2 May 2005 22:30:32 -0400, "Glenn Ashmore"
said: wrote in message roups.com... Let me see... The debate on this ultimately involves a trade-off between keeping humans healthy and alive here in the US, or keeping some obscure but endangered species of animal life alive and healthy for a short time longer in the Arctic Wastelands. Seem to me that this decision is a 'no-brainer', except for someone with a seriously distorted sense of values and who has never personally witnessed unfortunate homeless people sleeping on top of culverts and under bridges just to keep warm in zero-degree winter weather because the local shelter has no heat or space for them. I've seen oil wells in operation for decades everywhere from Long Beach California to Pennsylvania, but I have yet to see one create any notable environmental hazard, nor have the thousands of miles of oil pipeline that we have criss-crossing the US. How many polar bears, seals and birds does it take to equal one human life? Think about it. Forget the d*@ned polar bears. They will all be dead in a few years anyway at the rate the ice packs are melting. Think about this. Not one gallon of ANWAR oil is ever going to mean the difference between life and death for anyone. What it will do is avoid the automobile makers having to increase average efficiency by about 0.2 mpg, supply the same amount of gasoline that would be saved if everyone increased the tire pressure by 1 PSI and give the oil companies something to do with their money rather than increase refining capacity so they are free to declare regional shortages and jack up prices whenever they want. You wingers better face up to the fact that from now on there will never be enough oil and WalMart is shipping all our money to China so they can out bid us for what oil there is. This "energy bill" is just a giant give away to big oil partially financed by cutting research in alternative sources off at the knees. They (the car makers and Gov) need to make more diesel powered vehicals avalible in the U.S., but big oil and the EPA won't let them and it's ****ed up. n. |
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North wrote:
[ snip ] They (the car makers and Gov) need to make more diesel powered vehicals avalible in the U.S., but big oil and the EPA won't let them and it's ****ed up. I've been driving a diesel-powered vehicle for 10 years now, and have seen the price of Diesel fuel rise from about 20% less than the cheapest regular gasoline to about 10% more than the mose expensive premium gasoline. Care to try to explain that? -jc- |
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In rec.crafts.metalworking North wrote:
(snip) They (the car makers and Gov) need to make more diesel powered vehicals avalible in the U.S., but big oil and the EPA won't let them and it's ****ed up. n. What we need is about another 200 nuclear power plants built with new modern intrinsically safe designs. Which will let us stop burning so much coal that is currently putting 2000 tons of uranium and thorium in the air. Then we can use the excess power generation to crack water to produce hydrogen to fuel cars and other vehicles. Net results: Pollution dramatically down, reliance of foregin oil almost gone. Could probably be done in 10 years or less and save the country billions of dollars. |
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On Mon, 2 May 2005 22:30:32 -0400, "Glenn Ashmore"
wrote: You wingers better face up to the fact that from now on there will never be enough oil and WalMart is shipping all our money to China so they can out bid us for what oil there is. This "energy bill" is just a giant give away to big oil partially financed by cutting research in alternative sources off at the knees. -- Glenn Ashmore http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html Gunner "At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke |
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Gummer, a lot of your posts just illustrate the fact that you have a 50
caliber mouth and a 22 caliber brain. Take a look at this link before you start throwing insults. http://www.cato.org/dailys/04-16-04.html The Cato Institute is not exactly a hotbed of liberal weenies. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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On misc.survivalism, in et, "Alan Connor" wrote:
snip hhc314@yahoo... Tom Obvious troll aliases. **** off. Say anything you want, I couldn't care less. Won't be reading your posts, nor any responses to them, anyplace, anytime, anysubject. Here's your big clue for the decade: As a rule, nobody that I care to talk to reads your posts either. If they did, and responded, I wouldn't read those posts either. AC -- alanconnor AT earthlink DOT net Use your real return address or I'll never know you even tried to mail me. http://tinyurl.com/2t5kp |
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On misc.survivalism, in et, "Alan Connor" wrote:
On misc.survivalism, in , "Gunner" wrote: An email forwarded from an old and dear but green as alge friend "Dear Friend, No one voted on Election Day to destroy the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But President Bush is now claiming a mandate to do exactly that. Congressional leaders are pushing for a budget bill that would turn America's greatest sanctuary for Arctic wildlife into a vast, polluted oil field. The U.S. Senate has already passed a budget resolution that would open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. snip Funny. I wonder why your friend is not concerned about all of the other ecosystems/habitats that are being trashed for the things that he uses every day in his life. Does he think that all of the other oil fields are somehow earth-friendly, just for starters? AC -- alanconnor AT earthlink DOT net Use your real return address or I'll never know you even tried to mail me. http://tinyurl.com/2t5kp 23:[hhc314@yahoo] 49:[Glenn Ashmor] 50:[North ] 19:[Todd Rich ] 24:[T.Alan Kraus] 32:[Chuck Sherwo] 17:[Dave Hinz ] 18:[Chuck Sherwo] 32:[Dave Hinz ] 19:[Chuck Sherwo] 28:[Dave Hinz ] 6:[Chuck Sherwo] 9:[Dave Hinz ] 35:[Chuck Sherwo] 74:[Dave Hinz ] 12:[DBM ] 11:[Dave Hinz ] 20:[North ] 29:[DeepDiver ] 38:[North ] 34:[DeepDiver ] Yap Yap Yap Hate to tell you this, bozos, but neither myself, nor any other educated and sane adults, read your posts nor care what you post or think. AND (this is your big revelation for the decade) your prattling doesn't remove my post from the Usenet servers nor the Usenet Archives at groups.google.com. The only people worth talking to that read these groups do it from the Archives and ignore everything you post. Just like they step over piles of dog **** on the sidewalk when they are walking. And then we talk by email and leave you all to live in your own ****. Consider getting lives that are worth living. AC -- alanconnor AT earthlink DOT net Use your real return address or I'll never know you even tried to mail me. http://tinyurl.com/2t5kp ~ |
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On Sat, 07 May 2005 22:01:21 GMT, Alan Connor wrote:
***snip*** Bruce, get back on your meds.You are showing signs of another meltdown. Strider |
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Strider wrote:
On Sat, 07 May 2005 22:01:21 GMT, Alan Connor wrote: ***snip*** Bruce, get back on your meds.You are showing signs of another meltdown. Strider He got bored when Jim wouldnt play his game in alt.christian something something anymore. So now he's back in here. |
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Gunner wrote:
No one voted on Election Day to destroy the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But President Bush is now claiming a mandate to do exactly that. Yes, oil drilling is so very deadly and destructive that one square mile used for drilling will kill every living thing for thousands of square miles of the Arctic yet it is somehow is safe to drill in a tropical paradise. And the wildlife is fragile that just one drop of oil will kill thousands of animals, yet they are tough enough to survive 40 below winters. And oil spilled ice somehow just goes everywhere and attacks everything even when covered up by the next snowfall. Environmentally is there a lower impact place on the planet to drill? Stop letting SeeBS tell you what to think. D'uh. |
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What's your point other than to get us all laughing at your "old and
dear friend"? ral |
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Gunner jingoed:
"[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a group, they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes. Some want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second Amendment. Some want same sex/different species marriage, others want voting rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the competing factions of Islamic fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core, and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr "Team America is afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so would result in even less self-esteem than they currently have. Their methodology is to lie about what's really happening in the hopes of remaining in power, and continue doing whatever they damn well please. The problem is that they have concealed and obfuscated for so longmthat, as a group, they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of wild-eyed religious fanatics, all holding on to an illusion of a cowboy on a horse. Some want to hasten the return of somebody else's messiah, others just prefer the evil foisted on the Earth by their 'God' and its spokesmen. They wish to make the Second Amendment the eleventh commandment. I'll give them that one anyway. Some want sex with temple virgins, others want voting rights for their slaves and religious icons. Some want Fox 'News' and subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political correctness. I view the American voter in much the same way I view the competing factions of Islamic fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate everyone else, and only join forces to support the international bankers and the God of War." ---unknown Gio |
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On Fri, 06 May 2005 07:27:50 -0600, Gio Medici
wrote: Gunner jingoed: "[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a group, they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes. Some want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second Amendment. Some want same sex/different species marriage, others want voting rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the competing factions of Islamic fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core, and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr "Team America is afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so would result in even less self-esteem than they currently have. Their methodology is to lie about what's really happening in the hopes of remaining in power, and continue doing whatever they damn well please. The problem is that they have concealed and obfuscated for so longmthat, as a group, they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of wild-eyed religious fanatics, all holding on to an illusion of a cowboy on a horse. Some want to hasten the return of somebody else's messiah, others just prefer the evil foisted on the Earth by their 'God' and its spokesmen. They wish to make the Second Amendment the eleventh commandment. I'll give them that one anyway. Some want sex with temple virgins, others want voting rights for their slaves and religious icons. Some want Fox 'News' and subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political correctness. I view the American voter in much the same way I view the competing factions of Islamic fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate everyone else, and only join forces to support the international bankers and the God of War." ---unknown Gio The author didnt think enough of his own dreck to put his name on it? LOL Gunner Liberals - Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own. Benjamin Disraeli |
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Gio Medici wrote:
Gunner jingoed: " The former hate themselves to the core, and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr "Team America is afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do Gio, you don't think it's a little weird for the queer activists (their name, not mine) to walk beside Moslem fundamentalists "in solidarity", while the Moslems they are marching beside are killing homosexual Moslems for being homosexual? Know where the queer Moslems go for sanctuary? Israel. Yet the queer activists are marching in support of the destruction of Israel? We can go right on down the line, and pick more pairs of "Leftist" groups having only a hatred of the "right wing" as their Common Cause. |
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Offbreed wrote:
Gio, you don't think it's a little weird for the queer activists (their name, not mine) to walk beside Moslem fundamentalists "in solidarity", while the Moslems they are marching beside are killing homosexual Moslems for being homosexual? Sure it's wierd. Religion is wierd. Chaney and his daughter are wierd. Know where the queer Moslems go for sanctuary? Israel. Yet the queer activists are marching in support of the destruction of Israel? So, why support Israel, enemy to all? We can go right on down the line, and pick more pairs of "Leftist" groups having only a hatred of the "right wing" as their Common Cause. Just like most folks, I think much of the stupid **** foisted on us by 'the left' should stay (legally) behind closed doors. But Rupert Murdoch, the Right-wing owner of Fox, propagates it Getting the people to fight over bull**** issues is the goal of the criminal scum seeking to dominate them. The goal of politicians, priests, and bankers is to steal your life, and make you a slave. For eternity, if they only could. Gio |
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