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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:38 AM Original message |
Bill would allow slaughter of wild horses |
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ogradda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. poor horsies |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. over turn everything for $$$$$$$$$ |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. yep... |
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ahimsa (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. It's about cattle |
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Lefta Dissenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. these people who love their asshole president |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
90. just read that the 1971 law banning slaughter was 2nd to Vietnam |
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__Inanna__ (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Excuse me, |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 07:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Bingo. |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 10:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. speaking of Hunter S. Thompson... |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
87. Amazing PBS doc about wild horses: "Cloud, Wild Stallion of the Rockies" |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 07:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. ...and getting those pesky little ponies out of the way of corporations |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. The aging horses aren't kept on federal land. |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
62. oh really? do you live here? They don't cull all of the old horses out. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 08:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It's not "putting down", it's slaughter. |
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Lizzie Borden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
53. It certainly is. |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. The federal government pays $1.25 per day per horse |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 11:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
60. like the govt doesn't subsidize the ranchers.... give me a break |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Right you are. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
85. worthy to whom? W. is a rancher, and an evil human being, |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. This is inhumane and must be stopped. |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. That is horrific, there has to be a humane way to euthanize |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. Oh good, a decent form of transportation and food is about to be killed?! |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. The horses in question aren't good for any human purpose |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Let them run wild until they die. |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. It isn't that simple, or humane. |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. every creature on earth competes for resources... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
84. I agree |
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soaky (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. A 10 year old horse is hardly old! |
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Solitaire (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. I know a horse that lived to 45! |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
83. But, not in bush's amerikka. n/t |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. that's bullshit. |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Well, since no one wants to adopt them |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
74. BLM holds adoptions all over the US every year. |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:26 PM Response to Reply #74 |
93. You bet that ranchers are all too happy to adopt the horses, |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Welp, then they deserve to die. |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 07:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Not only aren't they good for humans, they aren't good for |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
96. Actually, horses evolved in America. |
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Lizzie Borden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
54. So we should just dispense with anything old? |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
63. spotbird, where do you live? are you a rancher on the dole and |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:31 PM Response to Reply #63 |
94. If I were a rancher on the dole I'd be all to happy |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 06:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
73. Wrong. The BLM has been adopting them out for years. |
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SillyGoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. What a damn shame... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I'm old and worn and exhausted of strength and energy and |
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SillyGoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I will, 0007... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. Thanks you for the hug and the confidence that the fight will go on! |
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Dark Secret (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. American Domestic Horses Are Killed in 2 Slaughterhouses in Texas |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. what the fuck is wrong with Belgium these days??? |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. not true... |
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flying_blind (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
76. Absolutely Right! It is the fault of meat eaters who fail to see |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
13. well nice to know the Repuke a**holes have no more respect for... |
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Dark Secret (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. I Say Sell the Bill's Supporter's to the Slaughterhouses. |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. Sybolically, they are destroying something huge and and American. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
17. The irony, sort of |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. hmmmm... |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
65. Reid sides with mining at all costs. I will be surprised if he sticks up |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
88. "Cloud, Wild Stallion of the Rockies" was shot here. |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. Entrepreneurs |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. In my opinion this is a correct policy change. |
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fidgeting wildly (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Being clubbed over the head in a slaughterhouse is a wretched way to die. |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. This is a false dilemma. |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
75. The money wouldn't have been tight if we didn't have the tax cuts. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. Urgh. |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. What, do they need glue for the war on terror?. eom |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. Horses are a destructive, non-native, invasive species |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Thank you ... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Neither do people. Welcome to DU, though! |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. And the Bush administration is doing everything possible to |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. hmmm kinda like European invaders |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 11:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. The thread wasn't about consumption of cattle |
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Lizzie Borden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. They are slaughtered for human consumption. |
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Solitaire (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 10:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. Um, Nevernose? |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:25 AM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Solitaire, about 80% of the land in Nevada is owned by you, the taxpayer |
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Solitaire (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:47 AM Response to Reply #66 |
78. thanks NVMojo, again... |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #57 |
81. then we should be relocating them to where there is food and water |
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Solitaire (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. ahhhh |
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SillyGoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
67. Hey Nevernose - Check this out |
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Solitaire (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. heh ac88916. Love it ;) |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
86. My white ass is non-native too, and no one is sending me to slaughter |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
97. See my post above. Horses came from America. |
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AlFrankenFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. Anyone remember Wild Horse Annie? |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
89. Wild Horse Annie: |
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lutefisk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. Bush is afraid of horses, right? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
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GingerSnaps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. People eat horse-meat in other countries |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
91. Here are some facts rebutting the "poor rancher" argument: |
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Ice4Clark (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. I used to work with the wild horse program in AZ |
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Solitaire (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
56. Bastards:( |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:10 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Exactly :-( |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:45 AM Response to Reply #56 |
68. Solitaire, here are some links to info on the other side of the story... |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Millions of Tax Payers Dollars are Being Wasted on Wild Horse Eradication, |
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Solitaire (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #68 |
80. thank you! |
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LaBanty (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
70. It's Blood & Foreign Interest Money |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
71. it's just like in "the misfits" |
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talk hard (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
72. Republicans no friend of god's creatures. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
77. An informative website on wild horses... |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
92. Morality verses Greed |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-27-04 11:38 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. the 1st line says it all by the original poster |
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