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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:17 PM
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Former First Lady Barbara Bush Taken to Hospital for Tests
Source: Fox

HOUSTON -- It has been reported that Former First Lady Barbara Bush was taken to the emergency room at Methodist Hospital.

Several black unmarked cars escorted Barbara Bush, 83, and President George H.W. Bush to the hospital because she had been feeling ill for about a week.

Bush took several tests at the hospital as a precautionary measure, officials said. They have come back negative.

She is expected to be released later Tuesday to spend Thanksgiving with her family, officials said.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/11/25/lady-barbara-bush-taken-hospital-tests/


n/t
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:19 PM
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1. That old boozehound's liver was 190 proof
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:20 PM
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6. You are on a roll, tonight....
Well, we know it can't be anything affecting her "beautiful mind."


'Hope she's ok. for multiple reasons.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:19 PM
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2. Be nice... n/t
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:19 PM
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3. no comment (eom)
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:19 PM
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"They came back negative."
Oh my God, does that means she is doomed?
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:21 PM
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8. you're right, that is meaningless as written - negative for disease or negative for her? nt
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:24 PM
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12. Well, Fox is a fountain of mindless drivel.
So I guess this is just business as usual. If they just said "She felt bad, but we have no idea why" it would at least make sense. I wish her good health and long life, for what it's worth.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:21 PM
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will she get a cot in the Astrodome?
I am trying to be nice
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:23 PM
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11. I'll be glad to set one up for her...
helpful... just trying to be helpful...
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 02:57 PM
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64. It's routine for Republicans.
When they test for a heart, it usually does come back negative for them, because they don't have one. :P
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:19 PM
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4. Aging can suck.
I have nothing good to say about the woman, but I still hate to think about her suffering illness and inevitably, death. I hope she is okay.
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:19 PM
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5. Tested for humanity?
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:25 PM
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14. Yes and the results were not a surprise.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:21 PM
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7. Im sure thats working very well for her there
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:21 PM
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9. She probably just needs to get her beautiful mind cleaned. n/t
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:22 PM
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10. why emergency room - doesn't she have health insurance?! nt
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:25 PM
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13. Hope she's OK.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:25 PM
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15. Hospital spokesman Dr. Julius Hibbert said "A routine soul smear tested positive for pure evil."
Further tests are underway to confirm presence of a previously undetected soul.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:30 PM
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17. They found a soul?
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:31 PM
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18. Probably a false positive. nt
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:26 PM
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16. be still my heart!
"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many, what day it's going to happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Oh, I mean, it's, not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?" - Barbara Bush (mother of GW Bush), 04/16/03
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:31 PM
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19. How nice that she can afford "test as a precautionary measure"
Except for preventative tests, my doctor usually has to back up ordering tests with a symptom or two. I wonder how long she sat in the emergency room before someone saw her.
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jrockford Donating Member (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:36 PM
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22. Must be nice, I agree nt
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:33 PM
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20. You know she has more money than god so this is working out very well for her
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Hulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:33 PM
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21. She'll be a lot happier sleeping in a hospital than in her own home...
Edited on Tue Nov-25-08 10:34 PM by Hulk
...just like the people of New Orleans were so happy to spend their nights in the sports stadium after Katrina.

What an old battle ax.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:37 PM
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23. I thought the only things that could get to old Babs were things like
garlic, a crucifix, holy water, a wooden stake.
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natrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:38 PM
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24. ma barker a little under the weather
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:40 PM
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25. Negative for what? No heart?
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:46 PM
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26. I wish her the best
I hope it's nothing serious.
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C_eh_N_eh_D_eh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:56 PM
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29. Me too.
I can't stand the woman myself, but severe illness isn't something I would wish on anyone.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:59 PM
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31. I'm trying...
If I could just get the images of those floating dead in NOLA post-Katrina-- set to the sound of her AstroDome comments-- out of my mind, it might be easier...
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 11:01 PM
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32. I will never wish ill on anyone
I don't care who they are.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 11:06 PM
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33. Not wishing ill on her does not equal forgetting
Edited on Tue Nov-25-08 11:10 PM by hlthe2b
and I can not forget those poor people that were cast aside so willingly by her son, all the Republican ilck, and as a result of attitudes that she clearly shares.

I hope she recovers fully and lives a very long extended life. I hope she maintains her mental faculties so that she might develop some sense of contrition towards those she felt to be worthy of nothing more than her disdain.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 11:07 PM
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34. I understand what you're saying. n/t
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Cronopio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 01:54 AM
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44. I wish Mrs. Bush and Her Beautiful Mind deserved your fine sentiment.
Instant karma is serious.
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Aviation Pro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:49 PM
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27. What?!? No obligatory Quaker Oats guy in this thread?!?
Ok, here it is:
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:54 PM
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28. I've always objected to that
The Quaker Oats guy has a face that seems to be kind and gentle.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 10:57 PM
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30. Plus, Quakers are pacifists...
Anyone think Babs is a pacifist?
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 11:36 PM
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37. ..
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Aviation Pro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 01:39 AM
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43. Yer kidding me....
...that's not photoshopped?
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 11:08 PM
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35. The doctors are sorry to say, Mrs. Bush did not pass the IQ test.
But, they did determine she has been brain dead for years.
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Mira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 11:25 PM
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36. All have to say about this with very clenched teeth is that I am glad for Barbara Bush that
she or anybody around her had to never give a thought to if she can afford the GD ambulance ride or the tests in the hospital.

Now my teeth, which need work from previous clenching, hurt.
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codjh9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:00 AM
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38. It's hard to feel a lot of sympathy after what she said re: the Katrina victims who were in the
Astrodome - yes, the Astrodome, not the Superdome... after many had fled from La. to Tx. I forget what the quote was, and I'm not going to look it up right now, but it was almost like 'let 'em eat cake'. So I made up a joke: 'If we didn't know Bush was a son of a bitch before, now we do'.
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Baby Snooks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 01:13 AM
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42. That was the "Kodak" moment for a lot of people...
"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054719

You have to wonder if in a "humorous" moment she told Ronald Reagan that catsup was a vegetable. She claimed the comment was taken out of context but quite a few who had worked with her in the literacy community never felt the same about her afterwards. I had actually respected both of them until that moment. All the nice things, it seems, that they did were just ruses to divert attention from all the not-so-nice things.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 04:14 PM
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65. She said they were better off after Katrina.
Also, she said that she didn't watch the news about the Iraq War, because she didn't want to "waste" her "beautiful mind" on thoughts of body bags and dead bodies, from the war. That is one vile disgusting selfish hateful old woman.
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last1standing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:19 AM
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39. I was always told "If you have nothing good to say, then say nothing."
Nothing.
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 03:02 AM
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47. That bit of wisdom has been lost on most DUers. Welcome to New Freeperville.
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 09:15 AM
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53. You may now kiss the feat of our glorious leaders!
thanks for dumping all into one pot, thats classic freeperville fire boy!

no room for humor in your tidy little polite world, no room for anger against those who destroyed so many lives. the BFEE had no problem despairing traditional American values but you suggest we take some kind of high road. Sorry but Babs Bush is a despicable human and I am being kind by using the word human.

take you greater than thou elsewhere!

8643
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 09:18 AM
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54. Then no one learns anything, OUT EVIL
Thats exactly what our democratic congress has been doing for 8 years, didnt work so well did it?

I'll not sing praise for unscrupulous traitors.

8643
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last1standing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 04:31 PM
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66. Perhaps my post was a bit too subtle for some readers.
I won't explain the joke as that is a fool's errand, but maybe you can go back and read it in with a different perspective. :shrug:
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Politicalboi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:42 AM
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40. Don't bring her to the White House
Just in case we don't need the ghost of Barbara hanging around.
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:53 AM
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41. Praise God! She's not pregnant.
:thumbsup:
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 08:42 AM
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51. HA!
Good one Hunter.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 02:22 AM
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45. I'm sure the visit to the hospital is working very well for her.
"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."
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Submariner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 02:49 AM
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46. Stay well and don't croak yet Babs
We want you to see your son going to the Hague and that his legacy drags your whole family into a cesspool of shit forever. Certainly no offspring of your's will EVER occupy the White House again. So stay well and watch the upcoming investigations of your traitorous son.
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 04:56 AM
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48. Stop, people, seriously. Stop.
Nature takes care of us. Just stop.
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 09:20 AM
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55. Did you ever call for them to stop, did it do any good?
8643
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 08:26 AM
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49. I hope she's not pregnant again.
The world would not survive another one of her offspring.
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NOW tense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 08:33 AM
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50. So many of the people in the hospital, you know, are sick
so this is working very well for her.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 09:13 AM
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52. Oh, please - tell me it's not another baby................
Poppy didn't plant another one, did he?
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OnionPatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 09:21 AM
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56. Baaaa......why worry your beautiful mind with this?
:shrug:
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 09:48 AM
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57. Don't poison my beautiful mind with such posts. n/t
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clspector Donating Member (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 09:50 AM
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58. They tested,
but never found her heart.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 10:34 AM
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59. I wonder if they asked her for her insurance card before they did anything to her...
must be nice to be queen bitch.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 10:53 AM
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60. Is a retroactive miscarriage possible?
Then junior would just disappear... Yeah, eight years too late.
:shrug:
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:35 PM
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62. I thought you meant Bar herself
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:28 PM
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61. I thought she was great in Little Shop of Horrors as the store owner
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-26-08 12:54 PM
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63. I'm just going to wish her well
and not sound like the freeptards did when Sen. Kennedy's illness was announced.

Just from a practical standpoint, do any of you really want some tear-jerker Bush family funeral just as Chimpy is leaving with his tail between his legs?
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olddad56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 10:34 AM
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67. She was never president, yet he picture is on the dollar bill. What is up with that.
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classysassy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 11:15 AM
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68. A season of thanks and joy
Lets wish her well,she will be held accountable for her misdeeds.
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BearSquirrel2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-27-08 02:22 PM
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69. Darn I was hoping ...

I was hoping for the old "pulse" test.
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