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ny_liberal

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Wed May-31-06 07:43 PM
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NYT: Send-a-Brick Project

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/washington/31immig.html?ei=5090&en=cbdd13609338ba51&ex=1306728000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

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SeveneightyWhoa

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Wed May-31-06 07:45 PM
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1. Just curious..

Why are you posting this?

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msongs

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Wed May-31-06 07:47 PM
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2. costs $8+ a few cents using a priority mail bulk box - anything that

fits in the box no matter how heavy for just the $8 fee...in case you want to send a box of dirt to the white house (for their garden of course)

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BrklynLiberal

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Wed May-31-06 07:47 PM
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3. That article is BS. NYTimes staffers do not know how to Google.

Edited on Wed May-31-06 07:48 PM by BrklynLiberal

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=109x26202

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bluefish

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Wed May-31-06 07:50 PM
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5. Nice catch thanks!

Here is the snippet in case anyone wants to read

The truth is out there about Kirsten Heffron, and it's not far out there at all. In fact, when it comes to investigative reporting, we're not talking "All the President's Men" here -- it took this intrepid reporter literally five minutes of Googling to learn the following about the spokeswoman for the Send-a-Brick Project.

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bluefish

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Wed May-31-06 07:47 PM
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4. Yes, approval ratings are something,

"Given the approval ratings of Congress these days, I guess we should all be grateful the bricks are coming through the mail, not the window," said Dan Pfeiffer, a spokesman for Senator Evan Bayh, Democrat of Indiana.

The senders of the bricks were encouraged to add a letter telling lawmakers that the brick represented a start on building a border wall.

Many could not resist putting their own message on the bricks. "No Amnesty," said a typical one, referring to a contested Senate plan to allow some illegal immigrants to qualify eventually for citizenship. "Stop the Invasion, Build a Wall," said another brick painted like a flag...

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FreakinDJ

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Wed May-31-06 07:51 PM
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6. Can we start send a "Freeper" to Iraq project

Postage on 1 melon head wanna be war supporter can't be that much

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