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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:23 PM
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$40,000
File this under, 'what the hell were they thinking?'

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/40000/

$40,000:

Amount former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will receive to speak at the University of Florida later this month. It will be Gonzales’s first speaking appearance since his departure from the Bush administration.
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:25 PM
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1. Someone is paying that little weasel?
Don't they have something better to do with the money?
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:26 PM
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2. A little soon to go on the circuit isn't it?
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:28 PM
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3. Yep. I think he should do some jail time first. nt
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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:32 PM
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4. unbelievable! n/t
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:34 PM
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5. "I have no recollection."
That's going to be some speech.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:35 PM
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7. LOL!
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:35 PM
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6. I'd love to look at the U of F's book.
I purely would.
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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 11:25 PM
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8. We should ask the Sorbonne to pay him 50,000 euros
to speak at their university. Then he can be arrested for war crimes!
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bain_sidhe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:00 AM
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9. That's the median family income
Meaning half the families in the country make less than that in a YEAR.

Words fail me.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:08 AM
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10. like my family , we don't make that in a year
Edited on Fri Nov-09-07 12:09 AM by proud patriot
we struggle every month :(

I'd speak at a college if anyone would have me :think:
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:44 AM
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12. I got paid considerably less than that at the job I just quit
I can't believe someone would pay that criminal that much money...for anything.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:10 AM
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11. U of F for fucked up
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