Do not panic. We are not heading for a depression.

Jackpine Radical

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:24 PM
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Do not panic. We are not heading for a depression.

We are heading for a yawning, bottomless pit.

(Incidentlly, "panic" is what they used to call them in the 19th century. Then somebody decided the term "depression" was less fearsome than "panic.")

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AlCzervik

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:25 PM
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1. but good news, Starbucks is coming out with $1 coffee and the cup will be a handy

place to keep the pencils we'll be selling!

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Champion Jack

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:30 PM
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2. Nah, screw that

I'm going into armed robbery.
I figure if I get real good the Republicans will draft me to run in 2012

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Kittycat

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Wed Jan-23-08 03:03 PM
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11. I sold 40 pencils today. Made $2.

Coffee at our starbucks still costs more :(

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Tyler Durden

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:33 PM
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3. Now DON'T say anything like THAT!!

People will call you "Chicken Little" or do a YAAAWWN smilie.

Personally, I'm trying to soften my landing just a tad....because unfortunately I believe that the yawning pit HAS a bottom. And I have no intention of hitting it at terminal velocity.

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Javaman

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:11 PM
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16. The market has fallen 14.5 % since oct...

I stated that on here a few days ago and all the stooges that would say this is nothing to worry about had nothing to say to that stat.

We are in for a fall.

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gasperc

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:41 PM
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4. feels more like a gigantic clusterfuck

but I'm not going to splice hairs here being that I'm in Michigan where the economy expanded a whopping -0.4% in 2006, the lowest in the country. Feel our pain man

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jkshaw

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Wed Jan-23-08 03:02 PM
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10. Splice or split, gasperc?

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Javaman

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:12 PM
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17. spleece? nt

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endarkenment

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:11 AM
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28. I prefer splicy cheese clusterfucks myself nt.

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RaleighNCDUer

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:49 PM
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5. And then, that recession was less scary than depression.

keep changing the bar, but it's all the same.

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Kazak

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:52 PM
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6. I've got my towel!

So,...I should be set, right? :shrug:

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sandnsea

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:53 PM
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7. It's a correction

The correct place for all money to be is with the elites, who are off to Bermuda and have left you with worthless pieces of paper.

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IDemo

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Wed Jan-23-08 04:31 PM
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14. should Treasury be renamed "Department of Corrections"?

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Theres-a

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Thu Jan-24-08 10:00 PM
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44. Duzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt

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lurky

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:57 PM
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8. They will never call it a "depression",

even if it is one. Too many negative connotations. Here are my ideas for new euphemisms:

"Super-Recession" -- Super is good, right?
"Prolonged Buying Opportunity" -- Because that's how they always spin it: "A great time to snap up some cheap stocks!"
"National Vacation" -- We could all use a little time off, right?
"The Biggest Loser: America Edition" -- Great news! The obesity epidemic is over!

Does anybody have any other ones?

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bdamomma

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Wed Jan-23-08 03:00 PM
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9. or what they are calling it now

a "slow down" what total BS, anyway to keep the truth away and manipulate the American people to accept this hook, line and sinker they will do it.

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jkshaw

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Wed Jan-23-08 03:09 PM
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12. I recommend re-reading

John Kenneth Galbraith's The Great Crash. I read it years ago, and then read it again for a piece about the Great Depression in Utah. Last night I pulled it out once more. History repeats itself, euphemisms and all.

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Jackpine Radical

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Wed Jan-23-08 04:21 PM
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13. Sadly, obesity gets worse in bad times.

People switch from expensive, healthy foods to starchy crap. Think macaroni & cheese. That's why the poor are already fatter than the middle class.

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Skittles

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:33 PM
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36. you are correct

it astounds me how many repukes see obesity as "proof" that people cannot be poor

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halobeam

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Fri Jan-25-08 07:10 PM
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47. As I sit here filling up on rice,

I hear ya.

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VotesForWomen

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Wed Jan-23-08 04:58 PM
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15. a lot of us are already there. lucky to be working, but barely payng the bills. nt

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kineneb

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:21 PM
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18. and the abyss will look back

Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.
-Nietzsche

"And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss is also looking back at you."
Do not know why that popped into my mind, but there it is. Methinks the abyss will not look upon us kindly.

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Jackpine Radical

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Wed Jan-23-08 08:00 PM
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19. Die Übersetzung war nicht notwendig.

Aber danke.

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zabet

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Thu Jan-24-08 10:50 AM
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27. That is what popped into my head too.

GMTA :toast:

The abyss :scared:

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scarletwoman

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Wed Jan-23-08 08:20 PM
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20. Well, if the bottomless pit is yawning, it must be bored. Let's make things more interesting.

Seriously. Isn't it getting to be about time for the milk cows to be looking around and wondering why their milk is being taken away by a machine instead of being fed to their own children?

Just a thought...

sw

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Jackpine Radical

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Thu Jan-24-08 09:44 AM
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24. Reminds me of a cartoon I saw years ago. These two hens were standing in the farmyard,

Edited on Thu Jan-24-08 09:44 AM by Jackpine Radical

and one of them, with a sort of sick, wide-eyed look is saying to the other, "You know, with all the eggs we lay, there should be a lot more of us."

:loveya:
Jim

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scarletwoman

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Thu Jan-24-08 09:08 PM
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41. Sounds like a Gary Larson cartoon.

We're just livestock. They herd us, they pen us, they milk us, they take our eggs. If we can't produce enough milk or eggs, they cull us, slaughter us, make us into feed for other livestock.

:loveya:
sw

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scarletwoman

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Wed Jan-23-08 08:24 PM
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21. k&r, btw (nt)

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earth mom

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Wed Jan-23-08 08:28 PM
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22. They don't even call it a "depression". Instead it's a "downturn".

Puhleeze! :eyes:

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TalkingDog

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Wed Jan-23-08 09:19 PM
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23. I will paraphrase my ever-so-sunny MIL who

in discussing the Pittsburgh Post-Superbowl destruction thought that the term "riot" was too harsh and wanted to call it a "celebration".....

"Depression is such a harsh term, why don't we say a few pennies short, instead?"

Seriously, she would make June Cleaver go into a diabetic coma.

My Favorite Master Artist: Karen Parker GhostWoman Studios

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halobeam

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Fri Jan-25-08 07:13 PM
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48. you must be my BIL.. cuz thats my mom you are talkin' about

lol

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izzybeans

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Thu Jan-24-08 09:51 AM
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25. Now they go with recession.

Edited on Thu Jan-24-08 09:53 AM by izzybeans

Bush prefers the Orwellian "robust economy"

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rateyes

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Thu Jan-24-08 10:22 AM
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26. !

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librarycard

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Thu Jan-24-08 02:45 PM
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29. Isn't this Round 2 of giving nearly free loans to the corps?

Look for a make-over of your local shopping mall!

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LanternWaste

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Thu Jan-24-08 02:48 PM
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30. The end is nigh.

The end is nigh. Rapture Ready Index is popping the meter. The end of the world is at hand. Stock up on MRE's, tuna and duct tape. Fire. Flood. Famine. etc...

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librarycard

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:07 PM
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32. You remind me of somebody I used to "know"

Are you a Jesse Cook fan?

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LanternWaste

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:22 PM
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33. I doubt it-- as the name Jesse Cook is completely unfamiliar to me

"Are you a Jesse Cook fan?"

I doubt it-- as the name Jesse Cook is completely unfamiliar to me. (Quick Wiki search digs up Jesse Cook as a Canadian solo artist influenced by jazz. Ok-- I'm not a fan today, but that could change after I d/l and give a listen to one or two of his singles...)

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librarycard

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:25 PM
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35. You will be a fan soon...

Start with "Montreal" CD. Enjoy!

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SoCalDem

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:25 PM
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34. Too much mercury in tuna... eat the duct tape.. it's probably more nutritious n/t

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Jed Dilligan

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:03 PM
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31. It's funny that now we have drugs for both...

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Jackpine Radical

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Thu Jan-24-08 04:12 PM
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37. Xanax or Prozac?

Prozac or Xanax? Decisions, decisions...

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Uncle Joe

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Thu Jan-24-08 04:20 PM
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38. And for the 21st century it will become either "The Big Downer" or "The Great Melancholy".

Thanks for the thread, Jackpine Radical.

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martymar64

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Thu Jan-24-08 05:18 PM
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40. How about the Major Bummer?

Or the Really Fucked Era.

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martymar64

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Thu Jan-24-08 05:13 PM
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39. My advice. Invest in dried foods and shotgun shells.

:hurts:

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Jackpine Radical

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Thu Jan-24-08 09:53 PM
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42. Problem with shotgun shells is that

they're only good for small game. You're gonna need some ammo for that deer rifle too. Better yet, get handloading equipment& supplies for both.

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martymar64

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Fri Jan-25-08 06:48 PM
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45. Game?

I was thinking more close-range self-defense. Deer rifle's not a problem either. Nor is handloading gear.
It's always good to be prepared. Ask any Boy Scout!

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Jackpine Radical

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Fri Jan-25-08 10:51 PM
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49. Try not to waste your ammo on people.

They have too many toxins in their bodies for safe long-term consumption.

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scarletwoman

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Fri Jan-25-08 10:55 PM
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50. Really! Talk about your chemical soup!

Some people really need to be more informed about their food sources!

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kelligesq

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Thu Jan-24-08 09:54 PM
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43. plant fruit trees and vegetables. durn, we had a giant

avocado tree , humongous filled with avocados until the hurricane took it down.
I could live on avocados.

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martymar64

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Fri Jan-25-08 06:50 PM
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46. I'm getting a small fig tree for my patio.

I feel about figs the way you do about avocados, which are terrific too! I'm putting other vegetable planters out there as well. Tamaters and peppers and maybe something else I haven't decide on yet.

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Jackpine Radical

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Fri Jan-25-08 11:00 PM
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51. I hear that fruit trees grow better if you plant a Republican with them.

But, again, you have to worry about the toxins.

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