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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:54 PM
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Is anybody besides me, interested in a Palin-free zone on DU?
Edited on Fri Nov-26-10 10:56 PM by jillan
I haven't been on for days because of the holidays, finally had some downtime to check out DU & I just counted 14 threads about Palin on pg 1 of GDP... haven't counted, and have no interest in counting how many threads on Palin are in GD.

Personally, if I never saw her name again, or heard that voice again, I would be a much happier person.

I just want her to go away. Especially on DU.

Am I alone in feeling this way? Please check in and let me know if anyone else is wanting and needing a DU vacation from Palin?
If I'm alone in feeling this way - maybe I just need a vacation from DU :shrug:

Cuz right now I'm feeling like this turkey:



EDIT - haha - I see this is a duplicate thread! Guess I'm not alone.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:54 PM
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1. Voluntary? Yes. Enforced? No. n/t
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:54 PM
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2. I wish there were a way we could hide threads by keyword. I automatically hide them
Edited on Fri Nov-26-10 11:47 PM by Catherina
As much as I hate them, I don't think it would be fair to force that.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:55 PM
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3. How do you do that?
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:58 PM
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8. I mean that I manually hide them the minute I see them.
Edited on Fri Nov-26-10 10:59 PM by Catherina
I'm sorry I used the word automatically, I should have said reflexively.

If you're asking how to hide thread, but I don't think you are, it's in the bottom left hand corner of every thread starter.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:00 PM
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10. thanks - I was hopeful for a minute that I could automatically hide any Palin threads.
That would be something to be thankful for ;)
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:50 PM
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34. When it looks like Skinner and Elad have breathing room, we should ask
I would be so thankful too!
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:04 PM
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16. Hiding threads by keyword would be beyond magnificent.
Hey, you had text after your n/t.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:38 PM
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25. Don't I remember requests for such a feature a few times over the last few years? n/t
This Space Left Intentionally Blank.
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 10:26 AM
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55. I have asked several times
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:48 PM
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30. Thanks Elocs, I just fixed that.
:hi:
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:55 PM
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4. We could convert GD: Presidency to GD: Palin (it's already a P, see?)
:hide:
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TorchTheWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:55 PM
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5. a permanent vacation n/t
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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:56 PM
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6. Sun Tzu says
So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:04 PM
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15. We already know her.
There really isn't that much to study.
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Stevenmarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 09:49 AM
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45. I'm sure even Sun Tzu could draw the line between knowing and ad nauseum
Unfortunately some here aren't as astute as Sun Tzu
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:57 PM
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7. No...
Stupid needs to be continued to exposed
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:03 PM
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14. Yeah, agree. She disgusts me, but I agree, her stupid needs to be continued to be exposed. n/t
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:59 PM
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9. I can't believe how MSM keeps dragging her out - IMO she's so far on the back
burner of the stove she fell off it ... I find her an embarrassment in the US and especially internationally. In fact, I could add a lot of embarrassing politicians to that list.
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:01 PM
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11. She's the Ballon Boy of politics...
Keep the masses distracted...
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 12:01 AM
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35. Yep, exactly! And the masses are now so dumbed down that will do it ... DU is
clearly the exception in trying to keep abreast of what is really going on ...
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:02 PM
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12. Change the channel.
It's that simple.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:03 PM
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13. I find it hard to stay away from DU for too long.
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:06 PM
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17. lol great toon nt
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:09 PM
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18. Palin's book sales are nose diving.
I know as I work in a bookstore. As for sales I wish we could sell her book. GWB continues to rock and he might even have outsold the new Wimpy kid, so to me that says that it is not like conservatives stopped shopping.
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GreenStormCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 10:46 AM
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58. Amazon has her latest book as #8 in sales. N/T
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:09 PM
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19. I'm with you. I just don't click on Palin threads.
Like Limbaugh or Beck, you know she's nothing but toxicity. Let us know when she STOPS being an ignorant race-baiter who's obsessed with and pissed off by losing to Obama.
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:12 PM
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20. I only saw four today, and two were about hiding them, so there;s that.....
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:33 PM
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21. I'm sick she is getting more than her 15 minutes its BS, media driven.
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RufusTFirefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:36 PM
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22. The ubiqitousness of you-know-who epitomizes the danger of the Corporate Media
Many of us are not plugged in at all to the voices of Corporate Conformity. And yet we can't help being exposed to the Corporate message nonetheless. (For example, you don't have to watch Oprah to be bombarded by well-intentioned recommendations for the books that Oprah, Inc. loves. Similarly, even I have heard of Lady Gaga.)

In a sane world, the unmentioned would be, well, unmentioned. But because she's got control of a gigantic megaphone, even those who are appalled by her veneer of legitimacy can't help voicing our opinions. Our voices in turn fan the flames of her fire.
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:36 PM
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23. She is cashing in on her fame and it's sickening to be subjected to it
Especially with the political media, as nobody calls her out on it.
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AmandaMae Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:38 PM
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24. I've just had to hide a lot of threads recently. n/t
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:41 PM
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26. Ask admins and mods to aggressively move Palin threads to Bush/Conservatives forum
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RufusTFirefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:47 PM
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29. Interesting that Palin threads often wind up in the Greatest but
..so-called "conspiracy" threads are quickly relegated to the dungeon.

Just sayin'
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bluestate10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:43 PM
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27. Does not make sense to rail against Palin.
Time is better spent building networks to defeat he if she runs for President or Vice-President again. Time is also better spend working to build the type of society that you view as just and economically equitable.
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Republican25 Donating Member (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 06:45 AM
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42. Disgusting
I am so disgusted by the "hard on" that Tea Party males feel for Sarah. They're all Todd Palin wannabees.
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Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:44 PM
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28. YOU'RE THE ONE POSTING THE P TOPIC
I usually don't even reply to Palin topics. But almost half of them are people claiming they are tired of Palin related topics.

Wake up.

Don't post about Palin and don't reply and the Palin topics will die.
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wpelb Donating Member (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 02:40 AM
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39. Bingo!
If former Gov. Palin says or does something newsworthy, then there should be a thread allowing us to discuss her or whatever she's said or done. But starting a thread (or threads) to complain about how there are too many threads about her seems rather silly.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:48 PM
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31. You have one. It's called ignore.
I hate them, too, but I am not going to demand that the board be cleansed of everything I dislike.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:49 PM
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32. Un-reccing. Another fucking Palin thread.
:mad:

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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:49 PM
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33. No, let DUers yap as we may. She's a passing fad, that won't be over until 2012. nt
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 12:04 AM
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36. I'd like KO and Maddow to be a "Palin-free zone" ...
needless reporting about her every night on their shows!!

I don't get it -
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DirkGently Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 12:04 AM
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37. I feel your pain, but unfortunately, she is part of the current landscape. I think this is a "change
the channel" type situation. We can't ignore someone who is both 1) hinting clumsily at a presidential run and b) ;)
exhorting us to "stand with our North Korean allies."

It may not seem like it, but there are Palin-free threads.

:D
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Scruffy1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 01:04 AM
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38. Same for TSA threads
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 03:18 AM
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40. You can hide them rather than generate another one. nt
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Republican25 Donating Member (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 06:34 AM
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41. Sarah Palin
I find the "hard on" that Tea Party males feel for Sarah Palin ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. And I say it as a former conservative Republican male who finally threw in the towel. These Tea Partiers just want a Palin, O'Donnell or Bachmann as their wank off fantasy wife or something.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 06:52 AM
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43. Mmmmmmm, FEEEEEEEEEEEEL the irony. n/t
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watercolors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 09:40 AM
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44. YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!!
NT
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 09:51 AM
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46. Palinoscopies may be palinful, but they also serve a
porpoise.

The more that she attracts the Tea Baggers of America, the more she horrifies the leaders of the GOP. Even now, they are wondering what to do about sister Sarah. (and notice just how nice the Mittster and others have been on the subject? at least in public?)

Actually, I suspect that she doesn't have it in her to run. She will make believe, she will pretend, she will prance, and talk the royal we, but she will not run. Inside that cottoncandy filled skull, even she realizes that she has no clue about this world, and has no inclination of learning about it. But if she pretends to run, she gets the best of botox worlds. She gets money, fame, money, and fame. The four food groups of the Palin Family.
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KansasVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 09:52 AM
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47. No, it is a topic. It is political. And she is a player. Deal with it.
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 09:58 AM
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48. If we do that, then wouldn't it be fair....
to have a Glenn Beck-free zone?

Sean Hannity-free zone?

Complaints about Fox News-free zone?

And every other name or institution that might bother somebody....


How many "free" zones should there be here?


Like others have pointed out...the "ignore thread" option works just fine for most of us...
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 09:59 AM
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49. I'm witcha'

Cher

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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 10:01 AM
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50. I'd like to see her get her own little forum...
so I wouldn't have to see how many people find it necessary to feeding that attention-whore with...ta!da! more attention. I get tired of wading through Palin nonsense to find anything of importance.

And love the cartoon, btw. Yup...feel like that turkey many days.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 10:01 AM
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51. Yes. Please delete your Palin post immediately as a start.
Thank you for reading.
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obliviously Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 10:16 AM
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52. Crap! Another dam Palin thread!
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 10:18 AM
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53. It's like this:
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pinboy3niner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 10:21 AM
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54. LOL!
Another Luckovich gem! :rofl:
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 10:31 AM
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57. How's this one (off topic but LOL)
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 10:27 AM
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56. Yes. That would be nice.
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