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Old 01-05-2014, 03:57 PM
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The Police Activities League here gets 12% from the telemarketers and the Firefighter Union circus drive gets them 15%. Certainly not 5% but still not diddly and they don't care who, these telemarketers, are trying to squeeze it from.


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yeah I used to remember the Firefighters calling me all the time...

Alumni associations are annoying too
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Old 01-05-2014, 11:46 PM
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King VS Paul

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...p_ref=politics


I do not agree with Peter King on most things....
but I do agree with him about Rand Paul

no it is not the Borg vodka and orange juice talking lol....

hey Borg is from Cali!
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Old 01-06-2014, 02:04 AM
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So, our biggest spy agency can't just go around telling the general public how they go about doing what they do?

Wow, I'm shocked.

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Old 01-08-2014, 11:52 PM
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Senators Blocking Their Own Nominees To The Bench!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...p_ref=politics


pretty piss poor if you ask me....

Rubio is doing everyone a favor by deep-sixing his own career...thanks Marco keep it up!
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Old 01-09-2014, 06:07 AM
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We have this pretty Republican weather vane on our garage roof, it goes which ever way the wind blows.
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Old 01-09-2014, 08:06 AM
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Gutless pricks.
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Old 01-09-2014, 09:09 AM
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Is this really a surprise to anyone?
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Old 01-09-2014, 10:50 AM
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Let's see--southern states, and the nominees are a black woman and a gay black man? I wonder if the senators were sandbaging--seeing if they could sucker Obama into nominating these people, so the senators could then make a show of opposing them.
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Old 01-09-2014, 01:00 PM
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Probably. If so, I hope it backfires on them. Idiots.

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Old 01-13-2014, 03:24 PM
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Reverse Robin Hoods

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/op...f=opinion&_r=1
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