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I hope the media has the integrity to keep track of what happens to these guys once they're out on the street again. I'd be curious to know how many are foreign nationals and whether they will be deported on release. And I sure hope Obama gets around to freeing Leonard Peltier.
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The comments about all of these former leaders being profligate in their management of the treasury are for the most part specious (whip up current sentiment) or spurious (not genuine). Do you not remember WE elected them? So, what were we all doing while these supposed misdeeds were wrought? That we were asleep is no...
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Bob, spot on! SB114 appears to give the gains of the Permanent Fund since inception, to government only in the future, while tying the PFD to a new fund built from oil royalties. The PF needs to fund both the PFD and some percentage that is sustainable for government services after income from the fund inflation-proo...
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IF it was a random crime (and I am doubtful, but that is just me, just now), how long do we lock someone like this up? can they ever become a 'good' person? do we throw away the key? hang 'em?
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The driver will get off because a pedestrian's life is not worth snot in this town and plus she's a princess and mommy and daddy will buy this off. Just the way it is. Imagine that, having the nerve to stand on a side walk next to traffic! The nerve! He deserved it, because if he had a car to begin with, it never would...
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I'm not against this program on principle, but as I read the article the phrase "outside consultant" kept coming to mind. How much of the grant will be stuffed into the pockets of research and consulting firms for "reaching out to communities" and "figuring out obstacles"?
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Sure cut the kids education, but keep the oil companies flush by paying them more that we get from them. Here's a suggestion, cut the oil tax credits, impose and income tax so we could get some $ from the out of state workers, then look to the permanent fund. Oh by the way get rid of these legislators who have spent ...
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Kind of dumb considering the antarctic has increasing ice levels.
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Continued - There were a lot of people on the bridge waving and holding banners, apparently happy we were home and happy that the Vietnam War was over. As we passed directly under the bridge, we could see something coming down from the Golden Gate bridge. People were throwing something down onto the deck as we passed. ...
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No, they would say it was a horrible accident, they wouldn't be charged. Your family would have to file a civil suit. I remember about 5 years ago a impaired driver ran over a pedestrian and killed him on the spot, they let him go home and take some nappy time. If it was me, maybe if it was you, we'd be sitting in jail...
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How's that bycatch? Oh....you mean since the cost of living is higher in rural Alaska they'd pay more in tax? Hmmm...interesting since those communities rely on State (and federal) funding much more than urban areas...but we can ignore that since its convienent
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Excellent article Mike. Obama's 8 years of juvenile "my way or the highway" is finally catching up to him. Congress holds some power. A liberal gets elected and they confirm Obama s pick immediately before the inauguration. If a republican wins then it's post inauguration. The democrats rammed obamacare down our...
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This is absolutely preventable. The driver who ran the red light should go to jail for a long time. I'm a frequent pedestrian in this town, have been at that very intersection. A few months ago I was crossing a street on the walk light & a female driver ran into me while turning the corner. I was really, really, fortun...
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Perhaps you legislators failed to read the job description when you interviewed for it. The job location is Juneau. The period of performance is 90 days. Do your jobs. Quit screwing around on distractions. Get done on time. And go home. Otherwise you're fired. Questions?
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Wavemaker. Yes I do know what a Patriot is. I live it everyday in our state protecting and serving. I am also a veteran. As for keeping my nose out of people business. No problem there until it violates the innocent and weak.
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The way I see it, the Alaska natives should be thanking the American white man. Otherwise they would have been subject to Soviet Russia and now its corrupt socialist rule. I would wonder how many of them would be in a political prison in Russia? Let's not forget everything else that came with this terrible imperial...
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Never mind the people already here who need help. Let's spend $$$ on the newcomers.
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Too bad. This bill has no business being considered this session. Your priority is the budget, not wedge bills like this. Do your jobs.
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Are you a scientist?
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Rep. Seaton is a fair man Dunleavy, unlike the man that looks back at you in the mirror. Even when the overwhelming percentage of public testimony was to the contrary. You knew you had the votes in committee, so you rushed that bill through the in a whirlwind. Your religious zealotry is pathetic!
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I wish that the liberal nut jobs would use something besides 'facist' to describe their opponents. It's just like invoking the name of Hitler for their opponents, No matter who the opponent, those two terms surface very single time no matter what political philosophy, evil deeds, attitudes or beliefs their opponent...
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The legislature has approved half a million for new office furniture. Cancel that, and you've got two-thirds of the money for OWL.
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High-speed Internet is not a right.
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When he becomes president will you be one of the ones moving to Canada Jamie?
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I'm hardly going to defend the genocide of Native Americans, but isn't Thanksgiving generally celebrated for the colonists not starving to death?
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Yeah Paul Seaton! Bury that stupid red herring bill!
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Great! Because Mussolini wasn't able to do it!
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Here's the difference, Mike. Obama isn't running for reelection. He doesn't have to face the voters. However, 24 republican senators will this fall. Trying to make the case that two wrongs make a right isn't going to be a winning campaign slogan for them. After January there's going to be a democrat in the WH and ...
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No, it isn't, but neither are a lot of government-provided services that you, yourself, use. Road construction and maintenance are not rights; fire service is not a right; water quality is not a right. State and local governments provide services that are not rights granted by the US Constitution, because their constit...
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Random? I doubt it.
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Let 'em meet in Anchorage, the transparency of the last session is still echoing! Bring it guys....We'll skewer you again. Maybe even get the lot of you de elected.
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Wyatt is a real jerk. I guess that's why he doesn't use his real name.
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Yet I bet you do wait to patronize it!
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A veteran's day is designated in November for all veterans. No difference exists between veterans who have served in the military in any era throughout history. The blatant attempts to further politicize and dredge up Vietnam as some kind of glorious and patriotic undertaking belies the fact it was based on lies just...
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Umm, you are about 20 years behind. We already HAVE a property tax cap and it worked successfully for 20 years until the current assembly created a loophole. Go on, take a peek-it's all in the article.
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Olrun - I think I will surprise you with this comment. I agree with you that Obama did not need to change his immediate activities. I am sure that he was kept fully informed of events that he could do nothing about. I realize that there are some, well many on the right, who are criticizing the president about not stopp...
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Cut where it hurts the most and maybe Alaskans will favor a State income tax. That's what I read here.
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Are you insane? Genius, clearly there were zero details in the article when I posted my comment. Good grief.
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It's a bad bill designed to attack Planned Parenthood. It is specious at its base and should never see the light of day.
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How's what Brady? I'm a relatively high income person. It's well known that a sales tax hurts low income folks more than me and being rural has what to do with anything other than your pique? I support an income tax. We are ALL subsidized here in Alaska! The ride is over, sport.
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I sure hope you are smart enough to understand the evolution of a news article, but given the responses below that indicate that few are, I don't have much hope.
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Oh, what a great way to support education!
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The dog, according to this story, was shot inside the home after an intrusion by the shooter. Your assumption is uninformed.
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Let me get this straight, it is patriotic and respectful to remember those who have served and died in every conflict in this nations history except the Vietnam War, in your opinion?
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We paid a lot of money to plant them in Juneau once again and that is where they can stay until they end the session. Who would support paying to load the legislative circus train and move it? As of today here is the only metric they provide that indicates legislative productivity (from bill statistics on the Legisla...
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The dog, according to this story, was shot inside the home after an intrusion by the shooter. Your assumption is uninformed.
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So what's the reason 17 year old aren't legally able to form an intent, according to you? You underestimate evil.
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I'm with you Jim, What a waste of $35,000 to do high school math and now a non issue. Anchorage legislators move to Atwood building and others, use the existing LIO's in your districts. be it a corner of the library or a one room cabin in the village. You need to be with your constituents anyway. Thanks to Jim Gottste...
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Punished for doing the right thing. 90% of U.S. wild salmon comes from the area Pebble wants to destroy. This is a straight up Midas decision. Do you want everything you touch to turn to gold or do you want to eat?
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You have no business trying to make decisions for others. Unless of course you'd like to turn yours over to us, I think that's fair play. What's your real name? I'd like to approve or veto any of your personal medical decisions as you feel entitled to do so for others.
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With a boat that big, you need at least a one ton truck to drag it around. Wonder what they were driving, and where the truck came from? Most people of that caliber don't have something like that....
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Well duh, dude, of course it's uninformed, when the news article is two sentences long, that's kind of the deal. For all you knew at the time, it could have been a dog who attacked a walker and got shot. You had no clue and neither did anyone else.
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If you still want the rural type of Alaska go to the wilderness and live off the land. This mentality of oh poor Alaska is BS. The people of Alaska made this state. The people of Alaska sat by and let this state sink when it could of developed an infrastructer that wasnt based on just oil. Oh and old Alaska was like t...
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1. Antarctica is losing land ice mass. http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/land-ice/ 2. Antarctic sea ice extent doesn't have much of a trend one way or the other. Up to a year ago, your point might have been valid, but it's no longer the case, possibly due to El Niño as this source indicates. Various explanations fo...
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By then, the City Councilors who granted the MUPTE will no longer be in office. Their successors will merely wring their hands and say "I just don't know what they were thinking!" We have seen this little morality play with Urban Renewal, the Water Feature, the Willamette Street Mall and so forth. No doubt the ne...
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Regardless of the bill subject, the Speaker of the House should have the ethical fortitude to facilitate the legislative process and not use his position to abuse the system for political or personal benefit. This is a common practice in the Alaska Legislature to avoid making decisions. This abuse directly contribute...
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Commenting on the ADN is this decade's version of the drunk-n-dial.
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Then why comment? Why not wait until there is more detail?
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Maybe you should hold on posting your dumbass comments then right? Who's the genius Wyatt?
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Europeans pay nearly 50% income tax. College education is paid for because only certain students are selected for college. By middle school, kids are tested and put into groups based on perceived potential. High school age students intern at the hospitals starting around 2pm. http://www.german-way.com/history-and-cu...
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Wait, so now they're worried they *over pandered* to the conservative base while passing the buck on the budget? ADN needs to add a face palm emoji to the comments section just for Legislature stories.
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Your absolutely false representation of my words clearly demonstrates your lack of veracity in this entire issue. Apparently, you don't know the meaning of the word "all" as stated in my first sentence. This blatant ploy to assign a false agenda to my clearly written words brings into question the veracity of any of ...
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While mostly a professional acquaintance with Mr North, I can vouch for his authenticity and integrity. He is on the side of Alaskans.
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Euthanize him.
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Coos, Umpqua and Siuslaw tribes are nothing but yellow bellied, cry baby, money hogging, cowering, bumbling fools. If the tribes had a brain to begin with, they could take this opportunity to forgive and help educate the younger generation about Native American and their history. With this, there is no saving face, b...
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"Another NYT leftwing elitist who feels everyone who disagrees with his bigoted world view is ignorant." Unlike the commenter who posted that. Have you heard the phrase "ad-hominem argument?" It's a cop-out, not an argument. And yeah, pots and kettles.
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Where’s Sen. Hoffman when you need him? Maybe meeting with Reps. Nageak, Herron, and Sen. Olson, trying to bring Foster and Edgmon into the fold.
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So pregnancy is a medical condition. Silly me. I thought it was a gift.....
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Hey, you had no problem with Dubya going off on junkets with the Bin Ladin family. That popular Carpenter would have something to say about 'mote', 'beam' and eyeballs about now if he witnessed your hypocritical double-standards.
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"Wyatt Earth" is a troll. Don't feed the trolls and they go away. They thrive on getting people's responses to their leading posts so they can post more of their blather.
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You can attach gift to anything, does not remove what it was. Still a medical condition, and regardless, it's up to her. Is that a hard concept to introduce to yourself?
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Why don't you get pregnant and see which it is?
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OMG OMG bill on a medical procedure goes to *Health and Social Services Committee OMG OMG
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Oh, no, you cannot point that out! They will just affirm good intentions by stressing the PRO LIFE part...
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Stoltze seems to really want to be home this summer...and that's reason enough to keep them in Juneau until they do their job. Gov Walker, don't let them go home until they fully address the budget AND revenue. They want desperately to go home and campaign for re-election. Don't allow it. Keep the shirkers in Juneau ...
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Jack Wright, I agree. If they don't want to resolve the people's business then perhaps they shouldn't be introducing over 500 bills. If they introduce a bill it should be heard and then resolved by being passed, defeated, withdrawn, or merged with similar legislation. Some legislatures limit the number of bills per ...
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Seems the executive orders were an attempt to get something done given the meeting on the eve of Obama's first inauguration during which the Republicans vowed not to work with him. The Supreme Court issue is merely an extension of this vow. Sad business that has severely hampered our democracy.
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I reread your comment and I apologize for misunderstanding your words. I tend to get a bit angry when veterans of any war or conflict are insulted or degraded in any way. The veterans who fought and died did not send themselves to any of the fighting that has been done but they did fight and die honorably and I am of ...
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Port Heiden is in area m and ALWAYS has been. It really very simple.. Port Heiden residents shouldn't have opted to trade their area M permits for Area T permits back in the day. Just trade out area T for area M and you can have your fish processing plant in the mud flats that no tender can even get within a mile of.
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Oh good grief!!
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Absolutely the best idea! The Tustemena does travel on a highway that connects to the mainland, accessible to Anchorage, MatSu, Kenai, etc! It does have staterooms and food service and no commuting needed while on board! They can get hands-on exposure to the Tustemena, this could be helpful for them to see what kind of...
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Well stated Sherman !
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You mean like in 2002 when then President George W. Bush visited China?
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"In the end, the people will decide who is right at the ballot box." 65,000,000 people decided who was right in 2012. You entire "justification" for supporting the Rs is, "But, mom, the other kid started it!" Even if true, and that is very debatable, its not much of a moral high ground. But, its OK. The Rs will nomi...
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Very difficult for me to read and understand the point of view. Practically every single society and nation on our planet today is a product of expansionism and defeat of people. Why not try and formulate a way to help Alaska Native culture rebound as a proud people ? Seems as though you are more interested in stirring...
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" the Speaker of the House should have the ethical fortitude to facilitate the legislative process and not use his position to abuse the system for political or personal benefit" HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA...You don't know the Rs very well, do you?
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Dingman, you should either stick to topics you know something about, or bother to learn something about the topics you choose to write about. This commentary is just embarrassing (for you.)
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Never stop believing!
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Remember this in Bethel and the surrounding villages when Hoffman comes up for re-election. That "Democrat" has joined the Republicans' caucus. When the Republican leadership says, "Jump Hoffman, Jump!", he says, "How high sir? How high?"
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#SenateDoYourJob
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Nearly a $4B budget shortfall and the best the Republicans can come up with is to cut an $11M scholarship program and push pension liability to the cities and towns? Yet they are OK paying the oil companies more in credits than they recover in taxes. The scholarship cut is just stupid. The oil tax imbalance is cri...
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Same with an income tax. It's taking money that would go into the economy and giving it to a government that can't control its spending. All around a bad idea.
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IDIOUCY!!?How can the legislature save $$$$ by noving to the road system??WEL I guess that the politiks would be close to home(urbans) makes sense ?? HOW-- MUCH cost to move ALL the necessities along with the politicians--???? HEY !!! cutting the budget(??) show us how???
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Absolutely! Terrific comment!
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Doesn't sound random. That's a long way to go for a random crazy shooter, unless he lives on the hillside.
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Olrun....Feel better now? Unbelievable.
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Very good ideas! I hope someone in the legislature reads them!
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Sorry I had to edit my post patriot. Didn't want it to appear as an attack on Mr Coen.
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The abortion issue is as old as the hills. 40plus years now. As a society, we cannot regulate what people do on their own time. Wtf!? And then for those people who believe that, to assume that everyone in the US has puritanical values, is idiocy. I sure as hell don't want to pay any extra taxes for the babymaker who h...
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AGAIN !!-URBAN politiks at work---CUT the rural snoopers off=---so we can spend their $$$ secretly---
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