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That has to be a joke.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 04:40:45 PM EST
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Re: Awesome (none / 1)

Well, yes,, of course. It's a play on the Larry Craig scandal.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 06:02:40 PM EST
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Spoilsport (none / 1)

I was hoping to leave him guessing

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 05:15:02 AM EST
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Re: Spoilsport (none / 0)

Ah, very sorry. Communication, Helen!

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 10:34:04 AM EST
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Re: Spoilsport (none / 0)

Well, I had been motivated to research the Larry Craig scandal by another comment a few days before...

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 21st, 2008 at 06:54:11 AM EST
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