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loved the unrelated bit at the end: "in international news, the equivalent of 5 Americans were killed in a bombing in Afghanistan"...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 05:09:48 PM EST
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me too

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 05:12:49 PM EST
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That must be at least 50 afghans.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 05:16:26 PM EST
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Makes you wonder how many Afghanis equal 5 Americans. 10 ? 50 ? ..higher ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 05:17:55 PM EST
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An American once told me to my face 3 billion people might just be enough deaths to make up for the 3 thousand from 9/11...

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 05:19:23 PM EST
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