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McCain's running mate is the Alaskan Governor??!

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aurora.
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what!? Sarah Palin, the alaskan governor, is apparently going to be McCain's running mate. I think its pretty strategic of the republicans to do this, but she stood for nothing while she was running and has no experience. You couldn't attack her or argue against her becuase she basically kept her mouth shut and never said what she specifically stood for other than the generic republican opinion. She is better than our former governor, but vice president???! I just hope people are smart enough to make sure they understand her policies and don't just vote for McCain becuase he's got a women on the ticket the same way i hope people don't just vote for Obama becuase hes black, as much as Id like to see a women as president or vice president....

this also makes the prez race in alaska a lot more heated becuase this year alaska could be a swing state (we are very very republican) and there's quite a few people upset with the republicans here becuase of Ted Stevens and Don Young, but i think people will see that an Alaskan is on the ticket and think thats more important....

i just heard the story on the morning news that it is official but I can't find any online articles about it becuase its too soon, but maybe later I'll post one.
Aug 29 2008 11:00AM
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Shpadoinkle
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Read all of my last post again.
Aug 31 2008 3:08PM
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funk.
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I was in a cafe when McCain was announcing it.  My dad and I were just like no fucking way.
Aug 31 2008 5:15PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Yeah, I know I used the wrong word. I meant to say that I am a little bit dyslexic.

Nope, I just figured it out myself. Either I'm just blonde, dyselxic or retarded. But is being blonde really the problem? Is there a study on blondes? I have no idea. I'm not stupid though. I'm very bright, but I have the problem of actually applying myself. Like college for instance. If I just read the stupid book and studied then maybe I would get a good grade, but I hate studying. I only read stuff I am interested in like politcs, art, horses, skiing, etc. When it comes to studying life-span development I don't give a shit and then I just get a bad grade because I didn't want to read the crap.
Aug 31 2008 7:11PM
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josh.
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i would go with retarded, you don't have dyslexia if you cant pick out the right words that just means you cant articulate well, and i would stop being interested in politics cause you obviously don't know what your talking about. and if you really think your dyslexic then go to a doctor and see if you actually are, and stop using it as an excuse.
Aug 31 2008 7:19PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Whatever you say, Josh. You're the fucking man!

Aug 31 2008 7:25PM
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Beegio
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Sounds Like Bristols quite the rebelious one.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/30/121350/137
Aug 31 2008 7:51PM
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J.D.
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Aug 31 2008 8:00PM
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almostaskier
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Quote from aspendukes' mom last night, after being saved from the "books that live under her bed and try to attack her".
Aug 31 2008 9:00PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Ummmm, weird. My mom complains about all my college books under my bed. How did you know?
Aug 31 2008 9:13PM
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almostaskier
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The ones you don't read, or the ones about horsies?
Aug 31 2008 9:21PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Nah, I read all the time. I read my college books because I have to though. I hate doing it. But ALL my college books are under my bed. All my "horsey" books are all veterinarian books, but they are on my shelf.
Aug 31 2008 9:26PM
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skiminnesota
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is this the GOP?


nope, sorry... that is straight from the horses mouth...




Aug 31 2008 9:31PM
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skiminnesota
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also, what part of "its great to see senator Obama get on board" implys  that Palin ENDORSES OBAMA'S energy plan?!

if anything that sounds more like a Obama endorsing palin...... after all, he joined her right?   so he had to CHOOSE to join her, while she had obama "get on board"
Aug 31 2008 9:35PM
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almostaskier
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You know that there is a difference between giving people some basic advice to save money, and that same advice being an integral, vital and central part of an economic plan? Because inflating tires is the former, not the latter.

Also, with offshore drilling giving us its benefits (5 years from now optimistically), we would see gas prices go down what, 40 cents to the barrel? Less, a little bit more? Not much anyways. Well, the point of what Obama had to say, was that individually, you can make more than that difference by tuning your car, inflating tires, changing oil, cleaning the engine. Changing the air filter on your car can save you 35 cents per gallon, inflating tires 11 cents, a tune up 20 some cents... That's about as good per gallon as offshore drilling gives us per barrel, in 5 years.

Seriously though, can you tell the difference between sound penny saving advice and an economic energy plan centered around inflating tires? That's like the difference between telling people how to make a good burger and being a advocate for global warming.
Aug 31 2008 10:01PM
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skiminnesota
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wow, the blatant HATE in this thread surprises me....  i thought libs stood for toleration of your fellow man? 

well what I READ IN HERE sounds nothing like, "toleration of your fellow man"  


i think i might make a list, and if i get the chance, make a MOCKERY (if given the opportunity)  of everyone of you who is calling aspen, stupid, ect......
Aug 31 2008 10:03PM
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Meases_Pieces
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a. she look just like another of McCain's trophy wives
B.  the republican party is just using her as a ploy for people that were voting for hillary to vote for McCain
Aug 31 2008 10:04PM
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almostaskier
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You're right. Aspen, though, is a woman. I see no foul play here.
Aug 31 2008 10:09PM
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almostaskier
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And I guess that by this same token, Republicans believe in hit lists, intimidation (CAPS OMG), and slander.

I mean, when you criticize people for being hateful and rude, I guess the only logical thing is to insult, nay, MOCK, them. Boy, that'll teach 'em!

Don't republicans believe in turning the other cheek? Bwaaaahaahahahaahahahaooooohhahaha. Man, that was funny.
Aug 31 2008 10:15PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Aren't we ALL females in the beginning of life?
Aug 31 2008 10:15PM
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skiminnesota
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as far as i am concerned, even if gas only drops 40 cents... think of the TOTAL amount of oil that America would be producing on its own.... i expect you know that we spend 700billion dollars a year on oil. now that money can go to foreign country's, or we can keep that money at home, and create American jobs....

not calling you a bluffer, but can you show me an objective source with your numbers on the amount that people can save with basic little tune ups...



Aug 31 2008 10:20PM
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skiminnesota
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but you see, i never resort to personal HATE, and CAPS LOCK OMG, got your attention, so that worked....

show me the slander?





i think you got republicans, conservatives, and "the religious right" all bungled... 

i ascribe to the second, i am a registered independent.... i dont turn the other cheek, i beat your ass into the ground :)  



the way i choose to get my point across is free of hateful words... if you dont like that, fine, to each his own....


Aug 31 2008 10:26PM
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almostaskier
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I replaced the two front tires on my car today, and those little tidbits where in a Techron flier. Here's a little bit that explains the same things, without the centage. Sorry. It's a .gov though. http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/energysavings/savegas/flash.html
Aug 31 2008 10:34PM
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skiminnesota
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i admit, i over extended myself a bit....

but the numbers you used in your post dont match with the ones you liked........


and as long as Obama meant it the way you spun it, then good for him, but this is one of those situations where.... getting him nailed down 100% on an issue would be wonderful...


who knows i might have been duped!?! by rush Limbaugh !  

   o, on a side note, am i the only one that thinks its just a tad sad that "limbaugh" was corrected by my spell checker....


but really, he really needs to make himself clear, "saves as much by making basic tune ups as we would save by drilling"  (paraphrase)

  those words are pretty easy to misconstrue.....


Aug 31 2008 10:44PM
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josh.
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so that makes the same now right?
Aug 31 2008 11:05PM
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timmmy
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i know! right?  that's why i never could understand all the hate on having abortions.

the GOP ticket is so fucking retarded if this baby shit is true.  palin was asked her opinion on that state of the war in iraq a while ago, and her statement was something along the lines of "i read the newspaper headlines, but i'm not really following it".  did you know mccain finished 5th, 5th from last in his class in annapolis and then "magically" got sent to fighter pilot school?  he crashed 5 planes...5....CRASHED, not shot down.  i heard (and it makes sense sort of) that when a pilot crashes (as a result of human error) that the pilot is DONE, see you later.  good thing his daddy was the admiral...what a fucking clown.  mccain (his wife) has more money than god, he doesn't know how many houses he has....are you serious??????

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_11_16/ai_61361646

obama is from chi-town.  chi-town politics are rough (apparently).  he isn't a fucking pussy like kerry.  i could have single handedly given john kerry the presidency.  all he had to do was be a bit of a dick and take a suepr cheap shot at bush.  run an ad showing that retarded picture of bush as a male cheerleader, and then show pictures of kerry in vietnam.  or just an ad (no words really neccessay) of that stupid picture, then maybe at the end "is this really the guy you want to be our next president?".  sure its a dirty trick, but that fucking shit works.  people, SMART PEOPLE, college graduates, not ignant hick town ass-backwards people, believe that obama is a terrorist.  seriously.  how fucking retarded do you have to be to think that?  obama is not a poondogger, he will call out both of these retards for their rediculous incompetance (relatively - the US presidency/VP may be THE toughest job in the world), and they will go down in fucking flames.  i hope.  O man 4 lyfe.  intelligence and rational thought uber alles.  oh and that first line was a (mean) joke by the way.



Aug 31 2008 11:39PM
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fillup
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You kinda sound like my ex-girlfriend, she had an excuse for everything wrong with her.

Hurt foot, dyslexic, ADD, alergies, forgetfulness.
what a bitch


not you but her.
Aug 31 2008 11:44PM
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Where-am-I
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she was runner up Miss Alaska
Aug 31 2008 11:49PM
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almostaskier
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And you're also half sperm. That's 150% to those keeping track.
Sep 1 2008 12:15AM
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speedy29
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For one in Vietnam they would take anyone that could pass the tests to become a Pilot and McCain choose to become a pilot even though pilots had one of the shortest life expectancies of enlisted men during the Vietnam War. McCain even stayed in a prison camp when they offered to let him out cause of his dad. Better than Bush whos dad got him out of the war.


Obama enlisted help from his ivy leauge friends and managed to get every other canidate kicked of the ballot. Plus I think the this chi-town politics are known for is being one of the most corrupt city in the history of this country.(I dont really think Obama's corrupt but I dont this he was try to stop it either)

and your right you would have to be incredibly stupid to think Obamas a terrorist or muslim or unpatriotic
Sep 1 2008 12:18AM
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almostaskier
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So when Obama gives advice to save pennies now, instead of pennies 5 years from now, and I call it penny-saving advice, that's spin?

But when you say that Obama's economic plan is based around silly things like blowing up tires, making him an incompetent policy maker, based on the same penny-saving advice, that's not spin? For a skier, you don't keep track of revolutions well.
Sep 1 2008 12:19AM
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almostaskier
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Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
Sep 1 2008 12:23AM
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timmmy
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decent point, but he crashed 4 planes before seeing combat....
Sep 1 2008 12:29AM
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Shpadoinkle
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Wouldn't it be 50%?
Sep 1 2008 12:30AM
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mmmmm...Pie
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I'm surprised nothing has come up about that in this thread. I mean, it's probably BS, but NS isn't exactly fact-oriented usually. 

Also, http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4628/sarahpalinla4.png
Sep 1 2008 12:30AM
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squibble
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shes a right wring religious nut in my eyes, mccain is just trying to get desperate votes with this one. stupid americans
Sep 1 2008 12:30AM
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speedy29
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Really then combined with the hotness and wealth of his wife then he probably is one of the luckyest(sp) men alive and would probably win the election even if he made bush his veep
Sep 1 2008 12:36AM
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timmmy
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3 planes legit.  2 not so much.


Sep 1 2008 12:50AM
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speedy29
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hey most dads would be pissed if their adult son totaled a car but shit he crashed a couple of his dads planes
Sep 1 2008 1:01AM
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skiminnesota
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maybe i didnt make myself clear..... drilling for oil..... and that is what i FEEL obama was getting at when he said "that would save the same amount as if we drilled for oil"  he was looking for a way out, he wants to slough off energy........... there is a much bigger issue here, and it doesnt have to deal with  the price of gas now, or in 5 years.... it is the ammount of money this country ships off to other country's to fuel our crave for oil.... we can remidy that problem to a certain extent, by, you guessed it "drill here, drill now, pay a little less" 



o, and just to set the record straight, I NEVER said

" Obama's economic plan is based around silly things like blowing up tires" 

   you might not like it, but this is one of the solutions Obama offered, allong with the possibility of drilling off shore.....  and thats not spin...


i did my best to keep this post spin free, we wouldnt want you to forget which way to put your skis on.....









nice little poke on my overall intelligence, quite witty, nice. 

well look at that, i broke my own rule.... 


Sep 1 2008 1:59AM
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skiminnesota
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Sep 1 2008 11:50AM
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almostaskier
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What do you mean I "may not like it"? His solution to the energy crisis itself isn't blowing up tires et al, he was merely showing that you can save as much money individually by taking care of your car as you'll see individually with offshore drilling: a matter of pennies (in 5 years).

I like his advice, you seem to not like the fact that his statements are merely that: advice.

I guess you're Batman, and I'm the Joker. "Tonight you break your one rule". I guess your reign of alleged moral outrage and superiority has ended? Oh, how hard they fall.

Sep 1 2008 12:31PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Oh, this is just great. Pregnant daughter...
Sep 1 2008 12:53PM
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cottonwoodarmada1651
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Yeah, man....you're right.  Obviously his dad pulled some strings to get him INTO Vietnam.  Think about what you're saying.


Sep 1 2008 1:27PM
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coolhandluke
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despite voting for the democratic candidate since Reagan, washington state concealed carry permit holders increased from 179,000 to 258,000 between 2003 and 2007.  meanwhile joe biden thinks the bayonet lug on my AR makes it dangerous and to be outlawed. 

batshit crazy.
Sep 1 2008 1:33PM
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RudyGarmisch
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HAhahhahahHA!
Sep 1 2008 1:46PM
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almostaskier
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BabyGate!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/31/145838/319/386/581332
Sep 1 2008 1:46PM
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speedy29
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wow and you bitch about people who get news from fox news and your bring up stuff from a fucking blogger.
Sep 1 2008 1:50PM
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almostaskier
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Who said I thought this was real? I was sourcing aspen's reference to Palin's alleged preggo daughter.
Sep 1 2008 2:06PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Bloggers broke the Chinese gymnastics scandal. They're great watchdogs and truth diggers. Not to say that they are all valid, but they do a great job of presenting evidence for media outlets to investigate.
Sep 1 2008 2:06PM
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skiminnesota
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what i meant  by "you may not like it" meant just that, i would bet you dont like the idea of drilling off shore, and in ANWR....

and Barack is open to drilling...


again, if Barack would have said, "you the individual" can save 40 cents.... not, "that would save the same amount as if we drilled off shore"..... then we wouldnt be having this conversation....   because that  statement is WRONG we wont be pulling 700 billion away from other country's and putting roughly that ammount back into OUR ECONOMY... because even if gas drops 10 cents, that will be money that funds AMERICA'S economy....


yep, i did get off the moral high road, but i hope you didnt take it too personaly, i figured after you took that little poke, a jab back at you was in order....




now that i am batman, i really need to get started on getting a hot GF like Rachel:)
Sep 1 2008 2:20PM
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