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My Mom called me this morni... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Kate | December 14, 2003 9:10 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My Mom called me this morning and told me that he was captured. I have been glued to the news ever since. I am so glad Hussein was captured - the bastard.
1. Posted by Kate | December 14, 2003 9:10 AM |
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2. Posted by foo | December 14, 2003 9:38 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
what ever happened to Osana bin Laden?
Oh well, I suppose it hardly matters which US-trained despot has been captured in an illegal war... as long as we still get to wave our flags.
2. Posted by foo | December 14, 2003 9:38 AM |
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Posted on December 14, 2003 09:38
3. Posted by Val Prieto | December 14, 2003 9:40 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
HOOOHOOOO!!!! Man what a way to start a Sunday morning!!!!!
I think it was my BlogCuba posts that did it, sending out all those positive anti-dictator vibes!!!!
All I want for Christmas now is for the Wolverines to be re-deployed to some island south of Florida.
3. Posted by Val Prieto | December 14, 2003 9:40 AM |
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Posted on December 14, 2003 09:40
4. Posted by Val Prieto | December 14, 2003 9:43 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ahh, foo, I see the anti-war left has been roused by their CO's and told to grab the rhetoric off the shelves on their way out. Lock and load standard drivel, proceed to front lines.
4. Posted by Val Prieto | December 14, 2003 9:43 AM |
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Posted on December 14, 2003 09:43
5. Posted by Ebenezer McGehee | December 14, 2003 11:25 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Foo:
Stay tuned.
<evil, maniacal cackle>
5. Posted by Ebenezer McGehee | December 14, 2003 11:25 AM |
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