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Mr. JayT · Aug 29, 2008

Baroma presented a dy-no-mite Historical speech telling 80,000 he'd
accept the nomination, of his party. JBMcCain has his work cut out for
him, to try to top that next week.
I heard McCain, was having trouble filling a 10,000 sized 'some
kinda',arena way up there in StPaul, to 'read his boring' generic
republican rhetoric in accepting his party's nommer'nation, next
Thursday evening.

BiffB · Aug 29, 2008

Jerry said:

I take that back about a triple hit. That was a bases loaded home run by him
picking her. He just got my vote.
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Best set of tits in the White House since Marilyn Monroe.

Rogue Rider · Aug 29, 2008

I take that back about a triple hit. That was a bases loaded home run by him
picking her. He just got my vote.
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<applause>
She's one smart gal and I think she'll make a fine VP, for starters.

Sunny

BiffB · Aug 29, 2008

Mr. JayT said:

Baroma presented a dy-no-mite Historical speech telling 80,000 he'd
accept the nomination, of his party. JBMcCain has his work cut out for
him, to try to top that next week.
I heard McCain, was having trouble filling a 10,000 sized 'some
kinda',arena way up there in StPaul, to 'read his boring' generic
republican rhetoric in accepting his party's nommer'nation, next
Thursday evening.
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bj_kana · Aug 29, 2008

Best set of tits in the White House since Marilyn Monroe. - Hide quotedtext -

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=She has all that...? I didnt see any evidence, a while ago on
MSNBC....I'll pay more attnetion tonight. JTK

bj_kana · Aug 29, 2008

Maybe you can help me understand what he is going to do to save us? What are
his plans? Me being a stupid conservative, I just did not hear any solution,
only problems.

BTW, McCain just illustrated the saying: "Old age and treachery will
outperform youth and exuberance every time." by picking Alaska's Governor
for his running mate. Not a home run, but a solid triple hit.
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===Jer,after I watch the Republican convention ''every night'' next
week, I feel then I personally will have something to compare Baromas
''outstanding acceptance speech T0.... We'll see!... I doubt very
seriously Jerry, that you actually watched Baromas acceptance speech
the other night at the Demo convention. I bet you read some other
folks opinions, and views of the speech, and probably based your
opinion on what they all said, then you responded to me above....
I watched the DNC every night, I enjoy them, and they remind me of a
spectacular sport event, I imagine next week the RNC will be just as
interesting. I will be tuned in. Then we'll see who rocked, and see
which one gets the most attnetion, by ''ordinary swing vote folks''
over...MrJayT...).
..

louie · Aug 30, 2008

Precision said:

===Jer,after I watch the Republican convention ''every night'' next
week, I feel then I personally will have something to compare Baromas
''outstanding acceptance speech T0.... We'll see!... I doubt very
seriously Jerry, that you actually watched Baromas acceptance speech
the other night at the Demo convention. I bet you read some other
folks opinions, and views of the speech, and probably based your
opinion on what they all said, then you responded to me above....
I watched the DNC every night, I enjoy them, and they remind me of a
spectacular sport event, I imagine next week the RNC will be just as
interesting. I will be tuned in. Then we'll see who rocked, and see
which one gets the most attnetion, by ''ordinary swing vote folks''
over...MrJayT...).

Mr BJ, I know we haven't met, but you appear to be somewhat foolish to the
rest of us. Mr Obama wants to change America. So do I. I want to change
it by extreme methods which will stop the micro shit storm of government
interference in my life and freedoms. They all ready take 48% of my
earnings. Now this young racist do-gooder wants to make us all "more
equal" by hiring more teachers, taxing the bright and wealthy more and
more, and apparently he wants us all to have a faggot big brother and two
darling little girls and go to Harvard. This man is crystal blue
persuasion, and not much else. Who the hell do you think will pay for his
stupid shit non programs? Maybe you didn't think.

Sorry, I got carried away.

Read this:

Regards,

Michael B. Maginnis

Commencement Address

A Must Read

Commencement Address ( Texas A&M) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:14:32 +0000

This should be considered must-reading for every adult in North America.
It is extremely rare that anyone speaks the truth like this at any College
or High School Commencement Address.

Neal Boortz is a Texan, a lawyer, a Texas AGGIE (Texas A&M), and now a
nationally syndicated talk show host from Atlanta. His commencement
address to the graduates of this years A&M class is far different from wha
t eith er the students or the faculty expected. His views are thought
provoking.

'I am honored by the invitation to address you on this august occasion.
It's about time. Be warned, however, that I am not here to impress you;
you'll have enough smoke blown up your bloomers today. And you can bet
your tassels I'm not here to impress the faculty and administration. You
may not like much of what I have to say, and that's fine. You will
remember it though. Especially after about 10 years out there in the real
world. This, it goes without saying, does not apply to those of you who
will seek your careers and your fortunes as government employees.

This gowned gaggle behind me is your faculty. You've heard the old saying
that those who can - do. Those who can't - teach. That sounds deliciously
insensitive. But there is often raw truth in insensitivity, just as you
often find feel-good falsehoods and lies in compassion. Say good-bye to
your faculty because now you are getting ready to go out there and do.
These folks behind me are going to stay right here and teach.

By the way, just because you are leaving this place with a diploma
doesn't mean the learning is over. When an FAA flight examiner handed me
my private pilot's license many years ago, he said, 'Here, this is your
ticket to learn.' The same can be said for your diploma. Believe me, the
learning has just begun.

Now, I realize that most of you consider yourselves Liberals. In fact,
you are probably very proud of your liberal views. You care so much. You
feel so much. You want to help so much. After all you're a compassionate
and caring person, aren't you now? Well, isn't that just so
extraordinarily special . Now, at this age, is as good a time as any to be
a liberal; as good a time as any to know absolutely everything. You have
plenty of time, starting tomorrow, for the truth to set in.

Over the next few years, as you begin to feel the cold breath of reality
down your neck, things are going to start changing pretty fast...
including your own assessment of just how much you really know.

So here are the first assignments for your initial class in reality: Pay
attention to the news, read newspapers, and listen to the words and
phrases that proud Liberals use to promote their causes. Then, compare the
words of the left to the words and phrases you hear from those evil,
heartless, greedy conservatives. From the Left you will hear 'I feel.'
From the Right you will hear 'I think.' From the Liberals you will hear
references to groups -- The Blacks, the Poor, The Rich, The Disadvantaged,
The Less Fortunate. From the Right you will hear references to
individuals. On the Left you hear t alk of group rights; on the Right,
individual rights.

That about sums it up, really: Liberals feel. Liberals care. They are
pack animals whose identity is tied up in group dynamics. Conservatives
and Libertarians think -- and, setting aside the theocracy crowd, their
identity is centered on the individual.

Liberals feel that their favored groups have enforceable rights to the
property and services of productive individuals. Conservatives and
Libertarians, I among them I might add, think that individuals have the
right to protect their lives and their property from the plunder of the
masses.

In college you developed a group mentality, but if you look closely at
your diplomas you will see that they have your individual names on them.
Not the name of your school mascot, or of your fraternity or sorority, but
your name. Your group identity is going away. Your recognition and
appreciation of your individual identity starts now.

If, by the time you reach the a ge of 30, you do not consider yourself to
be a libertarian or a conservative, rush right back here as quickly as you
can and apply for a faculty position. These people will welcome you with
open arms. They will welcome you, that is, so long as you haven't
developed an individual identity. Once again you will have to be willing
to sign on to the group mentality you embraced during the past four years.

Something is going to happen soon that is going to really open your eyes.
You're going to actually get a full time job!

You're also going to get a lifelong work partner. This partner isn't
going to help you do your job. This partner is just going to sit back and
wait for payday. This partner doesn't want to share in your effort, but in
your earnings.

Your new lifelong partner is actually an agent; an agent representing a
strange and diverse group of people; an agent for every teenager with an
illegitimate child; an agent for a research scientist who wanted to make
some cash answering the age-old question of why monkeys grind their teeth.
An agent for some poor demented hippie who considers herself to be a
meaningful and talented artist, but who just can't manage to sell any of
her artwork on the open market.

Your new partner is an agent for every person with limited, if any, job
skills, but who wanted a job at City Hall. An agent of tin-horn dictators
in fancy military uniforms grasping for American foreign aid. An agent for
multi-million- dollar companies who want someone else to pay for their
overseas advertising. An agent for everybody who wants to use the
unimaginable power of this agent for their personal enrichment and
benefit.

That agent is our wonderful, caring, compassionate, oppressive
government. Believe me, you will be awed by the unimaginable power this
agent has. Power that you do not have. A power that no individual has, or
will have. This agent has the legal power to use force, deadly force to
accomp lish i ts goals.

You have no choice here. Your new friend is just going to walk up to you,
introduce itself rather gruffly, hand you a few forms to fill out, and
move right on in. Say hello to your own personal one ton gorilla. It will
sleep anywhere it wants to.

Now, let me tell you, this agent is not cheap. As you become successful
it will seize about 40% of everything you earn. And no, I'm sorry, there
just isn't any way you can fire this agent of plunder, and you can't
decrease its share of your income. That power rests with him, not you.

So, here I am saying negative things to you about government. Well, be
clear on this: It is not wrong to distrust government. It is not wrong to
fear government. In certain cases it is not even wrong to despise
government for government is inherently evil. Yes ... a necessary evil,
but dangerous nonetheless ... somewhat like a drug. Just as a drug that in
the proper dosage can save your life, an overdose of government can b e
fata l.

Now let's address a few things that have been crammed into your minds at
this university. There are some ideas you need to expunge as soon as
possible. These ideas may work well in academic environment, but they fail
miserably out there in the real world.

First is that favorite buzz word of the media, government and academia:
Diversity! You have been taught that the real value of any group of
people - be it a social group, an employee group, a management group,
whatever - is based on diversity. This is a favored liberal ideal because
diversity is based not on an individual's abilities or character, but on a
person's identity and status as a member of a group. Yes, it's that
liberal group identity thing again.

Within the great diversity movement group identification - be it racial,
gender based, or some other minority status - means more than the
individual's integrity, character or other qualifications.

Brace yourself. You are about to move from this academic atmosphere where
diversity rules, to a workplace and a culture where individual achievement
and excellence actually count. No matter what your professors have taught
you over the last four years, you are about to learn that diversity is
absolutely no replacement for excellence, ability, and individual hard
work. From this day on every single time you hear the word 'diversity' you
can rest assured that there is someone close by who is determined to rob
you of every vestige of individuality you possess.

We also need to address this thing you seem to have about 'rights.' We
have witnessed an obscene explosion of so-called 'rights' in the last few
decades, usually emanating from college campuses.

You know the mantra: You have the right to a job. The right to a place to
live. The right to a living wage. The right to health care. The right to
an education. You probably even have your own pet right - the right to a
Beemer for instance, or the right to have som eone e lse provide for that
child you plan on downloading in a year or so.

Forget it. Forget those rights! I'll tell you what your rights are! You
have a right to live free, and to the results of 60% -75% of your labor.
I'll also tell you have no right to any portion of the life or labor of
another.

You may, for instance, think that you have a right to health care. After
all, Hillary said so, didn't she? But you cannot receive healthcare unless
some doctor or health practitioner surrenders some of his time - his
life - to you. He may be willing to do this for compensation, but that's
his choice. You have no 'right' to his time or property. You have no right
to his or any other person's life or to any portion thereof.

You may also think you have some 'right' to a job; a job with a living
wage, whatever that is. Do you mean to tell me that you have a right to
force your services on another person, and then the right to demand that
this person compensate you with t heir m oney? Sorry, forget it. I am sure
you would scream if some urban outdoorsmen (that would be 'homeless
person' for those of you who don't want to give these less fortunate
people a romantic and adventurous title) came to you and demanded his job
and your money.

The people who have been telling you about all the rights you have are
simply exercising one of theirs - the right to be imbeciles. Their being
imbeciles didn't cost anyone else either property or time. It's their
right, and they exercise it brilliantly.

By the way, did you catch my use of the phrase 'less fortunate' a bit ago
when I was talking about the urban outdoorsmen? That phrase is a favorite
of the Left. Think about it, and you'll understand why.

To imply that one person is homeless, destitute, dirty, drunk, spaced out
on drugs, unemployable, and generally miserable because he is 'less
fortunate' is to imply that a successful person - one with a job, a home
and a future - is in that position becau se he or she was 'fortunate.' The
dictionary says that fortunate means 'having derived good from an
unexpected place.' There is nothing unexpected about deriving good from
hard work. There is also nothing unexpected about deriving misery from
choosing drugs, alcohol, and the street.

If the Liberal Left can create the common perception that success and
failure are simple matters of 'fortune' or 'luck,' then it is easy to
promote and justify their various income redistribution schemes. After
all, we are just evening out the odds a little bit. This 'success equals
luck' idea the liberals like to push is seen everywhere. Former Democratic
presidential candidate Richard Gephardt refers to high-achievers as
'people who have won life's lottery.' He wants you to believe they are
making the big bucks because they are lucky. It's not luck, my friends.
It's choice. One of the greatest lessons I ever learned was in a book by
Og Mandino, entitled 'The Greatest Secret in the World.' The l esson? Very
simple: 'Use wisely your power of choice.'

That bum sitting on a heating grate, smelling like a wharf rat? He's
there by choice. He is there because of the sum total of the choices he
has made in his life. This truism is absolutely the hardest thing for some
people to accept, especially those who consider themselves to be victims
of something or other - victims of discrimination, bad luck, the system,
capitalism, whatever. After all, nobody really wants to accept the blame
for his or her position in life. Not when it is so much easier to point
and say, 'Look! He did this to me!' than it is to look into a mirror and
say, 'You S. O. B.! You did this to me!'

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact
that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either
success or failure, however you define those terms.

Some of the choices are obvious: Whether or not to stay in school Whether
or not to get pregna nt. Wh ether or not to hit the bottle. Whether or not
to keep this job you hate until you get another better-paying job. Whether
or not to save some of your money, or saddle yourself with huge payments
for that new car.

Some of the choices are seemingly insignificant: Whom to go to the movies
with. Whose car to ride home in. Whether to watch the tube tonight, or
read a book on investing. But, and you can be sure of this , each choice
counts. Each choice is a building block - some large, some small. But each
one is a part of the structure of your life. If you make the right
choices, or if you make more right choices than wrong ones, something
absolutely terrible may happen to you. Something unthinkable. You, my
friend, could become one of the hated, the evil, the ugly, the feared, the
filthy, the successful, the rich.

The rich basically serve two purposes in this country. First, they
provide the investments, the investment capital, and the brains for the
formation of ne w busi nesses. Businesses that hire people. Businesses
that send millions of paychecks home each week to the un-rich.

Second, the rich are a wonderful object of ridicule, distrust, and
hatred. Few things are more valuable to a politician than the envy most
Americans feel for the evil rich.

Envy is a powerful emotion. Even more powerful than the emotional
minefield that surrounded Bill Clinton when he reviewed his last batch of
White House interns. Politicians use envy to get votes and power. And they
keep that power by promising the envious that the envied will be punished:
'The rich will pay their fair share of taxes if I have anything to do with
it. The truth is that the top 10% of income earners in this country pays
almost 50% of all income taxes collected. I shudder to think what these
job producers would be paying if our tax system were any more 'fair.'

You have heard, no doubt, that the rich get richer and the poor get
poorer. Interestingly enough, our gov ernmen t's own numbers show that
many of the poor actually get richer, and that quite a few of the rich
actually get poorer. But for the rich who do actually get richer, and the
poor who remain poor ... there's an explanation -- a reason. The rich, you
see, keep doing the things that make them rich; while the poor keep doing
the things that make them poor.

Speaking of the poor, during your adult life you are going to hear an
endless string of politicians bemoaning the plight of the poor So, you
need to know that under our government's definition of 'poor' you can have
a $5 million net worth, a $300,000 home and a new $90,000 Mercedes, all
completely paid for. You can also have a maid, cook, and valet, and $
million in your checking account, and you can still be officially defined
by our government as 'living in poverty.' Now there's something you
haven't seen on the evening news.

How does the government pull this one off? Very simple, really. To
determine whether or no t some poor soul is 'living in poverty,' the
government measures one thing -- just one thing. Income. It doesn't matter
one bit how much you have, how much you own, how many cars you drive or
how big they are, whether or not your pool is heated, whether you winter
in Aspen and spend the summers in the Bahamas , or how much is in your
savings account. It only matters how much income you claim in that
particular year. This means that if you take a one-year leave of absence
from your high-paying job and decide to live off the money in your savings
and checking accounts while you write the next great American novel, the
government says you are 'living in poverty.'

This isn't exactly what you had in mind when you heard these gloomy
statistics, is it? Do you need more convincing? Try this. The government's
own statistics show that people who are said to be 'living in poverty'
spend more than $1.50 for each dollar of income they claim. Something is a
bit fishy here. Just remember a ll thi s the next time Charles Gibson
tells you about some hideous new poverty statistics.

Why has the government concocted this phony poverty scam? Because the
government needs an excuse to grow and to expand its social welfare
programs, which translates into an expansion of its power. If the
government can convince you, in all your compassion, that the number of
'poor' is increasing, it will have all the excuse it needs to sway an
electorate suffering from the advanced stages of Obsessive-Compulsive
Compassion Disorder.

I'm about to be stoned by the faculty here. They've already changed their
minds about that honorary degree I was going to get. That's OK, though. I
still have my PhD. in Insensi tivity from the Neal Boortz Institute for
Insensitivity Training. I learned that, in short, sensitivity sucks. It's
a trap. Think about it - the truth knows no sensitivity. Life can be
insensitive. Wallow too much in sensitivity and you'll be unable to deal
with life, or the truth So, get over it.

Now, before the dean has me shackled and hauled off, I have a few random
thoughts.

* You need to register to vote, unless you are on welfare. If you are
living off the efforts of others, please do us the favor of sitting down
and shutting up until you are on your own again.

* When you do vote, your votes for the House and the Senate are more
important t han yo ur vote for president. The House controls the purse
strings, so concentrate your awareness there.

* Liars cannot be trusted, even when the liar is the president of the
country. If someone can't deal honestly with you, send them packing.

* Don't bow to the temptation to use the government as an instrument of
plunder. If it is wrong for you to take money from someone else who earned
it -- to take their money by force for your own needs -- then it is
certainly just as wrong for you to demand that the government step forward
and do this dirty work for you .

* Don't look in other people's pockets. You have no business there. What
they earn is theirs. What you earn is yours. Keep it that way. Nobody owes
you anything, except to respect your privacy and your rights, and leave
you the hell alone.

* Speaking of earning, the revered 40-hour workweek is for losers Forty
hours should be considered the minimum, not the maximum. You don't see
highly successful p eople clocking out of the office every afternoon at
five. The losers are the ones caught up in that afternoon rush hour. The
winners drive home in the dark.

* Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by
definition, needs no protection.

* Finally (and aren't you glad to hear that word), as Og Mandino wrote,

'1. Proclaim your rarity. Each of you is a rare and unique human being.

2. Use wisely your power of choice.

3. Go the extra mile .. drive home in the dark.

Oh, and put off buying a television set as long as you can. Now, if you
have any idea at all what's good for you, you will get the hell out of
here and never come back.

Class dismissed.

I hate the little bastard and all that he stands for and the 80K
cheerleaders he hired.

Jerry is right.

Mr Jerry, you are so right.

This Obama is everybodies dog that will hunt with him, That's you Mr BJ.

Precision.
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Damn, right here at twilight time, u got me thinking.

....louie

Bill Cattell · Aug 30, 2008

===Jer,after I watch the Republican convention ''every night'' next
week, I feel then I personally will have something to compare Baromas
''outstanding acceptance speech T0.... We'll see!... I doubt very
seriously Jerry, that you actually watched Baromas acceptance speech the
other night at the Demo convention. I bet you read some other folks
opinions, and views of the speech, and probably based your opinion on
what they all said, then you responded to me above.... I watched the DNC
every night, I enjoy them, and they remind me of a spectacular sport
event, I imagine next week the RNC will be just as interesting. I will
be tuned in. Then we'll see who rocked, and see which one gets the most
attnetion, by ''ordinary swing vote folks'' over...MrJayT...).

Mr BJ, I know we haven't met, but you appear to be somewhat foolish to
the rest of us. Mr Obama wants to change America. So do I. I want to
change it by extreme methods which will stop the micro shit storm of
government interference in my life and freedoms. They all ready take 48%
of my earnings. Now this young racist do-gooder wants to make us all
"more equal" by hiring more teachers, taxing the bright and wealthy more
and more, and apparently he wants us all to have a faggot big brother
and two darling little girls and go to Harvard. This man is crystal blue
persuasion, and not much else. Who the hell do you think will pay for
his stupid shit non programs? Maybe you didn't think.

Sorry, I got carried away.

Read this:

Regards,

Michael B. Maginnis

Commencement Address

A Must Read

Commencement Address ( Texas A&M) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:14:32
+0000

This should be considered must-reading for every adult in North
America.
It is extremely rare that anyone speaks the truth like this at any
College or High School Commencement Address.

Neal Boortz is a Texan, a lawyer, a Texas AGGIE (Texas A&M), and now a
nationally syndicated talk show host from Atlanta. His commencement
address to the graduates of this years A&M class is far different from
wha t eith er the students or the faculty expected. His views are
thought provoking.

'I am honored by the invitation to address you on this august
occasion.
It's about time. Be warned, however, that I am not here to impress you;
you'll have enough smoke blown up your bloomers today. And you can bet
your tassels I'm not here to impress the faculty and administration. You
may not like much of what I have to say, and that's fine. You will
remember it though. Especially after about 10 years out there in the
real world. This, it goes without saying, does not apply to those of you
who will seek your careers and your fortunes as government employees.

This gowned gaggle behind me is your faculty. You've heard the old
saying
that those who can - do. Those who can't - teach. That sounds
deliciously insensitive. But there is often raw truth in insensitivity,
just as you often find feel-good falsehoods and lies in compassion. Say
good-bye to your faculty because now you are getting ready to go out
there and do. These folks behind me are going to stay right here and
teach.

By the way, just because you are leaving this place with a diploma
doesn't
mean the learning is over. When an FAA flight examiner handed me my
private pilot's license many years ago, he said, 'Here, this is your
ticket to learn.' The same can be said for your diploma. Believe me, the
learning has just begun.

Now, I realize that most of you consider yourselves Liberals. In fact,
you
are probably very proud of your liberal views. You care so much. You
feel so much. You want to help so much. After all you're a compassionate
and caring person, aren't you now? Well, isn't that just so
extraordinarily special . Now, at this age, is as good a time as any to
be a liberal; as good a time as any to know absolutely everything. You
have plenty of time, starting tomorrow, for the truth to set in.

Over the next few years, as you begin to feel the cold breath of
reality
down your neck, things are going to start changing pretty fast...
including your own assessment of just how much you really know.

So here are the first assignments for your initial class in reality:
Pay
attention to the news, read newspapers, and listen to the words and
phrases that proud Liberals use to promote their causes. Then, compare
the words of the left to the words and phrases you hear from those evil,
heartless, greedy conservatives. From the Left you will hear 'I feel.'
From the Right you will hear 'I think.' From the Liberals you will hear
references to groups -- The Blacks, the Poor, The Rich, The
Disadvantaged, The Less Fortunate. From the Right you will hear
references to individuals. On the Left you hear t alk of group rights;
on the Right, individual rights.

That about sums it up, really: Liberals feel. Liberals care. They are
pack
animals whose identity is tied up in group dynamics. Conservatives and
Libertarians think -- and, setting aside the theocracy crowd, their
identity is centered on the individual.

Liberals feel that their favored groups have enforceable rights to the
property and services of productive individuals. Conservatives and
Libertarians, I among them I might add, think that individuals have the
right to protect their lives and their property from the plunder of the
masses.

In college you developed a group mentality, but if you look closely at
your diplomas you will see that they have your individual names on them.
Not the name of your school mascot, or of your fraternity or sorority,
but your name. Your group identity is going away. Your recognition and
appreciation of your individual identity starts now.

If, by the time you reach the a ge of 30, you do not consider yourself
to
be a libertarian or a conservative, rush right back here as quickly as
you can and apply for a faculty position. These people will welcome you
with open arms. They will welcome you, that is, so long as you haven't
developed an individual identity. Once again you will have to be willing
to sign on to the group mentality you embraced during the past four
years.

Something is going to happen soon that is going to really open your
eyes.
You're going to actually get a full time job!

You're also going to get a lifelong work partner. This partner isn't
going
to help you do your job. This partner is just going to sit back and wait
for payday. This partner doesn't want to share in your effort, but in
your earnings.

Your new lifelong partner is actually an agent; an agent representing
a
strange and diverse group of people; an agent for every teenager with an
illegitimate child; an agent for a research scientist who wanted to make
some cash answering the age-old question of why monkeys grind their
teeth. An agent for some poor demented hippie who considers herself to
be a meaningful and talented artist, but who just can't manage to sell
any of her artwork on the open market.

Your new partner is an agent for every person with limited, if any,
job
skills, but who wanted a job at City Hall. An agent of tin-horn
dictators in fancy military uniforms grasping for American foreign aid.
An agent for multi-million- dollar companies who want someone else to
pay for their overseas advertising. An agent for everybody who wants to
use the unimaginable power of this agent for their personal enrichment
and benefit.

That agent is our wonderful, caring, compassionate, oppressive
government.
Believe me, you will be awed by the unimaginable power this agent has.
Power that you do not have. A power that no individual has, or will
have. This agent has the legal power to use force, deadly force to
accomp lish i ts goals.

You have no choice here. Your new friend is just going to walk up to
you,
introduce itself rather gruffly, hand you a few forms to fill out, and
move right on in. Say hello to your own personal one ton gorilla. It
will sleep anywhere it wants to.

Now, let me tell you, this agent is not cheap. As you become
successful it
will seize about 40% of everything you earn. And no, I'm sorry, there
just isn't any way you can fire this agent of plunder, and you can't
decrease its share of your income. That power rests with him, not you.

So, here I am saying negative things to you about government. Well, be
clear on this: It is not wrong to distrust government. It is not wrong
to fear government. In certain cases it is not even wrong to despise
government for government is inherently evil. Yes ... a necessary evil,
but dangerous nonetheless ... somewhat like a drug. Just as a drug that
in the proper dosage can save your life, an overdose of government can b
e fata l.

Now let's address a few things that have been crammed into your minds
at
this university. There are some ideas you need to expunge as soon as
possible. These ideas may work well in academic environment, but they
fail miserably out there in the real world.

First is that favorite buzz word of the media, government and
academia:
Diversity! You have been taught that the real value of any group of
people - be it a social group, an employee group, a management group,
whatever - is based on diversity. This is a favored liberal ideal
because diversity is based not on an individual's abilities or
character, but on a person's identity and status as a member of a group.
Yes, it's that liberal group identity thing again.

Within the great diversity movement group identification - be it
racial,
gender based, or some other minority status - means more than the
individual's integrity, character or other qualifications.

Brace yourself. You are about to move from this academic atmosphere
where
diversity rules, to a workplace and a culture where individual
achievement and excellence actually count. No matter what your
professors have taught you over the last four years, you are about to
learn that diversity is absolutely no replacement for excellence,
ability, and individual hard work. From this day on every single time
you hear the word 'diversity' you can rest assured that there is someone
close by who is determined to rob you of every vestige of individuality
you possess.

We also need to address this thing you seem to have about 'rights.' We
have witnessed an obscene explosion of so-called 'rights' in the last
few decades, usually emanating from college campuses.

You know the mantra: You have the right to a job. The right to a place
to
live. The right to a living wage. The right to health care. The right to
an education. You probably even have your own pet right - the right to a
Beemer for instance, or the right to have som eone e lse provide for
that child you plan on downloading in a year or so.

Forget it. Forget those rights! I'll tell you what your rights are!
You
have a right to live free, and to the results of 60% -75% of your labor.
I'll also tell you have no right to any portion of the life or labor of
another.

You may, for instance, think that you have a right to health care.
After
all, Hillary said so, didn't she? But you cannot receive healthcare
unless some doctor or health practitioner surrenders some of his time -
his life - to you. He may be willing to do this for compensation, but
that's his choice. You have no 'right' to his time or property. You have
no right to his or any other person's life or to any portion thereof.

You may also think you have some 'right' to a job; a job with a living
wage, whatever that is. Do you mean to tell me that you have a right to
force your services on another person, and then the right to demand that
this person compensate you with t heir m oney? Sorry, forget it. I am
sure you would scream if some urban outdoorsmen (that would be 'homeless
person' for those of you who don't want to give these less fortunate
people a romantic and adventurous title) came to you and demanded his
job and your money.

The people who have been telling you about all the rights you have are
simply exercising one of theirs - the right to be imbeciles. Their being
imbeciles didn't cost anyone else either property or time. It's their
right, and they exercise it brilliantly.

By the way, did you catch my use of the phrase 'less fortunate' a bit
ago
when I was talking about the urban outdoorsmen? That phrase is a
favorite of the Left. Think about it, and you'll understand why.

To imply that one person is homeless, destitute, dirty, drunk, spaced
out
on drugs, unemployable, and generally miserable because he is 'less
fortunate' is to imply that a successful person - one with a job, a home
and a future - is in that position becau se he or she was 'fortunate.'
The dictionary says that fortunate means 'having derived good from an
unexpected place.' There is nothing unexpected about deriving good from
hard work. There is also nothing unexpected about deriving misery from
choosing drugs, alcohol, and the street.

If the Liberal Left can create the common perception that success and
failure are simple matters of 'fortune' or 'luck,' then it is easy to
promote and justify their various income redistribution schemes. After
all, we are just evening out the odds a little bit. This 'success equals
luck' idea the liberals like to push is seen everywhere. Former
Democratic presidential candidate Richard Gephardt refers to
high-achievers as 'people who have won life's lottery.' He wants you to
believe they are making the big bucks because they are lucky. It's not
luck, my friends. It's choice. One of the greatest lessons I ever
learned was in a book by Og Mandino, entitled 'The Greatest Secret in
the World.' The l esson? Very simple: 'Use wisely your power of choice.'

That bum sitting on a heating grate, smelling like a wharf rat? He's
there
by choice. He is there because of the sum total of the choices he has
made in his life. This truism is absolutely the hardest thing for some
people to accept, especially those who consider themselves to be victims
of something or other - victims of discrimination, bad luck, the system,
capitalism, whatever. After all, nobody really wants to accept the blame
for his or her position in life. Not when it is so much easier to point
and say, 'Look! He did this to me!' than it is to look into a mirror and
say, 'You S. O. B.! You did this to me!'

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the
fact
that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to
either success or failure, however you define those terms.

Some of the choices are obvious: Whether or not to stay in school
Whether
or not to get pregna nt. Wh ether or not to hit the bottle. Whether or
not to keep this job you hate until you get another better-paying job.
Whether or not to save some of your money, or saddle yourself with huge
payments for that new car.

Some of the choices are seemingly insignificant: Whom to go to the
movies
with. Whose car to ride home in. Whether to watch the tube tonight, or
read a book on investing. But, and you can be sure of this , each choice
counts. Each choice is a building block - some large, some small. But
each one is a part of the structure of your life. If you make the right
choices, or if you make more right choices than wrong ones, something
absolutely terrible may happen to you. Something unthinkable. You, my
friend, could become one of the hated, the evil, the ugly, the feared,
the filthy, the successful, the rich.

The rich basically serve two purposes in this country. First, they
provide
the investments, the investment capital, and the brains for the
formation of ne w busi nesses. Businesses that hire people. Businesses
that send millions of paychecks home each week to the un-rich.

Second, the rich are a wonderful object of ridicule, distrust, and
hatred.
Few things are more valuable to a politician than the envy most
Americans feel for the evil rich.

Envy is a powerful emotion. Even more powerful than the emotional
minefield that surrounded Bill Clinton when he reviewed his last batch
of White House interns. Politicians use envy to get votes and power. And
they keep that power by promising the envious that the envied will be
punished: 'The rich will pay their fair share of taxes if I have
anything to do with it. The truth is that the top 10% of income earners
in this country pays almost 50% of all income taxes collected. I shudder
to think what these job producers would be paying if our tax system were
any more 'fair.'

You have heard, no doubt, that the rich get richer and the poor get
poorer. Interestingly enough, our gov ernmen t's own numbers show that
many of the poor actually get richer, and that quite a few of the rich
actually get poorer. But for the rich who do actually get richer, and
the poor who remain poor ... there's an explanation -- a reason. The
rich, you see, keep doing the things that make them rich; while the poor
keep doing the things that make them poor.

Speaking of the poor, during your adult life you are going to hear an
endless string of politicians bemoaning the plight of the poor So, you
need to know that under our government's definition of 'poor' you can
have a $5 million net worth, a $300,000 home and a new $90,000 Mercedes,
all completely paid for. You can also have a maid, cook, and valet, and
$ million in your checking account, and you can still be officially
defined by our government as 'living in poverty.' Now there's something
you haven't seen on the evening news.

How does the government pull this one off? Very simple, really. To
determine whether or no t some poor soul is 'living in poverty,' the
government measures one thing -- just one thing. Income. It doesn't
matter one bit how much you have, how much you own, how many cars you
drive or how big they are, whether or not your pool is heated, whether
you winter in Aspen and spend the summers in the Bahamas , or how much
is in your savings account. It only matters how much income you claim in
that particular year. This means that if you take a one-year leave of
absence from your high-paying job and decide to live off the money in
your savings and checking accounts while you write the next great
American novel, the government says you are 'living in poverty.'

This isn't exactly what you had in mind when you heard these gloomy
statistics, is it? Do you need more convincing? Try this. The
government's own statistics show that people who are said to be 'living
in poverty' spend more than $1.50 for each dollar of income they claim.
Something is a bit fishy here. Just remember a ll thi s the next time
Charles Gibson tells you about some hideous new poverty statistics.

Why has the government concocted this phony poverty scam? Because the
government needs an excuse to grow and to expand its social welfare
programs, which translates into an expansion of its power. If the
government can convince you, in all your compassion, that the number of
'poor' is increasing, it will have all the excuse it needs to sway an
electorate suffering from the advanced stages of Obsessive-Compulsive
Compassion Disorder.

I'm about to be stoned by the faculty here. They've already changed
their
minds about that honorary degree I was going to get. That's OK, though.
I still have my PhD. in Insensi tivity from the Neal Boortz Institute
for Insensitivity Training. I learned that, in short, sensitivity sucks.
It's a trap. Think about it - the truth knows no sensitivity. Life can
be insensitive. Wallow too much in sensitivity and you'll be unable to
deal with life, or the truth So, get over it.

Now, before the dean has me shackled and hauled off, I have a few
random
thoughts.

* You need to register to vote, unless you are on welfare. If you are
living off the efforts of others, please do us the favor of sitting down
and shutting up until you are on your own again.

* When you do vote, your votes for the House and the Senate are more
important t han yo ur vote for president. The House controls the purse
strings, so concentrate your awareness there.

* Liars cannot be trusted, even when the liar is the president of the
country. If someone can't deal honestly with you, send them packing.

* Don't bow to the temptation to use the government as an instrument
of
plunder. If it is wrong for you to take money from someone else who
earned it -- to take their money by force for your own needs -- then it
is certainly just as wrong for you to demand that the government step
forward and do this dirty work for you .

* Don't look in other people's pockets. You have no business there.
What
they earn is theirs. What you earn is yours. Keep it that way. Nobody
owes you anything, except to respect your privacy and your rights, and
leave you the hell alone.

* Speaking of earning, the revered 40-hour workweek is for losers
Forty
hours should be considered the minimum, not the maximum. You don't see
highly successful p eople clocking out of the office every afternoon at
five. The losers are the ones caught up in that afternoon rush hour. The
winners drive home in the dark.

* Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by
definition, needs no protection.

* Finally (and aren't you glad to hear that word), as Og Mandino
wrote,

'1. Proclaim your rarity. Each of you is a rare and unique human
being.

2. Use wisely your power of choice.

3. Go the extra mile .. drive home in the dark.

Oh, and put off buying a television set as long as you can. Now, if
you
have any idea at all what's good for you, you will get the hell out of
here and never come back.

Class dismissed.

I hate the little bastard and all that he stands for and the 80K
cheerleaders he hired.

Jerry is right.

Mr Jerry, you are so right.

This Obama is everybodies dog that will hunt with him, That's you Mr
BJ.

Precision.

.
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If you look that up on Urban Legends you'll find it wasn't really given
as a commencement speech.

Having said that I think the thought behind it is absolutely 100% true
and accurate.

Something I've noticed over the (too many) years is that the democrats
are too often enthralled with the notion of "helping the poor". That's
not a bad thing but the way they want to do it is raise some ones (class,
income level, corporation, etc) taxes to make "it" - whatever "it" is -
fairer. When taxes get raised (anyone's) there is ALWAYS a trickle down
effect.

Republicans are generally for smaller government, individual
accountability, lower taxes and being less intrusive in people's lives.
These are all generalities but listening to Obama and McCain it looks and
sounds like the parties are holding true along their ideologies.

As always, YMMV, FWIW, IMHO, etc.

Bill

Mr. JayT · Aug 30, 2008

Jerry ''says' this: Bjay; ''I take that back about a triple hit. That
was a bases loaded home run by him picking her. He just got my vote.
Jer-

=====Crap, Jer, you've been a John Boring McKane stooge all
along...hail..your a dern 'publican
You dont have a choice, who ever is on the 'publican elephant brand
November votin' ballot, ''you have no'' choice but to vote for
'em.....it is pitiful, that ''party folks'', are so ate up with 'tunnel'
vision......hellfire.and brimstone.lol---
<MrJayT.Kana>

Mr. JayT · Aug 31, 2008

~~>To summarize Bill Cantell said this in response to Precision/Louie:
''Republicans are generally for smaller government, individual
accountability, lower taxes and being less intrusive in people's lives.
These are all generalities but listening to Obama and McCain it looks
and sounds like the parties are holding true along their ideologies.
As always, YMMV, FWIW, IMHO, etc.
Bill C.

===== I believe the current republican government forgot about smaller
government, to me, the last few years seemed to be all about Big
Government favoring big companies like Exxon, and the big pharmaceutical
companies etc.... BillCee,You left out the ''Iraq Invasion <$billion
plus> monthly expense''. You left our how the current republican machine
has created a countless '$'billion dollar debt owed to the ''Mighty
China Communistic Regime. That's scarey to me.
Remember when Presidential Nominee Reagan, ask all the Voters, ''are you
better off now, than your were 8 years ago''?
==Regards, and meaning to be friendly with my opinions!!!= <g> MrJayT

louie · Aug 31, 2008

Mr. JayT said:

Remember when Presidential Nominee Reagan, ask all the Voters, ''are you
better off now, than your were 8 years ago''?
==Regards, and meaning to be friendly with my opinions!!!= <g> MrJayT
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What is the answer to that BJay? Are u? and Why?

Lucky me, as I think of the several 8 years I've experienced. Each better. I
think the whoever at the time President; had little to do with it.

That 1st eight year stretch was amazing, as was the 2nd.

....louie

louie · Aug 31, 2008

Jerry said:

Don't ask any of them to look at reality Louie.
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ok

Are u going to keep your motorcycle license while you're working on the
Valk?

....louie

BiffB · Aug 31, 2008

Jerry said:

Of course silly. But I did cancel my insurance, thereby saving me a lot of
money.
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wait wait, what is this "insurance" you speak of?

bj_kana · Sep 1, 2008

---Pender makes some good points:
I feel those same problems Willie, I really do. But those things seem

distant and complex and too big sometimes to adjust. On the other hand
jiggaboo dancing and high fiving in the oval office, more medicaid, free
housing, kissing illegal immigrants asses, and ruining peoples lives for
saying a word that Jesse Jackson thinks is improper, has made this great
country a ship of fools, and a laughing stock.
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Hey Pender except for the ''jiggaboo'' theory above, most of what you
explained to me, has happended in the past 8 years, would you agree?

Pender goes on to say:---
In fact, most thinking people
get around the rules and just avoid the ineveitable brush with stupid
centralized government.
But Willie, I ask you to consider...I have to deal
with arrogant deserving foreigners and poor downtrodden children of slaves,
and deprived white people everyday in my work, and it is not getting any
better
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Hey pender, of course I realize what all you encounter, and how the
government is cheated every day, in your line of work. You see the
lowest of the lowest, and see all those immirgrants getting help, who
dont pay taxes, like me and jerry do (and you)

Pender says:A curse on the name of Franklin Roosevelt, and moreso on
Obama. I

wish that all Americans could rush out of their children's birthday parties
to deliver the now American citizen born of a medicaid eligible Mexican
national who sneaked across the border just to have her fifth baby in Texas.
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Oh yeah, I wonder if Jerry realizes all this is happening in and
around the country, while Bush has had an open US Checking account
spending borrowed Chinese money on the Invasion, instead of taking
care of Americans...like the Katrina tragedy, and many other Americans
haveing trouble getting aid, because of those who dont pay taxes, and
certainly dont vote. (Pender you're a fart smeller, why hasnt Iraq
financed the so called War or atleast half of the billion a month?)

Pender says:

Maybe I am enbittered and wrong. Maybe I am too prejudiced to see straight
anymore, but if you could have your hard work stolen from you by liberal
asshole thinkers who actually beleive that we were all created equal and all
deserve everything based on that creation, if your income came from only the
people who worked hard but we support the jackoffs and truly undeserving
among us, then I swear you would see it differently.
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Pender of course I know that: On TV, Sen.McCain is telling voters that
he will repair all that, and I guess he is referring to the work of
the current administration. Who else?

- Pender goes on to say:
When I see Obama, I

see shit on a stick with something to prove, a name for himself, kicking
shit to make the white man bleed. He makes me sick. Come down to myoffice
this week.
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I realize that Baroma probably wont get elected, and its a shame it
will likely be because of the 'color of his' skin.

Pender continues: Willie,I'll show you what democratic liberalism has done for this Country.
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Makes me wonder, being an independent, why in 8 years, the Peoples

Party has not done something said:

Pender goe on: Willie, we all deserve healthcare???Then we all deserve towork and earn
the money to pay the people who provide it. And that is just healthcare.
Why don't you liberal guys build em some houses, and give them your Valks
and buy em milk and diapers and every other thing that they "deserve"
because their brother in law, a border guard, turned his back and now they
are the essential taxpaying residents of Texas. Bullshit.
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Pender, I think we should elect Jesse Ventura, he'd whoop all their
asses, and twice on Sunday, if he was the President...and he'd get my
vote. We need a real American thinking man or woman in office, not
these ''lying scandrawls'' like either of the two ''party knumb
skulls'' running around, the country spending millions of dollars on
their campaigns.

My last word on

it. If you think Obama is the next Nehru, Jesus, and John Kennedy, then you
get the government you deserve. Is McCain better? I doubt it, but he has
the good manners to buy lots of houses with his money, and not take mine
and give it to the poor and uneducated. My last word on it.

Don't know much about China. Know a hell of a lot about Garland, Tx, and
sons of a bitches on TV.

Pender
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Pender the only thing Baroma has going for him, quite frankly, is he
is not going to be another GWBush....Even Hilliary wouldve been a
better choice. This country doesnt need 'no more' Republicans
nonsense.............(according to CNN) hehehehehehhhhh Willie.

bj_kana · Sep 1, 2008

I feel those same problems Willie, I really do. But those things seem
distant and complex and too big sometimes to adjust. On the other hand
jiggaboo dancing and high fiving in the oval office, more medicaid, free
housing, kissing illegal immigrants asses, and ruining peoples lives for
saying a word that Jesse Jackson thinks is improper, has made this great
country a ship of fools, and a laughing stock. In fact, most thinking people
get around the rules and just avoid the ineveitable brush with stupid
centralized government. But Willie, I ask you to consider...I have to deal
with arrogant deserving foreigners and poor downtrodden children of slaves,
and deprived white people everyday in my work, and it is not getting any
better. A curse on the name of Franklin Roosevelt, and moreso on Obama. I
wish that all Americans could rush out of their children's birthday parties
to deliver the now American citizen born of a medicaid eligible Mexican
national who sneaked across the border just to have her fifth baby in Texas.
Maybe I am enbittered and wrong. Maybe I am too prejudiced to see straight
anymore, but if you could have your hard work stolen from you by liberal
asshole thinkers who actually beleive that we were all created equal and all
deserve everything based on that creation, if your income came from only the
people who worked hard but we support the jackoffs and truly undeserving
among us, then I swear you would see it differently. When I see Obama,I
see shit on a stick with something to prove, a name for himself, kicking
shit to make the white man bleed. He makes me sick. Come down to myoffice
this week. I'll show you what democratic liberalism has done for this
country. We all deserve healthcare???Then we all deserve to work and earn
the money to pay the people who provide it. And that is just healthcare.
Why don't you liberal guys build em some houses, and give them your Valks
and buy em milk and diapers and every other thing that they "deserve"
because their brother in law, a border guard, turned his back and now they
are the essential taxpaying residents of Texas. Bullshit. My last word on
it. If you think Obama is the next Nehru, Jesus, and John Kennedy, then you
get the government you deserve. Is McCain better? I doubt it, but he has
the good manners to buy lots of houses with his money, and not take mine
and give it to the poor and uneducated. My last word on it.

Don't know much about China. Know a hell of a lot about Garland, Tx, and
sons of a bitches on TV.

Pender

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==When folks say all that, I cannot help but ponder, ''IS all that
happening currently?'' Is that the state of the union, currently?...If
so, do folks believe that Sen McKane will fix all of what Bush
should've been doing all along. I'm quite sure President Bush claimed
he would 'address all those concerns'', 71/2 years ago..
I know you were talking about the Democrats, but they aint been around
much, for the past 8 years.I find it hard to blame them for anything
good or bad.
Theyve been out of touch 'up to last November'..
I find it hard to understand how our country got in such bad shape,
''because of the Democrats''??,
Because they havent had any power in a good while. And certainy not
because we've had a Democratic President, lately. <g>

bj_kana · Sep 1, 2008

What is the answer to that BJay? Are u? and Why?

Lucky me, as I think of the several 8 years I've experienced. Each better.. I
think the whoever at the time President; had little to do with it.

That 1st eight year stretch was amazing, as was the 2nd.

...louie
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I cannot remember??? doggone it. I had the answer in my mind,but now
it........................! Mr.JayTFuss

bj_kana · Sep 1, 2008

ok

Are u going to keep your motorcycle license while you're working on the
Valk?

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=LMA0..BillWalker style.

bj_kana · Sep 1, 2008

Of course silly. But I did cancel my insurance, thereby saving me a lot of
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Smart decision, since mostly we pay every 6 month premiums. MJT

BiffB · Sep 1, 2008

Because they havent had any power in a good while. And certainy not
because we've had a Democratic President, lately. <g>
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Dunno if anybody is really saying McCain is a great choice, just a
better one.

bj_kana · Sep 2, 2008

Dunno if anybody is really saying McCain is a great choice, just a
better one.
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--good observation, Biffb. <g>

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