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08-06-2012 | 05:56 PM
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From: whale wrangler
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
Alexis de Tocqueville
When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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Alexis de Tocqueville
When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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08-06-2012 | 08:22 PM
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From: Burning the Agitprop of the Apparat
Thirty Years Hence
SOVIET AFGHAN WAR DOCUMENTARY Part 2/5 - YouTube
Notice the difference in reporting and the raw public threat to go nuclear.
Notice the difference in reporting and the raw public threat to go nuclear.
08-07-2012 | 04:30 AM
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What a horrible mistake.
SOVIET AFGHAN WAR DOCUMENTARY Part 2/5 - YouTube
Notice the difference in reporting and the raw public threat to go nuclear.
Notice the difference in reporting and the raw public threat to go nuclear.
And the lesson learned from all of this was what ?
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08-07-2012 | 04:53 AM
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lesson?
Never get involved in a land war in Asia!-Vincenee (The Princess Bride)
08-09-2012 | 04:30 AM
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From: whale wrangler
Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.
-- P.T. Barnum
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-- P.T. Barnum
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08-09-2012 | 05:28 AM
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From: 767A (Ret)
Your true pilot cares nothing about anything on earth but the river, and his pride in his occupation surpasses the pride of kings.
--Mark Twain
--Mark Twain
08-09-2012 | 05:51 AM
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Be the change you wish to see in the world.
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08-09-2012 | 07:02 AM
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From: Whiskey Papa
The men American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try and tell them the truth .
H.L. Mencken
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08-11-2012 | 06:43 PM
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From: Volleyball Player
I'm not small and rich or large and poor but what I am is sick of paying for those who choose not to work/ game the system. My wife was at the store and came home to tell me the "person" in front of her in line payed for it's grocery's with a Link card (IL. food stamps), This person bought the Motts brand apple juice while my wife had store brand to save us money. This so angers me that a food stamp program does not require you to shop bargains like we do. One very small example on how the system pays you to be a piece of crap! The poor "seize wealth" by way of apathetic voters here in the state of IL.
08-12-2012 | 02:25 AM
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This post is just wrong on so many levels. Are you saying that you'd like to "switch places" with this person to live their "life of ease"? Maybe they have 4+ kids and the mom is busy all the time just trying to take care of them. They probably don't live in a nice 4-bedroom house with two cars and a nice lawn and backyard. Of all the things to get "angry" about, it's brand name apple juice? You've got to be kidding me. The decision to get the "off-brand" is obviously a sacrifice on your part, but I'd imagine you have infinitely more and better things than this person does, so why get bent out of shape about apple juice? It probably comes down to some congressman making sure that his business constituent is on the "approved" list, but whatever the reason, I wouldn't be too bent out of shape about it. What can you buy that they will never have a shot at? I'm all for personal responsibility, but at some point people need some kind of chance to get better.
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