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	CROSS - This is so awesome!!

FlutterbyFawn

11-2-2007 5:25 PM

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FlutterbyFawn says:

This is really amazing!

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11-6-2007 1:23 PM

AcesLucky

In what way does it help anyone?

12-10-2007 7:26 AM

Jorjor

It's garish, overdone, wasteful and not in all fitting with the humility preached by the man it's supposed to represent.

If the Romans had had 20th-century technology, would this be a 19-story electric chair?

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