Republican Incompetence Leads to $150B Ripoff


	Republican Incompetence Leads to $150B Ripoff

maquser

5-28-2008 8:50 AM

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sham, scam, bullshit, ripoff, losers, republicans, assholes, pricks, motherfuckers

maquser says:

Call it what you will, I file it under malfeasance.

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