The plausible stretch of the day


	The plausible stretch of the day

willhelm

5-29-2008 12:20 AM

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willhelm says:

Soros-McClellan connection?
I doubt it.

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5-29-2008 12:39 AM

merrie

It must be the year of the Rat

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