Internet Terrorism Judge, "What's a Website?"


	Internet Terrorism Judge, "What's a Website?"

BobbyRutan

5-17-2007 7:03 PM

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internet, law, trial, al qaeda, bush, conservative, democrat, terrorism, politics, republican

BobbyRutan says:

Reminds me of when they gave the Texas State Legislature laptops but hardly any of them could use them.

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5-18-2007 10:52 AM

jussyRider

This is the worst case I've heard yet!

5-18-2007 3:15 PM

ericskiff

It's amazing that anyone could have lived through the past 10 years without knowing what a website is!

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