ALMOST 300 BILLION MORE FOR WAR MACHINES


	ALMOST 300 BILLION MORE FOR WAR MACHINES

klippety

9-19-2008 7:42 PM

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klippety says:

This is not exactly what the world needs right now
yet the feeding frenzy at the Pentagon continues. Are they all nuts? They give us the finger- right up yours

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