They asked for help and got body bags


	They asked for help and got body bags

Socratoad

9-17-2009 11:36 AM

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Socratoad says:

“What we had asked for stockpiling were Advil, Tylenol, vaccine, not body bags. It's the easy way out for the government… It's not right to do that.”

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9-17-2009 12:26 PM

ljsdesign

insult would be putting it mildly

9-17-2009 8:39 PM

ljsdesign

After I read this I called my Dad, he's Canadian. He couldn't believe it. I had to send him the clip.

9-17-2009 8:54 PM

zizzy

Unbelievable.

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