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	Donated Millions

clip-on-tie

5-23-2009 7:37 PM

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clip-on-tie says:

I notice we never heard about this in the media. What a shocker.

Maybe we should have arrested him when he committed this atrocity.

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5-23-2009 11:47 PM

ellington

Well it doesn't make saints out of them but shows they have a generous heart and are compassionate.

5-24-2009 10:10 AM

jay8h

Actions speak louder than words

5-24-2009 1:21 PM

clip-on-tie

Ellington, it probably doesn't compare much to the one million lives Bush saved in Africa, but at least Al Gore was able to cure a case of sore throat with his generous donation.

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