leaping into the elephants bed


	leaping into the elephants bed

doodleicious

2-20-2009 12:52 PM

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doodleicious says:

odd- U.S. news touted obama's visit to canada as a huge success-it appears to not be such a rosy picture....from the Canadian perspective

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2-27-2009 1:20 PM

Oortcloud

Just like here, the Obama detractors probably make more noise than sense.

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