The Shot Twittered Around The World


	The Shot Twittered Around The World

willhelm

6-21-2009 7:15 PM

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willhelm says:

The implications of this massacre are yet to be seen. I can only parallel in my mind to America's own history to the "Shot heard 'round the world". Could this be the shot twittered around the world. The seminal moment for liberty in Iran?

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