i really honestly enjoy reading articles like this. very nice.


	i really honestly enjoy reading articles like this. very nice.

flipper1378

12-14-2007 1:19 PM

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12-14-2007 2:14 PM

michaelll

It could be that this administration is making "more" paper....

As Bob Newhart said, if you take an infinite number of monkeys and give them each a typewriter, eventually they will write all the great books....

If the administration stick with maybe they could just come up with something useful, you never know...

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