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patden

8-31-2009 9:54 PM

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patden says:

Too bad it'll never happen - we're in trouble!

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		<A title="View all stories by Sara Robinson" href="http://www.alternet.org/authors/8994/">Sara Robinson</A>, 		<A href="http://ourfuture.org">Campaign for America's Future</A>. Posted August 27, 2009.</B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/rights/142250/5_ways_to_build_a_fascist-proof_america_/?page=entire"><DIV class="teaserleft">
			If we want to build a fascist-proof America for the long haul, we must stand up now for everything we believe and everything we are.
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