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	Popular Delusions

laceym

3-30-2007 3:22 PM

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3-30-2007 8:27 PM

dellarae

Hey - Leave Santa OUT of it !!!!

3-31-2007 2:56 PM

AtlLiberal

Nice clip laceym. I don't think the mainstream is ready for such an influx of reality though.

And quickstar, how do you explain the "ghost" you saw???

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