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	great failures of 2008 and their potential benefits for 2009

doodleicious

1-1-2009 5:39 AM

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doodleicious says:

i love the eleanor roosevelt quote......

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1-1-2009 12:13 PM

chestnut501

Nice clip with a great sentiment. Love the Eleanor (perhaps our real 1st women pres.) quote. Few spoken words are worth quoting today. It's a shame.

1-1-2009 12:42 PM

psidre

thanx 4 this. these are the kinds of things i'd like to see more of in more places. stay on track. might want to clusty.com the Jupiter/Venus energies that are in play right now... I have a link but I'm on an iPod

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