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Monday, January 23, 2006 12:00 AM

Cindy Sheehan, matriot

The antiwar activist blogs on the Huffington Post.

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  • Monday, January 23, 2006 02:51 PM

    We already have a word for this

    and it's called patriotism. Why not just take the word back instead of having to overexplain a new one?

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