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  • Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:46 AM

    ACS speech

    http://www.acslaw.org/node/6720

    This is the speech that's being quoted. I mailed ACS asking if they have a transcript and if not, offering to transcribe it. The transcription is going pretty slowly so if anyone else is a good typist, maybe they can do it. But I'll keep plugging away.

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