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  • Friday, December 5, 2008 05:56 AM

    and last week I met a man -

    who had this theory that even the American revolution was mainly a 'money thing' -' the British came up with this series of trading regulations that minimized wealth and stymied economic growth in the colonies. These really p... us of much more than any political differences between Britain and the colonies... (and I always was so proud of this freedom thing)

    So what che pasa?

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