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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 11:14 AM

    -- Baldie McEagle

    Anyway, you and I are not on speaking terms, since I wasn't even nominated for best contributor. Liberal censorship, you know.

    -- Baldie McEagle

    How do you know you were not nominated?

    The only persons named at the Wog were those who won (sysprog) and those who were close to winning. If your name was not listed, it's not because you weren't nominated.

    BTW, you don't sound Jewish.

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