Comments on: The Worst Decision by a US President in History – by David Horowitz http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:38:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian H http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-8/#comment-20883 Brian H Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:31:54 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-20883 Attacking civilians and dressing as a civilian is termed "Perfidy" by the Hague Conventions, and absolves forces suppressing such attackers of blame for civilian casualties. They have no rights as combatants or, indeed, any rights whatsoever. Attacking civilians and dressing as a civilian is termed "Perfidy" by the Hague Conventions, and absolves forces suppressing such attackers of blame for civilian casualties. They have no rights as combatants or, indeed, any rights whatsoever.

]]> By: Brian H http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-4/#comment-20870 Brian H Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:46:31 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-20870 Here's what a Japanese village elder, who had been dragooned by the military into civilian service during the war, had to say to America for bombing Japan: <a href="http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2007/11/02/charles_mccarry.html" target="_blank">http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2007/11/...</a> <i> ... Yamagishi then told us about his life during the war. He had been drafted in 1944, at the age of forty, and sent to Osaka to guard the emperor’s forest. Then the Americans took Saipan and the B-29s came. “The Americans burned the forest with incendiary bombs, so it was not necessary to guard it any longer,” he said. “I became a firefighter. The Americans would drop incendiary bombs to set the city on fire, and when we went to fight the fires they would wait until we were very busy and then they would come over with other B-29s and drop antipersonnel bombs and kill the firemen. I thought, ‘The Americans are very clever.’ Then, after the whole city had been destroyed, a single B-29 flew over Osaka and dropped not bombs but hundreds of little parachutes. When these parachutes landed we saw that a gift was tied to each—a mirror, a harmonica, a fountain pen. The Japanese people had lost nearly everything in the bombing and they were very glad to have these gifts from the Americans. They ran to get them, and when they touched them they exploded in their hands, blowing off fingers and blinding people. I thought, ‘The Americans are not only clever; they are ruthless. We have lost the war.’” Yamagishi said, “Your ships came and shelled us. The bombers kept on also, every day. I was assigned to train people to fight the Americans when they invaded. We showed women and children how to make spears from bamboo. Every Japanese was prepared to die defending the homeland. Then the atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The emperor’s voice came over loudspeakers in the streets. He told us we must surrender. No one had ever heard his voice before, and to us it was the voice of God. But our commanding officer said, ‘No! We must kill the Americans! He is no true emperor if he tells the Japanese to surrender.’ Nevertheless we obeyed the emperor, and I came back to this village. All the younger sons of every family—all twenty families—had been killed in the war. Only old men and women were left to do the work. I thought we would starve to death. But as you see, we did not. “Now,” the old Japanese said, “I will tell you why I invited you here. It is because I have something to say to you, and to all Americans.” He was out of breath and his face was full of color from the whiskey he had drunk, and I thought, “Well, here it comes.” Yamagishi said, “Thank you. Thank you for defeating Japan. If you Americans had not done so, this village would be as it always was. The militarists would never have let us have democracy. But the Americans built the road; my nephews and nieces have cars and television sets, and they see their children every day. And because they have eaten American things like milk and vegetables and fruit, instead of the millet and pickles we had to eat, they are tall and beautiful like Americans instead of short and homely like me and my wife.” He bowed and said, “Thank you.” I realized, to my surprise, and in spite of everything I believed about the morality of bombing civilians, that the U.S. Air Force had won Yamagishi’s heart and mind by pitilessly destroying Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.. </i> Here's what a Japanese village elder, who had been dragooned by the military into civilian service during the war, had to say to America for bombing Japan: http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2007/11/...


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Yamagishi then told us about his life during the war. He had been drafted in 1944, at the age of forty, and sent to Osaka to guard the emperor’s forest. Then the Americans took Saipan and the B-29s came. “The Americans burned the forest with incendiary bombs, so it was not necessary to guard it any longer,” he said. “I became a firefighter. The Americans would drop incendiary bombs to set the city on fire, and when we went to fight the fires they would wait until we were very busy and then they would come over with other B-29s and drop antipersonnel bombs and kill the firemen. I thought, ‘The Americans are very clever.’ Then, after the whole city had been destroyed, a single B-29 flew over Osaka and dropped not bombs but hundreds of little parachutes. When these parachutes landed we saw that a gift was tied to each—a mirror, a harmonica, a fountain pen. The Japanese people had lost nearly everything in the bombing and they were very glad to have these gifts from the Americans. They ran to get them, and when they touched them they exploded in their hands, blowing off fingers and blinding people. I thought, ‘The Americans are not only clever; they are ruthless. We have lost the war.’”

Yamagishi said, “Your ships came and shelled us. The bombers kept on also, every day. I was assigned to train people to fight the Americans when they invaded. We showed women and children how to make spears from bamboo. Every Japanese was prepared to die defending the homeland. Then the atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The emperor’s voice came over loudspeakers in the streets. He told us we must surrender. No one had ever heard his voice before, and to us it was the voice of God. But our commanding officer said, ‘No! We must kill the Americans! He is no true emperor if he tells the Japanese to surrender.’ Nevertheless we obeyed the emperor, and I came back to this village. All the younger sons of every family—all twenty families—had been killed in the war. Only old men and women were left to do the work. I thought we would starve to death. But as you see, we did not.

“Now,” the old Japanese said, “I will tell you why I invited you here. It is because I have something to say to you, and to all Americans.” He was out of breath and his face was full of color from the whiskey he had drunk, and I thought, “Well, here it comes.”

Yamagishi said, “Thank you. Thank you for defeating Japan. If you Americans had not done so, this village would be as it always was. The militarists would never have let us have democracy. But the Americans built the road; my nephews and nieces have cars and television sets, and they see their children every day. And because they have eaten American things like milk and vegetables and fruit, instead of the millet and pickles we had to eat, they are tall and beautiful like Americans instead of short and homely like me and my wife.” He bowed and said, “Thank you.” I realized, to my surprise, and in spite of everything I believed about the morality of bombing civilians, that the U.S. Air Force had won Yamagishi’s heart and mind by pitilessly destroying Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagasaki..

]]> By: Brian H http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-4/#comment-20871 Brian H Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:46:31 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-20871 Here's what a Japanese village elder, who had been dragooned by the military into civilian service during the war, had to say to America for bombing Japan: <a href="http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2007/11/02/charles_mccarry.html" target="_blank">http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2007/11/...</a> <i> ... Yamagishi then told us about his life during the war. He had been drafted in 1944, at the age of forty, and sent to Osaka to guard the emperor’s forest. Then the Americans took Saipan and the B-29s came. “The Americans burned the forest with incendiary bombs, so it was not necessary to guard it any longer,” he said. “I became a firefighter. The Americans would drop incendiary bombs to set the city on fire, and when we went to fight the fires they would wait until we were very busy and then they would come over with other B-29s and drop antipersonnel bombs and kill the firemen. I thought, ‘The Americans are very clever.’ Then, after the whole city had been destroyed, a single B-29 flew over Osaka and dropped not bombs but hundreds of little parachutes. When these parachutes landed we saw that a gift was tied to each—a mirror, a harmonica, a fountain pen. The Japanese people had lost nearly everything in the bombing and they were very glad to have these gifts from the Americans. They ran to get them, and when they touched them they exploded in their hands, blowing off fingers and blinding people. I thought, ‘The Americans are not only clever; they are ruthless. We have lost the war.’” Yamagishi said, “Your ships came and shelled us. The bombers kept on also, every day. I was assigned to train people to fight the Americans when they invaded. We showed women and children how to make spears from bamboo. Every Japanese was prepared to die defending the homeland. Then the atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The emperor’s voice came over loudspeakers in the streets. He told us we must surrender. No one had ever heard his voice before, and to us it was the voice of God. But our commanding officer said, ‘No! We must kill the Americans! He is no true emperor if he tells the Japanese to surrender.’ Nevertheless we obeyed the emperor, and I came back to this village. All the younger sons of every family—all twenty families—had been killed in the war. Only old men and women were left to do the work. I thought we would starve to death. But as you see, we did not. “Now,” the old Japanese said, “I will tell you why I invited you here. It is because I have something to say to you, and to all Americans.” He was out of breath and his face was full of color from the whiskey he had drunk, and I thought, “Well, here it comes.” Yamagishi said, “Thank you. Thank you for defeating Japan. If you Americans had not done so, this village would be as it always was. The militarists would never have let us have democracy. But the Americans built the road; my nephews and nieces have cars and television sets, and they see their children every day. And because they have eaten American things like milk and vegetables and fruit, instead of the millet and pickles we had to eat, they are tall and beautiful like Americans instead of short and homely like me and my wife.” He bowed and said, “Thank you.” I realized, to my surprise, and in spite of everything I believed about the morality of bombing civilians, that the U.S. Air Force had won Yamagishi’s heart and mind by pitilessly destroying Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.. </i> Here's what a Japanese village elder, who had been dragooned by the military into civilian service during the war, had to say to America for bombing Japan: http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2007/11/...


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Yamagishi then told us about his life during the war. He had been drafted in 1944, at the age of forty, and sent to Osaka to guard the emperor’s forest. Then the Americans took Saipan and the B-29s came. “The Americans burned the forest with incendiary bombs, so it was not necessary to guard it any longer,” he said. “I became a firefighter. The Americans would drop incendiary bombs to set the city on fire, and when we went to fight the fires they would wait until we were very busy and then they would come over with other B-29s and drop antipersonnel bombs and kill the firemen. I thought, ‘The Americans are very clever.’ Then, after the whole city had been destroyed, a single B-29 flew over Osaka and dropped not bombs but hundreds of little parachutes. When these parachutes landed we saw that a gift was tied to each—a mirror, a harmonica, a fountain pen. The Japanese people had lost nearly everything in the bombing and they were very glad to have these gifts from the Americans. They ran to get them, and when they touched them they exploded in their hands, blowing off fingers and blinding people. I thought, ‘The Americans are not only clever; they are ruthless. We have lost the war.’”

Yamagishi said, “Your ships came and shelled us. The bombers kept on also, every day. I was assigned to train people to fight the Americans when they invaded. We showed women and children how to make spears from bamboo. Every Japanese was prepared to die defending the homeland. Then the atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The emperor’s voice came over loudspeakers in the streets. He told us we must surrender. No one had ever heard his voice before, and to us it was the voice of God. But our commanding officer said, ‘No! We must kill the Americans! He is no true emperor if he tells the Japanese to surrender.’ Nevertheless we obeyed the emperor, and I came back to this village. All the younger sons of every family—all twenty families—had been killed in the war. Only old men and women were left to do the work. I thought we would starve to death. But as you see, we did not.

“Now,” the old Japanese said, “I will tell you why I invited you here. It is because I have something to say to you, and to all Americans.” He was out of breath and his face was full of color from the whiskey he had drunk, and I thought, “Well, here it comes.”

Yamagishi said, “Thank you. Thank you for defeating Japan. If you Americans had not done so, this village would be as it always was. The militarists would never have let us have democracy. But the Americans built the road; my nephews and nieces have cars and television sets, and they see their children every day. And because they have eaten American things like milk and vegetables and fruit, instead of the millet and pickles we had to eat, they are tall and beautiful like Americans instead of short and homely like me and my wife.” He bowed and said, “Thank you.” I realized, to my surprise, and in spite of everything I believed about the morality of bombing civilians, that the U.S. Air Force had won Yamagishi’s heart and mind by pitilessly destroying Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagasaki..

]]> By: Brian H http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-4/#comment-20872 Brian H Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:46:31 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-20872 Here's what a Japanese village elder, who had been dragooned by the military into civilian service during the war, had to say to America for bombing Japan: <a href="http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2007/11/02/charles_mccarry.html" target="_blank">http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2007/11/...</a> <i> ... Yamagishi then told us about his life during the war. He had been drafted in 1944, at the age of forty, and sent to Osaka to guard the emperor’s forest. Then the Americans took Saipan and the B-29s came. “The Americans burned the forest with incendiary bombs, so it was not necessary to guard it any longer,” he said. “I became a firefighter. The Americans would drop incendiary bombs to set the city on fire, and when we went to fight the fires they would wait until we were very busy and then they would come over with other B-29s and drop antipersonnel bombs and kill the firemen. I thought, ‘The Americans are very clever.’ Then, after the whole city had been destroyed, a single B-29 flew over Osaka and dropped not bombs but hundreds of little parachutes. When these parachutes landed we saw that a gift was tied to each—a mirror, a harmonica, a fountain pen. The Japanese people had lost nearly everything in the bombing and they were very glad to have these gifts from the Americans. They ran to get them, and when they touched them they exploded in their hands, blowing off fingers and blinding people. I thought, ‘The Americans are not only clever; they are ruthless. We have lost the war.’” Yamagishi said, “Your ships came and shelled us. The bombers kept on also, every day. I was assigned to train people to fight the Americans when they invaded. We showed women and children how to make spears from bamboo. Every Japanese was prepared to die defending the homeland. Then the atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The emperor’s voice came over loudspeakers in the streets. He told us we must surrender. No one had ever heard his voice before, and to us it was the voice of God. But our commanding officer said, ‘No! We must kill the Americans! He is no true emperor if he tells the Japanese to surrender.’ Nevertheless we obeyed the emperor, and I came back to this village. All the younger sons of every family—all twenty families—had been killed in the war. Only old men and women were left to do the work. I thought we would starve to death. But as you see, we did not. “Now,” the old Japanese said, “I will tell you why I invited you here. It is because I have something to say to you, and to all Americans.” He was out of breath and his face was full of color from the whiskey he had drunk, and I thought, “Well, here it comes.” Yamagishi said, “Thank you. Thank you for defeating Japan. If you Americans had not done so, this village would be as it always was. The militarists would never have let us have democracy. But the Americans built the road; my nephews and nieces have cars and television sets, and they see their children every day. And because they have eaten American things like milk and vegetables and fruit, instead of the millet and pickles we had to eat, they are tall and beautiful like Americans instead of short and homely like me and my wife.” He bowed and said, “Thank you.” I realized, to my surprise, and in spite of everything I believed about the morality of bombing civilians, that the U.S. Air Force had won Yamagishi’s heart and mind by pitilessly destroying Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.. </i> Here's what a Japanese village elder, who had been dragooned by the military into civilian service during the war, had to say to America for bombing Japan: http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/2007/11/...


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Yamagishi then told us about his life during the war. He had been drafted in 1944, at the age of forty, and sent to Osaka to guard the emperor’s forest. Then the Americans took Saipan and the B-29s came. “The Americans burned the forest with incendiary bombs, so it was not necessary to guard it any longer,” he said. “I became a firefighter. The Americans would drop incendiary bombs to set the city on fire, and when we went to fight the fires they would wait until we were very busy and then they would come over with other B-29s and drop antipersonnel bombs and kill the firemen. I thought, ‘The Americans are very clever.’ Then, after the whole city had been destroyed, a single B-29 flew over Osaka and dropped not bombs but hundreds of little parachutes. When these parachutes landed we saw that a gift was tied to each—a mirror, a harmonica, a fountain pen. The Japanese people had lost nearly everything in the bombing and they were very glad to have these gifts from the Americans. They ran to get them, and when they touched them they exploded in their hands, blowing off fingers and blinding people. I thought, ‘The Americans are not only clever; they are ruthless. We have lost the war.’”

Yamagishi said, “Your ships came and shelled us. The bombers kept on also, every day. I was assigned to train people to fight the Americans when they invaded. We showed women and children how to make spears from bamboo. Every Japanese was prepared to die defending the homeland. Then the atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The emperor’s voice came over loudspeakers in the streets. He told us we must surrender. No one had ever heard his voice before, and to us it was the voice of God. But our commanding officer said, ‘No! We must kill the Americans! He is no true emperor if he tells the Japanese to surrender.’ Nevertheless we obeyed the emperor, and I came back to this village. All the younger sons of every family—all twenty families—had been killed in the war. Only old men and women were left to do the work. I thought we would starve to death. But as you see, we did not.

“Now,” the old Japanese said, “I will tell you why I invited you here. It is because I have something to say to you, and to all Americans.” He was out of breath and his face was full of color from the whiskey he had drunk, and I thought, “Well, here it comes.”

Yamagishi said, “Thank you. Thank you for defeating Japan. If you Americans had not done so, this village would be as it always was. The militarists would never have let us have democracy. But the Americans built the road; my nephews and nieces have cars and television sets, and they see their children every day. And because they have eaten American things like milk and vegetables and fruit, instead of the millet and pickles we had to eat, they are tall and beautiful like Americans instead of short and homely like me and my wife.” He bowed and said, “Thank you.” I realized, to my surprise, and in spite of everything I believed about the morality of bombing civilians, that the U.S. Air Force had won Yamagishi’s heart and mind by pitilessly destroying Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagasaki..

]]> By: Brian H http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-4/#comment-20864 Brian H Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:37:10 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-20864 a) The Administration (especially bloated with 30 illegal commissars) IS the government, now. b) The revolution is against the Usurper, not against America. It's on behalf of America. a) The Administration (especially bloated with 30 illegal commissars) IS the government, now.
b) The revolution is against the Usurper, not against America. It's on behalf of America.

]]> By: JOHN GREEN http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-8/#comment-8213 JOHN GREEN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:12:55 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-8213 Send the FBI, Sheriffs, and the NYPD to lunch and set them free on the streets of Manhatten. Lets move on to things of more importance....... Send the FBI, Sheriffs, and the NYPD to lunch and set them free on the streets of Manhatten. Lets move on to things of more importance…….

]]> By: Nick in Virginia http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-8/#comment-7577 Nick in Virginia Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:39:20 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-7577 "...because the 9/11 attackers targeted civilians they should be tried as civilians."<br><br>I guess the Pentagon does not count as a military installation?<br><br>Holder/0bama are being real idiots on this issue. And the best thing the 0bama administration could do is keep Holder off camera, because both Kyl and Graham spanked him in the Senate hearings.<br><br>30 years ago there was a documentary called "The 3 Rs: Reading, (W)riting, and Reefer", in which they asked one of the high-school potheads named "Stoner" if he did anything productive while he was stoned. In a spaced-out voice he replied, "Noooo, I don't think so".<br><br>That was Holder when Graham asked him if the US had ever done anything like this before.<br><br>As I said, idiots. “…because the 9/11 attackers targeted civilians they should be tried as civilians.”

I guess the Pentagon does not count as a military installation?

Holder/0bama are being real idiots on this issue. And the best thing the 0bama administration could do is keep Holder off camera, because both Kyl and Graham spanked him in the Senate hearings.

30 years ago there was a documentary called “The 3 Rs: Reading, (W)riting, and Reefer”, in which they asked one of the high-school potheads named “Stoner” if he did anything productive while he was stoned. In a spaced-out voice he replied, “Noooo, I don't think so”.

That was Holder when Graham asked him if the US had ever done anything like this before.

As I said, idiots.

]]> By: Lary9 http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-8/#comment-6264 Lary9 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:17:20 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-6264 Happy Thanksgiving to y'all. L9 Happy Thanksgiving to y'all. L9

]]> By: jackhampton http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-8/#comment-6262 jackhampton Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:24:12 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-6262 No I do not throw that word around much but when I do I mean it. Funny thing though the coffee pot did blow up after 11 years so I went and bought a new Cuisnart. Harry will not be back he will not get reelected. Hopefully there will be a nice prison cell some place next to Jefferson for him. He has to be the the worst weasel I have ever encountered in my life. Well John Murtha is probably worse. They should have prosecuted him over ABSCAM he just slid by. Then there is Dick the Turbin Durbin, If I could I would still put Teddy Kennedy in prison. He sent a letter to the Pope by Obama and received no reply. No I do not throw that word around much but when I do I mean it. Funny thing though the coffee pot did blow up after 11 years so I went and bought a new Cuisnart. Harry will not be back he will not get reelected. Hopefully there will be a nice prison cell some place next to Jefferson for him. He has to be the the worst weasel I have ever encountered in my life. Well John Murtha is probably worse. They should have prosecuted him over ABSCAM he just slid by. Then there is Dick the Turbin Durbin, If I could I would still put Teddy Kennedy in prison. He sent a letter to the Pope by Obama and received no reply.

]]> By: Lary9 http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-8/#comment-6227 Lary9 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:05:08 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-6227 You throw that word "traitor" around so frivolously that I wonder what you<br>would call someone who was actually a bonafide traitor instead simply a<br>congressman with whom you disagree. That kind of political pre-pubescence<br>will come back to bite you. Tighten up your rhetoric and cut back on the<br>coffee. You throw that word “traitor” around so frivolously that I wonder what you
would call someone who was actually a bonafide traitor instead simply a
congressman with whom you disagree. That kind of political pre-pubescence
will come back to bite you. Tighten up your rhetoric and cut back on the
coffee.

]]> By: jackhampton http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-8/#comment-6197 jackhampton Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:59:15 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-6197 Yep AQ got there asses kicked big time in Iraq all there leaders killed and them just about wiped out even the old traitors like Harry(the war is lost Reid) and the idiot Nancy Ploser has had to admit these facts. Yep AQ got there asses kicked big time in Iraq all there leaders killed and them just about wiped out even the old traitors like Harry(the war is lost Reid) and the idiot Nancy Ploser has had to admit these facts.

]]> By: LucyQ http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/13/the-worst-decision-by-a-us-president-in-history-by-david-horowitz/comment-page-8/#comment-6194 LucyQ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:34:21 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/?p=36757#comment-6194 Really! Really!

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