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elliott70
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 Posted November 3rd, 2011 10:29 AM IP   
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Cornbread wrote:
America, more thoroughly than any other country, has adopted a system of self government. Sometimes we refer to it as the rule of the people. Certainly it is a system under which there is every opportunity for self government and every encouragement for the people to rule. Ours has been described as a government of public opinion. Of course, public opinion functions all the time. It no doubt has its influence on the actions of the executive and legislative branches of our Government, and even though it be imperceptible on any given occasion it is probably, as time passes, reflected in the courts. But all the influence of public opinion, all the opportunity for self government through the rule of the people, depends upon one single factor. That is the ballot box. If the time comes when our citizens fail to respond to their right and duty, individually and collectively, intelligently and effectively at the ballot box on election day, I do not know what form of government will be substituted for that which we at present have the opportunity to enjoy, but I do know it will no longer be a rule of the people, it will no longer be self government. The people of our country are sovereign. If they do not vote they abdicate that sovereignty, and they may be entirely sure that if they relinquish it other forces will seize it, and if they fail to govern themselves some other power will rise up to govern them. The choice is always before them, whether they will be slaves or whether they will be free. The only way to be free is to exercise actively and energetically the privileges, and discharge faithfully the duties which make freedom.
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What the hell?!?!?
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Govs93
Class A's #1 Fan!
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Posted November 3rd, 2011 10:29 AM IP
Also, it's national sandwich day.
What's up with that?
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Neutron 14
Imperial Grand Poobah
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Posted November 3rd, 2011 10:35 AM IP
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elliott70 wrote:
What the hell?!?!?
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Calvin Coolidge radio address, November 3, 1924.
Surely you remember it.
Believe in Yourself
Because the rest of us think you're an idiot.
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OGEE OGELTHORPE
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Posted November 3rd, 2011 10:41 AM IP
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Neutron 14 wrote:
Calvin Coolidge radio address, November 3, 1924.
Surely you remember it.
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"Hoochie Mamma"
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elliott70
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Posted November 4th, 2011 08:27 AM IP
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Neutron 14 wrote:
Calvin Coolidge radio address, November 3, 1924.
Surely you remember it.
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At my age???
What I remember about Coolidge is him saying (and I paraphrase)
"Ask not what your country can do...."
To be restated later in another way by anpther President.
Well, actually, I do not remmeber it, as I wasnot around.
To be truthful I am not as old as I am wise.
I just have an old look to me, experienced as they say.
Packerboy is within a year of me so I cannot be that old.
Sorry, I guess that does make me old.
But at least I am not a dumb, old....
SLiCaB.
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tomASS
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Posted November 4th, 2011 08:40 AM IP
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elliott70 wrote:
To be truthful I am not as old as I am wise.
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said the dirt
Clueless in Carver County
YNWA
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Neutron 14
Imperial Grand Poobah
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Posted November 4th, 2011 08:59 AM IP
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elliott70 wrote:
But at least I am not a dumb, old....
SLiCaB.
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Well I'm not a Short, Lawyer, incredibly Crabby-assed Bastard either...
Believe in Yourself
Because the rest of us think you're an idiot.
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Cornbread
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Posted November 4th, 2011 11:44 AM IP
The end of the greatest peanut farmers presidency was today!
Iranians storm U.S. embassy!
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elliott70
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Posted November 4th, 2011 02:05 PM IP
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Neutron 14 wrote:
Well I'm not a Short, Lawyer, incredibly Crabby-assed Bastard either...
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Uhh,
No.
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Neutron 14
Imperial Grand Poobah
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Posted November 4th, 2011 02:53 PM IP
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elliott70 wrote:
Uhh,
No.
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I gotta be close...
Believe in Yourself
Because the rest of us think you're an idiot.
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elliott70
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Posted November 4th, 2011 03:58 PM IP
Nope.
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Neutron 14
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Posted November 4th, 2011 04:06 PM IP
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elliott70 wrote:
Nope.
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Gimme a clue...
C = Citiot?
Believe in Yourself
Because the rest of us think you're an idiot.
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tomASS
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Posts: 11184
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Posted November 4th, 2011 05:53 PM IP
S= Sh*t
Lic = Licking
a = ass
b= bastard
of course they do spell differently in flannel land
Clueless in Carver County
YNWA
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Neutron 14
Imperial Grand Poobah
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Posted November 4th, 2011 06:32 PM IP
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tomASS wrote:
S= Sh*t
Lic = Licking
a = ass
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I've MET the "ass"...
He ain't too slick...
Believe in Yourself
Because the rest of us think you're an idiot.
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WendyClark
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Posted November 10th, 2011 07:29 AM IP
The Church bell chimed till it rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
I beat up Bob Probert twice... almost three times
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tomASS
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Posted November 10th, 2011 08:44 AM IP
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WendyClark wrote:
The Church bell chimed till it rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
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You beat me to it Wendy. Thanks!
last words received from the Edmund
"We are holding our own"
The bell from the ship is part of a a memorial now..........very haunting to look at.
Hats off to Gordon "Crown Royal" Lightfoot for one of the best ballads ever composed
Clueless in Carver County
YNWA
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WendyClark
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Posted November 10th, 2011 01:46 PM IP
Happy birthday to the Marine Corp, 236 years old today
I beat up Bob Probert twice... almost three times
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elliott70
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Posted November 10th, 2011 01:48 PM IP
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Neutron 14 wrote:
Gimme a clue...
C = Citiot?
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no
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elliott70
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Posted November 10th, 2011 01:48 PM IP
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tomASS wrote:
S= Sh*t
Lic = Licking
a = ass
b= bastard
of course they do spell differently in flannel land
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NEC
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elliott70
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Posted November 10th, 2011 01:50 PM IP
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WendyClark wrote:
The Church bell chimed till it rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
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I was in Duluth the day that ship left.
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elliott70
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Posted November 10th, 2011 01:51 PM IP
tomASS wrote:
S= Sh*t
Lic = Licking
a = ass
b= bastard
of course they do spell differently in flannel land
NEC
So you don't waste time with it...
Not Even Close.
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tomASS
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Posted November 10th, 2011 02:04 PM IP
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elliott70 wrote:
So you don't waste time with it...
Not Even Close.
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Mange Takk!
Clueless in Carver County
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Govs93
Class A's #1 Fan!
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Posted November 16th, 2011 07:39 AM IP
Today is International Day For Tolerance... Or, as I like to call it, "Put Up With a Republican Day".
What's up with that?
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BIAFP
Legend
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Posted November 16th, 2011 07:57 AM IP
Put up or shut up...
2011 MHF Biggest Rack contest winner - sorry Dmom
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tomASS
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Posted November 16th, 2011 08:27 AM IP
when is International Day of Intolerance ?
Clueless in Carver County
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OGEE OGELTHORPE
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Posted November 17th, 2011 09:57 AM IP
Today is....The Great American Smokeout
Good luck to all participants!
"Hoochie Mamma"
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Govs93
Class A's #1 Fan!
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Posted November 17th, 2011 10:00 AM IP
Especially Hill-Murray hockey.
What's up with that?
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tomASS
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Posted November 17th, 2011 10:04 AM IP
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Govs93 wrote:
Especially Hill-Murray hockey.
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See, now your on your game! Well done
Clueless in Carver County
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tomASS
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Posted December 7th, 2011 07:51 AM IP
Today is one that has lived in infamy the last 70 years.
God Bless all that are and have served this great country.
Clueless in Carver County
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elliott70
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Posted December 7th, 2011 10:57 AM IP
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Today is one that has lived in infamy the last 70 years.
God Bless all that are and have served this great country.
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God bless all of us, no matter what country.
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