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Egyptians angry at film scale U.S. embassy walls
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Posted on 09/11/2012 12:32:19 PM PDT by traumer

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To: traumer; Paladin2; EGPWS; B212; shalom aleichem; mass55th; tumblindice; Joan Kerrey

“Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox church also condemned in a statement some Copts living abroad who it said financed “the production of a film insulting Prophet Mohammad”, a state website reported. About a 10th of Egypt’s 83 million people are Christians.”

Looks like the Copts have fully accepted their status of dhimmitude.


61 posted on 09/11/2012 1:55:57 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: shalom aleichem; John O; traumer

“Muslims understand only one kind of diplomacy and that is FORCE!”

From the article....

“One slogan scrawled on the walls of the embassy, which is near Tahrir Square where Egyptians revolted against Mubarak, said: “If your freedom of speech has no limits, may you accept our freedom of action.”


62 posted on 09/11/2012 2:00:07 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: mosaicwolf

They were ordered to stand down. There can be no other reason one of the largest contingents of Embassy Marines would allow something like this to happen.


63 posted on 09/11/2012 2:03:35 PM PDT by Ajnin (Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnocet!)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

Ask the Empty Chair. Surely he will have a lame excuse right after he finishes his bowing to Mecca.


64 posted on 09/11/2012 2:04:58 PM PDT by Missouri gal
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“Protests at the US Embassy in Cairo September 11th 2012”
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CNN Breaking News @ 14:06 EDST, from Egypt
http://www.cnn.com/ | September 11, 2012 | CNN
Posted on September 11, 2012 11:29:40 AM PDT by BobNative

Angry protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo today and hauled down its U.S. flags, replacing them with black flags with Islamic emblems.

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“BREAKING NEWS: U.S. State Department Brings U.S. Corporations To Meet Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian President”
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Clerics Preach Incitement and War

by IPT News • Aug 28, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Two prominent Muslim clerics issued statements urging violence against Israel and the United States, in communication reported by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

Egyptian cleric Safwat Higazi told a television interviewer that the Muslim Brotherhood still harbors ambitions to become “masters of the world.” Muslims want peace, he said, but “welcome war” if that doesn’t get “what is rightfully ours.”

The interview focused primarily on Israel, with Higazi defending a fatwa, or religious edict, calling for the murder of any Israeli a person may encounter. “If that Zionist is fighting me, occupying my country, and killing people who are my brothers in country, religion, and humanity – then it’s an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and whoever started it is to blame,” he said.

In May, Higazi introduced Brotherhood official Mohamed Morsi’s presidential campaign in Egypt, saying Morsi would restore “the United States of the Arabs” with “the capital of the Caliphate” in Jerusalem.

Higazi said he opposes the Camp David peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, but then argued it never would have happened if not for the 1973 Yom Kippur war in which Egypt and Syria waged a surprise attack against Israel that eventually was beaten back.

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Egyptians Protest Outside Israeli Embassy With Swastika Sign Saying “The Gas Chambers Are Ready”
GatewayPundit.com ^ | August 22, 2011 | Jim Hoft
Posted on August 22, 2011 9:01:17 PM PDT by SanFranDan

FULL TITLE: Islamic Spring...Egyptians Protest Outside Israeli Embassy With Swastika Sign Saying “The Gas Chambers Are Ready”

Islamic Spring– Footage of Egyptians Demonstrating opposite Israeli Embassy in Cairo Showing Sign with Swastika Saying “The Gas Chambers Are Ready” Al-Jazeera TV.

MEMRI TV reported:

Footage of Egyptians Demonstrating opposite Israeli Embassy in Cairo Shows Sign with Swastika Saying “The Gas Chambers Are Ready” Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) – August 21, 2011 – 01:14

Via Atlas Shrugs

Hundreds of Egyptians shout anti-Israeli slogans as they look to Israel’s embassy floor on a building in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug.20, 2011, to protest the deaths of Egyptian security forces killed in a shootout between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants on Thursday in the Sinai.

Egypt said Saturday it would recall its ambassador from Israel to protest the deaths, sharply escalating tensions between the neighboring countries, whose 1979 peace treaty is being tested by the fall of Egypt’s longtime autocratic leader, Hosni Mubarak. (AP/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian protesters burn an Israeli flag during anti-Israel protest in front of Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, to protest the deaths of Egyptian security forces killed in a shootout between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants on Thursday in the Sinai.

Egypt said Saturday it would recall its ambassador from Israel to protest the deaths, sharply escalating tensions between the neighboring countries, whose 1979 peace treaty is being tested by the fall of Egypt’s longtime autocratic leader, Hosni Mubarak. (AP/Amr Nabil)

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“Banned Qaradawi returns to lead Friday prayers in Egypt”
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OBAMA’S NEW OIC ENVOY DEFENDED ACTIVIST WHO AIDED TERRORIST GROUP
CNS NEWS.com ^ | February 15, 2010 | Patrick Goodenough
Posted on February 15, 2010 2:14:38 PM PST by Cindy

“Obama’s New OIC Envoy Defended Activist Who Aided Terrorist Group”

Monday, February 15, 2010

By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor

PHOTO CAPTION: “On Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, President Obama named 31-year-old Rashad Hussain as his envoy to the OIC, the 57-member bloc of Islamic states. (Photo from the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans)”

SNIPPET: “On Saturday, Obama named the Texas-born, 31-year-old Indian-American as his envoy to the OIC, the 57-member bloc of Islamic states. The appointment is in line with the president’s goal, expressed in his speech in Cairo last June, to reach out to the Islamic world.

Obama made the announcement in a video address at a U.S.-Islamic World Forum meeting in Qatar, which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Hussain attended over the weekend.

“Rashad has played a key role in developing the partnerships I called for in Cairo,” Obama told the gathering in the video message. “And as a hafiz of the Koran, he is a respected member of the American Muslim community, and I thank him for carrying forward this important work.” (A hafiz is someone who has memorized the Islamic text.)”

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TARIQ RAMADAN, ‘MUSLIMS WANT RESPECT AND HUMIILITY’ (Obama read Ramadan’s script)
ANSAmed ^ | June 3 2009 | ANSA staff
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MIDEAST: TARIQ RAMADAN, ‘MUSLIMS WANT RESPECT AND HUMIILITY’

(ANSAmed) - ROME, JUNE 3 - According to the controversial Swiss intellectual and Islam scholar, Tariq Ramadan, a “change in attitude” and “effective and necessary action”, a “real and profound message of respect” but above all “humility” are what the Muslim world expects in the keynote speech that USA President Barack Obama will be making tomorrow in Cairo.

In a statement sent to the press via email, Ramadan underlines how Obama has found himself having to “reverse the legacy” left by George W. Bush and his administration, who did not show “respect or fairness towards Muslims”. Ramadan points out that, during his election campaign, Obama “often had to repeat that he was not a Muslim, as if that would have posed a problem for the American people”.

Thus, “the first thing that can be expected” is that, by talking to the Muslim world, he will also be talking to the “US and the West”. Ramadan confirmed that during the first few months of his presidency Obama “has shown respect for Islam, announced the closure of Guantanamo and an end to torture, and adopted a firm stance against the Israeli government with regard to the building of settlements”.

These are “positive steps”, but speeches “are not enough”. The USA “does not have a monopoly on good and evil”. Islam “is a great civilisation” and Obama “must announce that we all have something to learn from each other.” In stressing “ideal values” and calling for “human rights”,

Obama must also “admit American mistakes, failures and contradictions” in pursuing these aims, and he must show “humility” in acknowledging that the USA “can and will do more in order to respect the values that they are calling for.”

It is only in this way that he can say to Muslims that “they must fight against corruption, fundamentalism, dictatorships, discrimination against women and poor people”, and in order to be “listened to with a minimum of trust”.

Ramadan concluded that Obama must make it understood that “after many years of deafness in Washington, he has finally listened”. (ANSAmed).

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Warden Message: Cairo Security Incidents
OSAC.GOV ^ | March 2, 2009 | n/a
Posted on March 4, 2009 11:28:26 PM PST by Cindy

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https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=98056

YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report Warden Message: Cairo Security Incidents CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS Middle East / N. Africa - Egypt 2 Mar 2009

Printer Friendly Email Article RELATED REPORTS 23 Feb 2009 CAIRO EXPLOSIONS 23 Feb 2009 WARDEN MESSAGE: CAIRO EXPLOSIONS 30 Jan 2009 EGYPT’S DOMESTIC SECURITY ISSUES 14 Jan 2009 WARDEN MESSAGE: EGYPT PROTESTS ANTICIPATED JANUARY 15 28 Dec 2008 WARDEN MESSAGE: EGYPT PROTESTS REGARDING GAZA U.S. Embassy Cairo released the following Warden Message on March 2:

Over the past two weeks there has been a series of security incidents in Cairo, including a bombing at the Khan el-Khalili on February 22 that resulted in the death of a foreign tourist, a stabbing at the Khan el-Khalili on February 27 resulting in the injury of an American citizen, and an incident with a Molotov cocktail on the Metro, on February 28, which did not cause any injuries. These events do not appear to be connected, but there is some indication that additional incidents are planned.

The Egyptian Government has visibly increased security levels in the downtown area, around major tourist sites and at public venues such as shopping centers. We advise Americans to take great care in visiting these sites, to remain strictly alert to their surroundings, and to practice good personal security measures. In the past, terrorist attacks have occurred at major tourist sites in Cairo, at the Khan, for example, but also at the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square, and the pyramids, as well as against tourist buses. Hotels in resort areas have also been targeted. Travelers should use caution when visiting destination resorts and hotels without significant physical setback and security procedures. Americans are encouraged to visit the U.S. Embassy in Cairo web site at http://cairo.usembassy.gov/ for the most up-to-date security information.

For the latest security information, Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs’ web site at http://travel.state.gov, where the current Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts, as well as the Worldwide Caution, can be found.

In addition to information on the Internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada, or outside the United States and Canada on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).

American citizens are advised to maintain valid travel documents and register with the Department of State or the U.S. Embassy Cairo through the State Department travel registration website, https://travelregistration.state.gov. For further information, U.S. citizens may call the Embassy’s American Citizen Services Unit at 2797-2301 during business hours, Sunday to Thursday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. For emergencies after business hours and on weekends and holidays, U.S. citizens can contact the Embassy Duty Officer via the Embassy switchboard on 2797-3300. The Embassy is located at 5 Tawfik Diab Street (formerly known as Latin America Street), Garden City, Cairo.

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Blast in crowded Cairo tourist area wounds 14
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Posted on February 22, 2009 10:15:16 AM PST by jersey117

CAIRO (AP) — A bomb exploded Sunday in a crowded Cairo market frequented by tourists, wounding at least 14 people, including foreigners, said police and medical sources.

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“Chicago Cousins Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorists”
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January 15, 2009


66 posted on 09/11/2012 2:08:17 PM PDT by Cindy
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"“Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox church also condemned in a statement ..."

That's sad. They think that by condemning the film, it will save them. To the muzzies, it's a sign of weakness.

67 posted on 09/11/2012 2:08:41 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: aquila48
bomb, daisy cutter Pictures, Images and Photos Muzzies: Say hello to my little friend. Uncle Sam Yeah, right. Obama will be apologizing 10-9-8-7 ....
68 posted on 09/11/2012 2:11:32 PM PDT by tumblindice (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: traumer
What film...? 2016: Obama's America

Hey, Egypt! It's #3 at the American box office right now...ROTFLMAO at your rage and anger...(it was another movie though, wasn't it?)

69 posted on 09/11/2012 2:15:22 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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That's interesting and maybe explains why I just saw police (cadet I think)stationed at a store owned by middle eastern Christians. The men that work there wear crucifixes.
70 posted on 09/11/2012 2:15:58 PM PDT by Selene
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To: Paladin2
Egypt is LOST.

Egypt wasn't lost.

It was handed to the Muslim Brotherhood by Obama.

71 posted on 09/11/2012 2:19:08 PM PDT by ladyjane
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At least it’s not a violation of sovereign soil.


72 posted on 09/11/2012 2:24:53 PM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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BREAKING from DRUDGE:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/52597/World/International/Mob-sets-fire-to-US-consulate-in-Benghazi-witness.aspx

An armed mob has attacked the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi and set fire to the building, witnesses reported, in what they said was a protest at a film they said offended Islam.

A little earlier, Libya’s deputy interior minister Wanis al-Shari, told AFP the crowd had attacked the building and that information was confirmed by the US embassy in the capital Tripoli.


73 posted on 09/11/2012 2:26:03 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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Muslims "angry"?

My gosh. That's something new and unexpected!!

No doubt the Bamster will send them some more of our money to soothe their poor hurt feelings.

74 posted on 09/11/2012 2:30:55 PM PDT by Gritty (Obama offers a government-planned life, a country where everything is free but us - Paul Ryan)
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“Muslims understand only one kind of diplomacy and that is FORCE!”

ANYTHING else is considered weakness and will be exploited.


75 posted on 09/11/2012 3:27:46 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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egypt.usembassy.gov/pr091112.html

PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Embassy Condemns Religious Incitement

September 11, 2012

The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others

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egypt.usembassy.gov/pr91013.html

PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Supporting Expanded Technology Infrastructure in Egypt

September 10, 2012

Cairo, Egypt – At a ceremony in Cairo today, Mr. Carl B. Kress, U.S. Trade and Development Administration (USTDA) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa completed two U.S. grant agreements to support Egypt’s economic growth and to expand its information and communications technology infrastructure. The event took place before a delegation of over 100 U.S. businesspeople and government officials visiting Egypt to find opportunities for closer commercial collaboration between the two countries.

A grant agreement with the Cairo Airport Company will provide a blueprint to guide the management of existing and future information technology needs at the Cairo International Airport. The technical assistance will support the development of an airport-wide enterprise resource planning system. The agreement was signed by Eng. Magdy Badr, Chairman and CEO of Cairo Airport Company and witnessed by Major General Eng. Wael El Maadawy, Chairman and CEO of the Egyptian Holding Company for Airport and Air Navigation.

A grant agreement signed with Ms Magda El Sabee, CEO of Summit Technology Solutions, will provide begin the essential planning for a Tier 2 data center in Katameya. Implementation of the new data center will enhance productivity for Egyptian businesses, create jobs for local technology professionals, and result in advanced technology transfer.

At the event, Mr. Kress also announced that public and private stakeholders from Egypt are being invited to the U.S. to explore port automation technologies and services, including freight arrival and distribution, efficient trucking management systems, and river transportation. The visit is anticipated to take place in December, 2012.

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency helps companies create U.S. jobs through the export of U.S. goods and services for priority development projects in emerging economies. USTDA links U.S. businesses to export opportunities by funding project planning activities, pilot projects, and reverse trade missions while creating sustainable infrastructure and economic growth in partner countries.


76 posted on 09/11/2012 4:46:41 PM PDT by Cindy
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What good is a wall around your embassy if it isn't electrified on top? It isn't like it's the embassy in Ottawa or some such...
77 posted on 09/11/2012 5:01:16 PM PDT by Woodman
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ADDING to post no. 73:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/11/American-Killed-on-911-In-Libyan-Consulate-Attack

“9/11/2012: AMERICAN KILLED, CONSULATE BURNED, EMBASSY OVERRUN; U.S. APOLOGIZES”

by DANA LOESCH 11 Sep 2012, 4:18 PM PDT

SNIPPET: “An American has been killed on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 as Islamist mobs attacked and burned the U.S. consulate in Libya.

A US official was killed and another wounded on Tuesday as an armed mob protesting over a film they said offended Islam attacked the US consulate in Benghazi, an official told AFP.

Libya’s deputy interior minister Wanis al-Sharef said: “One American official was killed and another injured in the hand. The other staff members were evacuated and are safe and sound.””

SNIPPET: “It is so far the only death from mob attacks in Libya and Egypt over Islamist anger at an alleged film in production by Coptic Christians focusing on Islam.”


78 posted on 09/11/2012 5:07:47 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: mass55th

The Muslim dominated states have a centuries long history of murdering diplomats and looting of embassies. Iran murdered Russia’s Ambassador and nearly the entire staff of the Russian Mission in 1829. The assaults on a assortment of foreign embassies has continued and become more frequent since then. See for example the report from Foreign Policy:

Tehran’s embassies: Targets of popular rage since 1829
Posted By Uri Friedman.Posted By Uri Friedman Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 7:31 PM.
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/11/29/tehrans_embassies_targets_of_popular_rage_since_1829

Some of the latest news reports indicate Ambassador Stevens and his staff and U.S. Marines were betrayed to the Muslim mob by their own Libyan secirity detail.


79 posted on 09/12/2012 7:51:10 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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Thanks for sharing your info. Now I'm hearing on Rush that CBS is reporting that Libyan officials moved Stevens and the rest of the staff to a safe place, and then told the mob where they had moved them.

I stay up till 2-3 every morning, and when I went to bed, it was still being reported that one American had died in Libya. Then I woke up this morning to the news of the murder of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans. This is Jimmy Carter's administration all over again. When does the hostage taking start?

I also read on a link from Drudge that since 2009, security staffing has been lacking at our embassies, and that the State Dept. has been warned repeatedly about this shortage by Congressional oversight committees, and the State Dept.'s own internal watch-dog. Complaints were lodged that this State Dept. has regularly hired the cheapest security available. Of course the State Dept. claims lack of funding, which brings me back to Harry Reid and the rest of the Senate Democrats' failure to pass a Federal budget for almost 3 years. Am I being stupid in thinking that the lack of funding for the State Dept. to properly secure their embassies, and the resultant murders of Americans, can be directly linked to the failure of the Democrats to pass a budget? Now I'm not saying that this State Dept. would even bother to adequately provide security at those embassies, even if they had the money to do it, because as we all know, historically, the U.S. State Dept. has always been filled with nothing but wusses. I'm just wondering if some of the blame for what happened in Libya can't be tied to good old Harry Reid and the rest of the Dumbocrats.

Another thing that pissed me off about this, is that in the aftermath of 9/11, the Democrats attacked President Bush over an intelligence report that had been issued to the Clinton Administration, about the possibility of terrorists using planes. Bush was torn up one side and down the other in the press, for having this knowledge prior to 9/11 and not doing anything about it. Now, isn't it realistic to expect, that since this administration and State Dept. have repeatedly been forewarned about the lack of security at our embassies worldwide, that they should be attacked repeatedly for having this knowledge and not acting on it? Don't worry. I won't hold my breath waiting.

I got so incensed that I called my Republican Congressman and blew off steam to the person who answered the phone. It wasn't pretty. My only plea now is that those fellow Republicans, who are planning on sitting home on election day, take a long, hard look at what happened yesterday (and on 9/11), and realize that 4 more years of Obama will only bring more pain and suffering for this country and her citizens abroad.

Sorry if I've rambled on, but I'm pissed.

80 posted on 09/12/2012 9:56:10 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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