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To: Heyworth
It's well known that the Civil War was caused by the evil Abe Lincoln's unconstitutional attempt to put a tariff on light bulbs.


My ancestors in challenge to this opressive, unlawful yankee tax threw all the lightbulbs in the river. Called him a carpetbagger , sipped some righteous burbon sitting on the veranda and It was good.
289 posted on 10/23/2003 12:14:11 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TasmanianRed)
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To: TASMANIANRED
And the reconstructionists promised all the emancipated black-light bulbs 'Forty watts and a fixture!'
294 posted on 10/23/2003 12:15:58 PM PDT by TrappedInLiberalHell (Hillary walks into a bar. Let's hope it leaves a nice bump on her forehead.)
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