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Old 07-09-2012, 10:54 AM
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And on a similar note which could have been in direct response to my preceding post except that it preceded it chronologically: They shall not pass. Most commonly attributed to Anti-Fascists in the Spanish Civil War but apparently first attributable to a French General at the Battle of Verdun in WWI.
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Old 07-09-2012, 11:08 AM
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And on a similar note which could have been in direct response to my preceding post except that it preceded it chronologically: They shall not pass. Most commonly attributed to Anti-Fascists in the Spanish Civil War but apparently first attributable to a French General at the Battle of Verdun in WWI.
I thought that was the mantra of the current bunch of Senate Republicans.

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Old 07-09-2012, 11:14 AM
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I thought that was the mantra of the current bunch of Senate republicans.

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