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Old 03-07-2014, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bobabode View Post
Since the Civil War, right?
Slavery killed it - it was birthed defective. Our own fault.

Plus both parties find it inconvenient at one point or the other, and we are too apathetic to really care. Franklin was right.

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