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Old 01-06-2006, 05:29 PM   #11
richlevy
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Originally Posted by Badgerino
Just think, the time will probably come soon when we look upon these as the good old days. We'll say to our kids and grandkids, "I remember when gas was less than $3 a gallon and you could still get it. We thought that we were the greatest and could do whatever we wanted to do. Of course that was before King George nuked Iran and China and the rest of the world helped to crush our economy. They said a Depression could never happen again, but here we are. As the Lord said, 'How art the mighty fallen'. I guess it's just us and the Roman Empire. Damn, learning Chinese is hard. Are there any beans left?"
Take a look at my post about Three Days of the Condor. I might have to go see Syriana now as a sort of sequel.

BTW, this is my third backlink for today. I very rarely do this.
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