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popsdenver

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14. I often say:

Reply to walkingman (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM

Wednesday

That the perfect title for a book about the past 46+ years would be: WHILE THE NATION SLEPT

AND

"THEY" were all walking down the jungle path, swatting mosquitoes, and were oblivious to the herd of charging elephants.....
Pun Intended.....

Some of us here, have been screaming our heads off since HW committed TREASON to "install" Reagan in the White House...

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