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Vito
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 Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:02 am Post subject: Re: This IS true discrimination |
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"ComandanteBanana" <nolionnoproblem@yahoo.com> wrote
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No, the answer is to ban cycles from public roads just as they are now
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Dave Larrington
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:48 pm Post subject: Re: Cyclist at war! |
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In news:gdl7oj$c9r$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com,
Bob Myers <nospamplease@address.invalid> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell
us:
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It was /never/ of any interest to uk.rec.cycling, but that hasn't stopped
Monkeyboy posting his inane drivel thereto.
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
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KingOfTheApes
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Cyclist at war! |
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On Oct 22, 3:48 am, "Dave Larrington" <smert.spamio...@privacy.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | Innews:gdl7oj$c9r$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com,
Bob Myers <nospample...@address.invalid> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell
us:
(Hint: this has long ago ceased to be of interest to rec.motorcycles.)
It was /never/ of any interest to uk.rec.cycling, but that hasn't stopped
Monkeyboy posting his inane drivel thereto.
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Dave Larrington
http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
a yo-yo" - Enoch Root.
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Just another deep thought and then I'll let you go (at least until
tomorrow)...
"The sheep hate the monkey because he makes them think. And besides,
they are wannabe lions"  |
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ComandanteBanana
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: the VolksBike would be simple and cheap |
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On Oct 22, 11:53 am, "MikeWhy" <boat042-nos...@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "KingOfTheApes" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b7cdd64e-2bcf-44b0-ad64-6cdd41cdce18@l62g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
On Oct 22, 3:48 am, "Dave Larrington" <smert.spamio...@privacy.net
wrote:
Innews:gdl7oj$c9r$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com,
Bob Myers <nospample...@address.invalid> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to
tell
us:
(Hint: this has long ago ceased to be of interest to rec.motorcycles.)
It was /never/ of any interest to uk.rec.cycling, but that hasn't stopped
Monkeyboy posting his inane drivel thereto.
--
Dave Larrington
http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
a yo-yo" - Enoch Root.
Just another deep thought and then I'll let you go (at least until
tomorrow)...
"The sheep hate the monkey because he makes them think. And besides,
they are wannabe lions" ;)
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"Here we go in a flung festoon,
Half-way up to the jealous moon!
Don't you envy our pranceful bands?
Don't you wish you had extra hands?
Wouldn't you like if your tails were--so--
Curved in the shape of a Cupid's bow?
Now you're angry, but--never mind,
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
Here we sit in a branchy row,
Thinking of beautiful things we know;
Dreaming of deeds that we mean to do,
All complete, in a minute or two--
Something noble and wise and good,
Done by merely wishing we could.
We've forgotten, but--never mind,
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
All the talk we ever have heard
Uttered by bat or beast or bird--
Hide or fin or scale or feather--
Jabber it quickly and all together!
Excellent! Wonderful! Once again!
Now we are talking just like men!
Let's pretend we are ... never mind,
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
This is the way of the Monkey-kind.
Then join our leaping lines that scumfish through the pines,
That rocket by where, light and high, the wild grape swings.
By the rubbish in our wake, and the noble noise we make,
Be sure, be sure, we're going to do some splendid things!"- Hide quoted text -
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Nice poem you put together (or did you copy it?)
Anyway, my twin brother KingOfTheApes made an statement such as not to
post at least for 24 hours... Well, forget about it. I,
ComandanteBanana, made such a great contributions to the ideas of THE
REVOLUTION, that I'm posting over my brother's foolish statements.
Anyway, the VolksBike would be simple and cheap, possibly under $200
for the proles...
Good thing though this NOT a Marxist revolution, so we can afford a
middle class, a rather large one like in Sweden or something, just
that the real big fish will be taxed to control their uncontrolled
appetites.
So this middle class could afford luxuries like the "cooperative made"
"American made" recumbents, which are more laid back to go with the
social status. They are perfectly fine to replace the automobile for
shorter distances while still giving you a nice workout. No more
bellies as a result of being couch potatos.
"Burley Design Cooperative, a worker-owned manufacturing cooperative
for 25 years, produces high-quality, durable bicycle products,
including child trailers, cargo trailers, trailercycles, tandems,
recumbents, road bikes, commuter bikes and raingear in Eugene, Oregon.
Their products are sold nationally and internationally through
independent bicycle dealers and specialty sporting goods stores. For
more information call 541-687-1644, send email to burley@burley.com or
visit the website: www.burley.com."
http://www.bikeroute.com/Recumbents/News/Archives/000016.html |
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ComandanteBanana
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Cyclist at war! |
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(Notice here that we renounce to the Trabant, the ideal Marxist car.
We however prefer something SMART)
Originally Posted by -=£em in Pa=-
"Excellent idea, Mr. Quixote !!
A SMART would be the perfect Nu Trabant or Peoples Car "
We can have the revolutionary,
"Yes to the Smart, no to the Stupid Unnecessary Vehicles"
Well, Smart manufacturer better chip in with the revolution. |
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ComandanteBanana
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: an open letter to the comandante |
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I don't expect many people here to be revolutionaries... And anyway,
if you were, you'd probably agree with Chavez, but here's an open
letter to the comandante...
Mr. Chavez, Capitalist Crisis will starve your revolution!
I think you were right about the capitalism being in crisis (perhaps
as much as communism), but that can only starve your revolution! Yes,
the petrodollars to finance your social projects (besides the
militarty buildup) will dry up. Well, I have other objections even if
a Petrol Revolution were to work, like Global Warming, but that's too
deep, huh?
"Oil falls below $67 on US recession fears"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices
That's why I say we need a Banana Revolution. For real, from
Comandante to Comandante.
(I expect an answer by tomorrow) ;)
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WHY THE BANANA REVOLUTION?
(home of the Dutch model!)
http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution |
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MikeWhy
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: Re: Cyclist at war! |
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"KingOfTheApes" <comandante.banana@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b7cdd64e-2bcf-44b0-ad64-6cdd41cdce18@l62g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | On Oct 22, 3:48 am, "Dave Larrington" <smert.spamio...@privacy.net
wrote:
Innews:gdl7oj$c9r$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com,
Bob Myers <nospample...@address.invalid> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to
tell
us:
(Hint: this has long ago ceased to be of interest to rec.motorcycles.)
It was /never/ of any interest to uk.rec.cycling, but that hasn't stopped
Monkeyboy posting his inane drivel thereto.
--
Dave Larrington
http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
a yo-yo" - Enoch Root.
Just another deep thought and then I'll let you go (at least until
tomorrow)...
"The sheep hate the monkey because he makes them think. And besides,
they are wannabe lions"
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"Here we go in a flung festoon,
Half-way up to the jealous moon!
Don't you envy our pranceful bands?
Don't you wish you had extra hands?
Wouldn't you like if your tails were--so--
Curved in the shape of a Cupid's bow?
Now you're angry, but--never mind,
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
Here we sit in a branchy row,
Thinking of beautiful things we know;
Dreaming of deeds that we mean to do,
All complete, in a minute or two--
Something noble and wise and good,
Done by merely wishing we could.
We've forgotten, but--never mind,
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
All the talk we ever have heard
Uttered by bat or beast or bird--
Hide or fin or scale or feather--
Jabber it quickly and all together!
Excellent! Wonderful! Once again!
Now we are talking just like men!
Let's pretend we are ... never mind,
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
This is the way of the Monkey-kind.
Then join our leaping lines that scumfish through the pines,
That rocket by where, light and high, the wild grape swings.
By the rubbish in our wake, and the noble noise we make,
Be sure, be sure, we're going to do some splendid things!" |
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ComandanteBanana
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: Re: an open letter to the comandante |
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(Here I'm discussing with a comrade of the revolution about things
happening and said about the jungle where we all live)
Originally Posted by -=£em in Pa=-
1973 was the year the New York Dolls broke. Obviously, the greatest
year
in the history of history. Bikes and Cars were real steel as were the
revolutionaries
who rode them
Report from the Jungle : North sector.
Guy goes into towing agency a block from my job and shoots it up.
Good news is that with so many Sheriffs and WPB PD around, the
gangsters and crack dealers took a break making for a relatively
peaceful ride back to the Juno bunker
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That's true. But it's also remembered by the oil embargo crisis that
forced Americans to change... Hopefully this time toward bicycles.
Report from the Jungle, south: I came out of my bunker and rode on
trails for 2 miles, then kayak, then back on my bike, and another mile
later. No major attack from either big fish or motorists. The rest of
the time in the Internet.
Plenty of news from the jungle though if you go to Google news and
search "law of the jungle"...
This curious news report is from Cuba, a country famous for his lion:
(What do you think? Do we dismiss it as propaganda?)
Reflections of Fidel
THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE
Trade, within a society and among countries, is the exchange of goods
and services produced by human beings. The owners of the means of
production appropriate the profits. As a class, they are the leaders
of the capitalist state and they boast of fostering development and
social well-being through the market. This they worship as an
infallible God.
In every country there is competition between the strongest and the
weakest; those with more physical energy, those who are better fed,
those who learned how to read and write, those who attended school,
those who have more accumulated experience, more social relations and
more resources, and those in society who do not have these advantages.
Among countries: those with a better climates and more arable land,
more water and more natural resources in the area where they are
located, when there are no more territories to conquer; those that
master technology, have greater development and handle unlimited media
resources, and those that, in contrast, do not enjoy any of these
prerogatives. These are the sometimes enormous differences between
countries described as rich or poor.
It is the law of the jungle.
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/octubre/lun13/Reflections-13oct.html |
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KingOfTheApes
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:43 am Post subject: Re: an open letter to the comandante |
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Originally Posted by Ed Holland
"Two places in which I spend much of my life, Oxford, UK and the S.F.
bay area have what you might term above average bicycle usage. In both
places (particularly Oxford) professional folks use a bike for day to
day stuff. It's partly a cultural thing, and changing culture and
habit are difficult.
Some sort of apocalypse is necessary to encourage 50% of the
population to use a bike to do their grocery shopping..."
The Global Plunge? I believe in the power of crises to regenarate and
bring out a new world. We just need some smart leaders, and they
either stupid or corrupt. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:59 am Post subject: Re: an open letter to the comandante |
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:43:21 -0700 (PDT), KingOfTheApes
<comandante.banana@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Originally Posted by Ed Holland
"Two places in which I spend much of my life, Oxford, UK and the S.F.
bay area have what you might term above average bicycle usage. In both
places (particularly Oxford) professional folks use a bike for day to
day stuff. It's partly a cultural thing, and changing culture and
habit are difficult.
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Bloody poofs.
| Quote: | Some sort of apocalypse is necessary to encourage 50% of the
population to use a bike to do their grocery shopping..."
The Global Plunge? I believe in the power of crises to regenarate and
bring out a new world. We just need some smart leaders, and they
either stupid or corrupt.
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KingOfTheApes
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: don't you feel like doing something sane in a crazy worl |
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Good thing is thread is still alive so I can recycle this post... ;)
Originally Posted by Ed Holland
"There's good reason to believe that the humble banana is under threat
from diseases:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20.../16/gm.science
Which doesn't bode well for the revolution. Also, I think reliance on
the banana as a food source is going to be rather unfair on the
digestion of those poor folks..."
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Yes, I agree. Even I am trying to break my dependency from banana. For
example, I couldn't have my oats without banana and sugar. But my
girlfriend pointed out it was to better to eat the oats with salt,
which tastes nice without the banana. So now I'm banana free!
I just wished the OIL JUNKIES could do the same. They must be going
crazy with the price of oil and other stuff.
But don't you feel like doing something sane in a crazy world and
getting lost with your bike and a banana?
"Stocks, oil, gold tank on growing recession fears
Friday October 24, 11:09 am ET
By Patrick Rizzo and Ellen Simon, Associated Press Writers
Stock market rout spreads around the world as recession worries turn
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KingOfTheApes
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: don't you feel like doing something sane in a crazy worl |
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(I knew bicycles and motorcycles fit in somehow in the same thread)
On Oct 24, 1:58 pm, "Trance Gemini" <trancegemi...@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | But don't you feel like doing something sane in a crazy world and
getting lost with your bike and a banana?
Well I need some time. I'm not really ready for bikes and bananas on my
oatmeal :-)
A motorbike ... okay. A banana without the oatmeal (or vice versa) okay.
That I can handle. Lol.
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Yes, I can handle that too. Riding a motorcycle to the Florida keys is
nice.
I just don't how the banana fits in. |
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KingOfTheApes
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject: Re: Cyclist at war! |
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I'm not sure I should remain banana-free with these news reports...
You can even give up your bike, but don't do it after 8pm, if you know
what I mean (there was my mistake)
"No desserts or snacks. Don’t eat after 8 p.m. Be in bed before
midnight. And get this, you don’t have to exercise to see the pounds
come off."
Are bananas the magic weight loss fruit?
NEW YORK, New York, October 24, 2008 (NBC) -- A weight loss craze that
started in Japan is now in the United States.
It's called the morning banana diet.
It's exactly that, eat bananas in the morning and lose weight.
If there was a magic diet or pill that she could do or take to lose
weight, Kathleen Scalley says she’s probably already tried it.
But what about a "magic" fruit, like the banana.
“Im going to try it I haven't had a banana in years," said Scalley.
The latest fad diet to hit New York City streets is called the morning
banana diet.
“I was told you eat a few bananas and you lose weight. Do you believe
it? “Uhhh...I don’t know,” said Vera Baird.
The plan is that easy. Eat fresh bananas for breakfast or brunch with
water at room temperature.
Eat whatever you want for lunch and dinner.
No desserts or snacks. Don’t eat after 8 p.m. Be in bed before
midnight. And get this, you don’t have to exercise to see the pounds
come off.
Does it work?
http://www.ksn.com/news/health/33223154.html |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:48 am Post subject: Re: don't you feel like doing something sane in a crazy worl |
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Tom Keats
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In article <43d9842c-baaf-45f8-a4dd-d9ae6738410e@s1g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
KingOfTheApes <comandante.banana@yahoo.com> writes:
| Quote: | On Oct 19, 11:20 pm, tkeats2...@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:
In article <3e7851cd-b870-431f-a0e4-1a79793e1...@y79g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
KingOfTheApes <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> writes:
On Oct 17, 9:29 pm, tkeats2...@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:
In article <timmcn-0D0BA6.19090316102...@news.iphouse.com>,
Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> writes:
Then why do I keep meeting smarter people riding bicycles than riding
motorcycles?
Because we bicyclists have to read the minds of the
motor vehicle operators around us. We often
have to do their thinking for them. We know what
they're gonna do before they know what they're
gonna do. Because what they're gonna do is gonna
be the most detrimental thing to us if we aren't
heads-up about their brainless movements.
And besides, bicycles are often a more intelligent
choice of vehicle.
You contradict your claim to being smart when you refuse to bring here
the bike facilities that work elsewhere.
Streets & roads /are/ bike facilities.
But it ain't so much that you
are stupid, it's simply that you are elitist and are selfish as
such...
And yet I'm not out to plant fear into the minds of people,
while you /are/!
I quote here from someone who have figured out that your kind should
shut up and mind your own business..
"First thing I would do would be to purge snobbish/elitist advocates
from leadership or policy making positions at any publicly funded
bicycling advocacy/educational organization; i.e. the clubby
enthusiast type who believes cycling skill (or advocacy goals) is
defined by being a racer (like himself) or a cyclist (like himself)
who moves consistently at speeds greater than 12mph."
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=7688868&posted=1#post7688868
My "kind," eh?
Strike one.
Snobbish/elitist advocate, eh?
Strike two.
Shall we go on to your strike 85?
You're evilly anti-human, and I'm
calling you on it. You hate bicycling
because it gets in your way as a driver,
and it sticks in your throat like a fishbone.
You're not out to promote bicycling; you're
out to restrict it.
"By their fruits shall ye know them."
Your fruits are distasteful and highly,
bitterly spit-out-able.
And you are despicable for it.
It is /you/ who is not only the elitist snob,
but the greedy pig doing everything you can to
force everybody else out of your way as you
muscle into what you perceive as the free-for-all
traffic trough in which you believe non-drivers
don't belong.
I don't hate you. I don't pity you. It's not mine
to harbour either of those sentiments. I just work
around you, you odious obstacle.
Just as you work against people.
No fear.
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You're replete with fear and with fearmongering.
| Quote: | I'm stating it's a jungle,
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which is such an haywire perspective.
| Quote: | so you get ready for it
accordingly. Some people drive SUVs in it rule and be reckless, others
ride bike with a gun, and other ride bikes trusting other people who
otherwise give a shit, be concerned about you.
Good luck in the jungle, man.
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What <exasperation> f'ing jungle!?
| Quote: | By the way, the fruit to be judged by is a banana.
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The fruit to be judged by is that which we produce.
All you produce is Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt.
You have nothing positive to offer. But you sure
have a lot of negative to offer. You are truly
evil, and I'm calling you on it.
| Quote: | What's wrong with
giving a banana (finger) to the whole damn system?
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For one thing, it's childishly silly. For another
thing, it doesn't accomplish anything. For another
thing, it's hypocritical to dis The (Democratic)
System before applying it.
And if things don't go your way and people don't
agree with you, Chancellor Baboon, consider there's
a good reason for it.
Go sit on yer stoopid banana, and think about what
a destructive fool you have exhibited yourself to be,
and have made yourself known to others.
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Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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