Recent polls show that increasing numbers of Americans think the country is headed in the right direction. What do you think?

by justfred Posted April 01, 2009 15:11:57

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Recently the results came out from several polls showing that more and more Americans think the country is headed in the right direction.

Ipsos/McClatchy Poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. March 5-9, 2009. N=1,070 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

"Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?"

Right Direction Wrong Track Unsure
3/5-9/09 44 48 8
2/6-9/09 42 50 8
11/6-9/08 32 64 4
10/2-6/08 21 73 6
9/5-9/08 33 64 3

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ABC News/Washington Post Poll. March 26-29, 2009. N=1,000 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

"Do you think things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track?"

Right Direction Wrong Direction Unsure
3/26-29/09 42 57 1
2/19-22/09 31 67 2
1/13-16/09 19 78 3
12/11-14/08 15 82 3

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Diageo/Hotline Poll conducted by FD. March 26-29, 2009. N=800 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.5.

"Do you feel things in the country are generally going in the right direction, or do you think things are seriously off on the wrong track?"

Right Direction Wrong Track Neither Unsure
3/26-29/09 39 49 5 7
2/28 - 3/2/09 32 55 6 8
1/21-24/09 31 52 4 13
11/6-9/08 30 59 4 6
10/23-26/08 12 78 5 5

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Skunk " In God We Trust" April 02, 2009 00:26:47

No, it is going to hell in a handbasket

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Polls can be manipulated.
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TruthSerum April 17, 2009 20:20:12

No, it is going to hell in a handbasket

Any nation that trades liberties and capitalism for socialism/ Marxism....is definitely on the wrong track...it is impossible to sustain an unconstitutional and unlawful wealth transfer such as we have initiated....and I believe it to be morally wrong.

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justfred to TruthSerum April 17, 2009 23:15:02 (edited)

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I can tell by your first sentence that you are speaking about things of which you haven't a clue.

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TruthSerum to justfred April 18, 2009 01:52:06

Well, let us see if you have the intellectual horsepower to enlighten me....or are you dug in so deep that you can't exchange ideas...without resorting to insults such as now? Prove to me that you were an officer and a gentleman...I have always been curious how anyone can serve their country and come out like John Kerry...or were they like that already and just use their military service as a symbol? I am curious...tell me where I haven't a clue, if you truly can. Tell you what, I'll hold the sarcasm....though I find myself truly cynical of liberals..who want to join the collective and boss others around...because they consider themselves intellectually elite...go ahead...enlighten me.

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justfred to TruthSerum April 18, 2009 07:38:33

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Where don't you have a clue? To start with, capitalism and liberty are not mutually inclusive. As a matter of fact, capitalism left to it's own devices, always ends in some kind of economic slavery. In a capitalistic society money and power are synonymous and both, like oil in water, move to the extreme upper end of the spectrum and the result is equivalent to a feudal type of society with lords and serfs.

On the other hand, socialism and liberty are not mutually exclusive. Many socialist countries ensure their citizenry more individual freedoms than some which would be considered more capitalistic.

Actually when you are talking about liberty and capitalism/socialism, you are talking about two completely different things - apples and oranges, if you will. Capitalism and socialism are economic theories, where freedom and liberty are more of governmental or sociological concepts.

When you speak of the transfer of wealth in this country, I would ask you to look at the trends and see from whom and to whom the wealth is really being transferred. The truth is that the wealth of this nation has been increasingly transferred to the extremely wealthy while middle and working class wealth has actually shrunk in comparison. Here is a good article about it: http://www.rollingstone.com...'''''

Where don't you have a clue? To start with, capitalism and liberty are not mutually inclusive. As a matter of fact, capitalism left to it's own devices, always ends in some kind of economic slavery. In a capitalistic society money and power are synonymous and both, like oil in water, move to the extreme upper end of the spectrum and the result is equivalent to a feudal type of society with lords and serfs.

On the other hand, socialism and liberty are not mutually exclusive. Many socialist countries ensure their citizenry more individual freedoms than some which would be considered more capitalistic.

Actually when you are talking about liberty and capitalism/socialism, you are talking about two completely different things - apples and oranges, if you will. Capitalism and socialism are economic theories, where freedom and liberty are more of governmental or sociological concepts.

When you speak of the transfer of wealth in this country, I would ask you to look at the trends and see from whom and to whom the wealth is really being transferred. The truth is that the wealth of this nation has been increasingly transferred to the extremely wealthy while middle and working class wealth has actually shrunk in comparison. Here is a good article about it: http://www.rollingstone.com/p...

Last but not least - anything someone says negatively about Kerry's war record is way out of line. Kerry was a bona fide hero with three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star with a 'V' device. You might not agree with his political stance or even his activism after returning to the US, but no one can honestly attack his heroism - even though the 'Swift Boaters' did so dishonestly.
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TruthSerum to justfred April 18, 2009 21:57:00

Just as I suspected.....you don't. Firstly, relying on a Rolling Stone article for back-up merely defines you as an habitual pot abuser....and the always believe themselves to be higher functioning intellectuals, than they really are. Capitalism and LIberty as America practices it is indeed mutually inclusive, both inter-dependent. So, you are a "class warfare" junky? That is easy to stampede those who are uneducated and untrained, as I was durign my youth, but everyone generally acquires a better understanding. In that regard, I readily admit that power and money accumulate at the top, and our system has a similiarity to a feudal order, but America has evolved its laws to minimize the past abuses of the wealthy and powerful, however, there is still work to be done, in actually enforcing those laws.
Socialism/Marxism/Communism is the antithesis of individual liberties...and begets human rights violations on large scale. It places power in the hands of even fewer than Capitalism does...witness USSR and its satelites...
Apples and oranges, when mixed appropriately are amazingly compatible. To call them theories and concepts are to attempt to belittle their actual significance throughout the world.
Transfer of wealth??? I read that article and, not being inclined to want to be a ...'

Just as I suspected.....you don't. Firstly, relying on a Rolling Stone article for back-up merely defines you as an habitual pot abuser....and the always believe themselves to be higher functioning intellectuals, than they really are. Capitalism and LIberty as America practices it is indeed mutually inclusive, both inter-dependent. So, you are a "class warfare" junky? That is easy to stampede those who are uneducated and untrained, as I was durign my youth, but everyone generally acquires a better understanding. In that regard, I readily admit that power and money accumulate at the top, and our system has a similiarity to a feudal order, but America has evolved its laws to minimize the past abuses of the wealthy and powerful, however, there is still work to be done, in actually enforcing those laws.
Socialism/Marxism/Communism is the antithesis of individual liberties...and begets human rights violations on large scale. It places power in the hands of even fewer than Capitalism does...witness USSR and its satelites...
Apples and oranges, when mixed appropriately are amazingly compatible. To call them theories and concepts are to attempt to belittle their actual significance throughout the world.
Transfer of wealth??? I read that article and, not being inclined to want to be a Polituburo member, but prefer instead, to avail myself of all opportunity to make it or break it on my own, I did not give it much creedance. Certainly not as much as an aspiring Polituburo member such as yourself.
And yes....very often the rich get richer....money begets money...for class warfare progenitors such as yourself....I can see that being an issue. I am not however, jealous of others' wealth or position. I do know that capitalism creates more opportunities for all of society to better themselves. That is the key...Opportunities...not results..there is no guarantee of results....My advice to you is that if you prefer to live in a Communist society, move on over....there is plenty of room there....I believe America is OK...just like she was.
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justfred to TruthSerum April 20, 2009 03:36:02

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I love it..you start off admonshing me in advance for name calling, and then call names.

Again, like I said, you are so clueless that I could write volumes and it wouldn't help you a bit.

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TruthSerum to justfred April 20, 2009 03:45:45 (edited)

Hey, even sometimes a good Christian gives in to temptation!! And yo have been just ASKING for it on each blog, so here is a bit; Man, you are the epitome of the Liberal elitist who takes advantage of all the things this great nation offers, then wants to impose crap on everyone else. Volumes?? You don't have the intellectual horsepower to pull it off. It has been obvious from the jump that you were a whiny little bed wetter till at least your teens....and the other boys probably picked on you in school...I'll bet you somehow got out of gym so you wouldn't have to shower in front of all the other little wieners....even your military stint was most likely a farce..a stunt to make you appear normal and display at least SOME masculinity. It is well known that not every military officer is actually effective...but they won't fire their asses...it just would not be proper...I'll bet you were a supply pogue....OR did you find a way to get a splinter in your butt so you could do a John Kerry and get a Purple Heart?One question I would find interesting if you actually answer...do you share your wife's dresses? I thought so....I'll bet she even lets you use her lipstick and "other" necessities....every month!

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justfred to TruthSerum April 20, 2009 16:43:13

Yes, volumes - considering that we would have to start out with fundimentals like manners, logic, and reasoning. I also see that you could find nothing better to do with a post-graduate degree than become a cop (or are you just a wanna-be?) where you could hide behind a badge and afflict pain on others.

Fuck you, dickless - this conversation is over.

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TruthSerum to justfred April 20, 2009 17:35:56

Wow...did you use the "F" word??? Yep..and intellectual giant, that's for sure....and that other...typical Liberal response to authority figures, especially when THEY would like to be...You are too easy....send a neighbor or someone with at least a double digit IQ...preferrably someone whose vocabulary is sufficient to avoid such profanity.....and might actually have some balls....or at least someone that don't share clothes with their wife.....
Keep on smling, slick...

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justfred to TruthSerum April 20, 2009 17:52:50

Yes, I used the 'F' word. What, did it offend your virgin ears, or are you just used to using it on others and inflicting physical violence behind the safe cover of the badge when they use it on you? Typical neocon - probably never served yourself but are more than willing to denegrate the service of someone else.

Love that picture, bud...trying to make up for what you personally lack between your legs?

You sound awfully familiar with womens clothing, dickless - didn't I see YOU in a drag review.

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TruthSerum to justfred April 20, 2009 18:50:54

NAwww...you didn't offend me Dearie...over the years I've seen many closet queens like you, "upstanding" businessmen, teachers and such......cry like you are when they get caught.......and lots of times we have to figure out whether they are male or female, like we are with you....and what their motivation is for their aberrant behavior...so..you DO have a fetish...don't you? Which drag review do you take to the bathroom with you....and does your wife know about it?
You are so easy.....what a thin skin....please....do not give up. Keep trying...bring some friends....but get some with balls, and preferrably someone who hasn't married to hide his condition....

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justfred to TruthSerum April 20, 2009 19:35:59 (edited)

Well, I noticed that you didn’t get married to hide your own perversions - or was it just that you couldn't find a woman who would have a relationship with a disgusting piece of crap like yourself?

Actually, I should apologize to you. I know it is probably not your fault that you are incapable of understanding the difference between economic and social/governmental systems. I mean most of us learned it in Junior High, but I suspect that your comprehension skills plateaued at what, fourth grade? I guess I should really be more considerate of the mentally handicapped.

So, you didn’t serve, did you? At 60 you would have been draft age, so which deferment did you hide behind and let someone else take your place in ‘Nam?

One other question - were you born this intellectually challenged or was it brain damage from when your father came home drunk and beat the snot out of you?

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TruthSerum to justfred April 20, 2009 20:59:43

Good one....finally you have retorted with something worthy! My service has never been questioned..your pantywaist activities have been interesting...since you are the only elitist that wishes to impose his will upon his fellow citizens. I am impressed that you can spell plateau. Then again, as a businessman, you probably have a spell checker.
Good for you.

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paul82346 to justfred June 03, 2009 21:07:31

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Bravo!! Well said! It is often hard to stay civil when dealing with character assassin, like... You know who.

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justfred to paul82346 June 04, 2009 00:47:24

Thanks!

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lazarou... to justfred July 22, 2009 00:37:57

As a conservative, it is clear to me that both you and truethserum are liberal assipes who stage this debate just to make conservatives look bad.
It was a pathetic attempt.
The thing that gave you two away was that a real conservative would have ended the arguement after JUSTIFIED post that link.
You are both liberals, and you are both weak.

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justfred to lazarou... July 22, 2009 13:56:03

You know what? As usual you are about half right...I am a liberal. Of course that makes you about half wrong, which makes you all wrong.

This is something you conservatives seem to fail to grasp - if you say something which is 99% truth and 1% lie, it is a lie. If you are 99% correct and 1% wrong then you are wrong.

Of course it probably isn't your fault that you don't grasp these things. If you were capable then you probably wouldn't be a conservative in the first place.

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nails April 10, 2009 03:45:34

No, it is going to hell in a handbasket

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How about if we grease your ass and push you down a hill
headed for a shredder.WOULD THAT WAKE YOU UP?

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Brian Kemp (oYo) April 07, 2009 17:59:22

Undecided

Well, we're headed in a direction, that's for sure. I have real issues with some of the things going on, but since we are two months into a four year term, I'll give it a little longer before I decide.

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Ms. Mom... to Brian K... April 07, 2009 18:07:10

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Read the table below from the cbo.

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Diane April 07, 2009 17:40:31

No, it is going to hell in a handbasket

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First of all, we don't have anyone in DC representing the American tax payer. Secondly, the only people we can find in government, today, are crooks and thugs,,,,,,

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Ms. Mom - profits employ, t... April 07, 2009 17:35:20

None of the above

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http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?in...

You can't deny the facts from your own federal government.
NOTE: In absence of the Obama budget the debt rises 5.69 trillion over next 10 years. WITH the Obama budget the debt rises 9.94 trillion over the next 10 years. AN INCREASE OF 4.25 TRILLION DOLLARS! Who is going to buy the T-bills? China?

This is what YOUR current government projects from the Obama 2010 budget. CBO baseline is the projection in absence of the Obama budget.

Year %GDP $Trillions
baseline Obama budget baseline Obama
2009 54.8% 56.8% 1.67 1.85
2009 60.1% 64.7% 1.14 1.38
2010 62.0% 68.3% 0.69 0.97
2011 61.6% 70.1% 0.33 0.66
2012 60.7% 71.4% 0.30 0.67
2013 60.2% 73.2% 0.31 0.75
2014 59.5% 75.2% 0.28 0.79
2015 59.0% 77.5% 0.33 0.90
2016 58.5% 79.9% 0.31 0.95
2017 56.1% 79.3% 0.33 1.02

Soros said April 6th that the SDR's of the IMF should repla...''

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?in...

You can't deny the facts from your own federal government.
NOTE: In absence of the Obama budget the debt rises 5.69 trillion over next 10 years. WITH the Obama budget the debt rises 9.94 trillion over the next 10 years. AN INCREASE OF 4.25 TRILLION DOLLARS! Who is going to buy the T-bills? China?

This is what YOUR current government projects from the Obama 2010 budget. CBO baseline is the projection in absence of the Obama budget.

Year %GDP $Trillions
baseline Obama budget baseline Obama
2009 54.8% 56.8% 1.67 1.85
2009 60.1% 64.7% 1.14 1.38
2010 62.0% 68.3% 0.69 0.97
2011 61.6% 70.1% 0.33 0.66
2012 60.7% 71.4% 0.30 0.67
2013 60.2% 73.2% 0.31 0.75
2014 59.5% 75.2% 0.28 0.79
2015 59.0% 77.5% 0.33 0.90
2016 58.5% 79.9% 0.31 0.95
2017 56.1% 79.3% 0.33 1.02

Soros said April 6th that the SDR's of the IMF should replace the dollar? Do you want your children to have a future?

Obama's budget needs to be stoppped. This government can't spend anymore.
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No More Commies April 07, 2009 16:44:20

No, it is going to hell in a handbasket

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Depends on where you take the poll. Polls are not an indicator of anything because the results can be manipulated.

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chuck April 06, 2009 19:52:31

No, it is going to hell in a handbasket

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America is in real danger from Obama one world governemt

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justfred to chuck April 06, 2009 22:32:47

Another candidate for the tin foil hat club?

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Ms. Mom... to justfred April 07, 2009 17:37:05

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Try reading the table I posted above; Just try and refute facts.

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justfred to Ms. Mom... April 07, 2009 22:13:20

I read it, but I was already aware of it. The CBO is predicting a slower growth rate than the Obama administration. No one has a crystal ball, and no one knows who is right, but the important thing is that (when you look at the graph) both show a significant decrease in the deficit and an economic comeback in the short term.

If things go well, then the Obama estimates will be applicable, if they don't go so well, then the CBO ones might be on the mark - but, there is also the possibllity that they could do better than the Obama estimates which means that they would really look good on the back end.

Now, if we did nothing and just tried to let the market correct - well, historically it doesn't look so good. Look at the period between October 1929 (stock market crash) and January 1933 (Roosevelt takes office).

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Ms. Mom... to chuck April 07, 2009 17:36:40

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Check the table above - Obama's budget doubles the current U.S. debt over the next 10 years - Soros wants the dollar replaced with the SDR's of the IMF!!!

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justfred to Ms. Mom... April 07, 2009 22:14:28

Who cares what Soros wants. I want a martini that tastes like a milkshake, kicks like a mule and doesn't leave a hangover.

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Pearl April 05, 2009 09:08:37

No, it is going to hell in a handbasket

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I think the polls are full of horse pucky!

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THEZEBRA April 04, 2009 18:28:49

Yes, it is headed in the right direction

EVERYONE CAN BLAME BUSH FOR MAKING IT BAD IN THE FIRST PLACE...THANK GOD SOMEONE GOOD WAS ELECTED TO OFFICE...NOW WE CAN TRY AND GET OUT OF THE MESS THAT BUSH PUT US IN...

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Flash G... to THEZEBRA April 04, 2009 20:13:34

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Thank God someone good elected into office ? What in h-- are you talking about. Anyone that will disregards our Constitution is not good! And have you heard how he put-down our nation. I'm proud to be an American, and I don't gave a dam for any one that thumbs their nose to this nation, even if it happens to be our president.

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THEZEBRA to Flash G... April 04, 2009 20:53:11

he doesnt disregard the constitution

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Flash G... to THEZEBRA April 04, 2009 23:43:38 (edited)

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So why has he not made his birth certificate public. Our Constitution states you must be of US berth. And he has singed bills into law that have no bases in the constitution. Law that are not lawful. This is not good!

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THEZEBRA to Flash G... April 04, 2009 23:46:31

he is of American birth...we all know that....you people are just clutching at straws....that is why you all are so mean to everyone else~!!!

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Flash G... to THEZEBRA April 04, 2009 23:55:53

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Sorry but a berth certificate has never be made public. that's the truth. Not what you've been told to belive. That means that he may not be American, and he has not followed the law.

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justfred to Flash G... April 05, 2009 06:17:29

His birth certificate is valid, public, legal and Hawaiian. That's the truth. He is an American, he followed the law.

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Ms. Mom... to justfred April 07, 2009 19:05:25

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No one knows the truth because Obama has sealed most of his records, including the vaulted copy of his birth certificate.

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justfred to Ms. Mom... April 08, 2009 21:58:54

There is a differnce between 'sealing' records and not giving permission for access to every reichwing wackjob in the country.

Case in point - (then) Governor Bush actually SEALED his Texas arrest record.

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justfred to Flash G... April 05, 2009 06:16:27

He has, flash....he has.

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