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Old 05-09-2008, 08:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Sure was created along time ago! Some much for all these folks who think they're so much smarter and brighter than folks in the past!
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Old 05-10-2008, 12:07 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Some much for all these folks who think they're so much smarter and brighter than folks in the past!

But the Democrats still won't let them use it for voting in Ohio in 2008! Even if it does leave a paper trail and off-line storage of the results.
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