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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Aug 1, 2008 21:50
On Aug 1, 7:27Â pm, "tooly" bellsouth.net> wrote:
> "Sir Frederick" fuzzysys.com> wrote in message
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> news:1gl4949hhskehqvlgv3j9sfea4jvl32jot@4ax.com...
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>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:13:57 -0700 (PDT), T-minus108 gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>Or was he just drugged and thrown in a cave?
>
>> You may practice any story you wish.
>> Others here do so. Look at the posts.
>
> There are those who argue our landing on the moon is just a 'story' too.
>
> Wow, I listened to this preacher yesterday...on the tele...a guy named
> Murdock. Â Now this guy was good...real good. Â I thought I was pretty immune
> to snake oil salesmen...but wow...this guy was excellent [I keep repeating
> don't I...but he was good]. Â He said some really great things...so Sir, if
> you ever get to hear this Preacher Murdock [I think he's associated with
> some character named Crello or something]...it is amazing how he might even
> have YOU eating out of his hand.
>
> Of course, it sours somewhere in the middle when he gets to the 'show me the
> money' spiel, ha. Â A real shame...for he had the gift and could really do
> some good for religion. Â But these assholes always got to drop back and punt
> for the money somehow...so it all goes naught. Â Murdock...listen to him;
> you'll be intrigued [not to believe anything he says, but the artform he has
> honed out of salesmanship...wow, this guy was good, ha]. Â He could
> definitely have the eskimos buying ice cubes...even the entire refrigerator.
>
> Hmmm...shamen as salespeople. Â Sales as an artform? Â Are we not all
> salesmen?
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