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> The only ones who think it matters are the lefties in this country - they
> fondly imagine that our opinion carries weight around...

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>> Hey Popeye

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>> Inconsequential it certainly is.  A shithole it is not.
>> The only ones who think it matters are the lefties in this country - they
>> fondly imagine that our opinion carries weight around the world.  I

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>> came back from Nevada/Nthn Az/SoCal and in nearly a month of reading the

> LA

>> Times, the only mention of Oz was re the Australian Open tennis.

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>> I agree with you on the cheap seats stuff, the envy stuff, the fact that ...