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out there. His MFA degree either stands for “Minds F-ing Altered” or better yet “Missing Fundamental Appendages”. Surely you can do better.
The last Triple Crown winner for the ponies was Affirmed in 1978. EVERY year since If Augusta had better then, as soon the winning public city bus service more horse crosses the finish businesses would move to line at The Kentucky Derby, Augusta. This means the that horse gets thrown into economy would improve. Augusta would actually be a the “Triple Crown” talk. It’s more jobs, more money. pretty nice place to live if it called “marketing” people. Enough already. Who the hell were not for the high crime, Do you think ORB is going to really win the Triple is Josh Ruffin blowing at the the corrupt politicians and the fact that the place smells Crown? Really? Now, if you’ll Spirit to deem a full page? I cant believe you cant find like a turd most of the time. excuse me, I’ve got to go more entertaining writers
get my $600 million dollar winning Power-Ball tickets for tonight. A horse is horse of coarse of coarse.... Either you have no true spirit or your afraid of her reguardless you edit your whines which is in bad etiquette ..... But what would I know I view in technicolor not “leave it to beaver “
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Independently Thinking: Bowles considers state Senate run Dead Aim: Grovetown teen takes area dart title by skewering his adult competition TSPLOST and Found: Riverwatch expansion finds traction with tax New Shoreline: Riverkeeper to convince commission her plan is right
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