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Sunday, January 04, 2009


Harry Reid Says Bush Is The Worst President We’ve Ever Had

Which is exactly the sort of send-off for any Republican president you’d expect a hack like Reid to give:

WASHINGTON (CNN) – As the nation prepares for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, a leading Democrat is not letting up in his criticism of President George W. Bush.

“I really do believe President Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

I’m not going to defend Bush’s record as President because I do think it’s been pretty bad.  Bailouts?  Expansion of government entitlements?  Expansion of government in general?  A refusal to use his executive veto powers to slow spending?  There are a lot of very good reasons to dislike Bush, and to think he’s been a bad President, but the worst President in history?

Names like “Hoover” and “Johnson” (both of ‘em) come to mind before George W. Bush, but that’s worth debating.

What amazes me is why Reid thinks Bush has been a bad President:

Reid pointed to Bush’s failed plan to privatize the Social Security program and also said Bush “has done his very best to destroy Medicare” in order support his assessment of Bush’s presidency.

So because Bush tried to fix the two biggest domestic threats facing this country - run-away spending on Social Security and Medicare - he’s the worst President in history?

With Democrats in charge again I doubt we’ll see any progress toward fixing those programs, but that doesn’t mean hacks like Reid get to conveniently forget just how much of a problem they represent.  For all the carping we do about government spending on things like the war in Iraq and Congressional pay and bailouts, it’s worth remembering that we spend over $1 trillion a year on entitlements in this country, and Social Security and Medicare represent the largest chunks of that spending.

That $1 trillion, in fact, is more than the rest of the world (including us) spends on all the war and all the military that exists.

That’s a problem, and I’ll never accuse any President of being a bad leader for trying to rein that in.

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the response to this is pithy enough,Harry Reid is an Idiot

leon francis on January 4, 2009 at 11:45 am

How many times has America been attacked since 9/11? What about holding firm to tax cuts which enabled us to withstand the attacks on America on 9/11, the corporate scandals, a three front war (really four, he had to wage war against the Democrats too) and some other victories, yes even a great military victory in Iraq? What about Jimmy Carter?

I am very unhappy about Bush on many fronts (immigration comes to mind) and a Republican run Congress that spent money like drunken sailors; but history will rank him as a moderately successful POTUS, and Reid should rank as the worst Senate Majority leader in modern times.


In keeping silent about evil, in burying it deep within us, so that it appears nowhere on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The Gulag Archipelago

Neiman on January 4, 2009 at 11:50 am
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at least he has better approval ratings than Harry and the corrupt democrat congress

erick1740 on January 4, 2009 at 11:55 am

Reid pointed to Bush’s failed plan to privatize the Social Security program and also said Bush “has done his very best to destroy Medicare” in order support his assessment of Bush’s presidency.

Has Reid forgotten that he and his fellow entitlement socialists in congress fought against cleaning up these two programs?

Mickey on January 4, 2009 at 02:14 pm

He’s absolutely right.


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Conservatisme est mort.
Conservatorismo è morto.
Konservatismus ist tot.
Kонсерватизм мертва.
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DINO on January 4, 2009 at 02:22 pm
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I’m as conservative as it gets… and I’d rate Bush in the bottom five.

brenarlo on January 4, 2009 at 02:26 pm

I agree.  Bush is the worst president we’ve had in eight years.

Carrick on January 4, 2009 at 02:53 pm

Harry Reid is the worst is the worst senate majority leader we ever had.

AR-15 on January 4, 2009 at 03:15 pm
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Bush has been a big disappointment to me, as was his father (something in the genes?)  However, for Harry Reid to be casting aspersions at Bush, he is making himself the #1 hypocrite on the planet.  Harry Reid is a despicable little POS.  A wussie little mouse of a bitchy man who is a disgrace even to the scumbag halls of Congress. As the saying goes: “Freedom isn’t free”, and this is one of the costs, having to endure slimy little talking twits like Reid.

Ken S on January 4, 2009 at 03:31 pm

If Reid say’s it, it is more then likely wrong , this guy could be called wrong way peach fuzz, Wrong way was a character on the Rocket J. Squirrel show and he would unerringly go the wrong way . I disagree with some things Bush has done, but to not be attacked since 9/11 is not an accident . It came about by hard work and perseverance in the face of unlimited attacks on his own person .The news media did the same thing only not as bad to Reagan .Reagan had a way about him and met insult with injury, Bush never defends him self and that is one of the things I have against him. A trillion dollars has changed hands from us to the wall street crowd with more coming . why not be upset about that .


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welder4 on January 4, 2009 at 03:44 pm

Harry Reid is one of the biggest putzs ever to be in the Senate. I read recently that Harry is going to have a tough fight defending his senate seat. I know I would donate money to have this uninspiring moron thrown out of office.


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goon on January 4, 2009 at 04:06 pm

You might have heard that before Obama took Nevada. Thanks to republican failures, corruption and destruction of the economy, Nevada is now BLUE.


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Conservatisme est mort.
Conservatorismo è morto.
Konservatismus ist tot.
Kонсерватизм мертва.
保守性は死んでいます

DINO on January 4, 2009 at 04:13 pm

I hereby declare Harry Reid the biggest pussy on earth. There.

And shut the fuck up Dino, I hear your mother calling you.


“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”—Ronald Reagan

Claude on January 4, 2009 at 04:15 pm

Pinky"Mussolini"Reid is criticizing who? Mr Fascist Asshole Reid actually has the gall to say a single word about ANYONE!?!?


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2Hotel9 on January 4, 2009 at 04:27 pm

The pot calling the kettle black.


The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money…..
Margaret Thatcher

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe .
Thomas Jefferson


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richNJ on January 4, 2009 at 04:46 pm
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We all know he’s bad. “(W)orst president we’ve ever had” is hyperbole, but convenient shorthand. No one alive had to watch Milford Filmore or James Buchanan smirk his way through a press conference after the latest disaster so there is little context for the average American to make an “all-time worst president” judgment.

Is W. worst U.S. president in modern memory? If you take Lyndon Johnson’s war record and Jimmy Carter’s economic record and then throw in the epic mismanagement of the largest natural disaster in American history, you have a pretty good approximation of Bush’s place in post-war presidential rankings.

The sniveling majority leader Reid bears at least some share of the responsibility as the current State of The Union is definitely the result of a team effort. Congress repeatedly failed to meet its obligations as a check on executive power over the last eight years.

Abe Stalin on January 4, 2009 at 05:33 pm

Clinton is the worst, but Obama will probably surpass him in that.  We’re going to need all our individual independence to survive Obamunism as a free country.


If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

robert108 on January 4, 2009 at 06:03 pm

I dislike Clinton, but he’s far from the worst president we’ve ever had.

Honestly take a step back, and ask yourself how you were doing financially in the Clinton administration, compared to how you are doing now.

Eddie_the_Hated on January 4, 2009 at 06:40 pm

Honestly take a step back, and ask yourself how you were doing financially in the Clinton administration, compared to how you are doing now.—

A meaningless metric.  The coward Clinton tilted us more toward socialism, refused to go after AQ after they bombed the WTC in ‘93, thus enabling their growth from some crazies to a fullblown international terrorist organization, and by doing that, Clinton enabled 9/11 and many other terrorist attacks all over the world.  What could be worse than that?  Except for the fact that FDR wasn’t afraid to fight our enemies, I would rate him lower than Clinton, because he brought communism to the USA.  Shame on them both!

As far as the economics go, Clinton, with his leftie pirate economics, plundered our economy, and ramped up affirmative action social engineering home loan mandates, which finally exploded last year.  Clinton’s entire economy, with his nosebleed tax increases, was one big bubble.  It started to burst just as he absconded from DC, with the White House furniture.


If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

robert108 on January 4, 2009 at 06:57 pm

Honestly take a step back, and ask yourself how you were doing financially in the Clinton administration, compared to how you are doing now.

Dear Magnum PI,
I’m doing way better now than when bubba Clinton was POTUS. And as an added bonus, My 2nd Amendment rights aren’t under seige by a gun hating, uninformed idiot.
If having a few more $ in your pocket temporarily is more important than your Constitutionally guaranteed rights, keep voting Liberal. Yes, I said Liberal not democrat. Obama would make a real Dem blow chunks.

AR-15 on January 4, 2009 at 07:10 pm

Harriet Reed is a blowveating, bloated blowhard…enough said

Kramer on January 4, 2009 at 07:25 pm

Sorry, Kramer here again, my wife says that there’s two t’s at the end of Harriett Reed, I think I’m right, but the boss says other wise…this could become a problem for yours turely

Kramer on January 4, 2009 at 07:34 pm

A meaningless metric.

Ask most Americans. They’ll tell you differently, and at the end of the day, the majority of the American voting population are very moderate. They didn’t care that Obama had socialist tendencies did they?

, refused to go after AQ after they bombed the WTC in ‘93, thus enabling their growth from some crazies to a fullblown international terrorist organization, and by doing that, Clinton enabled 9/11 and many other terrorist attacks all over the world.  What could be worse than that?  Except for the fact that FDR wasn’t afraid to fight our enemies, I would rate him lower than Clinton, because he brought communism to the USA.  Shame on them both!

...Way to straw-man there buddy. I asked you whether you did better financially under Clinton than as of right now. You spent an entire paragraph, and I didn’t get a single answer to my question.

As far as the economics go, Clinton, with his leftie pirate economics, plundered our economy,

Plundering via budget surplus… eeeenteresting.

I’m doing way better now than when bubba Clinton was POTUS. And as an added bonus, My 2nd Amendment rights aren’t under seige by a gun hating, uninformed idiot.

See? Now there we go, perfectly logical, clear-cut response, but wait! There’s more:

keep voting Liberal. Yes, I said Liberal not democrat. Obama would make a real Dem blow chunks.

Aaaaah! You were so close AR! Next time, let’s not try to assume, because as we know, assumptions make an ass out of u and me.

Oh, and as a small note:

I’m not eligible to vote.
I’ve never supported a liberal candidate for president.
My family did significantly worse under the Clinton administration.

Eddie_the_Hated on January 4, 2009 at 07:43 pm

ass out of u and me.

Good one EtH.

AR-15 on January 4, 2009 at 07:59 pm

...Way to straw-man there buddy.

Wrong!  You raised the straw man of making it about “the economy”.  The real question here is “Who was the worst President?”  The President has limited influence on the economy, all of it bad, so that is a meaningless metric, as I have already said.  The President, as Chief Executive and CIC of the Armed Forces, is directly responsible for the safety of our country, and Clinton was a miserable failure there, as I have also already explained.

Plundering via budget surplus…

Wrong again!  There was no “budget surplus”; it was a ten year projection, based on Clinton’s continued program of gutting our national defense and intel budgets to feed the social engineering pig.  Besides, a “budget surplus” is actually overtaxation.  Figure it out.  None of his economic schemes were any good, and we are still suffering from the aftereffects of his incompetence.  His intel cuts directly enabled 9/11.


If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

robert108 on January 4, 2009 at 08:04 pm

Harry Reid, you are a corrupt, nasty little weasel!

Liberty on January 4, 2009 at 09:54 pm

And furthermore, Harry nasty Reid, you are not worthy enough to polish George W. Bush’s shoes.

Liberty on January 4, 2009 at 09:55 pm

Let us put it this way, has he done this?

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.

If nothing else, then he is not treasonous. This is more than can be said about another of our presidents, who has given if not aid, then comfort to our enemies. Anyone think that Bush is worse than Carter? (besides Reality Based Bob, Dino, Hannitized, or Man Train. I personally don’t care what the heck your opinions are)


“My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.” Ronald Reagan (said in a radio microphone test 1984)

“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.” Samuel Adams

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

Socks on January 4, 2009 at 11:29 pm

Don’t forget that Congress’ approval ratings are lower than Bush’s!


“My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.” Ronald Reagan (said in a radio microphone test 1984)

“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.” Samuel Adams

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

Socks on January 4, 2009 at 11:30 pm

Half of Congress is republican and the peoples’ image of Congress was shaped by years of republicans in power.

I wouldn’t hold my breath for big republican gains in 2010, either. Watch as democrats and Obama rake those walking a-holes over the coals starting Jan 21st. I heard Waxman just today talking about hearings to investigate the bush admin lies that led us to war.

There will be more. And the deeper the pain America is feeling the more republican blood they’ll demand. You do realize that nixon resigned during a very deep, ugly recession in 74, right? With the recession we’re expecting, we might be hunting republicans with DOGS by 2010. LOL!


Conservadurismo está muerto.
Conservatisme est mort.
Conservatorismo è morto.
Konservatismus ist tot.
Kонсерватизм мертва.
保守性は死んでいます

DINO on January 4, 2009 at 11:41 pm

I heard Waxman just today talking about hearings to investigate the bush admin lies that led us to war.

There will be more. And the deeper the pain America is feeling the more republican blood they’ll demand. You do realize that nixon resigned during a very deep, ugly recession in 74, right? With the recession we’re expecting, we might be hunting republicans with DOGS by 2010. LOL!

It isn’t going to happen that weasel Waxman is a piece of shit and the dems know if they start a string of investigation turn about is fair play and will start a precedent that they don’t want. The American people don’t want a bunch of meaningless show trials that do nothing. If anything the dems are going to over reach and will minority party soon if they keep up with their inept ways.


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goon on January 5, 2009 at 12:57 am

Honestly take a step back, and ask yourself how you were doing financially in the Clinton administration, compared to how you are doing now.

if i have any more of this bush recession, ill have to add even more workers (hired another 2 weeks ago) and sleep even less than i do now. and I dont sleep much.

my peer group and i often joke about this; none, repeat, none of my friends have ever had it better than they do now. even with the stock market tanking (and ive lost MUCHO money, but we all know it will come back so who really cares?) were all MUCH better off.


A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Thomas Jefferson

Mine is better than ours.
Benjamin Franklin

jimmypop on January 5, 2009 at 01:21 am

1:21 am? its actually 2:44 am. what kind of server does this thing run on?


A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Thomas Jefferson

Mine is better than ours.
Benjamin Franklin

jimmypop on January 5, 2009 at 01:23 am

jimmypop:

my peer group and i often joke about this; none, repeat, none of my friends have ever had it better than they do now. even with the stock market tanking (and ive lost MUCHO money, but we all know it will come back so who really cares?) were all MUCH better off.

Same here. 

And I’d venture to say that would be the same for most Americans, people like Dino who work minimum wage jobs excluded.

Carrick on January 5, 2009 at 01:25 am

people like Dino who work minimum wage jobs excluded.

sorry, but nobody works for min wage for more than a month or two. the home of the big mac paid $7.50 to start three or four years ago up here. im guessing its closer to $8 now.


A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Thomas Jefferson

Mine is better than ours.
Benjamin Franklin

jimmypop on January 5, 2009 at 01:31 am

My favorite part of this meme econ meme is the fact that Democrats assumed the majority in Congress in January ‘07, economy collapse began 41 days later.

jimmy, the time shift may be caused by where your ISP is. Mine is in the same time zone as me, but is one removed from where Rob’s is. Are you on the Left Coast?


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2Hotel9 on January 5, 2009 at 04:16 am
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There is a fistful of names through American history who were terrible Presidents, the successful dumbing down of the populace makes it pretty easy to forget or be completely ignorant. Though I’d personally put Bush43 on that list, he is far from the standout.

Politically speaking we have the false “glory” of FDR to thank for the modern socialist surge in American politics and it’s wide acceptance. His template was the labor unions and his keen knowledge that the media had more to do with public opinion than any political moves. It took a planet-wide war to yank America out of his sabotage of our economy. His legacy lives on and is still feeding the mentality of the Left. To collectivists that would make him one of the best, but the Left thrives on false image and revisionist history…

NoJelly on January 5, 2009 at 06:48 am
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If I recall correctly, Obama didn’t have two nickles to rub together. He didn’t come into any $$$ until Bush took office and turned things around.

jkpv on January 5, 2009 at 06:58 am

My favorite part of this meme econ meme is the fact that Democrats assumed the majority in Congress in January ‘07, economy collapse began 41 days later.


I thought you nutters always ranted about how it takes a year or more for a policy to take affect.

Now it takes less than two months?

Nutter, get your stories straight.


Telling one lie or even consistently lying about one subject…doesn’t make you a liar…

robert108 on May 18, 2009 at 03:23 pm

“You have absolutely no reason, none, to trust our word or our actions at this point.”

Titular gop Head Mr. Steele


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realitybasedbob on January 5, 2009 at 07:08 am

As other people have noted, nobody earns minimum wage for more than a couple of months. Even so, one shouldn’t forget waiters, waitresses, taxi drivers, and other jobs where the majority of the income is from tips. Their wages are kept intentionally low to offset their income in tips.


“My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.” Ronald Reagan (said in a radio microphone test 1984)

“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.” Samuel Adams

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

Socks on January 5, 2009 at 07:14 am

“I really do believe President Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

This is the vitriol that goes on and is accepted as the political machine in our great nation, that country men is the sad tale of it.

I am not in favor of this division any longer Washington has to shape up this bitter hatered for the other side, hell just the other guy/gal even in your camp is not the way to get things done.

Why is there such a divide among what WE THE PEOPLE think is the great US ideas that we could all hold true and all work for, thats what I want to hear and thats what I want to vote on or for.

Our country will destroy itself as all great empires have from within.


F. A. Fiorello

Frank A. Fiorello on January 5, 2009 at 11:20 am

Our country isn’t an “empire”.


If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

robert108 on January 5, 2009 at 11:23 am

boob, you were the one who told us that IMMEDIATELY upon gaining the majority in Congress that the Democrats were in charge, Nov 5, 2006. Were you simply lying yet again?


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2Hotel9 on January 5, 2009 at 12:15 pm
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Dino, cool avatar. Which one of the Ambiguously Gay Duo are you?

John D on January 5, 2009 at 10:50 pm

RBB:

I thought you nutters always ranted about how it takes a year or more for a policy to take affect.

Must be a bitch to have your own logic used against you.

Carrick on January 6, 2009 at 01:00 am
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Well HArry.. That is not saying much when the worst performing Senate and Congress exist at the same time..

Walt Baschnagel on February 10, 2009 at 12:59 pm
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I feel bad that you said those things to me… You hurt my feelings Harry Reid and because I found this site, You’re not spending christmas with me and my family..

Another thing, I will be president again…

And wtf is with this site saying christmas is spelled wrong?

George W. Bush on June 19, 2009 at 11:54 pm
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I’m going to go enjoy myself right now..
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George W. Bush on June 19, 2009 at 11:57 pm

Its called “spellcheck” knucklehead. Mrs Laura? Smack him for me!


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2Hotel9 on June 20, 2009 at 04:21 am
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So maybe it is called spellcheck but christmas is spelled correctly….. And it told me that it was wrong….

George W. Bush on June 20, 2009 at 06:21 pm
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So maybe it is called spellcheck but christmas is spelled correctly….. And it told me that it was wrong…. So you get it right! My feelings are hurt bad enough with what Reid said to me…

George W. Bush on June 20, 2009 at 06:23 pm

You did spell it wrong. It is spelled C-h-a-n-g-e-m-a-s, as in “Hopey Changemas, Everybody!” Didn’t you get the memo from Barri?


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2Hotel9 on June 21, 2009 at 02:18 am

And your not gonna tell Mrs Laura I asked her to smack you, are ya?


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2Hotel9 on June 21, 2009 at 01:35 pm
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