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College Coach Behind Viral Postgame Speech Calling on Obama to Take Action After CT Shooting Explains Himself

Dec. 20, 2012 11:53am Billy Hallowell

Winthrop University head basketball coach Pat Kelsey is making headlines across America after unleashing an impassioned post-game speech about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. During his emotional appeal, Kelsey implored President Barack Obama and other leaders to stand up and take action to prevent future violence and loss. This morning, he appeared on Blaze radio with host Joe Pags to discuss his noteworthy reaction.

Pags, who is filling in for Glenn Beck, asked the coach to describe what led to his epic commentary that has now gone viral. Kelsey responded by recalling how he first heard the news on Friday about the Connecticut school shooting, noting that it instantly made him sick to his stomach and stopped him in his tracks.

Pat Kelsey Urges Obama to Prevent Future Violence | Sandy Hook

Pat Kelsey speaks to fans as he is introduced as the new Winthrop men’s basketball coach during an news conference at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, S.C. on Thursday, April 5, 2012. Credit: AP

“In our society it seems like…you’re almost numb to some of these crazy things that happen,” he said.

However, the fact that children were involved separated this incident from others, making Kelsey so physically ill that he “almost threw up.” The Winthrop coach said that, like many other national tragedies, the Sandy Hook massacre is something that he will “never, ever forget.”

As he prepared for the games that came just days after the shooting, he described doing so with a heavy heart, noting that the rampage felt personal (Kelsey has two children of his own — a four and a five-year-old).

COLUMBUS, OH – DECEMBER 18: Head Coach Pat Kelsey of the Winthrop Eagles shouts instructions to his team in the first half against the Ohio State Buckeyes on December 18, 2012 at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State defeated Winthrop 65-55. Credit: Getty Images

After speaking about the game at the now-infamous press conference following his team’s loss, he was asked if he had anything else to say. It was at that moment that his epic commentary was unleashed.

“I don’t know if it was divine intervention, because I’m definitely not that eloquent of a speaker,” he said. “And I’m not trying to pat myself on the back…but something spoke through me…”

He called America the “greatest country in the history of civilization” and said that he hopes that society adapts to continue making this notion a reality. As for President Obama, while he didn’t vote for him, Kelsey said that he is the leader of the nation who can tackle this issue.

As for how adults can assist young people, the coach said that following Jesus’ lead will help sway young people in the right direction. Listen to his interview, below:

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kens
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:21pm
This is not the way to get favorable notice from a Division One school, coach.

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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:21pm
  Yes, Yes Dear Leader,
  
  Please take action now. Please ignore that old constitution, and the Bill of Rights, being these are rights from God, and rights that you took an oath to support and protect.
  
  Please come out of the closet as the full blown Marxist that we all know you really are.
  
  Please do away with the guns, because we know that you will not be able to take the Bibles, and send Children to re-education camps, until you first take the guns.
  
  We know that the socialists in the past like Hitler, Mao, Stalin took guns, alone with socializing medicine, and redistributing wealth.
  
  We believe in your Dear Leader, not throw that old Constitution away, ignore the founding fathers, and take away what George Washington called the teeth of liberty (guns).
  
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- TheCalmOne
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:42pm
  Hitler was a socialist? Because the word “socialist” appears in the name of the Nazi Party? That has to be one of the most insane things I have read on this site, and I’ve read a few. Nazism was a form of far-right fascism, as the slightest amount of research will confirm. You can start with the Wikipedia page:
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:18pm
  TheCalmOne, they’re all varying degrees of the same thing, with the exception of communism being international rather than national. None recognize individual rights or personal property rights. In all, the individual exists for the state, not the other way around.
  
  Capitalism is the counter to communism, socialism, fascism. Anarchy is extreme capitalism.
  
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- kenboo1
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:28pm
  TheCalmOne – WTF are you thinking… OK so now Wikipedia is our standard of knowledge? I guess history should be fluid the way revisionists keep changing it.. I wouldn’t site Wikipedia as my source cause someone could go there and change it tomorrow…
  
  As for what took over him – was his estrogen was raging after the loss, his tampon was irritating his mangina and he was really starting to feel guilty about only working 3 hours a day… Those tense moments on a microphone are a bitch when you can’t explain your performance so you obfuscate the truth and divert…
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 7:40pm
  TheClamOne
  
  Did you know Hitler socialized medicine? Do you know he socialized the auto industry? Do you know he was for disarming the civilian population?
  
  Socialism is socialism, be it in the form of Marxism, Communism, or Fascism.
  
  Watch this little clip, and learn something
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=rrjU-HBkmLE
  
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- ZengaPA65
  Posted on December 22, 2012 at 6:04am
  Pat Kelsey= typical jock, not one intelligible thing to say.
  
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jungle J
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:58pm
moany coaches and rabid sports fans are problematic to an unstable society. They live in a world designed to escape to while other do the heavy lifting in society. You have to be sane to understand reality.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:09pm
  Sports are the distraction, appeasement. The Romans did the same with their extravagant coliseum events. People really are stupid, even the educated.
  
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mcsledge
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:38pm
“I don’t know if it was divine intervention, because I’m definitely not that eloquent of a speaker,” he said. “And I’m not trying to pat myself on the back…but something spoke through me…”

The problem with America is not GUNS! The problem with America is that we don’t respect life (abortions), we don’t respect others, we don’t respect the rights and property of others, we are irresponsible, we are immoral and we are in a state of degeneracy.

O, and by the way, Obama’s little contraceptive measure has promoted more sexual relations outside of marriage, which will mean even more abortions, more illigitimate children, more single parents, more crime, more abuse, more disrespect, and more violence.

You may be passionate about life, but your ignorant about what truly impacts it.

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- naughtycal
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:58pm
  It’s about time someone cut through the BS……thank you
  
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- steveou01
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:24pm
  In his post game remarks, he never said guns were the problem. I am disappointed to see so many folks on this site jumping down his throat. He’s not some dumb lib like we are used to dealing with.
  
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- Tom K
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:01pm
  @ MCSLEDGE : The slain children of Newtown were fortunate to be born in the first place. In our misguided society that murders our unborn children and THEN imports a near equal number of Illegals to fill-out the population, we have earned God’s punishment. God has removed His protective hand from America and there will literally be hell to pay. Thanks coach for sobering up a few Americans out there.
  
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Ironeagle
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:34pm
I’ll tell you what spoke through you: the spirit of progressivism and never leta good crisis go to waist, you turd.

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DogTags
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:31pm
It was demon that spoke through him if he wants Obama and the federal government to do something about it.

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- patbarker
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:06pm
  AMEN!!! you nailed it!!
  
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hauschild
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:17pm
Poor idiot doesn’t realize he’s an idiot.

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modilly
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:15pm
How ironic: He mentions divine intervention, Jesus Christ and then turns to his real god, Government.

Government can’t fix this problem. Only a change taking place in men’s hearts and that’s God’s purview.

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- Elena2010
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:25pm
  Absolutely correct.
  
  Laws never changed the heart of one human being on the planet. They serve to tell us what is tolerable conduct in public.
  
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- mcsledge
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:39pm
  Well stated.
  
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- OUTLAW_WEALTH
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:35pm
  You are correct. The heart and the head must work together. All heart and no head, and our God given liberty will soon be dead.
  
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auntmoxie.com
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:11pm
I am clearly living in a parallel universe because I don’t get why we’re lauding these people who call for the president to “do something.” Implicit in the “do something” cry is the assumption that guns are the problem. Ever seen what happens to crime when people are allowed to carry concealed weapons?
Maybe we should ask the president to “do something” about liberal policies that undermine the family and religion, while giving law breakers a slap on the hand if not a free pass.

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- naughtycal
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:05pm
  You’re right fact is the Constitution doesn’t give the president any of the powers they idiots are asking him to use…..Congress writes the laws (legislative branch)and the Constitution control the areas in which Congress can write said laws,the President can sign the law or send it back with the chances he would like to add befoer he’ll sign. If Congress disagree with the presidents changes 2/3 vote can override it and pass it without his signiture. If the law passed is in opposition to the Constitution the Supreme Court can rule it be vacated……our system is checks and balances not DICTORIAL
  
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wolverine
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:10pm
Just remember “God made big men and God made small men but Sam Colt made the equalizer”. I have no intention giving up my right to the equalizer because some jerk lives in a protected situation says I should.

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AmericanStrega
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:32pm
Why do people like this coach think his opinions are the absolute truth as opposed to those of us who don’t get air time?

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The_Jerk
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:31pm
Hey, I’m guilty of attacking the messenger many times too, and yes, maybe he was grandstanding. But, “Houston we have a problem;” a behavioral problem, a mental illness problem, problems that are fed by schools, Hollywood, television, and government/courts.

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- Elena2010
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:29pm
  You are correct.
  
  Underlying cause of all the force-fed crap of society lies in that society told God and His rules to take a hike.
  
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jakartaman
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:26pm
I want a total ban on all guns and ammo
A civilized society does not need primitive killing instruments – and that is all guns are for -killing
There should be an immediate confiscation law passed and executed across this yahoo shoot em country.

Everyone should turn in their guns (EXCEPT ME)

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:40pm
  You’re a fool. You remind me of the doctor who misdiagnosed a lung cancer for a pneumonia. He keeps changing the antibiotic because it’s not working. Then, by the time he orders a CT scan of the chest, it’s too late. The patient will die.
  
  The problem is not guns. The problem is mental illness, where those with it grow up in a society of graphic Hollywood violence, graphic Hollywood sex, computer game violence, television violence, destroyed standards in education, destroyed traditions in society, and an environment of unconditional tolerance. Add all of that to the abolition of institutionalization, and lawyers of perpetual suits, and you get the results that you now see.
  
  Completely predictable.
  
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- s.n.
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:46pm
  and me
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:46pm
  Sorry, missed the sarcasm.
  
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- checkmate0831
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:54pm
  @Jerk – There might have been a bit of satire in there…He did say for everyone to give up his guns..except him! LOL
  
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banjarmon
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:24pm
Hey coach you start by being a Army of one and teach the kids you coach RESPECT and RESPONSIBILITY!

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dont_drive_slow_in_the_left_lane_obliviot
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:22pm
it was intervention allright, but it wasn’t divine.

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LatvianinUS
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:22pm
Their enrollment is down, so they needed to put their name out, and this was the way. What an Obama zombie.

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Gregory_Adams
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:22pm
Winthrop is also a radically liberal school, and recently attacked conservatives that watch Fox News in a tainted study. Surprised, not.

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sbenard
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:19pm
Is his team as big a loser as he is?

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SiKa7x
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:13pm
this guy is a nobody. he was a nobody. he gets a mic for a night because they play a powerhouse OSU and he gets to grandstand a bit and makes headlines for it. in a month hes back to a nobody. its his nice 15 min of fame and soon those who even bothered to write this story wont care anymore

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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:20pm
  He’s too emeshed in the Authority and Servant role, being a coach I guess this is understandable. He clearly doesn’t grasp that “the President” is not “the Dictator” and has very limited Constitutional authority to fix anything. He’s not empowered frankly to be able to do more than bully pulpit and urge Congress to act.
  
  I do know the reality of the day however, and if Obama can release a diktat that tries to disarm us, we can thank people like this coach for empowering him by using a big microphone to imply that he has powers he does not.
  
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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:24pm
  It was super natural alright it was a demon speaking through him. He needs to stick with coaching and not matters he knows nothing about
  
  Jesus Christ told his followers to buy SWORDS
  
  Luke 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
  
  So it could not be God speaking through Him because God Himself has already spoke in the scriptures
  
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Red Meat
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:11pm
Some people feel that they need to be in the spotlight. This hypocrite is one of them.

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:36pm
  Let’s wait and see if starts running for some office. Just what we need another pandering emotional moron in public office.
  
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The_Jerk
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:10pm
These idiots. If you want to prevent violence, and I mean make a real difference in the rates, then you’ll start with our educational system. You’ll get back to teaching basics. You’ll get back to objective grading and not Standards Based Grading. You’ll stop tearing down our traditions, that became traditions because they were shown to work. You’ll stop giving trophies to both losers and winners, because the real world’s not like that. You’ll get back to standards in Hollywood and television, removing the soft porn and violence.

There’s lots that can be done, but the debase in our culture are simply giving lip service, and attacking the weapons used, without attacking the root cause.

Finally, get back to institutionalization. This is a behavioral problem. Only changes that control, change, behavior can work. Not guns.

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- booger71
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:09pm
  When that “behavioral problem” comes through my window or door to harm me, my gun will do quite nicely. Thanks for playing, but no trophy for you.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:18pm
  Booger71, don’t misunderstand. I am opposed to all forms of gun control. My point is that fools, and destroyers of freedom, focus on weapons, because they are tangible. They bank on the stupidity of our general population, that can be defined as show-and-tell intelligence.
  
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RaydocX
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:08pm
this is the coach whose team was involved in the most talked about brawl in sports last year…

hypocrisy?

and sadly, too many people will take what he said to be an endorsement of WHATEVER BHO chooses to do about the situation, irregardless of whether it has logical merit, is rationally generated, or in implementation has a prayer of working…

ban assault rifles? unenforceable… illegal deliveries will supplant that of weed from the open border
waiting list? won’t address stolen guns being used… only applicable to domestic violence solutions.
magazine limits? magazines can be created or modified… and multiple magazines will accomplish the same thing
tax bullets? EPA regulation of bullets? RELOADING, and more encouragement to steal ammunition or encourage a black market in ammunition
‘encourage’ lawsuits against firearms manufacturers? so much for affordable weapons, including for the government, and without any appreciable benefit to the victims or their families… only the lawyers will profit.

He did mention that he hopes to lead by example by his players, which is a solid point, but one that will be ignored by the Left, who don’t want to encourage personal responsibility or endorse the benefits religion bring to a civilized society.

Wish he had kept it to merely a brief, we lost, but others have lost so much more, we hope they’ll heal, and we’ll work harder to do better…

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- John.Galt
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:15pm
  Your analysis is spot on. Gun control laws are not meant to protect anyone, EXCEPT THE CRIMINALS.
  This has been proven over and over again. Every country that outlawed guns saw a RISE in gun crimes, and a RISE in home invasions. When guns were allowed back in DC recently, GUN VIOLENCE FELL.
  
  The obvious solution to any thinking person is to ALLOW CONCEALED CARRY EVERYWHERE.
  
  If the teachers and administrators had guns, the children would be alive today.
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:08pm
Pat Kelsey needs to wake up.

How can any thinking person mix the ideas of Jesus’ teachings, ‘American greatness’ and the bizarre, fully debunked myth that obama is a “leader”? One week after the Sandy Hook tragedy, and obama is already exploiting the murder of 26 children and adults to push his destructive agenda; obama is not a “leader”, and he is a “president” only on paper. We can be 100% sure that obama is not interested in the causes behind the Sandy Hook shootings, or in preventing future shootings, but rather, he is only interested (as usual) in exploiting this tragedy for political gain. To obama, the Sandy Hook tragedy is nothing more than a tool to push higher taxes and gun bans, etc. We should not look to obama for leadership – we should view him as what he really is – the greatest enemy the United States has ever faced.

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- whatthecrazy
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:30pm
  I totally agree,good job.
  
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ares338
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:05pm
You want to end violence? BAN SPORTS! Better yet ban basketballs. Ban moron coaches who dribble crap out of their pie holes. Just by Gawd ban something..YEAH…oh wait..BAN THE UNIVERSE.

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AllLost
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:03pm
You can prevent evil violence by empowering the individual, the state, or both.

When you empower the state you move further toward totalitarianism. TSA is a perfect example. Was the cost and loss of freedoms worth the claimed prevention of violence through hijack?

When you empower the individual you run the risk of lawless vigilantism. The wild west comes to mind.

You cannot prevent evil from happening. Guns, knives, bombs, and hands have been used to perform mass murder. You can no sooner outlaw every deadly instrument than you can outlaw evil.

I say generously deputize citizens, train them, guide them, and create laws for them. These citizens should carry weapons openly. If you don’t like the word deputize than use citizen militia as the term.

To prevent evil violence you must be able to quickly confront it with equal or greater good violence.

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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:18pm
  I don’t need deputized or given permission to open carry my sidearm. My state, thank God, recognizes my right to openly carry without any government license or involvement whatsoever. Strangely, vigilantism hasn’t broken out. How odd is that?
  
  Don’t “license”, rather, follow the 2nd Amendment to the letter and leave us alone. We’re adults, we can make big boy judgements all on our own without the “benevolent” concerns of government guiding us.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:22pm
  Ghost
  Exactly- spot on again.
  
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- booger71
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 1:12pm
  Plus if you read some actual history, the “Wild West” was not really that wild.
  
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- AllLost
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:28pm
  Ghost and others, You are right. In the days of family and education I would be completely fine with this, but we have a society that reelected Obama. I don’t trust that populace with a car much less a gun.
  
  The wild west that I am talking about was quite violent for the existing population. What the wild west was not was what we would call the west today. But what must be noted is that even with people carrying and using guns freely society grew and malnourished.
  
  Maybe before I die, but definitely before my children die the US will ban citizens from having weapons. This must happen for global socialism to succeed. Succeed it will.
  
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thibx
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:00pm
train and arm the teachers and principal. the end.

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