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Mar. 7, 2013 9:00pm Jason Howerton

Fox News’ Shep Smith on Thursday blasted the Obama administration’s controversial drone strike program, saying he doesn’t understand why people aren’t freaked out over the government’s willingness to kill Americans overseas.

“It’s bad enough that they’ve got cameras on every corner and stopping us if your car runs a red light,” Smith said. “Now, all we’re sure of is if I’m engaged in combat, unless I am, they can’t kill me if I’m sitting in the cafe down the street. I’m not sure they can’t look in my window.”

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) conducted a nearly 13 hour filibuster on Wednesday, during which he asked the White House to confirm the executive branch doesn’t have the authority to carry out drone strikes on non-combatant American citizens on U.S. soil. Attorney General Eric Holder and White House Press Secretary assured Paul the next day that the president could not.

Judge Andrew Napolitano weighed in, noting that the government killed radical Islamist Internet preacher Anwar Al-Awlaki, an American citizen, with a drone strike in Yemen. His 16-year-old son was also killed.

“You know what they said? They said he picked a bad father,” Smith lamented. “Are you kidding me?”

“It’s reprehensible,” Napolitano agreed.

Smith argued that the White House’s drone policy needs to be reexamined.

“If we have to ask this question even, then we’ve gone so far beyond what this document has to say that we really, really need some mirror work,” he said. “Nobody freaked out when they killed an American overseas, and I don’t know why.”

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TiredAmerican7
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:07pm
This is an issue for the Left and the Right. Keep the momentum going. I hope there is someone out there with resources who can seize the moment. If the GOP had any backbone, they would be capitalizing on this. Ads should have been run YESTERDAY! I see someone with a Tea Party or NRA shirt on sipping coffee while watching tv. Two small kids are playing next to that individual. Next we see a drone flying. We flash to Cruz questioning holder. Quick flash to the children playing near the adult. Flash to the drone. Flash to Rand Paul. Back to the home. White screen. Small coffin lowered into the ground. End with a copy of the Constitution going up in flames.

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- michaelmoron
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:19pm
  That wasn’t a scathing rant.
  
  This is Shep going on a scathing rant. lol.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x90cCC1UDWE
  
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- Dr Vel
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:26pm
  The GOP made it’s position clear by ranting against Paul’s filibuster on the Senate floor today. Analysis: McCain and GOP side with Obama and the Dems against the people and the Constitution.
  
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- dealer@678
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:35pm
  I dont change my channel until exactly 7 central time so Shep doesnt get credit for my viewership . Cant stand that guy for reasons a lot of you understand
  
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- redbone007
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:49pm
  michaelmoron: Thanks I was looking for the full version.
  
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- Thomas
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:55pm
  The rainbow kid finally gets some what of a clue? Shep should be the first drone strike. Progressive fruitloop.
  
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- pantokrator
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 11:23pm
  The regime has been exposed. They will need a lot of fire extinguishers to put this one out. And even then, it’s spreading so bad, it’s impossible to put it out without anyone taking notice, even the village idiot.
  
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- Proverbs17-12NLT
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 11:29pm
  someones gonna drone Obama, don’t you just get that feeling?? better lock and load if they do, the black lawless mob will need to be reminded who’s BOSS.
  
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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 11:37pm
  Blind hog, broken clock, and Shepard Smith.
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 12:19am
  Enlighten us, please. I actually like the guy tell me why I am a moron and how you possess a superior intellect. Could you be a bsnbc fan?
  
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- Obama_In_PeePee_By_Zee_Arteeest_Beck
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 2:50am
  “Shep Smith Goes on Scathing Rant Against Obama’s Drone Strike Policy: ‘Are You Kidding Me?’”
  
  ABOUT DAMNED TIME FOX NEWS ! ! !
  
  What do we call a poor, half-breed, muslim bastard from Kenya … who sneaks into the great United States Of America … gets into a prestigious law school … runs for public offices … becomes a White House “occupier” … all with a Kenyan birth certificate:
  http://i3.ytimg.com/bg/jKZugo0aaREqEyqXIzGDVw/102.jpg
  … and a Connecticut social security number:
  [RE: 042-68-4425 Connecticut issued SS number that was assigned to a person now deceased]
  http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2010/11/note-to-rep-darrell-issa-please.html
  … an army of lawyers keeping all his records sealed … and NOT A PEEP FROM ANYONE IN WASHINGTON DC?
  
  ABOUT DAMNED TIME FOR AMERICA TO ROOT OUT THE TRAITORS IN WASHINGTON DC ! ! !
  
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- averageman
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 6:50am
  Unfortunately, the repubs and the deems are members of the same club…and you aint in it!
  
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- gary kilmer
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 6:53am
  DR VEL
  McCain and GOP are on the side of more power in the hands of the national government, so someday they will have the power.
  
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- phil1765
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 7:17am
  Say what you want to about Shep, but he is right about no one batting an eye when Obammy lobbed a hellfire and Al Alaki and his son. WTF people, I know the dude was a piece of $hit but he was an american citizen, and he has the same rights as everyone else in this country as far as due process. I can’t believe we gave anyone the power to kill an American citizen at his whim, and I sure as hell can’t believe we gave someone as bat $hit crazy as Oblammer that power.
  
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- TROONORTH
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:49am
  And that, my friends, is why the Republican party is in trouble today. You all condemn a man because he does not walk ‘lock-step’ with you. You cannot build bridges with those who are willing to support some or most of your policies. No. They have to support, without question, every little point in your Republican bible, or you immediately brand them ‘enemies’.
  
  Do you think that Ronald Reagan did this? If you do then you are fools. He understood that not everyone would agree with everything that he stood for. He understood that in order to win the White House he had to build bridges. He had to build alliances with people who disagreed with his policies on some level. He knew that he had to build a coalition with independent thinkers who may have supported some of his policies but not all of them.
  
  If Republicans cannot understand this simple point, and that is a point that the Democrats understand all too well, they will be wandering the desert for a long long time.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:51am
  actually, he ranted against the fact that Paul spent 13 hours on the question. He seems to be conflicted as to the true state of our government. He doesn’t seem to understand that paul was seeking clarification on a policy where Holder refused to rule out killing Americans not involved in a combat against the US.
  
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- crazyrightwingmom
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:07am
  Good ideas!
  
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dealer@678
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:06pm
Shep Smith and his opinion on EVERYTHING makes me wanna puke.

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- MDECKER
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:35pm
  I can’t watch him nor will I. The segment prior to this particular one, “Shep” basically stated that what Sen. Rand Paul did when he filibustered yesterday, was folly. “Shep” is follyful!
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 7:57am
  Ditto. MSNBC would be a better fit for him.
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:02pm
So glad people like Judge Napalitano have the guts to go on fox news and set those shills straight

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- Gracchi
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:31pm
  Concur.
  The boys house of cards is beginning to come down. These marxists in the white house are all wimps acting like wolves, but when theyre seen for what they really are they will abandon ship like rats always do. Look around and you can see the cards tumbling and when he’s finally exposed he likely will go hide, since he has non real identity, character or personality…all manufactured and plastic. Standby and enjoy the show.
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 4:01am
  I agree, Soy.
  
  I’ve been agreeing with you a lot lately. I’m becoming concerned…
  
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Comcast3
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:50pm
You and Greta Van…..thuthtern, both voted for him (twice). Why are you so surprised?

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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:58pm
  SMITH IS NOW ON THE OBAMA KILL LIST HIS FAMILY TOO
  
  Obama the Mad will not tolerate this type of comment and will end it. Smith supported Obama and has now turned against him. Too bad Mr. Smith, this is what we were fighting against, feared and now you are in danger with the rest of us.
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:45pm
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Shep you PC White Guilt Obama Voting Moron you give Ole Miss a bad name……….

They should ban you from The Grove…….

GEAUX TIGERS………..

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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:02pm
  SMITH IS JUST LIKE THE GERMAN JEWS WHO VOTED FOR HITLER
  
  Smith does not realize yet that he is now in danger and that there is no going back but just like German Jews he is starting to learn. We like other nations do not have a USA to save us. We cannot count on US Marines coming to free us.
  
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- busterpuddles
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 4:24am
  At least Shep is beginning to see what I saw even before he was elected the first time. What needs to happen now is the rest of America needs to pressure the people in power to begin to reverse most, if not all of what obama has done to America. whether you realize it or not, everything he does is for a reason and the end result is America as a fallen nation.
  
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Chromo200
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:43pm
And what news channel are they on .. Fox .. means that the rest of the world will not accept this outrage. This outrage has to be on the MSN and late night shows and that will not happen.

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truthnstuff
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:40pm
Shep, he’s a flaming liberal.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:26pm
  curious to know what you mean
  
  shep smith is a liberal cuz he is just now waking up to the truth?
  
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cashprize
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:39pm
Finally Shep said something that I like lately about this administration. I know Shep is supposed to the the straight news guy but he has said a few things against conservatives. Good to hear.

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- HOOT_OWL
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 4:21am
  Shep Smith ’straight news guy’ …Now that’s a ‘oxymoron’ .
  
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DeathRattle
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:36pm
Shep is the typical liberal, he cannot see the forest for all the trees. I absolutely think Obama would gladly Hellfire a US citizen drinking coffee at a bistro if that person had Obama’s college transcripts.

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- OklahomaBound
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:43pm
  Looks like Shep temporarily took his head out of Obama’s backside to catch a breath and got upset. They’ll kiss and make up later.
  
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- jpsays
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:57pm
  I’ve been watching him for years. I thought to myself when he was ranting, “Do you really trust this admin? If he does he’s a bigger fool than I thought.
  
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ktmrider1
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:30pm
ohts my! youth goths thsepards bung in a tizzy

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justangry
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:26pm
Judge Nap posted this, and the one thing that bothers me is Shep says that no one has been saying anything about this stuff. Either he hasn’t been paying attention or is lying because the Libertarians have been screaming holy hell about this stuff for years. Heck almost everyone here who isn’t a Libertarian is sick of us bitching about it.

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- Stelex
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:39pm
  I’ve just started watching Shep……this guy is clueless. This was an actual eye opener to him and it took the Judge to explain it to him, according to Shep as long as the stock market is doing well so is everything else.
  
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- kenboo1
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:40pm
  Shep is a liberal **** BOY who’s eyes have been opened??? Maybe just maybe there is hope… 2014 is our last chance…
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:08pm
  Just
  
  I think the problem is that when you work for fox, libertarians are not considered people
  
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frogg
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:24pm
Article III.
Section. 3.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.”

I don’t think that you can find the President mentioned anywhere in the above Quote! I know that I have been bothering you a lot about this subject. BUT it is vital to get this stopped now! You Ignore this and we end up in a Police State, We will be in a Civil War. I am not screaming that the sky is falling! I am saying that if members of Congress ignore this. OUR country is LOST!

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Keatonc333
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:23pm
So.. I am not saying this is right or wrong, But i don’t see any difference between killing an afghani terrorist and killing an american born terrorist overseas. why does the birth place matter? If the person is in a terrorist network working to harm americans, why does his birth place matter? for the record I am 100% against drone strikes on U.S. soil. But we have been killing with drone strikes since 2004, and have been killing american citizens overseas since 2002 (Kamal Derwish) I have just always assumed that an enemy of the state is an enemy of the state.. no matter the birth place. Why is this such a hot topic now?

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- BigSky
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:30pm
  Killing an American here or in Afghanistan is a violation of that American’s due process. Doesn’t matter if they’re Joe Sixpack shooting some rounds in his backyard or Anwar Awlaki fighting for Al-Qaeda.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:41pm
  Commie333 ……. no one expects you to get it. Go study the Constitution you freakin moron.
  
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- shogun459
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:06pm
  If you cant figure this out maybe you need to relook at your moral standards.
  
  We in the US are not a war zone, we have police and law enforcement everywhere, we arrest and put on trial citizens because it is in our Bill of Right that the LEFT steps on daily and would like to remove.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:10pm
  @Keaton
  Cuz the US government is not allowed to ignore the Constitution. American citizens have rights under the constitution and the US government cannot bypass it
  
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- beeboop
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:58am
  Bigsky, tell that to the ones that were killed at Waco.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 11:38am
  Let me get this straight KRETIN333…..
  You have a problem with Rendition (even though Obama preserved on a weekend while you were a sleep). You have a problem with “enhanced interrogations” even though the information taken from KSM revealed the existence of a courier -later confirmed by KSM’s successor- who eventually led us to the whereabouts of OBL. You have a problem with Gitmo. But you don’t have a problem with Obama saying he has the constitutional authority to use a drone strike on a US citizen IN the US without any due process?
  Are really that much in love with Barack Obama?
  
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ebill
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:21pm
Thank God for Rand Paul for standing up and asking the most important question that all Americans should have been asking. Absolute power corrupts absolutely and that is why we cannot let this kind of abuse of power ever be given. Our Constitution stands as the only wall between freedom and tyranny!

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sparkyrules
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:21pm
Well, at least Cusack and Smith are speaking out.Thats 2 celebrity Libs so far.

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Tri-ox
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:18pm
LOL. Shep Smith voted for obama TWICE and has been one of his staunchest supporters, praising obama’s every move from day one – and now, he barfs up a little fake outrage against his ‘lord and savior’? Seriously, Smith has gotten EXACTLY what he and every mindless, soulless liberal voted for – he can’t possible be surprised (or sincerely upset).

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- Stelex
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:59pm
  I suspect Shep was walking by a monitor when he caught a glimpse of some real news from one of the other FOX shows
  
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john vincent
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:17pm
Wow- even Shep has arisen from his nap; maybe folks will get the memo that a ‘dictator in chief’ is really not that good after all.

Cusack (cut the guy some slack) has voiced the same complaint, but is it too late?? What was puzzling to me was not how Mr Paul stood for 12+ hours, defending what should be plain to all, but that his support was not unanimous-

but thankful for any small voice of reason wherever it comes from.

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OldSurfRat
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:16pm
Don’t worry Shep
I don’t think they have a drone that can hit a target as small as you quite yet.

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SupBro
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:12pm
And right before that, he was ranting about how “stupid” it is to be worried about our own government hitting us with drones. I don’t remember his exact words, but he made it sound like Rand Paul is a kooky conspiracy theorist.

Shep is a blithering idiot who would make much more sense sticking to the script.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:37pm
  it was a little confusing cuz he started to make the John McCain/Graham point about inciting the crazy people….then he came back the other way. strange
  
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Calm Voice of Reason
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:12pm
This was all understood before the election. Why’s everyone jumping on the bandwagon now? This would have made a significant difference in the election but was only mentioned by a few people.

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For my Liberty!
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:12pm
Right…but just BEFORE he ranted on the drones..he was running his mouth about WHY Rand Paul filibustered. That it was STUPID. Shep had to get “educated” to see the light…

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- Stelex
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:05pm
  I was pissed listening to him rant, then the Judge explained it to him and maybe light dawned, but I won’t hold my breath.
  
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civilwarcometh
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:11pm
I saw this live. You know it’s bad when a liberal don’t agree with the Marxist in Chief. Maybe the judge gave him a dose of common sense..

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Impenitent
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:11pm
Comrade Obama’s reign will end one day… only then will you see the outrage against this license to eliminate “terrorists”… one has to ask if today’s useful idiots will ever become tomorrow’s terrorists?

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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:17pm
  “one has to ask if today’s useful idiots will ever become tomorrow’s terrorists?”
  
  They will sooner than later. The more we push back, the more they will become agitated. It will happen prior to Obama leaving office is my guess. Just look at that fool in SF that wanted to blow up a bank and make it appear that the Tea Party did it. They are looking for a frame job.
  
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banjarmon
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:10pm
Time to clean out our government and take back control of our Country!!

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The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:06pm
Reminds me when he pounded his fist on his desk and yelled “NO!” in regards to water boarding and rendition.

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:43pm
  You got that wrong, Shep was pounding his fist and saying No, because he thought they wanted to give him Watercrest and Radish salad. He had just misheard them.
  
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