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‘The Obama Internet Guru Who Wasn’t’

The Obama Internet Guru Who Wasnt

Politico:

In capitals across the globe in recent months, the face of Barack Obama’s groundbreaking 2008 online campaign has been one Ravi Singh, a self-styled “campaign guru” with a colorful turban, a reassuring smile and a killer sales pitch.

He has been called the man “responsible for the Internet campaign of Barack Obama,” in Poland, the “election guru” of Obama and Clinton” in India, “el guru tecnologico de Obama” in Colombia, and “homme qui a géré la campagne d’Obama sur Internet” in France.

There’s just one major thing wrong with this international portrait of Web wizardry — Singh never worked for Obama.

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  • miles from nowhere
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 5:55pm

    SMITTY1969 you have got it right I have been saying basically the same thing and I have no intentions of changing my mind on this subject until proven wrong. You go Smitty!

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  • RayOne
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 5:26pm

    If he believes that the internet should be controlled, he should be fired.
    I’m sorry, he was not considered by the Congress, he was Deemed. And that is the new way of Washington.

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  • Bob
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 4:09pm

    BHO or Barry Sotero or whatever his name is…..has been and is a complete disgrace. His chickens, Soros’ chickens, the Demo’s chickens, the Progressive’s chickens, the liberal media‘s chicken’s, and the Communist’s chickens are coming home to roost! No person or group can get away with the high crimes and deceptions that they have perpetrated on the American people! They will get what they deserve! We have seen through their lies! Joe Wilson was right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • historypaper
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 3:44pm

    Another Obama lie.

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  • TopOfTheMuffin2u
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 2:56pm

    Michelle Malkin has done some great research in illegal campaign funds from overseas for Obama’s 2008 presidential race. Unfortunately, the progressives have a great excise. The software that was supposed to track where the money came from was suspiciously “not functioning right”. Me thinks… they think, we are stupid!

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    • babylonvi
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:00pm

      I‘ll bet it won’t be working right in 2012 either.

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  • catholicvoter
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 2:16pm

    Bring it on!

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  • ItTakesFaith
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 2:00pm

    EVERY cheesy stereotype is just clamoring to be written…! Let’s see, an East Indian “International Businessman”, that has the secret of Obama’s success… Sounds like a Saturday morning cartoon…

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  • Barb1954
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:36pm

    It seems to me that NEWSMAX.COM did some reporting, during the 2008 Campaign, about HOW the ILLEGAL Contributions were happening. Yes they did, and if I remember correctly, it had to do with the ONLINE DONATIONS FORMS. The Credit Card SECURITY CODE Feature was TURNED OFF in the raw coding of the page. Also there was no field on the form to put in your COUNTRY. Obama’s team had to FIX that and went to PayPal donations after the discovery. We have NO IDEA how many ILLEGAL Donations came in up to that point.

    I challenge a PROGRAMMER, ANY programmer, to go and look at the SOURCE CODE on the ONLINE DONATION FORM CURRENTLY BEING USED by barackobama.com website. Check out https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/o2012-donate-main and tell me if you see a spot for that security code to be filled in? Do you even SEE an option to fill in the COUNTRY? NO and NO! It’s the SAME form he started out with for his 2008 Campaign…..he has NO NEW TRICKS! He will take FOREIGN DONATIONS and people will be able to use IDENTITY FRAUD….AGAIN to beef up his 2012 Campaign STASH!

    Obama is a CROOK!

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    • redbone007
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:28pm

      You are correct. It was the first time something like this ever happen.

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:36pm

    Enough with the turbin jokes. Lot’s of cultures wear head dress like that and they are not radical or anti-american or want to kill anyone. One of these cultures goes as far as revering every form of life down to microbes and such. Crazy to me maybe, but they are not murderers.
    Lay off the turbin jokes. You all that do them jokes just look stooopid.

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  • BoehnerMustGo
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:29pm

    I think what the story is telling us is that all those donations didnt really come from “common folks”…. they came from one or two VERY wealthy sources and were sent in small amts to make it look like it was ‘just the people’….. in reality, there are a few who had EXTREMELY vested interests in getting Obama elected….. and I assure you they had the same hopes for America Obama did….. to COLLAPSE THE COUNTRY AND DESTROY IT!!

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  • Ichbin2
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:15pm

    The Republic of Georgia is in need of protection just like Israel! 95% of it’s population are Christians! Trump has invested $300 million dollars in this country! They are the gateway to the Middle east, Asia and Russia! A crucial country to watch and pray for in the coming weeks…

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  • beekeeper
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:07pm

    I think the real “internet guru” for Obama was Chris Hughes – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hughes

    See the April, 2009 cover story in fast company on him and his efforts to get President Obama elected… http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/134/boy-wonder.html?page=0%2C1

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  • caprica
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:31am

    where is Senate to impeach this imposter from kenya
    where is USA Army Militry to remove the domectic enemy ! form the white house
    republicans and democrates/communist are after the same …to control us and to control our money ! these peple are collection of criminals working agaisnt USA People
    535 Criminals in our Government and ove 300 million poeple ! obama is paying and builiding the like hitler brown shirt coalision to do his dirty job for him and the dictators he works for ……don’t accept the dirty monye to sell America !
    Military must remove this implant and imposter our to white house

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    • Smitty1969
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:10pm

      “Military must remove this implant and imposter our to white house”
      Thank God your only power is a keyboard Craprica!

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  • oiljackpot
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:16am

    What does Poland or any other country have to do with USA elections? Is Obama taking campaign money from them? Why can the media find out Donald Trump‘s voting record but can’t find out where Obama’s campaign money comes from?

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:12am

    This man’s message is about the internet age of communication and what that can do for ANY CANDIDATE. Obama is the first to use it successfully. Do not slam this message/messenger because you do not like him or the perceived campaign. How in the hell do you think the POTUS raised upwards of one billion dollars?????
    Those that hope to win election‘s in the future would be smart to learn well from Obama’s campaign, not slam it.
    Our current ‘conservative’ leaders do not seem to get it.

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  • mingfurecon
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:07am

    Everything about obama is a lie. He and his cohorts will resort to anything to stay in power. Once he is out of office, all of his chickens will come home to roost and then we will learn the full extent of his treason. Watch how fast his drones jump ship when they end up before a federal prosecuter. Holder as well. Just think for a second about the validity of his citizenship and the effort to conceal his true country of origin and what the impact would have.

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  • the old plumber
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:28am

    one phoney fronting for another why not the big “O” will probably try to claim that he helps his world viev of things!

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  • KrishnaDas
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:27am

    Ok, history lesson time. Whatever the case is here, don’t lump Sikhs with Muslims — the Sikhs were the greatest fighters against Muslims and responsible for throwing the Mughals out of India. They would fight the Muslims/Mughals and the Muslims would respond by killing them and building literal pyramids out of the heads of sikhs and desecrating their temple in Amritsar. So, just because they have turbans doesn‘t mean they’re the same as Muslims.

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  • Maximus_Delta
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:53am

    Great another **********….

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  • NHwinter
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:41am

    We are no longer the United States of America, we are now United Community of the Globe, sigh! Lets take back our Republic. Allen West seems to be the most capable of doing just that.

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  • thejackal
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:40am

    “Look I’m a happy-go-lucky dot-Indian guy with a fushia turban, ain’t I cute…. Vote for Obama kiddies.” And the sad thing is they did. This country is a joke now. The liberals are basicaly saying as long as it‘s not a white guy I’ll vote for ‘em. Regardless of credentials, expirience or ability. This nation is doomed, the same thing that destroyed the Roman Empire is now destroying this one, as the Democrats cheer thunderously.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:00am

      Helen Thomas was a young Palestinian News(Oxymoron) Reporter back when the Roman Democrats were cheering their demise. she was quite the looker back then.

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  • stmike
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:37am

    Call me a racist or a bigot all you want but when a guy looking like that pops up on my tv I change the channel. Now that’s real change I can believe in! CLICK!

     
    • Mary M. Tebbe
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:21am

      stmike: This does not resemble the America that I grew up knowing, and it certainly is not a reflection of what our Founder’s looked like. We are giving our Country away to foreigners. There is a SIMPLE REASON for what is happening in America…we just aren’t getting it. The answer lies in Deuteronomy 27 and 28 with the BLESSINGS and the CURSES. If we obeyed God and followed His decrees, ordinances, and commands, WE WOULD BE A BLESSED NATION. If we disobeyed God and did not follow this decrees, ordinances, and commands, THEN WE WOULD HAVE ALL THE CURSES COME UPON US that are listed here in these passages. We are not a cursed people (we are God’s Chosen People), but we will have curses come upon us by our own choosing if we disobey God. That was our choice. We murder our babies and their blood cries up to God from the earth. We do not practice JUSTICE. We allow perversion to reign in our society and we are now making it legal such as gay rights. We are charging INTEREST to fellow Israelites, which was ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN by God in Scripture. We were ONLY allowed to charge a foreigner interest; not an Israelite. In America today GREED and THE THIRST FOR POWER reigns. There are those in the shadow government that are ROBBING OUR CITIZENS BLIND, while they grow rich, yet they can accumulate all the gold and silver that they choose, but it will do no good. God is in control of nations and kingdoms, and THE WICKED WILL NOT SUCCEED no matter how much power they grab. God tells us specifically that the wicked will come to destruction, but the righteous will be saved out of all their troubles. Our food prices are rising, gas prices are going through the roof as men become more greedy, and we are in three wars now. Our people have troubled minds and so are on tons of drugs, which makes the pharmaceutical companies grow rich, yet it doesn’t really help the afflicted. Diseases run rampant among us, no doubt much of it caused by the way we grow and preserve our foods, and our lifestyles and choices. Our ancient enemies are coming up in droves into our land that was given to us by Divine Destiny, and we are helpless to know what to do, and the powers that be don’t seem to care. We suffer disasters because of tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. because the hand of God is upon us, because we have become such a sinful nation, for God controls the weather patterns, and it has absolutely nothing to do with global warming as environmentalists would like you to believe, but rather it has to do with the sinful people that we have become. We don’t fight wars to win anymore, and we are criticized for being exactly who we were to become, as God said that we would gore the nations to the ends of the earth, yet we no longer can believe that. We have forgotten our blessings given to us by our grandfather Jacob, which he bestowed upon our forefather Joseph. Of course, we don’t believe that, because our history has been erased, distorted, and destroyed. And what is the RESULT OF ALL THIS SIN? The ALIEN (foreigners) WHO LIVE AMONG US WILL RISE ABOVE US AND WILL RULER OVER US. They will become the head, and we will become the tail.
      All this is contrary to what God had in mind for us as a people of God (see 2 Samuel 7: 23 – 24), but we are clueless, because our leaders have failed us. We have been taught wrongly by those that were to be our teachers and preachers. They stumbled and so did we. That is precisely the reason that the Israelites of long ago went into captivity, because their religious leaders failed them miserably. God calls us a stubborn and obstinate people, and nothing has changed. We remain a stubborn and obstinate people, and our hearts are hardened so we will not change.
      Now, how do we turn around? Simply put, God said that if HIS PEOPLE (and that is who we are) would HUMBLE THEMSELVES and PRAY and SEEK HIS FACE, then he would hear from heaven, and would FORGIVE THEIR SINS and HEAL THEIR LAND. That’s ALL IT WOULD TAKE, but are we willing, and will we do it? It’s all VERY SIMPLE, and I‘m wondering what’s taking us so long. When we do as God tells us, then HE WILL REVERSE ALL THAT HAS BEFALLEN US. He will also make our enemies TREMBLE and BACK AWAY, because the hand of God Almighty is POWERFUL, and WHO CAN STAND AGAINST IT?
      God did not mean for curses ever to come upon HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE ISRAEL. He BLESSED US WITH AWESOME BLESSINGS, and our BROTHER TRIBES OF ISRAEL as well. We are totally to blame for what has become of us, because we have stepped away from OUR GOD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, and followed after the false gods and false goddesses of foreigners. We have followed after satan and his worshipers, and have fallen into their traps and nets. It is time to rethink our position and get back on a good path.

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    • firstHat
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:45am

      YIKES! Look, I‘m all for asking people to accept this country’s founding principles. That’s what becoming a citizen of another country is all about. I think we need to stand solid and protect our laws and values and that those wanting to join us must also join our belief in freedom. HOWEVER, I have no problem with people who look different. We ALL look different and we always have and with every wave of immigrants our little world shook a bit then came back because we stood by principles not by how people looked.

      Heck, I‘m in my 50’s and my first physician was from what was then Persia. He was a good friend of my family. I knew people who came here from Africa and Asia and Europe my whole life and they became some of the most solid Citizens you could want. We are indeed a nation of immigrants. It is our strength.

      Keep focused, not on hating what people look like or their different habits, but rather on whether thy come here to value what we value (and if they come unlawfully then my guess is they do not value law as we do) and to join us to make us strong once again.

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    • cruzinbill
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:14am

      good for you i do the same thing,can’t stand a lier.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:43pm

      STMIKE
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:37am
      Call me a racist or a bigot all you want but when a guy looking like that pops up on my tv I change the channel. Now that’s real change I can believe in! CLICK!
      ______________________________________________
      I approve this message too .

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    • christos
      Posted on April 26, 2011 at 9:02am

      @MARY M TEBBE—Enjoy reading your post’s,and they are so true,AMEN+

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  • saneasylum
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:22am

    Why give this guy any more publicity than he already has received?

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:31am

      I have an IT degree and experience and yet they hire from foreign countries … maybe I need a TURBAN!

       
    • BetterDays
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:02pm

      I was going to make a snarky comment about playing ostrich, but never mind.
      And even the worlds great Internet wizard could not work for Obama if they were conservative. One because Obama would never hire them and two, because the conservative would never apply for a job working for Obama.

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  • Metalist
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:22am

    “Birds of a feather flock together.” Sounds appropriate about now.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:18am

    Never worked for Obama? Okay.

    How about one called the ‘Spooky Dude Soros” aka :Puppet master”?

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    • Smitty1969
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:51am

      Ok we all know President Obama had a huge overseas campaign and raised a lot of overseas money to win the Oval office. You guys are going to blast me for this post. To be eligible for the presidency you must be a natural born citizen! One fact is that we have a lot of red flags on this matter with Obama. My left leaning friends say “get over it, it does not matter he is already Prez“ the only time I cam engage their brain a little on this matter is when I challenge them on ”why did the founding fathers put this into our Constitution”? The answer is simple, It was placed in so that foreign Kings or Queens (no commies back then) could finance and have elected into the White House a mole to undermine our sovereignty as a nation to provide favor to theirs. Is this ringing a bell in what you see Obama doing? The way he ran his campaign? How he was financed?

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    • sWampy
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:55am

      Not to mention, that most of those over seas contributions were ILLEGAL, given by people like Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, etc, and nobody even bothered to investigate, much less prosecute him. The Republicans really need to wake up and use the legal system as a weapon against the enemies of freedom and the US use the legal system against us.

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    • MEESHEL
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:56am

      He’s a snake

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    • etecs
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:59am

      Most people using the Internet on a regular basis will be amazed at what these big companies like Google have accumulated on them. This real scary stuff….. We need legislation to restrict this kind of information gathering unless written authorization and confirmation…

      Spooky

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:03am

      Snake indeed does justice to all who campaign for Obama.

      @Grandmaof5 (when you read this)

      Morning, hope it is cooler there in Fl, than it will be here; I and others are praying for rain to come to the areas of TX as soon as possible, and in enough measure to end the drought and fires in the area.

      Come and check out SNOW MEETS THE SPRING, just click on the screename of mine for a link right to my gallery; let me know what you think of her if you will.

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:09am

      Snow i thank Soros owns Obama,yep i am sure Obama calls him daddy

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:10am

      Would you trust a man in a turbin? Obama will…not me. Could be hiding a bomb in there.

       
    • Smitty1969
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:16am

      @ Dusty
      I miss my dress blues, are you still in?

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    • Professional Infidel
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:16am

      “Smoke and Mirrors” slung out there “Lying”, yea every word of it. then you have the audience!! that’s where the battle is!!! when the (+) pile gets even, then below your (-) pile!! You will go out of business. I could always juggle my bizz till the (+) pile disappeared!!!

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    • Professional Infidel
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:17am

      I miss the Blue dress?

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    • Smitty1969
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:22am

      @Professional Infidel
      Marine Corps dress uniform in Dustys pic.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 10:41am

      Too many unanswered questions about BO…Who and Where did he come from????

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    • boomboom
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:00am

      Show us your strings, puppetman!!
      oh, And the Birth Certificate…
      AAAAhaahahah

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:35am

      SNOW, I like her alot, and the representation of winter ending and spring…springing. Used to be my favorite time of year, along with fall, in school. Certainly don’t get change of season in FL unless you wait for Nov/Dec when the leaves start dying. Happy Easter. I have prayed for the rain to blanket TX and put out those fires. It is hot here, low 90′s yesterday. Hope all is well with you, mom and friend. Update?
      Obama and his minions are lower than a snake’s belly. They never met a lie they didn’t want to tell and stand behind. Shameful.

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    • Robert0221
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 3:29pm

      Obama is a dual citizen not a natural born citizen which is why you will never see a legal birth certificate. This all falls on the congress which is why you people have realized there is not a dimes bit of differance between Boehner and Obama.Birth right citizenship is not what the 14th amendment means and congress knows it. A dual citizens can not be a natural born and this is a fact tht they let skip by and shows how corrupt these criminals really are and it is time to desolve this union.

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 5:34pm

      “@Grandmaof5 (when you read this)

      Morning, hope it is cooler there in Fl, than it will be here; I and others are praying for rain to come to the areas of TX as soon as possible, and in enough measure to end the drought and fires in the area.

      Come and check out SNOW MEETS THE SPRING, just click on the screename of mine for a link right to my gallery; let me know what you think of her if you will.”

      If it woul’nt creep everyone out , I would just suggest you two get a room…

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 5:56pm

      WELCOME BLACK CARTER, I see no one cares enough to ask how you are doing, and for good reason – your name alone says it all. If you don’t like what you read, please leave – in fact, just leave. Just because you eat your own, we are friends on this site, so ta-ta (that means good bye in southern).

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 6:21pm

      Odingo must GO!

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