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Saturday, July 23, 2005

Blogsphere does it again: thought provocation

An Argument Against NYC Bag Searches

Update: A debate over security profiling on John Kasich's Heartland (video).

Posted by Porkopolis at 7/23/2005 02:47:00 PM
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