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Blackwater Rises Again! Silver Bullets, Garlic, Crucifixes Terrifyingly Ineffective!
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VIDEO-Sen. Hagel (R-NE) Hints at Impeachment of Bush again on ABC’s ‘This Week with George Stephanopoulos’ Sunday a.m.
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