Senate passes bill to bailout rescue Las Vegas gamblers


	Senate passes bill to bailout rescue Las Vegas gamblers

kkcapricorn

10-6-2008 4:16 PM

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kkcapricorn says:

Unconfirmed Sources political satire and news story parodies as represented above are written as satire or parody. They are, of course, fictitious.

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10-7-2008 1:01 AM

BobbyRutan

Fictitious?

I thought for sure the were bailing out Charles Barkley, John McCain and Bill Bennett.

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