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Javaman

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7. I still think that is lazy.

Reply to flvegan (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:06 AM

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you might want to redefine it but at the end of the day, the elected fools treat us at best as an inconvenience.

we stopped holding their feet to the fire and got into a laissez-faire type of attitude.

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