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Need versus Needn't

Cornwall Security employee has in daylight today exited work vehicle in thousand oaks to initiate false name using another's forcibly removing public utility access from the army corps of engineers in the United States of America. Per declaration

Removing free speech



Time now is 9:59a.m

Interested parties up to the AFL-CIO and all account holders in California have previously been named defendents

Order of city draw from account concludes upon registration entries of harbor house desk pantry fool reception.

As to whom is eating


Typically "fasting" days, rights and laws devolve internment districting rather astutely in history.

That one has as currency and is currently undergoing the burden of halting on side notes for another's labor in a daylights gaining momentum.

Conjectures reposing argument precludes

Hyphenated Americans

HYPHENATED AMERICANS

You have the biggies like Chinese-Americans
And Latino-Americans and German-Americans;
And miniscule groups like Armenian-Americans
Or   Bosnia-and-Herzegovinan-Americans;
But why do we never hear of  English-Americans,
Scottish-Americans or Welsh-Americans?
Sound weird  don’t they?  Kinda unnecessary.
Anyone ever heard of Canadian-Americans?
Or Australian-  or New Zealand-  oh  why?
And hey,  what about French-Americans?

These are not hyphenated Americans
They are eliminated Americans, 
And other groups include
Old people, who  are Antiquated-Americans
Mothers  -  Unappreciated-Americans
Pre-1492  Yanks are  Antedated-Americans
AFL-CIO  are  Aggregated-Americans
Dwarfs are Truncated-Americans
Smog-breathing residents of LA  are 
Asphyxiated-   or Hyperventilated-Americans.
Thank God I’m normal, I’m just American.

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