07 Feb

Warning! Obama more determined than ever to pass Obamacare

Posted by: The BoBo  //  Category: Congress, Democrats, Obama, P-BO, Politics, health care, progressives

Apparently, the political elite progressives in D.C. think they are smarter than WE THE PEOPLE and we just  don’t understand anything.  Apparently, they believe we are too stupid to understand they are doing what is best for WE THE PEOPLE and that we just don’t get it.  Apparently, those idiots don’t understand that 65% of this country have shouted from the tops of our lungs to stay away from our health insurance.

I am on Obama’s Organizing for America e-mail list.  This is the e-mail I received on Saturday – just one day after he publicly announced that health reform is dead on the hill.

An alarming new study shows that health care costs increased last year at the fastest rate in more than a half century.

Health care spending rose to an estimated $2.5 trillion in 2009, or $8,047 per person — and is now projected to nearly double by 2019. If we don’t act, this growing burden will mean more lost jobs, more families pushed into bankruptcy, and more crushing debt for our nation.

The conclusion is clear: This isn’t a problem we can kick down the road for another decade — or even another year. We need to pass health reform now.

First, the most obvious thing in this e-mail is it does no provide the citation of this “new study.”  Second, the reason that health care spending is on the rise is due to Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP. Private sector spending is 55% of total spending (this includes private insurance and self-pay).  Right now, government spending on health care is 6.7% of GDP and it is expected (without factoring in for this bullshit bill) government spending on healthcare will increase to 18.2% of GDP by 2050.  We’re seeing the effects of that now.  Private sector spending will decrease while government sector increases.  These tactics by the progressives are nothing but fear mongering.  Government run healthcare continues to increase because of fraud, waste, and abuse.  Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP lose $100’s of billions every year due mostly to fraud.  Healthcare fraud in the government run system is so prolific that organized crime is now involved – that alone is a $60 billion/year industry.  You don’t see this in private sector health care because private insurers employ resources that actually search out and combat this kind of fraud.

Despite our pleas with the government to stop – and despite the fact the GOP is taking Democrat seats left and right and are poised to completely take control of Congress in November – Obama came out saying this yesterday

“Just in case there’s any confusion out there, let me be clear. I am not going to walk away from health insurance reform,” Obama said, in one of his most feisty speeches since his 2008 election campaign.

“I’m not going to walk away from the American people. I’m not going to walk away on this challenge. I’m not going to walk away on any challenge.’

I guess we’re just too stupid to take care of ourselves and this idiot President is going to keep drilling it in our heads until we finally get it.  Well – we’re up to his challenge also.  I say – bring it on idiot – this will seal the doom for the progressives once and for all.

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03 Feb

Democrats Push to Repeal First Amendment!

Posted by: The BoBo  //  Category: Congress, Constitution, Democrats, Freedom of Speech, Liberals, Politics, progressives


You probably thought I was joking!  I’m dead serious.

h/t to JammieWearingFool – you have to read this post – here’s just a snippet

Well they have taken the next illogical step, mainly proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the First Amendment. The amendment is being cosponsored by Donna Edwards (D-MD) and John Conyers (D-MI) among others.

Jammie has the links and the rest of the story.  I told you before – these progressive Democrats really hate our country and our constitution. If you live in either of those states – let both Conyers and Edwards know that if they continue to push this thing – you will exercise your right to free speech and let everyone know what they are up to – and then you’ll exercise your right to vote their asses out next time around.

If this gets any traction – we all need to make sure we get on the horn with our representatives and senators and tell them they better not mess with our most fundamental of all rights – those contained in the First Amendment.  You appeal the First Amendment and it opens the doors for the government to take over EVERY aspect of our lives.

For those of you who may have forgotten – here is EVERYTHING that is in The First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

These idiots are treading in some very dangerous waters here.

UPDATE - I’ve decided to go a little further here for my challenged progressive readers.  First – here is the Citizens United SCOTUS Decision (opens up a .pdf).  I have read the entire 183 page decision – I suggest you do as well.  Justice Steven’s Dissenting Opinion is just as long as The Affirmative Decision.  Justice Thomas also has a partial dissenting opinion at the tail end.  The decision does not reverse 100 years of decided law.  It only reversed one section of the entire BCRA of 2002 – all other prior decisions regarding campaign finance laws is still in place.  The assumption that everyone is making is that the First Amendment applies ONLY to individuals.  Read it again – “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…”  Where exactly does it state that this applies only to individuals?  The affirmative decision cites several cases where corporate speech has been protected – and – in all of the opinions of those cases – it was only suggested that such speech be carefully monitored – but at no time did it ever say it should be banned or abridged.  The BCRA of 2002 did just that – it banned free speech.

As one reader pointed out – what Edwards and Conyers introduced is an Amendment – not a call for a complete repeal of the First Amendment – here is the wording of the introduced Amendment:

‘‘SECTION 1. The sovereign right of the people to govern being essential to a free democracy, Congress and the States may regulate the expenditure of funds for political speech by any corporation, limited liability company, or other corporate entity.


‘‘SECTION 2. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to abridge the freedom of the press.’’

Here are the VERY clear dangers of this Amendment:

1. It does indeed repeal the First Amendment except for the freedom of the press by omission of the remaining First Amendment language.  It will be argued as such if this amendment ever gets ratified by the states. If you have ever read previous arguments and decisions coming out of the SCOTUS regarding challenges to any of the amendments – you know what I’m talking about. Omissions are just as important in law interpretation as are submissions.

2. Section 1 allows congress to pick and choose which corporations they want to ban from political speech.  The use of “may” is exclusive.  For this to be all inclusive of all corporations, LLCs or other corporate entities it NEEDS to say “shall.”

3. This Amendment will be struck down as well because SCOTUS just said Congress cannot pass such a law in the Citizen’s United decision.

4. The Main Stream Media is corporate owned today.  At the time the First Amendment was written – it was unheard of or unthinkable that the “press” would become corporate entities.  SCOTUS already protected Corporate speech.  By specifically stating the corporate owned press is excluded from this amendment – it gives the corporate owned press the ability to become the conduit for those who Congress decides to exclude using section 1.  The point I make here is for you liberals and progressives who aren’t thinking this through is this…  I know how much you hate Fox.  Here is the scenario – Citizen’s United produces a movie called “Obama” this time and gets banned again because of section 1.  Now – because of section 2 – Fox news can air the Obama movie because they believe it is newsworthy and worth reporting.  They can hide behind freedom of the press.  Conversely, MoveOn.org creates a flyer critical of the next GOP candidate.  They can’t publish it and distribute it before the election because of section 1.  Well, the New York Times decides it is newsworthy and publishes it as an editorial piece.  They too are protected because Section 2 excludes them and allows the publication to be protected under the freedom of the press clause.

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02 Feb

Those DAMNED obstructionist Republicans!!!

Posted by: The BoBo  //  Category: Congress, Democrats, Obama, Politics, Republicans, government

This is going to be a very short and simple post because I’m getting tired of seeing Democrat political hacks in this administration blaming “obstructionist” Republicans from preventing Obama from getting his agenda items passed.  I am no way a Republican supporter – I am not a registered Republican.  However, I think the record needs to be set straight.  We’ll let the facts speak for themselves:

Number of Total Senators = 100

Number of Democrat Senators = 58

Number of Republican Senators= 40

Number of Independent Senators = 2 (Both caucus with Democrats).

Number of votes needed to pass ANY legislation = 51

Can someone please tell me how the Republicans are obstructing anything?  Even with Scott Brown coming in – that will give the Republicans 41 votes and the Democrats 57 (not including the Independents).  The Republicans could not mount any kind of defense of any freakin bill.  So – how exactly is it that the Republicans are blocking passage of any bills in the Senate?

Total Number of Representatives in The House – 435

Total Number of Democrat Representatives = 256

Total Number of Republican Representatives – 178

Total Number of Independent Representatives = 0

There is currently 1 vacant seat.

Number of votes needed to pass ANY Legislation (51%) = 222

Again – even in the House – they have 34 more people than is required to pass legislation.  Again, the Republicans don’t have enough to mount a defense against any bill.

Between the House and The Senate – They are both controlled by a large enough majority that any bill written could be passed without a single Republican vote.  The Republicans can essentially stay at home for all of 2010 and twiddle their thumbs.  They had no power in 2009 – the have no power in 2010.  All Scott Brown will do now is enable the Republicans to mount a filibuster.  That just means that Harry Reid can no longer shut down debate whenever he feels like it.  You need 60 votes to shut down debate.  Filibusters eventually end – and – in the end – the Democrats will still have enough votes on their own without Republicans to pass whatever the hell they want.

Before you moonbats on the left start declaring Republicans as “The Party of No” and “obstructionists” I suggest you look to the Democratic party itself.  The only one’s obstructing Obama’s agenda are Democrats.  The reason they keep looking to the Republicans and blaming them is because the Democrats don’t want to be the only one’s caught holding the bag when this house of cards coming falling down.  They want to be able to point at the Republicans and say “They voted for it too!”  The Democrats own every piece of legislation passed in this country since 2007.  They and they alone are responsible for the total destruction of this economy because of their policies.  They and they alone have the majority vote without Republicans.

You see – we’re awake now – and – we know who is to blame.  Sure, Republicans are scumbags too – that’s why they are no longer in power – but – now we see who the BIGGEST scumbags are – progressive democrats that hate this country and the individual liberty and freedom it affords us.  Democrats and Obama own this mess.  Stop blaming Bush and the Republicans – they haven’t been able to mount any kind of defense in the last 4 years.

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21 Jan

P-BO Makes George Bush Look Like a Mensa Genius

Posted by: The BoBo  //  Category: America, Congress, Conservative, Democrats, Elections, Idiots, Liberals, P-BO, Politics, government

Did anybody else catch the Stephanopolous interview with Obama?  Here’s what P-BO said with regards to the Scott Brown win:

“Here’s my assessment of not just the vote in Massachusetts, but the mood around the country: the same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office…People are angry and they are frustrated. Not just because of what’s happened in the last year or two years, but what’s happened over the last eight years.”

WTF, man?  Is P-BO really that much of an idiot or is he just in complete denial – or could it be both?  He seriously is blaming anger for Bush for the massive voter turn out to the Republican.  How does that even make sense?  Does he really think voters and the American people are that stupid?

“Hey, Frank.  You know what?  I’m so pissed off that the Republicans screwed up this country over the past 8 years that I’m gonna show them – I’m going to vote another Republican back in so the Democrats can’t control Congress any more – duh her!”

Either Obama is the most inept individual who ever sat in that seat – or – he’s just so blinded and focused on his agenda and this hate Bush message that he can’t see America for what it really is and for the massive revolt that is happening.  I know the Liberals hate to admit it – but – Congress has been in control of the direction of this economy since 2007.  This economy was actually doing quite well when the Republicans were in the majority.  There were some very serious warning signs and every Republican from Bush, to McCain, to Boehner, and on and on were trying several times to warn Congress and the people that trouble was brewing in Fannie and Freddy.  It was Barney Franks and Chris Dodd who refused to open up the books and reform Fannie and Freddy stating everything is fine there.  Republicans were standing on the mountain tops yelling that the CRA and Fannie and Freddie will cause an economic turndown if it wasn’t fixed.  The warning signs were there and the Democrats did absolutely nothing.  The Democrats were in control when this economy melted down.  The liberal policies that they pushed over the last 2 years is what caused this mess.  The power hungry mindset of the Democrats and the refusal to listen to the other side is what caused this mess.  Obama was part of that problem.  Obama too refused to allow a complete investigation of Fannie and Freddy.  Perhaps that’s because Gaine’s is one of his closest friends and allies.  The Democrats and their idiotic anti-capitalist liberal policies is what caused this economic collapse – and – we the people know the truth.  We know it isn’t Bush’s fault.  We know you Democrats caused it by not addressing the issue.  Rather, you continued to cover up the problem.  Obama – hear me now – we are not angry over the last 8 years – we are angry over the last 2 years – and especially after the last 1 year with out of control spending and increased debt.

Somehow, he honestly has to believe that the reason why the Independents voted for Brown was because they thought Obama hasn’t done enough, meaning, he’s going to continue to push forward with his radical agenda to “fundamentally transform this country.”  According to this latest article – that is exactly what he intends to do.  Apparently, he didn’t get the message – and – apparently, America didn’t shout it loud enough in Massachusetts!  We’re going to have to make damned sure in November that there is no way he can misread that message.  We need to send THEM ALL packing.  Every Democrat – Every Liberal RINO – Every politician who has ever voted against the American people – they all need to go.

Just a real quick refresher for those of you that truly do not understand how government works – the POTUS does not write the bills.  The POTUS does not create the budgets.  The POTUS does not control the nation’s treasury.  Congress controls all of that.  The POTUS signs off or vetoes the bills.  All he can do is ask Congress to do one or all of the above – but – he has no control as to what is actually written and presented to him for his signature.  His only control is to approve or deny.  So – the blame for this mess lies squarely with Congress – not Bush.  Congress in the last years never did a thing to send a bill or allow an investigation as Bush asked.  Don’t blame Bush because the Dems in control failed to act as requested by Republicans and Bush.

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15 Jan

Liberals and liberalism continue to enslave the negroes.

Posted by: The BoBo  //  Category: A Nation at Risk, African-Americans, Conservative, Democrats, Liberals, Politics

Before you beat me up over my use of “negro” – just see my previous post – you’ll understand.  I pledged to use this term until those idiot liberals finally get the point that this terminology is outdated and truly is offensive to Obama, black-Americans, and Americans in general.

It was Ben Franklin who stated the following:

“I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”

There is also an old Chinese proverb that states:

“Give a man a fish and he eats for a day.  Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.”

I’m about to show the geek side of me here – statistics – so – bear with me.  The  point of this whole post is to show you exactly how liberals and liberalism are enslaving the black man.  The point of liberalism and progressivism is to lead to government dependence.  Alexander F. Tytler stated the following:

“The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been two hundred years.  These nations have progressed through this sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith

From spiritual faith to great courage

From courage to liberty

From liberty to abundance

From abundance to complacency

From complacency to apathy

From apathy to dependence

From dependence back into bondage”

Where do you suppose America is now? Where do you suppose blacks are in this mix? Let’s look at the numbers -

Percent of total U.S. population – 12.4%

Percent in poverty – Blacks – 24.5% (highest of all races)

Percent unemployed – Blacks – 10.5% (highest of all races)

Percent of Home Ownership – Blacks – 46% (lowest of all races)

Percent of Single-Parent households – Blacks – 65% (highest of all races)

Percent who are on Welfare or Government Assistance – Blacks – 39.8% (highest of all races)

Percent who are in Section 8 housing – Blacks – 52% – (highest of all races) to get this – you have to go to that link then download the following report “Characteristics of HUD Assisted Renters and their Units in 2003″ – these numbers are on page 8

Percent of Black population who are registered Democrats – 65%

Given the aforementioned figures – it is no wonder that blacks overwhelmingly support Democrats and liberalism.  Liberal policies have enslaved them and made them dependent upon the government.  Liberals love social policies because they believe in that term “social justice.”  They use these liberal policies against conservatives stating that anyone who opposes these social policies are racist and they just hate minorities.  When, in reality – it is liberals who are the true racists and are breeding an electorate that depend on them to keep them in power.  Liberals like to say that if Conservatives get in to power – they will take away all of those benefits (Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, Welfare, Unemployment, Section 8 Housing, etc.).  In reality – that is just what Conservatives should do.

The Black community has become dependent upon those government backed subsidies in order to live.  This goes back to that Chinese proverb.  Liberals give the black community their “fish” each day – which keeps them dependent upon them.  Conservatives want to teach them how to “fish” so they can enjoy their freedom and not be dependent upon anyone.  Each of these government assisted programs were implemented by Democrats.

It has been found in study after study that the best way out of poverty is through education.  If the Liberals were truly about helping minorities and blacks get out of poverty – then – why are they not truly pushing education programs on these classes of people?

Percent of High School Drop-outs – 12% – Second behind Alaskans and Native Americans

Percent of Black Population that enroll in college – 32%

Percent of Black Population that earn a bachelor’s degree or higher – 20%

Given their numbers in population – the fact that in all the negative indicators they are disproportionately affected more than any other race in this country – you have to wonder just why this is?  The leading indicator for this is the fact they overwhelmingly vote for Democrats who will continue to provide their daily bread rather than vote for conservatives who will raise them up in society by making them better through education, independence, and self-responsibility. To sum up Tytler – the Democrats have put the black population back in to bondage – effectively making them slaves and liberals as the slave owners.

Don’t buy in to the “social justice” rhetoric the Obama crowd is throwing around.  They don’t care about justice – all they care about is making more people dependent on the government.  The fact they extended unemployment benefit eligibility to a record breaking 20 weeks (that is almost 2 years) just goes to show where the government is headed.  They do nothing to improve the economy and do everything to put more people on the welfare and unemployment benefit rolls.  The initial intent and purpose of unemployment benefits were to be a temporary crutch with a specific deadline.  It used to be 6 months.  Now, you can go almost 2 years without ever having to work and still collect a paycheck.  When it was 6 months there was true motivation to get out there and find a job or go back to school for retraining or a higher education.  Now – there is absolutely no incentive.  This is government backed dependency.

This so-called “health insurance reform” is nothing more than building an infrastructure to make more people become dependent on government assistance.  This is to put the other 19.1% of blacks without insurance on to government plans.  Those aforementioned in poverty already qualify for government backed insurance.  This 19.1% represent the middle-class blacks who make too much to qualify, but not enough to purchase their own insurance.  This 19.1% is also the highest of all races who are uninsured.

Given the almost 200 year history of slavery in this country, their fight for freedom, and then their fight for civil rights in this country – it is hard to understand why our black brothers and sisters continue to willingly become slaves to liberals and the government.

What prompted this post?  Lisa Fritsch – you need to see this:

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10 Jan

The BoBo Carnival of Politics – Jan 11, 2010 Edition

Posted by: The BoBo  //  Category: BoBo, Carnival, Conservative, Democrats, Liberals, Politics, Republicans, blogs, government, libertarian

Welcome to the 2010 inaugural edition of The BoBo Carnival of Politics.  Happy New Year to everyone! Given it’s been close to a month since the last edition – we have a lot of submissions to start off the year with!  If you find one that intrigues you – please feel free to go over to their blog and strike up a dialog!

Welcome to the January 10, 2010 edition of the bobo carnival of politics.

Herbert Anderson presents Top 50 Criminal Justice & Criminology Blogs posted at Justice City, USA.

Conservative

NotYourDaddy presents Do Not Go Gentle into the Post-American Era posted at Government is not your Daddy., saying, “Every nation has a historical trajectory. This nation has apparently passed its apogee, and is now in decline. We no longer have the drive to overcome. We’ve become complacent and, instead of striving for ever greater industrial innovation and economic strength, we are focused myopically on the niceties that developing nations cannot afford to consider.”

Scott Spiegel presents The Democrats’ Tower of Babel posted at Scott Spiegel.

Scott Spiegel presents Liberal Syntax: A Noun, a Verb, and a Bush Smear posted at Scott Spiegel.

Democrats

June Tree presents How One Homeless Person Lives: Coping With Homelessness posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “I discuss a case study on homelessness. What is our response to the plight of homelessness in our nation?”

Liberal

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Shameless Republicans On Christmas Attack posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

TSW Blog presents Avoid Bankruptcy! Information To Help You Stay Afloat posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “More and more people are dealing with bankruptcy. Anything we can do to stay afloat?”

carl mitchell presents “Is President Obama’s desire to seek compromise greater than his desire to seek change?” posted at My Humble Opinion.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Telling Tiger To Convert Just Ain’t Kosher posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

vjack presents Delegitimizing Obama posted at Atheist Revolution.

Gavin R. Putland presents Why patents are ‘basically iniquitous’ posted at The Putland Archive, saying, “Patents are weapons with which incumbent market players steal the ideas of newcomers. If patents are to encourage innovation, they need to be made more like copyrights.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Rudy ?Noun and a Verb and a 9-11? Giuliani Loses His Mind posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

Libertarian

My Journey presents What Did African Americans Think Obama was Going to do? posted at My Journey to Millions, saying, “What did Blacks think was going to happen?!”

Wenchypoo presents A Critique of Ron Paul’s “End the Fed” Book posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket, saying, “Not MY critique, but somebody else’s.”

Wenchypoo presents The Latest “Green” Gimmick: Fight Global Warming, Get Paid $1100/Year posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket, saying, “You know it’s bad when they have to offer you money to do something!”

Archvillain presents Hearts and Minds posted at A Dark and Sinister Force for Good, saying, “Scratch a fundie and find a racist”

News

Ann Margrain presents Post Copenhagen: Slavery in a Disappearing World posted at Heroin and Cornflakes, saying, “Global warming, for which the rich world is largely responsible for, will continue to be disproportionately paid for by the poor nations in the global south. As with all previous conferences on global warming, Copenhagen will mostly likely be remembered for the economic interests of the powerful”

SubtropicBob presents “The pen is mightier than the sword” – unless you’re protesting health care legislation posted at Famous Quotes vs. Counterquotes, saying, “Quotation humor”

Wenchypoo presents Something NOT to Do: Turn Your Tax Refund into a Savings Bond posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket, saying, “Obama wants our tax returns, and he’s devised a clever way to get them back from us.”

Anthony DeFazio presents Islamization of Europe: Barack Obama’s Support of Turkey posted at sannyasa, saying, “Preview of an Islamic Europe.”

Joe Manausa, MBA presents Three Keys To Selling A Home In 2010 posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, “If you want to sell your home, you need to understand what today’s homebuyer is doing so that you can attract the one that will eventually own your home. Fortunately, the National Association of REALTORS® just released its 2009 PROFILE OF HOME BUYERS AND SELLERS report, which is chock full of information that is invaluable to an active home seller.”

Bradley Hankins presents Obama’s Failed Promise posted at Bradley Hankins, saying, “If you can’t keep a simple promise such as transparency, how can we trust you at all?”

Politics

Surbhi Bhatia presents USA’s Unscruplous Act in Iraq posted at The Viewspaper » The Viewspaper.

Ann Margrain presents Afghanistan: Oh What a Lovely War posted at Heroin and Cornflakes, saying, “When the projected costs of long-term military occupation, interest, and veterans’ benefits are included, the war will cost close to $1 trillion. That’s an awful lot of dollars. Where does it all go?”

Republicans

Ottens presents The Next Republican Candidate posted at Atlantic Sentinel, saying, “President Obama has hardly completed his first year in office or speculation about which Republican will run against him in 2012 has surfaced already. With leftovers from the last election as Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin being too right-wing and therefore unelectable, Mitt Romney remains the most high-profile of potential candidates. Another name is being tossed around Washington however: the name of John Thune, the 48-year old junior senator from South Dakota whose staunchly conservative views and youthfulness might well lure Republicans into electing their own version of Barack Obama.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of The BoBo Carnival of Politics using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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