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… but it’s hard to substantively argue against it. Or the irony that the Limbaugh and Beck and the Tea-Partiers, in supporting the decision, are “cutting their own throats,” too, once the corporations decide that rabble-rousers on the Right are no longer good corporate citizens, either.<\/p>\n
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Fairly apocalyptic words from Keith Olbermann … … but it’s hard to substantively argue against it. Or the irony that the Limbaugh and Beck and the Tea-Partiers, in supporting the decision, are “cutting their own throats,” too, once the corporations decide that rabble-rousers on the Right are no longer good corporate citizens, either. 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