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  • Dr. R, Just read yesterday that despite SCOTUS decision the DC commonman is still limited in their handgun selection.

    Instructional Video: Self-Defense 2008

  • Just totally laid back, disengagedlike he had moremoney than God and did not have any 'commonman'worries.

    CT-SEN: Lieberman Ahead In New Poll 2009

  • We, the "commonman", have to fight for our rights.

    rediff.com 2009

  • Either way, they aren't working for the commonman.

    Obama and Congress Must Act to Restore the Constitution 2009

  • So the first aristocrat may have been a tribal witch doctor, maybe one of the reasons we are instinctly impressed by witchcraft, one of the ways the aristocrats keep their power: by keeping knowledge from the commonman—Jefferson believed this to the point he built the University of Virginia as a place where aristocrat children could come learn how to be aristocrats, southern competition with Havard and Yale, the Big East aristocrat colleges.

    FEAR The Daily Growler 2006

  • Many of those who took up these issues -- as subsequent events showed -- were more keen on cornering a share of the spoils for themselves and their kin, rather than really empowering the commonman (and woman) to utilise a language they could be more at home in.

    Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press Various

  • The so-called recovery is a great excuse for even more artificial inflation for groceries and other consumer goods. commonman | sydney - January 14, 2010, 2: 18PM

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • The so-called recovery is a great excuse for even more artificial inflation for groceries and other consumer goods. commonman | sydney - January 14, 2010, 2: 18PM

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • Indeed, Hitler wanted to exterminate Gays, Communists, Jews and those with physical disabilities so many of our current rullers who belong to those groups might not have been in the position of power which theyenjoy, had it not been for the sacrifice of the commonman, the Tommies, Anzac, Indians, africans, yank etc troops who gave thier end all and beall.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • Indeed, Hitler wanted to exterminate Gays, Communists, Jews and those with physical disabilities so many of our current rullers who belong to those groups might not have been in the position of power which theyenjoy, had it not been for the sacrifice of the commonman, the Tommies, Anzac, Indians, africans, yank etc troops who gave thier end all and beall.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

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