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Congress needs to stop acting like a bunch of spoiled, thumb-sucking whiners who are pouting because their candidate didn't win, and approve spending aimed at improving infrastructure immediately.
Shari Cohen: America: Can We Handle a Real Emergency? Shari Cohen 2011
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It's about TIME these obstructionists are kicked in their ARSES and treated like the bunch of thumb-sucking, foot-stamping, temper-tantrum, whining-crybabies they are.
Democratic senators urge action on Obama's judicial nominees 2010
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These views are not limited to thumb-sucking centrists.
Robert Kuttner: What Lessons of Election Day? Robert Kuttner 2010
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These views are not limited to thumb-sucking centrists.
Robert Kuttner: What Lessons of Election Day? Robert Kuttner 2010
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These views are not limited to thumb-sucking centrists.
Robert Kuttner: What Lessons of Election Day? Robert Kuttner 2010
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When the would-be abortion customer beholds, for the first time, the reality of her unborn baby—not a grainy, difficult-to-decipher, old-fashioned sonogram, but a modern, crystal-clear image of her own moving, kicking, thumb-sucking baby—in the great majority of cases she does not go through with the planned abortion.
HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010
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When the pregnant mom sees her own child via ultrasound—kicking, thumb-sucking, and all—words cease, arguments ring hollow, excuses evaporate.
HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010
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When the would-be abortion customer beholds, for the first time, the reality of her unborn baby—not a grainy, difficult-to-decipher, old-fashioned sonogram, but a modern, crystal-clear image of her own moving, kicking, thumb-sucking baby—in the great majority of cases she does not go through with the planned abortion.
HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010
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Staying on that general theme, let's discuss thumb-sucking today.
Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: How to Prevent Your Child From Thumb Sucking 2010
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When the pregnant mom sees her own child via ultrasound—kicking, thumb-sucking, and all—words cease, arguments ring hollow, excuses evaporate.
HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010
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