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HyacinthClare Wrote: Jan 10, 2013 1:24 PM
THAT's a statistic I'm going to shamelessly plagiarize from you and use frequently! Kennesaw, Georgia, huh?
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rwright Wrote: Jan 10, 2013 7:26 PM
How many gangs in Kennesaw? Drug dealers? People with mental health problems? What is the population? I do not think it comes even close to Chicago in any category. I could name many small towns with very low or non existant murder rates.
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beowulfe Wrote: Jan 10, 2013 10:52 AM
Facts to a progressive are like garlic to a vampire. 'Nuff said.
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