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1. almost 5 years ago on F Minus

   AKA chockillaberry.

2. almost 5 years ago on Frank and Ernest

   Romeo kicked him out.

3. almost 5 years ago on Walt Handelsman
   I tried to get closer with a female Cherokee; Wilma Mankiller.
4. almost 5 years ago on Frank and Ernest

   Romeo is used in spelling. Roger still means “message received”.

5. almost 5 years ago on The Knight Life

   When I play my washtub bass, I not playing percussion, but a standard walking bass line.

6. almost 5 years ago on Frank and Ernest

   Roger was the US phonetic alphabet for R in WW-II. Since it fit “does not sound like any other in the new International, has some meaning in many languages, and was used by other nation’s alphabet”, it was kept. Wilco missed several requirements and so was replaced with whiskey, which did. US Fox was replaced with Foxtrot for the “makes sense in other languages” rule.

7. almost 5 years ago on Free Range

   Too much time alone trying to get a long little dogie.

8. almost 5 years ago on Phil Hands

   In the old days, there was a concern about a “balanced ticket”. Usually didn’t get past non-contiguous states, but the idea was to get as many identifying with some part of the ticket as possible. Therefore I nominate Warren/Castro. Geography: MA/TX; Gender: female/male; Ethnos: white/brown; Experience: academia, Senate/municipal, cabinet; Age: 70/45; Religion: United Methodist/Roman Catholic. No other combination provides this variety.

9. almost 5 years ago on Steve Breen

   Immigrants from Japan were not permitted citizenship, although their US-born children had 15th amendment rights. Under pressure after the Estavan lighthouse shelling, Canada restricted theirs to east of the Okanagan, but property was declared Crown Assets, and returned after the war.

10. almost 5 years ago on Nick Anderson

    Vote Blue in state offices too. That way, we can get the Compact ratified and the Electoral College will be moot.