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Privately, however, some investigators involved in the case said they do not believe his story, because he has admitted to smoking crack cocaine during the time he held Jessica Lunsford. In the early morning hours several days later, a truckload of coon hunting dogs and their masters pulled up as Rudolph was perched on top of the grain silo. A speeding car ran over and killed one of the dogs, diverting the hunters just before they might have spotted Rudolph, he said. Yesterday, many of those privacy advocates, learning that the database had been under development for three years, called its existence an egregious violation of the Privacy Act’s rules and intent. In this brave new world, your friends don’t wait until you’ve turned into a zombie to kill you for the greater good of humanity. The people in this society do not read books, enjoy nature, spend time by themselves, think independently, or have meaningful conversations. Instead, they drive very fast, watch excessive amounts of television on wall-size sets, and listen to the radio on “Seashell Radio” sets attached to their ears. We can say exactly what kinds of books we are not interested in. Those are: Family Bibles, Old encyclopedia sets, Adult series westerns (Longarm, etc), Adult series romances (Harlequin,etc).


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