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The life taking oppressive knee on our necks comes in more ways than one - The Westside Gazette

THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE - “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.

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