This Is Not A Joke

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Police in Kinshasa, Congo, have arrested 13 suspected "sorcerers" of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises, after a wave of panic arose and attempted lynchings which were triggered by the witchcraft.

For reals, y'all!

Reuters is reporting it!

Reports of snatching penises is not uncommon in West Africa, where there's still a strong belief in traditional religions and witchcraft. There are often ritual killings to obtain blood or body parts.

Some residents accuse a separatist sect from Bas-Congo of being behind the penis robberies in revenge for a recent crackdown of its members by the government.

Penis robberies!!!!!

Rumors of the penis theft began circulating last week in Kinshasa. Citizens were calling in to radio talk shows to seek advise. Citizens were told to beware of passengers next to them in public transportation, wearing gold rings.

Somebody's gonna snatch your cock on the metro!

There are supposedly 14 victims so far who claim that the sorcerers touched them, and their penises shrunk or disappeared! They claim it is an attempt to extort cash in return for a cure.

Uhm, right.

Local police chief, Jean-Dieudonne Oleko, said in a recent interview, "You just have to be accused of that, and people come after you. We've had a number of attempted lynchings. You see them covered in marks after being beaten."

Oleko continued, "I'm tempted to say it's one huge joke, but when you try to tell the victims that their penises are still there, they tell you that it's become tiny or that they've become impotent. To that I tell them, 'How do you know if you haven't gone home and tried it'."

Apparently, something similar happed over 10 years ago in Ghana, when 12 suspected penis robbers were beaten to death by angry mobs.

But residents are still claiming it's real. Alain Kalala, a local citizen, said "It's real. Just yesterday here, there was a man who was a victim. We saw. What was left was tiny."

Unless it was tiny to begin with?

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    Posted: Apr 23, 2008 at 6:00 pm / Email this  »

    129 comments to “This Is Not A Joke”

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    1. Kkkkjay says – reply to this


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      First!

    2. fdfd says – reply to this


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      sdfkjd;klafjdsflksj Fist?

    3. tara236 says – reply to this


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      Yeah, I'm West African. It does happen!! This is for real!! :(

    4. poopy says – reply to this


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      first…poop.

    5. i hate miley says – reply to this


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      again. who cares. make more i hate miley blogs :]

    6. amy says – reply to this


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      hahah sorcerers lol

    7. 12 says – reply to this


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      12th

    8. danielle says – reply to this


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      tryin to be 1st

    9. maria says – reply to this


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      now thats a secret power id like to have… just image ladies all the idoits youve ever dated apoof its shrunken or missing??? LOL LOVES IT! =)

    10. Ava*London says – reply to this


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      ouch!

    11. Mrs. Bon Jovi says – reply to this


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      FIRST ?

    12. mick says – reply to this


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      Bush?

    13. redsongia says – reply to this


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      First! Maybe they took Bonaduce's wee wee?

    14. jt says – reply to this


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      first

    15. JESSICA! says – reply to this


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      10TH!!!

    16. santeria bruja says – reply to this


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      Hey perez..maybe you should contact your local botanica and do a weight loss candle!

    17. DH says – reply to this


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      Wow…what the hell kind of drugs are these fools smoking!? lol

    18. EDGE says – reply to this


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      20th???!!! I HATE BUSH AND MCCAIN AND HILLARY
      LOVEEEE OBAMA and ROn Paul

    19. Rhonda C says – reply to this


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      what does a picture of George W. Bush have to do with this story? You're such a fat ass - I hate you anymore!

    20. steven says – reply to this


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      close to first.. bush is crazy.. cant wait for someone to come along and clean up after him!

    21. hahaha says – reply to this


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      Guess they better keep the wammy away from you perez!!! You can't afford to go any smaller!! All's you'll have left is an inny!!! :lol:

    22. steven says – reply to this


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      close to first..

    23. witch hunt says – reply to this


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      Wow!!! Really ridiculous. A modern day witch hunt!!!!

    24. k says – reply to this


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      first

    25. tissy says – reply to this


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      what the hell? thats just weird.

    26. julez says – reply to this


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      second

    27. you're safe says – reply to this


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      guess u r safe perez. i heard they only wanted big ones.

    28. debbie says – reply to this


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      and G.W.B. has what to do with this ?

    29. Jaely says – reply to this


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      I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME BEFORE & AFTER PICS

    30. george bush says – reply to this


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      I like fat guys w/ little weiners. Hilary understands. I can see it now, Perez's teenie weenie in a little bun w/ some hot sauce. Mui caliente!! Wait, anybody got tweezers?

    31. today says – reply to this


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      thats the weirdest thing ever, perez

    32. Dani says – reply to this


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      that's some crazy shit

    33. Blair says – reply to this


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      Run men run!! Cover your man jewels!!

    34. b says – reply to this


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      oh….

    35. WADE says – reply to this


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      SO WHY THE GW PIC?????

    36. D says – reply to this


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      Yeah I heard of shit like that… evil mother fuckers like that do exist and all I know is KARMA will fuck them in the ass (not in a good way) for messing with shit like that

    37. mimi says – reply to this


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      lord, thats nasty…

      and all of u losers out there stop posting that u are first…whats with that-…u dont get an award for it

    38. CJ says – reply to this


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      Fuck you Perez!! President Bush is so above you.

    39. WTF says – reply to this


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      George W's picture is on their because he is a perfect exxample of a DICK

    40. b says – reply to this


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      why president Bush on the pic?

    41. Danny Bonadouche says – reply to this


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      IT WASN'T THE STEROIDS THAT SHRUNK MY ONE-EYED MONSTER BUT THOSE DAMN SORCERERS FROM WEST AFRICA. THEY ALSO PUT A HEX ON MY MARRIAGE TO GRETCHEN TOO ….. SHE HATED MY LITTLE PECKER!

    42. Holly says – reply to this


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      I think it's just an excuse for guys…who need to compensate.

    43. 1234 says – reply to this


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      It's called Koro, or Genital Retraction Syndrome. It's a psychiatric condition that can be treated with anti-anxiety meds.

    44. Carrie says – reply to this


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      perez… come on. the congo is NOT in west africa.

    45. TOO MUCH OF A BAD THING says – reply to this


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      Re: debbie – HE'S THE BIGGEST DICK IN AMERICA!

    46. Danny C says – reply to this


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      What does this have to do with George Bush??? The website is sooooooooo LAME. There's never anything on here that's even interesting.

    47. cass says – reply to this


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      thats bullshit.
      they were tiny to begin with.

    48. Nathiest says – reply to this


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      would had been funnier if you had a picture of either Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton.

    49. MG says – reply to this


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      i could only hope my ex gets in "touch" with one of this guys lol

    50. wrool says – reply to this


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      Oh my God! this is so Freudian!!!

    51. #46 says – reply to this


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      Re: Danny C – SEE #46

    52. Frag The Paps says – reply to this


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      And people wonder why nobody cares about these 3rd world shytholes. What a bunch of effing retards. Witches? Sorcerers? Why is it that some cultures are stuck in a 7th century mentality and we are forced to provide aid to a population that can provide nothing in return? These people that think mutilating a womens genitals, or raping babies to cure their butt flu, or going on machette attacks. Kill them all and lets start over. They are too stupid to occupy space and they will never change.

    53. Marilyn Monroe says – reply to this


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      LOL sooo funny in a way

    54. african witchcraft is NOT a joke says – reply to this


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      i was born there and some ppl in my family do it, i do not kno y this humors perez, lots of ppl die because they do this voodoo and they kill hundreds of innocent ppl, if u kno ppl who do this only God can protect u because those who do it use satanic powers. BE CAREFUL

    55. Roadwork says – reply to this


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      Madonna was the first one I heard talk about witchcraft in Africa in her recent interviews, I didnt realize it was so relevant still in the world.

    56. Patty says – reply to this


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      And you put the President of the United States up there for that article? That is beyond disrespectful- even if you don't care for your president, he is STILL the President. Voted in. That isn't even witty and it is beneath you, Perez. Didn't you take enough world history and government at NYU to at least come away with respect for what the job takes? Why didn't you put a picture of Mr Treason- Jimmy Carter- up there? Like Gore, even his own state didn't vote for him.

    57. IT'S ALL BULLSHIT! says – reply to this


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      Re: Frag The Paps – OH PLEASE! AMERICA JUST WENT APE SHIT OVER THE POPE! AND THE BILLIONS OF $ THEY "EXTORT" FROM THE FAITHFUL. SAME THING, DIFFERENT CULTURE.

    58. HA HA HA! says – reply to this


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    59. Missy says – reply to this


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      My ex-boyfriend will be happy to have an explanation now…haha!

    60. :) says – reply to this


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      Re: EDGE
      Your a moron, Obama is going to screw this country over.

    61. Hey its true says – reply to this


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      this bitch did witch craft to me a year ago. She paid $3000 to put some curse on me. I nearly died. I was so freaking sick i did not have strength to get up in the morning. This was over some stupid guy. Dont worry that BITCH will one day get hers. KARMA…….However, i do not have guts to do the same to her. I don't get why some people are so EVIL……

    62. CeCe says – reply to this


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      As an American citizen living in Ghana, married to Ghanaian, I can tell you that nothing of the sort has happened in the time I've lived here. Also, my husband, 29 years, has never heard of such a thing. If it is happening, it's happening in the bush or north where many people of the last generation didn't attend grade school. (We live in the capitol city, Accra.) You can blame this on a lack of education. I know this story was just a "bizarre but true" posting but I can't stand to see another nation's rich cultural history exploited for a laugh. And, by the way, I am not a geography student but I don't consider the Congo to be in West Africa.

    63. Shelly says – reply to this


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      Somebody's gonna snatch your cock on the metro!

      Best line ever!!!

      This must be made into a movie title.

    64. La Dolce Vita says – reply to this


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      this is why africa is still a third world country living the dark ages. can't angelina jolie donate some books on biology and anatomy?

    65. you're idiots says – reply to this


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      How are they any crazier that you idiots that believe some dip shit was nailed to a cross, then rose from the dead and went to heaven where he is involved in the fate of every living thing on earth….talk about fucking idiots.
      Perez, what does George bush have to do with this story?

    66. lynda says – reply to this


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      perez…why do you post things like this? this is what gives africa a reputation as a backwards place. MOST OF AFRICA IS NOT LIKE THIS. you make it seem like this is common because it also happened 10 YEARS AGO in ghana. let me tell you that i lived in ghana for a while and every single ghanaian i know is either christian or muslim.

      it is horrible the way that western media portrays africa. they have universities, and cars, and roads, and night clubs, and church. yes there is poverty there, but there is so much more. i felt much safer (even as a white girl) in ghana than i have in the US. most of the people i met there were very peaceful and friendly. there are weird things that happen here too (like the cult in TX where 14 year old girls are forced to have sex with 50 year old men). so don't go perpetuating this stereotype of africa. it is the largest continent on earth and just because there are a few weirdos it does not mean that everyone there is like that.

    67. Josh says – reply to this


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      A bunch of black guys got their dicks shrunk? So, are they only like 9 inches now?

    68. Bella says – reply to this


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      Just one question Perez…why the FUCK do you have Bush's picture there? KNOCK IT OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF…

    69. Kitten1313 says – reply to this


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      Here's some "advise," hire an editor, douchebag!

    70. BATHOG says – reply to this


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      if a sorcerer touched mine it would certainly shrink to a costanza.

    71. Tina says – reply to this


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      thats like whoa. Sounds crazythe but never know what might happen the way the world is.

    72. joan says – reply to this


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      Perez, the Democratic Republic of Congo is not in West Africa. It's in the south. Please do fact checking before you put out these stories.

    73. Tranny says – reply to this


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      where do i sign up

    74. shaneequa says – reply to this


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      Was one of them David Blaine? He'll do anything for publicity.

    75. Rita says – reply to this


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      My mom was born in Kinshasa, Congo before it got all crazy and stuff. She had an amazing childhood there. My uncles were born there too because my grandparents were missionaries there for 35 years.

    76. antxxx says – reply to this


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      PEREZ,

      CONGO IS NOT IN WEST AFRICA!

      with all due respect.

      do your homework or read a map.

      you're a good guy.

      love,

      ant

    77. #46 says – reply to this


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      Re: Bella – #46

    78. john dixon says – reply to this


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      Let's keep pouring millions of dollars in development aid to Africa…obviously, it's really working wonders. After 50 years, these people are still savages.
      By the way, why is Bush's picture on this story?!

    79. PerezezDietGuru says – reply to this


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      Perrrrrrrrrrrr-fect cover for the pencil-dicks of the world. "I was HUGE before the black magic came!" Yeah, right.

    80. Killeroid says – reply to this


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      Perez you idiot, Congo is not in West Africa. Its actually about 5 countries to the south of west africa.

    81. Maddie says – reply to this


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      Re: lynda
      Asia is the largest continent you dipshit, go take a fucking geography class.

    82. Maddie says – reply to this


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      Re: #46 – Oh, that's mature. Atleast he's not stupid enough to want to pull out of Iraq, can you say hello bombs?

    83. Heather says – reply to this


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      Just curious WTH this has to do with President Bush?

    84. Mandella says – reply to this


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      As allegedly "natural" male inhancement pill sales skyrocket in West Africa…

      Okay number one, it was probably small to begin with, they probably found out most black guys are supposed to have big dicks, came after the guys who did and said "hey you bastard you stole my willie!!!"… lynchings proceeded because they can't think of a more creative way to kill people… lame.

      Not like I care though, with all them scammers from West Africa… I hope they get their supposed manhood stolen… fuckers deserve it!

    85. James says – reply to this


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      Okay Perez. We get it. You don't like President Bush.

    86. neepur says – reply to this


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      Oh, this explains Jeremy Pivens…..ew bummer.

    87. MAR011 says – reply to this


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      can someone tell me why our president's picture is attached to this piece?

    88. kateinkigali says – reply to this


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      yep not really news for the Congo it's been going on for years……FYI the real news from Congo is that 5,000.000 people have died in an ongoing civil war.
      Peace for Africa NOW

    89. j says – reply to this


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      shut up all ya jealous small pricks! i know for a fact that latinos have small to average size dicks. and thats why i so heart black guys! lets just say they really fill you up ;>
      it's totally true that "once you go black, you'll never go back"!

    90. Hank Schmankenlicker says – reply to this


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      Just like you Perez to jump on a good dick story.

    91. isabella says – reply to this


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      its not only in west africa. i'm from south africa and it happens here on a daily basis. as funny as this article might sound … its really not that humorous turning on the news and seeing that another 1 year old baby was found with its body parts removed for 'muti' purposes …. SICK

    92. mich says – reply to this


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      "Somebody's gonna snatch your cock on the metro!"
      LOL! LOVE YOU PEREZ!

    93. Ticia says – reply to this


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      Last time i checked the Congo was in Central Africa…not West ! And WTF does Bush's picture have 2do with it? Couldn't u put an actual sorcerer, a victim or a map of this CENTRAL African contry?? Dumbass

    94. South African says – reply to this


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      Why is this shit only happening in Africa? I am South African and "Mooty" murders also happen here.

    95. tom says – reply to this


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      Isn't Obama half African…….ya his father was from Kenya, ditched Obama's mother after Obama was born, his father went back to his other wife in kenya, you know because he was muslim and they can have numerous wives, funny how African blacks and American black men have that in common , So all you Obama supporters, do you think Obama would run America half as great as African's leaders have run their countries, just asking.

    96. sam says – reply to this


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      Perez what does President Bush have to do with this ridiculous story, if you wanted to link this story with a picture of someone wouldn't it have been more appropriate to use Obama's picture, since he's have African and his church The Trinity Church has as one as is rules that all members must make a commit to Africa and that Obama's wife keeps his balls in her purse and that she looks like a real ball(dick) buster.

    97. wazzup says – reply to this


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      is this for real? well, i suggest that men in africa should start wearing undies like "chastity belts" or best, they should start stocking king cobras inside their undies lolz

    98. lady says – reply to this


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      #66 YOU ARE SO FUCKING RIGHT LOL…

      I was brought up in a very religious family - the minute I was old enough to read the bible myself I realized that too many things did not add up. But when you question christianity immediately they say oh the devil is putting bad thoughts in your mind blah,blah, blah.

      Thanks for having the guts to state the obvious :-)

    99. Huh? says – reply to this


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      Was Hilary a victim of these sorcerers?

    100. Kevin says – reply to this


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      I kept trying to find out what it had to do with Bush. I guess just putting his pic there you were trying to get people to read it Perez.

      Way to go political zealism !

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