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		tsotha on Aug 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P <i>The program is popular and self-sustaining.</i> Social Security was <i>never</i> self-sustaining. It's doomed by demographics and has been since the day it was enacted.

bgentry on Aug 6, 2011 [–]

You an accomplish italics/quotes using asterisks, like so

tsotha on Aug 6, 2011 | [–]

Yeah, I know. I get mixed up sometimes going from one blog to another. Is this system really easier that just going straight HTML?

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