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#1 2005-11-12 16:55:47

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'robbing hood' for 'Robin Hood'

About 1000 ghits- some, but not all, deliberate:

Again, the Robbing Hood theory, steal from the one and give to the other.
howardsviews.com/GIANTFRAUD.html

He is the neo-con Robbing Hood – he steals from the poor and gives to the rich.
www.aljazeerah.info/.../2004%20letters/ … 202004.htm

Your definition of “sharing prosperity” is playing Robbing Hood, with the government acting as your enforcer of choice.
techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=183853&messageID=1877171

I thought it was all about stealing money off the rich to give to the poor, you
know, the old Robbing Hood theme.
www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/005245.html

You see, it seems with Democrats, they have the Robbing Hood mentality. They like taking from the working folks and giving to the poor.
www.marksrants.com/democrats.html

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