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  • n5un I am happy to report I am receiving the Medal of Freedom because I am free and not dumb!
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  • pengh In pictures: Presidential medal of freedom award ceremony | World news | guardian.co.uk
  • xeus For all soldiers & civilians dead w/ no tangible "peace" progress made yet, Obama winning is an insult. Like Tenet getting Medal of Freedom.
  • willhowells @chickyog It's metric, isn't it 100 casualties = 1 medal of freedom. 100 medals of freedom = 1 peace prize.
  • mamund President to react in the Rose Garden at 10:30 AM ET, award self Presidential Medal of Freedom. #npp #tcot #majority
  • stanleyyork Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient in Rochester for breast cancer education luncheon
  • andycarvin I have wondered how long it will take Obama to award posthumously the Medal of Freedom to Saul Alinsky #tcot #obama #dnc #gop
  • tomartomartini List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
  • erickbrockway Obama to award Glenn Beck "Medal of Freedom" #cnnfactcheck #factcheckTHIS @cnn
  • futuredirected @wtk1 Yes. Stephen Hawking even has the answer to right-wing stupidity. No wonder he got the Medal of Freedom!.
  • andrewkjs JK Rowling was denied the Presidential Medal of Freedom because the Bush admin thought she 'encouraged witchcraft'. http://bit.ly/CTwmL
  • bigstarlet JK Rowling denied medal by Bush because Harry Potter 'encouraged witchcraft' - Telegraph
  • craigforster @zomb1etron Why would she be eligible for a Medal of Freedom anyway She's an author FFS, she didn't actually do anything worthwhile.
  • mathewingram DougSaunders: So George W Bush denied the Presidential Medal of Freedom to JK Rowling because.... aw, you know why http://is.gd/3PmiT
  • tompetom Blog post with photos of Obama and the Medal of Freedom http://bit.ly/u2HiQ
  • rushabhd RT @wigu: JK Rowling denied US Medal of Freedom because she's a witch http://twurl.nl/1upp3a . Welcome to SIXTEEN F***ING HUNDRED A.D.
  • argentangel RT @danteshepherd: JK Rowling denied US Medal of Freedom because she's a witch http://twurl.nl/1upp3a . Welcome to SIXTEEN HUNDRED A.D.
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  • djwudi JK Rowling Lost Out on US Medal Over Harry Potter 'Witchcraft'
  • ericmillikin Bush admin denied Harry Potter author JK Rowling Medal of Freedom because she "encouraged witchcraft" (http://ping.fm/DzET1)
  • rickmarshall @wigu Would have been so much cooler if YOU were denied the US Medal of Freedom because you were accused of being a witch.
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