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Old 09-08-2003, 11:12 PM
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[color=#000000ost_uid0]>> Looks like Marc's got worshippers. Or at least one. <<

Having just re-read the fiver for "Who Watches the Watchers?", I now nervously wonder if a Mintakan arrow will be following shortly....

>> So I wasn't the only one sitting there trying to determine that the acronym worked out to USAPATRIOTA? Oh, wait, it's several words. <<

And the word "Act" follows the acronym rather than being part of it -- both in the original version and the 24th century one. I strongly suspect that Congress came up with the acronym first, then retroactively found words to turn it into a catch-phrase.[/colorost_uid0]
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