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Lawrence Ludlow emailed me about &#8220;<strong>Government Blowback Day<\/strong>.&#8221;   I don&#8217;t know if Lawrence and his friends are planning to burn copies of the 9\/11 Commission Report.<\/p>\n<p>From the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Complete-Liberty\/calendar\/14527080\/\">press release<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nSan Diego Complete Liberty Declares Sept. 11th <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some church in Florida is planning on celebrating 9\/11 by burning hundreds of Korans. Perhaps this will be the launchpad for bonfires across the nation of any book suspected of Muslim tendencies. There&#8217;s a different 9\/11 celebration going on in San Diego. 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