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FIREVideo a Smash Hit on YouTube

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Robert Shibley

April 22, 2009

The has been enjoying huge popularity on YouTube this month thanks to our latest short film about the University of Delaware's (now defunct, thanks to ��֭��) thought control program: . The video just exceeded the 25,000 views mark and has made FIREthe on YouTube for this month. This is particularly remarkable because FIREhas posted only eight videos on YouTube, compared with the minimum of 87 posted by the organizations that are ahead of FIREfor the month. If you haven't taken the time to watch this excellent video, please do. Not only will you learn more about ��֭��'s efforts to defend liberty, but you will also be helping us reach more people than ever before by increasing our visibility on the Internet's most popular video site!

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