Cats, Jax, and the Plastic Princess

Canned response to my letter to NBC's Today Show about Kathie Lee Bigot:

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Subject:	RE: Kathie Lee's 25Jun08 "Who Knew" Comments
Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:13:53 -0700
From:	Today Show Viewer Mail
To:

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