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"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ" --Gandhi
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -Theodore Roosevelt
"A little revolution, now and then, is a good thing." -Thomas Jefferson-
"In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in 12 years, we'll be voting for plants." -Lewis Black-
"When you're born in the world you're given a ticket to the freakshow; when you're born in America you're given a front-row seat. And some of us in the front row have notebooks and pencils." -George Carlin |
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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely to Respond |
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11:51 pm EST, Jan 7, 2004 |
] Dear Paul Bremer,
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] I feel your pain. I, too, have tried to topple dictators,
] usurp power, and occupy foreign nations while trying to
] steel domestic support for military intervention. Go interesting places!
Meet interesting people!
And kill them! McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely to Respond |
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Yahoo! News - AP: U.S. Offers Tips on Cutting OT Costs |
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1:02 pm EST, Jan 6, 2004 |
] Essentially, employees would be working more hours for
] the same pay. Gotta love when the LABOR Department is showing companies how to pay their workers less. Yahoo! News - AP: U.S. Offers Tips on Cutting OT Costs |
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Yahoo! News - Women Needed to Test Orgasm Machine |
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| Topic: Health and Wellness |
4:10 pm EST, Nov 26, 2003 |
] An American surgeon who has patented a device that
] triggers an orgasm has begun a clinical trial approved by
] the Food and Drug Administration Finally, a way for women to deal with the "best 90 seconds" of their inept partner's lives. Yahoo! News - Women Needed to Test Orgasm Machine |
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Leaps of Logic That Need a Parachute... |
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6:00 pm EDT, Oct 8, 2003 |
] The mother of a man who killed three co-workers before
] shooting himself in a workplace rampage has asked the
] company to compensate her for her son's death because it
] occurred at work, Huh? Gee, Mrs. Jones, Your son shot himself at work, therefore we should pay death damages to you because HE KILLED HIMSELF. Oh, and he KILLED THE PEOPLE HE WORKED WITH. To borrow something from a recent FCC ruling, she's out of her fucking mind. Leaps of Logic That Need a Parachute... |
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Yahoo! News - School Apologizes for Nazi Display by Band |
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12:10 pm EDT, Oct 1, 2003 |
Way to celebrate WWII guys. Let's wave the swastika on Rosh Hashana. Am I the only one not surprised that this is the state that elected the shrub as governor? Yahoo! News - School Apologizes for Nazi Display by Band |
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Yahoo! News - Kennedy Says Case for Iraq War Was Fraud |
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4:46 pm EDT, Sep 18, 2003 |
] "There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas,
] announced in January to the Republican leadership that
] war was going to take place and was going to be good
] politically. This whole thing was a fraud," Kennedy said. I think Ted is a little pissed off. Being right doesn't hurt. Go Ted! Yahoo! News - Kennedy Says Case for Iraq War Was Fraud |
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Yahoo! News - Bush to Double Iraq Spending |
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12:42 pm EDT, Sep 8, 2003 |
] President Bush, addressing the nation
] about the unexpectedly violent Iraq
] occupation, Has there really been an unexpectedly PEACEFUL occupation in someplace we didn't kill a few hundred thousand people? Yahoo! News - Bush to Double Iraq Spending |
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Yahoo! News - '60 Minutes' Stars Rip Celeb Interviews |
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11:52 am EDT, Sep 4, 2003 |
] "This cloying by various television reporters for the
] right to interview the slut du jour just becomes kind of
] a silly joke, something out of `Saturday Night Live (news
] - Y! TV),'" Safer said at a panel discussion arranged by
] the National Television Academy. Damn Morley, tell us how you REALLY feel! LOL! Yahoo! News - '60 Minutes' Stars Rip Celeb Interviews |
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Yahoo! News - U.S. Offers to Share Iraq Role With U.N. |
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1:25 am EDT, Sep 4, 2003 |
Gee, this is one hell of an offer. "Guys? We kinda screwed this one up. Want to jump in here so we can get our guys out of the way of these bullets and get your guys in the way of them?" I can just see other countries lining up for this one. Yahoo! News - U.S. Offers to Share Iraq Role With U.N. |
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