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Try working at one of our vaunted National Labs......

Actually, it turns out that most of those government subsidies go to the large agribusinesses, and not to small family farms. So much for free market economics.

I'm just waiting for the Republicans to live up to this mantle of morality that they've assumed....... Still waiting..... OK, still waiting.... Well, guess I'll just go home.

and what would the Republicans do when he started chasing interns around the oval office? and you KNOW he would.... ;-)

Just in case you're under any kind of delusions that Schwarzengger would be different

If you were going for Australia, another fine choice, you should seriously look at Melbourne. Yah got yer rainy weather, just like the PNW, and yer Grampians and yer Arapiles. Granted, the skiing sucks ass and the mountaineering is non-existent... Still, Melbourne is probably the most European of cities you'll find down that way.

it's really sad that the quality of presidential candidates in this country has reached such abysmal lows that we are now forced to outsource the job.

New Zealand baby. Fabulous mountaineering but next to zero rock climbing. There is supposedly some down near Queenstown but I hear it too sucks.

Never let it be said that certain members of the Right are graceful winners. Of course, certain members of the Left aren't very graceful losers either.

Apparently Dru's not been to the south side of Chicago...

Read it with an open mind

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i'd be interested to know what parent's reactions are these days when their kids are acting up at school. i remember when parent's used to get the call from the principal and usually they gave 'the eye' to their kid, basically saying 'wtf have you done now?' am i wrong in thinking that now the parents give the eye to the principal, basically saying 'wtf do you think you're doing accusing my precious little snotleigh of being bad?'

The other thing that's ironic about the whole 'red v blue states' issue is that all of the red states are 'federal welfare states'. That is, that take in more money from the federal government than they pay into it. Thus, the blue states are paying the way for the red states....

how about any excess oil profits and Halliburton profits going to pay off the national debt?

Hmmm. Maybe that's Shrub's plan. Later, when we're broke, I bet all those grateful Iraqi's will help bail us out. It's so crazy, it just might work!

You mean the deficit? No. With another four years of Bush/Kleptocrat economics looming ahead, I hope certain people won't be complaining when we have to seriously raise taxes in order to pay for the little spending binge we're on. Hope ya'll don't mind when everyone holding our debts (e.g. the Chinese, the Japanese) come calling wanting to be paid back. I seem to recall the Kleptocrats being about fiscal responsibility. Oh well. Another illusion shattered along with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. (Patiently expecting someone to say "Oh, we'll take care of those trillions of dollars with an improved economy".......)

maybe they should try being a real university instead of a holding pen for 'student' athletes.

exactly!

Yeah, not like believing in angels, a 6000 year old Earth, that self-regulation of polluting industries can work, etc.

Good timing on this question. I'd like to hear too.

That's a better reply than any of the Australians gave when I used it on them. ;-) They usually just sputtered in righteous indignation. I guess that's why I only see them working your ski lifts. ;-)

Gee, Dru, I guess I'd feel that way too if I lived in a 3rd world country. ;-)

To make your fleece less permeable, forget your anniversary and tell it that it's butt does indeed look fat in those pants.

Hypothetical question: i`If the states decide to ban gay marriages, and they seem to be doing just that, where does this leave the left? Do they accept the result as being 'the will of the people' or do they mount a constitutional challenge and look like hypocrites for saying it should be left up to the states to decide? (Personally, I think government should keep it's nose out of it but hey I'm not a party member).