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That's Chicago-style politics for you.

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There is no inside. There is no outside.

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People tend to forget that the main qualifications for a surgeon are gunslinger reflexes and a great memory. Contemplative rational synthesis is not high on the needs list.

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Obama's jeans so loose....

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Isn't that spelled OLIGARHY?

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Guns. Whatever else you think of them, they make it easy to do shit for which there are no take-backs.

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Were as many of our fellow Americans this crazy before the Internet existed?

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As we all know: it takes one responsible gun owner to stop a completely unarmed teenager.

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That Texas family has a lot of therapy in their kids' future...

:(

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This fall, I get to stand for reelection to the board of our little community services district. (I was appointed to a vacant seat). It will be my first personal contact with electoral politics. Since I'm in the foothills, it's possible that the fact that I'm an atheist Democrat will be a problem. I guess we'll see.

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Ali G, obviously.

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Exactly. One1111!!!!!11111one111!!!

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Obviously, too many of them have senses of humor.

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<a href="http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/lazy" target="_blank">Surely.</a>

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That's one helluva line.

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<i>"...Wikipedia defines socialism as... "</i>

Give me a few minutes and that definition will read "an economic system admired by American Republicans for its conformity to the teachings of Jesus."

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