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the judges also would have accepted The Island of Misfit Toys

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The Island of Doctor Moreau

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i like to celebrate 911 by wondering what would have happened if katherine harris had, you know, stayed at IBM or whatever.

me and 100,000 dead iraqis.

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i forgot about Fukuyama

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You are correct my friend. Thank you for bringing this discussion back to today's reality. And thank you for sharing those names. Tonight I'll spend some times on the google machine learning about these people.

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I had a dumb blog way back in those primordial times, and I wrote something like, "It's a gift from heaven. All he has to do is stand around and look presidential, and he's got it made."

And still he fucked it up.

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It happened and we need to move forward as a nation. 343 FDNY firefighters died and that hurts me. I spent 10 days in that pile as a sector officer for TX Task Force 1 and I am still overwhelmed by the work of the rescuers and iron workers who moved more steel than I've ever seen in that period. As my wife said "It's our generation's Pearl Harbor."

Support the families and live your lives.

Sorry for this snarkless moment.

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Also: "weapons of mass destruction related program activities."

Someone actually sat down and typed that, seriously, and it was swallowed whole.

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