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We're calling it "shock and awe". (After a million years, he'll still be shocked by it, which is pretty impressive if I do say so myself.)

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Too medieval. We're thinking of tunnelling. A very long-term project.

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I believe it's called "Detroit".

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You have swallows carry progressivley lighter coconuts, then extrapolate to zero. That's how they do it at CERN.

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I don't know if the TP'ers would actually object to building codes and fire regulations -- my guess is Yes, they would -- but Benjamin Franklin (a certified Founding FatherΒ™) wrote building codes to prevent fires from spreading from house-to-house in Philadelphia. So, eat it TP'ers! BF is my BFF on this subject.

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Judging isn't my department, and old Pete is a softy when it comes to the mentally disabled, so he may get off on a Section 8.

On the bright side, my contract with Karl Rove is valid and enforceable. That's according to my army of lawyers. (I have twenty divisions.)

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Many went out holding hands, and few if any were waving their arms around in panic. The most common observation is that they seemed calm and resigned. Burning to death vs. death in a millisecond ... not a hard choice, once you've had time to think it over.

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We just need to convince them that voting is soshulism, and then our elected officials will have one less obstacle to doing the frickin' job they were elected to do.

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And the concept of shame.

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Note that they DON'T propose spending the money to restore the fire houses.

So while it's "worse" than 9/11, it's even more worser to pay taxes for essential services. Crazy teabaggers are crazy.

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But having a streetcar pull up is a bad thing. Go figure.

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3% vs 17.5%

17.5 is a higher number, according to math. All right people, the thinking stops, right now!

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As Ron Paul explained it, FEMA makes people think they can live in risky areas because the government will bail them out. The same could be said about fire departments making people think they don't need to be careful with matches and cooking and wiring. In Paul's world, shutting down the fire department is a good thing because it makes people responsible for their own fire prevention. Well done Cincinnati!

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Well yeah ... with no subway, they got all those taxi driver jobs.

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