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Hey, it's one thing for Romney to hide his commie-socialist health-care program behind states' rights, but there's a limit. Failing to hate gays enough is just <i>way</i> over the line.

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"...citizens of all 50 states will need to rediscover the common values <b>(our values, not yours)</b> that brought us together as a nation,"

You gotta learn to read between the lines.

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And in this heat, jockstraps too also.

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Fire, brimstone, and rain, oh my! What you're gonna get is a <i>really</i> wicked acid rain - Perry should seriously re-think this.

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With the planet heating up the way it is, they don't make "nice tropical storms" anymore. You can always <strike>pray</strike> hope for only a category 4.

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I wonder how many years of heat and drought it takes to turn "weather" into "climate".

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If the taking of all the children fails, there's always the eleventh plague: alopecia. That'll get Rick's attention! (Why God is saving it for last, I really can't explain.)

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I'm guessing He found Shiva already busy in Texas.

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"And, it’s a hardship that’s following close on the heels of others. <strike>Texas</strike>. Ethiopia suffered droughts in 2005-06 and 2008-09, although those were mostly regional. This year’s is broader and more intense. The country is coming off its driest nine-month period ever and its hottest June on record. More than 90 percent of the nation is in the two most severe drought stages."

It will be a matter of time before Mexico sends in Special Forces teams to help protect the distribution of UN relief supplies.

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We must destroy the nation to save it?

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Sounds like the sequel to Priscilla of the Desert

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Ouch but true.

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Just a bit of psychic santorum splatter. They'll be feeling fine (and still full of hate) in a week or so.

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