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It applies equally to the two of you, I think.

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Mitt Romney takes a lot of credit for that.

Come to think of it, "taking" is pretty much what he does best.

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The loser goes home, while the winner . . . loses.

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With all those corpses in the water supply? Yeccch!

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New event: the marathon biathlon. Contestants slog through the snow, shooting at each other, for 26 years.

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Finally, a job suited for Mitt Romney!

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Vietnam vets want a word with them...

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At this point, anybody who claims to have summited Everst is just rich, bored, and the beneficiary of a good stretch of weather. Other than themselves, nobody's impressed.

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Good idea, but the TSA people would get suspicious about the one-way tickets we provided.

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NUKE THE GLACIERS!!!!!

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And they have <a href="http:\/\/www.mirchiphotos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Priyanka-Chopra-hot-pose.jpg" target="_blank">Priyanka Chopra. </a> Your move, Pakistan.

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You can tell they were trained by the British.

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All those macho assholes who love war should get their chance to spend a year on this battlefield. It's basically a game, with real guns instead of paintballs, so they should love it, and with all volunteers on both sides, it would be win-win for everybody.

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No joke, the Indian side called themselves "the highest army in the world."

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and myanmar, the reset with russia (though that may be short-lived), settlement of the okinawa base issue, the pivot to asia, mature dealings with china, the successful sudan split (though that too may be short-lived), bin laden, hell even afghanistan seems guardedly positive.

course, there's always canada. we can't talk about fucking canada.

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