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    Misplaced Rage?

    Money quote:
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    What sort of mac 'n' cheese

    Man I know but the shit is good. Anyway, it's not like the powdery crap in the Kraft box is somehow superior. Nor does it taste as good. I know pbone is a child of privilege, but I know some of my other TSM brethren of working class roots' moms totally used Velveeta cheese. I mean, now that I'm a gentrified yuppy elite, I don't eat it anymore. But I would.
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    What sort of mac 'n' cheese

    That would be Annie's. I think it's organic. Gimme Velveeta Shells N Cheese. Or better yet, the homemade shit.
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    Looks like Senator Tubes is going to lose after all. Hulk smash.
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    Terrible Moments in TSM History

    It was just the shadows. /mole
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    They're trying to get all the votes counted in a recount. I can guarantee you Norm Coleman's campaign is doing the exact same shit. Any candidate in a recount does that stuff. Nothing in that op-ed is damning, it's just a bunch of innuendo shat out to try to make mundane recount related political behavior seem nefarious. The Wall Street Journal traditionally does great hard news, but it's op-ed page is basically a print version of FreeRepublic.
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Page=fail
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    We have a health care plan on the table.
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    The Things That Anger You Thread.

    Yeah, but on the other hand, I've done well on standardized tests and I'm awesome.
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122636621096215941.html
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    Terrible Moments in TSM History

    http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showuser=6181
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    This would be my response to snuffbox's line about "true conservatism": http://whiskeyfire.typepad.com/whiskey_fir...directions.html
  13. This guy's story is simply amazing. Too long to post in its entirety, but here's an excerpt. Read the whole thing, as they say. http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/11/11/acevedo.pow/index.html
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    Didn't take long: http://news.aol.com/elections/article/repu...atorship/243817
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    I'm okay with Gates. He seems competent, qualified and pretty much, as far as I can tell, amenable to Obama's stances on Iraq & Afghanistan. Nuclear proliferation is another issue...but I think Obama can bring Gates in line. I'm also cool with not punishing Lieberman. Although I think he's a complete tool, I think the symbolism of Obama pardoning him (I'm thinking of the scene with the bad guy from Schindler's List...) is more powerful and ultimately more politically savvy than stripping him of his chairmanship and shunning him. I also think that Lieberman's such a narcissist that he can be brought in line by stroking his ego.
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    I'm almost dead-sure that you're wrong, and that it's the other way around, like hybrids. I don't think that's something that a person like you would forget. I think NoCal is probably thinking about the "light truck exception", which allows SUV manufacturers to produce vehicles with lower CAFE standards and thus really crappy emissions levels.
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    Yeah, I think I'm with you Dobbs. It seems like the Big 3 are basically dinosaurs and are going to fail before too long anyway. A bailout just kind of seems like delaying the inevitable. I would be more interested in helping retrain and help the workers displaced by the failures than preserving their jobs by propping up the companies. I guess if we are going to bail them out, though, it's good to require better fuel efficiency and such. I've heard that Ford, I think, has started going back toward the big gas guzzlers with the advent of lower gas prices.
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    KANERULESFAN

    When you're pointing your finger at KANERULESFAN, three more fingers are pointing back at you. Who's the real gimmick here?
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

    Two other random comments about this election: 1) The polls were pretty much dead on. Only exception was Alaska (President, Senate, & Congress all seemed to have been off there for some reason). 2) Obama actually won the rich vote (over $200K/yr.).
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    The War on Christmas: 2K8

    One of my older brother's black friends used to come over to our house quite a bit. I was really little at the time, and apparently I would just sit and rub his head for long periods of time since I'd never seen such hair.
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    The War on Christmas: 2K8

    Explains much.
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    The War on Christmas: 2K8

    My knowledge of Kwanzaa is pretty much limited to jokes about it on TV, like this guy.
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    Barack Obama's Inauguration

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