Let the joyous news be spread (A tribute to the not so dearly departed)

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 11:26 AM PST

2006/11/08 · 11:26

Dearie me, the Wicked Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Dearie me, is the Wicked Witch dead? Yes. Should you wake up, you sleepy head? Certainly. Rub your eyes? Of course! Get out of bed? No question. Wake up people! The Wicked Witch is dead! How many times do I have say it before you realize he's gone where the Goblins go. Where is that? Below. Below. Below. Yo-ho! Let's all just open up and sing and ring the bells out for a moment. Gosh. Dearie me, the merry-oh. Sing it high! Sing it low! Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead!

Rove, MoveOn.org petitions, The Onion and context's virtue

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Friday June 24, 2005 · 10:29 AM PDT

2005/06/24 · 10:29

(A modified version of this can be found on my site)

While running his mouth, Karl Rove made mention of a MoveOn.org petition to demonstrate how bad liberals were. Here's a refresher:

In the wake of 9/11, conservatives believed it was time to unleash the might and power of the United States military against the Taliban; in the wake of 9/11, liberals believed it was time to... submit a petition. I am not joking. Submitting a petition is precisely what Moveon.org did. It was a petition imploring the powers that be" to "use moderation and restraint in responding to the... terrorist attacks against the United States."

Pretty damning, right? I mean, heck, it sounds bad. But then you need to remember what "moderation and restraint" meant immediately following 9/11. Here's a refresher from The Onion September 26, 2001:

Point-Counterpoint: America's Response (link thanks to the Wayback Machine) Read More

I would desperately like to say "That man is my president" and not want to throw up.

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Thursday June 03, 2004 · 2:11 AM PDT

2004/06/03 · 02:11

You know what? The West Wing makes me feel patriotic. I don't feel that way often, especially not when looking at the news. Normally I only feel that way when looking at history or Massachussets or Multnohmah County or San Francisco or the Supreme Court. Even then, rarely.

When I was in high school I was at a debate tournament and we started bombing Iraq. A bomb strayed into Iran, another bomb hit a hospital or something and several of us starting chanting "Go Iraq!" One of our teammates, Hassan (an Iranian), started to scold us, we mentioned the bomb in Iran he joined in. It was a joke, but it had a seriousness behind it: I wasn't proud.

I've gone from not proud under Clinton to utterly ashamed. You know what I wouldn't give to not look at the president and think that he is evil? I would desperately like to say "That man is my president" and not want to throw up. Read More

Kerry took money from corrupt PACs run by Philly influence peddler

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Wednesday February 11, 2004 · 1:23 AM PST

2004/02/11 · 01:23

I've found a wonderful googlewhack: "John Kerry" and "Citizens Action PAC". He and the corrupt PAC only return one innocent google result, it's also an opensecretswhack (well, it's on both Kerry's info and Citizens Action PAC's info, but this is the way of opensecrets.org). "John Kerry" and "Citizens Watch 2000" too.

And right now Kerry ought hope it stays low on the pagecount, if he knows what's good for him. Because those are two PAC contributions this year that could be a liability for him. Read More

The nonnumeric nonsensible predictions

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Tuesday February 03, 2004 · 10:41 AM PST

2004/02/03 · 10:41

Following hard on the heels of my successes in predicting New Hampshire and Iowa, here's my predictions for tomorrow. Aren't some of these caucuses? I don't even remember:

Arizona:
First: Kerry, Clark tie
Second: Dean. No other delegates
Joementum and a sheet of paper saying "Congratulations" with Sharpton's name crossed out and his name added in spelled wrong: Lieberman Read More

Death to Plame, recycled puns.

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Thursday January 01, 2004 · 10:29 AM PST

2004/01/01 · 10:29

Look. You know all these titles about the Valerie (how sad is it that it took me three tries to get that right and it's my mom's name?) Plame affair that rest on bad puns with the name Plame? WHY ARE THERE ONLY TWO OF THEM? It's either:
The Plame Game or
Plame On.

CAN'T YOU COME UP WITH ANYTHING NEW? It's such wonderful pun material, it we can do more with it. Examples:

Like a Moth to a Plame.
Plame the Victim... Read More

Opting IN/out on Federal Match: The silly reasons

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Friday November 07, 2003 · 9:25 AM PST

2003/11/07 · 09:25

Here's why I'm opting in on the Dean federal match: Dean stops spamming me for money. My inbox? Cleans up like woah.

Okay, so not really. In truth, I remember the Dean blog back before the bat, and during, and the match was a GOOD thing, I sort of want to see consistency. Besides, he needs 18 mil more without the match. That's a lot. Unless it's a done deal that he'll make at least double that, it's probably not worth it to opt out.

But I can't help feeling this affected my decision. Other "positives" weighing in on parts of my mind:
You know that cheap-ass campaign Dean was supposed to be able to run? Yeah, that one that was talked about months ago. Now he might try. Lean and mean, you know? Even if he's not ALL that lean. Meetups will still run. Grassroots is supposed to save the campaign from bleeding money.

Hey, not like my vote nay will matter, given the reaction.

Any other whimsical or superficial reasons for anyone else? Remember, this is for fun, not judging (judge me, if you want).

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