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Politics and Religion

© Ted Rall

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$4/gallon and an empty 10 gallon hat

In honor of the national average price for gasoline hitting $4/gallon today, we remind you of this little exchange between a reporter and Dubya (the former oilman) that occurred on Feb 28, less than 4 months ago: Q: What’s your advice to the average American who is hurting now, facing the prospect of $4 a […]

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Good-News-Google News

If you read Google News, check out this “happy news” version of their site.  It might just warm your heart! http://www.fugue.com/pics/goodnews.html

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McCain: no benefit from his own experience

It was a shameful thing to ask men to suffer and die, to persevere through god-awful afflictions and heartache, to endure the dehumanizing experiences that are unavoidable in combat, for a cause that the country wouldn’t support over time and that our leaders so wrongly believed could be achieved at a smaller cost than our […]

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Fossil fuel, or fuel for fossils?

© Dana Summers

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Clinton supporters for McCain?

It is difficult to understand why any Clinton supporters would declare that they will vote for McCain in the general election. Yes, I know they are spiteful and out for revenge, but still, can any one who claims to have even the slightest feminist tendencies seriously believe that McCain would be a better second choice […]

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Dubya in 2000

Some ironic statements from George W. Bush back in 2000 when he was running for the presidency: Dubya claimed that he would be able to bring down the price of gasoline through sheer force of personality. “I would work with our friends in OPEC to convince them to open up the spigot, to increase the […]

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Republican Family Values and the Powers That Be

Strange things continue to happen in New York. First there is Congressman Vito Fossella, who was stopped in Virginia for running a red light while drunk. When the arresting officer asked where he was heading, Fossella answered he was going to visit his family. It turns out that Fossella has two families: one in Virginia […]

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Bill Clinton’s next book deal

© RJ Matson

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John McCain’s ‘hip’ new campaign blog

The John McCain campaign has started a new blog, called The McCain Report. So far there are three posts, all by a single little-known blogger. The first entry is the standard “Hello, World!”, but it shows a cheeky sense of humor when it jokes about the blog ditching its original lime-green background. Looks promising, but […]

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Dick Cheney, Comedic Genius

David Letterman presents a new segment of his show: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/04/lettermans-new-segment-di_n_105175.html

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Secret McCain website edits

LeeCamp.net

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Knowing when to stop

© RJ Matson

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3am Decision

© Tom Toles

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Late Night Humor

“Hillary Clinton is ending her campaign, but really in the bigger sense it’s sad because, think about it, there goes right down the drain the Clinton dream of a being a two-impeachment family.” –David Letterman “Now that Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee, Americans are going to have to choose between the 46-year-old Obama and […]

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