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LOL at this whole thread!

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 10:43:00 PM EST
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I wondered (none / 0)

Congrats and good luck on in improving your situation. I wondered if it was your ad, as the writing sounded like you. If I had the room and lived in Raleigh, I'd probably get it just based on the ad alone. I'll send it to some family members in down there to see if they need an extra piece of furniture.

Blogging While Brown Convention Atlanta, GA July 25-27, 2008

by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:21:23 PM EST
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Re: I wondered (none / 0)

The dresser was gone in like 5 minutes. I ended up giving it to a single mom who had just moved out on her own and couldn't afford one. Everybody wins...

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:32:53 PM EST
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Re: I wondered (none / 0)

Please do share HIS reaction when he finds out. ;-)

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 05:58:14 PM EST
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Re: I wondered (none / 0)

Hmmm, I'll find out on Sunday...

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 09:21:55 PM EST
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Re: I wondered (none / 0)

Too bad you can't just send him with it. (((SN)))

I'm glad that someone got something good out of it though.

by CabinGirl on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 06:19:45 PM EST
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Re: I wondered (none / 0)

I think I have him by the short hairs though, so all is not lost. Thanks for the good thoughts.

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 09:22:28 PM EST
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Re: This (none / 0)

I admire your strength and sense of humor in the face of adversity.

by roseaupensant on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 05:08:57 PM EST
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Re: This (none / 0)

It's about time I stopped being an idiot. Humor helps. :)

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 09:26:37 PM EST
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Re: This (none / 0)

I saw that earlier today and meant to tell you, it was pretty funny.

The avalanche has started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -- Ambassador Kosh

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 09:48:06 PM EST
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Re: This (none / 0)

that's awesome.

by BooMan on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:09:28 PM EST
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I was feeling inspired...

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:14:02 PM EST
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Re: This (none / 0)

You are a classy lady!!!!

Doing My Part For The Left,Left Of The Rainbow

by refinish69 (refinish69 at gmail dot com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 05:19:50 PM EST
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Mrs. Dem named one of her best friend's exes "The Turkey". Feel free to borrow it if it fits.

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." Dorothy Thompson, Journalist

by Indianadem on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 05:27:39 PM EST
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Thanks RF. I've gotten responses from all around the world about it. This Internet thing just might catch on...

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 09:23:05 PM EST
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So it's probably not a good time to ask if there's a matching nightstand?

Fear will keep the local systems in line. -Grand Moff Tarkin Survivor Left Blogistan

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:14:49 PM EST
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Haha! There IS a matching nightstand, but I was too lazy to clean it out. :)

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:28:23 PM EST
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Seriously, that was one heck of a great ad!!! Someone should send that to the media. Seriously.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 05:59:02 PM EST
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Re: This (none / 0)

I've actually thought of sending the link to the gentleman who inspired it.

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 09:24:12 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

EGGHEADS for OBAMA

I decided to embrace the term egghead. LOL

Doing My Part For The Left,Left Of The Rainbow

by refinish69 (refinish69 at gmail dot com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 05:20:43 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

Since you mentioned eggs, I'm pretty well fried after working the elections yesterday for nearly 20 hours, putting in a full 8 at work today and leaving for a central committee meeting in a few minutes. Ack! I thought these were supposed to be my golden years and I'm still fighting! Our local elections went really, really well, though, so I'm encouraged. We managed to knock off two horrible ratpub commissioners with a huge, humiliating defeat!

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." Dorothy Thompson, Journalist

by Indianadem on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 06:09:35 PM EST
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very cool! (none / 0)

I think the egg needs a little bit of an easter egg design on it. :)

by CabinGirl on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 06:16:56 PM EST
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I have something eggheads... (4.00 / 5)

...and egghead wannabes will get a kick out of, courtesy of Mr. AP.

Click here.

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 06:27:01 PM EST
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Re: I have something eggheads... (none / 1)

too funny!

by CabinGirl on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 07:47:49 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

I predict Hillary will stay in the race to the convention.

Let's hope I'm wrong.

Obama is a Patriot

by Steven D on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 03:43:13 PM EST

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May 20th. Oregon/Kentucky. They will each win a state that day and then she'll pack it in and endorse Obama.

by RandyH on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 03:56:22 PM EST
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lots to fight over 'til then:

May 31, 2008. Showdown: DNC Rules & By-Laws Committee meeting

The Drudge is reporting from his 'Congressional source' that "Hillary is having trouble finding super-delegates who will meet with her. No one wants to see her today."

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:28:14 PM EST
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What? She suddenly come down with a bad case of cooties? Poor Hillary. Cooties can be so hard to get rid of.

Obama is a Patriot

by Steven D on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 06:20:37 PM EST
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via TPM

Feinstein to ask Clinton for her primary game plan

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) most prominent Senate supporters, said Wednesday that she will ask the former first lady to detail her plans for the rest of the Democratic primary.
"I, as you know, have great fondness and great respect for Sen. Clinton and I'm very loyal to her," Feinstein said. "Having said that, I'd like to talk with her and [get] her view on the rest of the race and what the strategy is."
[.]
"I think the race is reaching the point now where there are negative dividends from it, in terms of strife within the party," Feinstein said. "I think we need to prevent that as much as we can."

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 08:05:50 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

I am finding it more and more difficult to find anything worth reading on the blogs as this primary goes on.

I predict I will become more apathetic and unmotivated if it continues.

and holy shit, i wish it was 5:00 PM so I could go home. I'm tired.

Brendan Calling John Mccain

by brendan on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 03:47:56 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

someone went around the grocery store and added $1 to the price of everything i usually buy.

now i have to work more.

im not amused.

on the upside this weekend is bears on liberty weekend in philly and im going to the friday night pub crawl...its gay rodeo weekend in philly and im going to see the events on sunday (gay rodeo rocks!!!)...and im going to a kinky party on sat night and im bringing the cupcakes. party party party.

Edible panties taste like crap.

by anna in philly (jrsygir1@aol.com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:15:26 PM EST

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She won't quit until after Puerto Rico votes. That's the largest pack of delegates remaining, and I'm sure she's hoping for a June 1 blowout.

So please, pick up the phone. Call Kentucky and West Virginia to keep her margins small. Call Oregon and Montana and South Dakota to keep HIS margins high.

But please, please, if you speak Spanish, please call Puerto Rico on Obama's behalf. If he wins there, there's not a superdelegate with a conscience that can vote for her.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:24:19 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

Has a nominated candidate ever died while on the campaign trail? If so, what happens?

Predictions:
I predict that the Orioles will, yet again, not make the world series.

by benjamink on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:26:34 PM EST

Cheap ass clients (none / 0)

We got a check today for some work we did in 2006. You read that right, 2006. It's taken almost 2 years to get paid on this. I've spent way too much time chasing down this money. I asked them two weeks ago, "Hey feel like paying us on these old invoices." They said, "You'll be paid in full tomorrow."

Well, a week went by and no check. I asked them to make sure the check was sent to our "new" address, you know, the one on all the invoices. Needless to say, they sent the check to our old address.

Sigh.

So this morning, I opened to door to see a package from this company. It's our check. $600 short. Can you believe this shit? I can't even figure out where they short-changed us because it's one lump sum check.

Do I now have permission to drive down to San Diego and kick some ass?

Blogging While Brown Convention Atlanta, GA July 25-27, 2008

by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:27:18 PM EST

Re: Cheap ass clients (none / 0)

Permission granted, Commander Faboo. Kick when ready.

The avalanche has started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -- Ambassador Kosh

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:28:28 PM EST
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Re: Cheap ass clients (none / 0)

Permission? I would dare say an obligation!

The Underground Railroad

by Oscar In Louisville on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 06:39:51 PM EST
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Re: Cheap ass clients (none / 0)

As another self-employed person, yes, I have had clients take their sweet old time paying, one of them two years. Funny how nobody is willing to wait two years for me to pay my bills.

Which is why I was infuriated to read that Clinton has stiffed small businesses across the country with a trail of unpaid vendors' bills. Coulda been you or me.

by Joyful Alternative on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 10:57:22 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

who will Obama pick as his running mate?

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 04:30:38 PM EST

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I'm on a tear after filling up on Super yesterday at the pump and paying $4.05 for a gallon - to see the sign that says ethynol has been added. Yes, even to Super!

So Google tells me that the ethynol has added approx $.18 to my gallon of super and that as a 2nd gift the ethynol decreases my mileage 20-30%. What a deal!

Two things - so Bush has managed to gift big oil and big AG? AND how come the ethynol issues haven't resurfaced now that everyone is being gouged at the pump and we just made gas prices a huge issue in the primary?
I'd like to play my part in the green scheme but when ethynol first came onto my radar gas was a whole lot less than it is now.

No Hillary, you were outspent by the people not the Obama campaign.

by mainsailset (rideback@gmail.com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 05:04:52 PM EST

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Not that it makes a lick of difference at this point, but I'm thinking that if the stream of supers headed Obama's way keeps up, he can neutralize whatever happens in West Virginia. It might really take the wind out of certain peoples' sails if he could stand up next Tuesday after the result is announced and say that in the week since NC and IN he had increased his delegate lead, despite Hillary's (presumed) win in WV.

He'll probably lose WV, but I feel like he's in a strong position to make it clear that it doesn't matter.

by roseaupensant on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 05:04:59 PM EST

Home for lunch (none / 0)

and I have to tell you guys, David Gregory is really pissing me off. I am so sick of his questions that try to steer others to speak badly about Obama. Could he make it any more obvious that he is on Hillary's side of the fence. But by the questions he asks, he sounds like a rethug. UGH!

by NancyImpeachBush on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 06:22:07 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

let's do a little savoring - over at Slate, we are now officially at 2.5% on the scale of survivability.

The Hillary Deathwatch -Down and on the way out

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 08:37:35 PM EST

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