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A Little Comedy Relief

by BooMan
Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 03:12:35 PM EST

Vanity Fair has a hilarious account of Barbara Bush's gay drinking buddy's trips to visit the White House back in 2001. It's must reading.

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that was entertaining, but also made me incredibly sad.

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 04:29:11 PM EST

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I think it was intended to make you a little angry, too.

Thanks for the link, BooMan. I'm sure I would have missed that without your pointing it out. The writing style was glib but the content was sharp as a razor.

by sjct on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 05:26:24 PM EST
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my anger meter broke awhile ago...i usually react with snarky cyncism and move on to whatever appropriate action item nowadays. it's helped my blood pressure

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:08:39 PM EST
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why sad?

by BooMan on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 09:52:09 PM EST
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Sad in the sense that this whole thing wasn't just a horrible nightmare caused by eating a big meal before going to bed. Bush's actions and political bullying have been been utterly destructive to so many people, and I got that sense from the writer when he was talking about his reaction to the press conference about the federal marriage amendment....causing me to think of all the times that I have been nearly despondent after watch the PTB act in ways that are anathema to my belief system.

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:06:33 PM EST
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