So what's up in the news today? - Democratic Underground

MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:17 PM
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So what's up in the news today?

Did Senator Clinton say anything interesting on the campaign trail?

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The Magistrate

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Fri May-23-08 04:19 PM
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1. I Gather There Were Some Kittens Involved, Sir....

Pictures would be appreciated.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:20 PM
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3. Kittens! Everybody loves kittens!

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The Magistrate

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Fri May-23-08 04:24 PM
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16. Even I Like Kittens, Sir...Prefer Them To Puppies, Anyway....

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:25 PM
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18. Well that's a non-starter, Magistrate.

Cats are clearly superior to dogs.

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redqueen

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Fri May-23-08 04:34 PM
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You are dead to me now.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:36 PM
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42. Finally!

Is that all it took? Dammit, woman, you should have said something before!

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redqueen

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Fri May-23-08 04:40 PM
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50. You could have asked!

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The Magistrate

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Fri May-23-08 04:34 PM
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37. True, Sir, But We Are Agreeing, And That Will Never Do: What Does Your Mother Use For Shoes?

That is often a promising line for fire-works....

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:57 PM
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62. You have crossed the Rubicon, Sir. This means war.

(And no, I don't need a whole 'Ceasar crossed the Rubicon long after Leonidas died at Thermopylae' lecture, thank you very much.)

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The Magistrate

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Fri May-23-08 05:00 PM
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65. Cry Havoc, Sir, And Duck The Damn Dogs....

"Come the four corners of the earth in arms and we'll shock them!"

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HCE SuiGeneris

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Fri May-23-08 04:33 PM
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33. Hillary's idea of a cute kitten...

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:34 PM
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35. Awwwwwwww, wook at de widdle kitty!!!

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The Magistrate

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Fri May-23-08 04:35 PM
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41. That Is What Every Kitten Is In Its Heart, Sir

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HCE SuiGeneris

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Fri May-23-08 04:38 PM
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48. One could draw parallels, no?

;-)

Referring to all of us at one time or another...

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The Magistrate

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Fri May-23-08 04:53 PM
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58. What Is This, Sir, Geometry Class? School Is Out....

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:57 PM
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63. Well if you want to be all Euclidian about it...

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HCE SuiGeneris

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Fri May-23-08 05:14 PM
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76. I would posit that...

the converse of the fifth postulate follows from Euclid's axioms minus the fifth postulate, plus an axiom stating that two distinct non-parallel straight lines meet in only one point.

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slackmaster

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Fri May-23-08 04:20 PM
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2. It's been raining all day in San Diego

That's very unusual for late May.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:21 PM
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8. That is unusual...stay dry!

:hi:

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AlCzervik

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Fri May-23-08 04:20 PM
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4. something about Bucky's Mom, a Marine battery and a light up tie.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:22 PM
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9. Well, to be fair, she is quite fashionable.

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Bucky

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Fri May-23-08 05:09 PM
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72. Sir, it was not Marine battery. After mom was done...

it was the Marines who'd been battered. Battered... and fried.

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 04:20 PM
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5. Tornado alert in the Midwest again. We could use some rain as well.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:22 PM
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10. Ok...everyone in San Diego, go outside, face east, and blow.

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LostinVA

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Fri May-23-08 04:34 PM
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38. It finally stopped raining here

Took me awhile to figure out what that ball of fire in the sky was.

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Fri May-23-08 04:21 PM
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6. ...

And I thought madinmaryland was a big troublemaker. You sir, take the cake!:patriot: :rofl: :popcorn:

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flvegan

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Fri May-23-08 04:21 PM
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7. She chose "plastic" over "paper" at the grocery. The backlash is bad.

Quite tragic, really.

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 04:22 PM
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11. I can't bring myself to vote for her because of that.

Plus, she drives an SUV. :cry:

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taterguy

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Fri May-23-08 04:23 PM
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13. At least she doesn't drive a fucking Minivan

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 04:25 PM
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17. Jealous.

:eyes:

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taterguy

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Fri May-23-08 04:30 PM
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30. Not since Mrs Taterguy got me this for my birthday

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 04:35 PM
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39. That is very cool!!

What, um, exactly is it?

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taterguy

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Fri May-23-08 04:55 PM
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60. It's a car

I've heard a rumor that they're useful for getting from Point A to Point B

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 05:05 PM
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69. I know that, asshole.

But is it a special kind? Never saw anything like it.

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taterguy

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Fri May-23-08 05:07 PM
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70. It's a Porshe

They're some German company that makes high performance cars.

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 05:08 PM
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71. Is it a racing car of some type?

Series. Never saw anything like that before.

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taterguy

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Fri May-23-08 05:12 PM
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75. It's for racing but I honestly don't know much about it

It was just on display at a book festival I went to last year.

Don't ask me what it has to do with books.

Elizabeth Edwards was there. She signed autographs for hours in the heat.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:24 PM
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15. It's probably got XM, too. That's just so tacky.

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 04:25 PM
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20. I KNOW!!! She could have had Sirius.

She's probably a freeper after all.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:27 PM
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22. That SUV wouldn't be a Jeep, would it?

Inquiring minds want to know!

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 04:28 PM
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24. It's probably one of those big badass Excursions or Suburbans.

She's dead to me. Oh, I probably shouldn't have said that.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:29 PM
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25. That should be a DUzy.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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flvegan

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Fri May-23-08 04:29 PM
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26. It gets worse. That SUV...is a Porsche. You know...Hitler's brand.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:23 PM
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12. Scandalous! I'm simply shocked.

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flvegan

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Fri May-23-08 04:37 PM
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46. ZOMG! BREAKING: She ate at the Olive Garden, too!!!

*runs around waving hands and screaming*

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LeftyMom

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Fri May-23-08 04:24 PM
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14. Who?

Oh her? No.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:26 PM
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21. Whatever will they talk about endlessly on CNN? Won't someone think of the pundits?

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Fox Mulder

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Fri May-23-08 04:25 PM
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19. Did she?

I didn't notice.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:28 PM
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23. If I understand it correctly, she put some kittens in a plastic bag and stuffed them in a SUV

Edited on Fri May-23-08 04:29 PM by MrCoffee

while jamming to XM radio as she drove too fast on the wet San Diego roads.

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AlCzervik

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Fri May-23-08 04:29 PM
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27. she put the kittens next to the dead hooker she stuffed in Obama's trunk.

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Fox Mulder

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Fri May-23-08 04:30 PM
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29. ...

:rofl:

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KitchenWitch

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Fri May-23-08 04:29 PM
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28. It is snowing in SoCal today.

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Jed Dilligan

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Fri May-23-08 04:30 PM
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31. That's what my friend said--hail coming down.

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Fri May-23-08 04:32 PM
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32. zoMG

Does that mean hell froze over?!:silly:

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KitchenWitch

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Fri May-23-08 06:08 PM
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79. So far no one has raptured me their Benz

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Fri May-23-08 04:33 PM
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34. I know..she admitted liking boxed wine!!

Shame Midlo! You got to her didn't you?:P

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 04:34 PM
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36. Part of my Bunco Mayhem Plan.

It's working gloriously.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:35 PM
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40. Hey! The good people at Franzia make a quality product.

That stuff will peel the wallpaper right off the wall without leaving any messy paper strips to go back and get later.

:thumbsup:

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Guava Jelly

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Fri May-23-08 04:36 PM
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43. I think someone was trying to recruit the next Lee Harvey Oswald

:shrug:
Victory by Bullet

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:37 PM
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45. Poor Lee Harvey Oswald

He was a patsy.

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 04:38 PM
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47. Keep it up. This thread will get moved to the Conspiracy room.

:rofl:

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Fri May-23-08 04:41 PM
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51. "Conspiracy room"?

Too funny!!! and a perfect name!

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:59 PM
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64. Also known as "MrCoffee's Bedroom"

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Guava Jelly

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Fri May-23-08 04:40 PM
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49. Patsy?

:rofl:

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:47 PM
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53. Sweetie darling...

:thumbsup:

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Guava Jelly

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Fri May-23-08 04:52 PM
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56. Love that show.

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Arkansas Granny

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Fri May-23-08 04:48 PM
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54. My favorite line from Patsy went something like this:

I didn't exactly date Keith Richards, I woke up underneath him in a hotel room once.

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Guava Jelly

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Fri May-23-08 04:52 PM
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57. I remember that

:rofl:

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Fox Mulder

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Fri May-23-08 04:43 PM
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52. He was.

There's no lie there.

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Guava Jelly

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Fri May-23-08 04:53 PM
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59. ..

And I agree

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Fox Mulder

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Fri May-23-08 05:17 PM
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77. I have that exact poster...

hanging above my bed right now. :)

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Guava Jelly

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Fri May-23-08 05:26 PM
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78. I was really a big fan of the show

I still have 2-3 x-file shirts from the show.

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sarge43

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Fri May-23-08 04:37 PM
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44. Was Senator Clinton eating cornflake coated kittens at

the Olive Garden again?

By the way, on the 26th Mercury will be retrograde until June 19th.

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 04:51 PM
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55. That whole 'retrograde' business is just something the Copernicans invented

to discredit the Celestial Spheres. Talk about your conspiracy theories!

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sarge43

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Fri May-23-08 04:55 PM
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61. Damn! You're right!

And it's retro into June. There's the connection.

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skygazer

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Fri May-23-08 05:01 PM
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66. Did she say something negative about Lee Mercer, Jr?

Because if she did, that's it! I'm REALLY through with her now! x(

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MrCoffee

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Fri May-23-08 05:03 PM
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67. Please. As if there's anything negative to be said about President Mercer.

She'd be tilting at windmills.

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Midlodemocrat

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Fri May-23-08 05:05 PM
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68. Seriously. How could anyone even THINK that? All three.

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skygazer

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Fri May-23-08 05:11 PM
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73. I don't know what I was thinking

I panicked. :blush:

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Bucky

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Fri May-23-08 05:11 PM
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74. Clinton breastfed at the Olive Garden while smoking.... Smoking HOT, that is!

Sadly, in this case, it was Bill Clinton who was breast feeding that pit bull. I shan't watch the film at !!!!11!!eleven!!

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Boojatta

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Fri May-23-08 08:19 PM
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80. It depends on exactly what you mean by two words: "interesting" and "did."

Edited on Fri May-23-08 08:36 PM by Boojatta

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cbayer

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Fri May-23-08 08:25 PM
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81. She announced Lee Mercer as her running mate.

Several spaceships came down in Southern California (which accounts for the weird weather) and there was some kind of "costume malfunction" exposing all three thingies (if you get my drift).

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tandot

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Fri May-23-08 09:41 PM
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82. Clinton went shopping at Walmart and then she smoked in her SUV

on her way to Olive Garden. She also tried to breastfeed Chelsea - IN PUBLIC - but that didn't work out :shrug:

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