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Wed, 01/14/2009 - 3:42pm — lizpolaris

I call your attention to this article, which speaks for itself.

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By Aeryl on Wed, 01/14/2009 - 4:11pm

Really, that's all I got to say. Except for the President Cheney part, I so wish that article were real.

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He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
- Sir William Drummond

The Cheney part WAS real -

By lizpolaris on Wed, 01/14/2009 - 4:23pm

we just lived through it.

Oh, brother.

By pie on Wed, 01/14/2009 - 4:12pm

a Dick Cheney presidency won't be eventful, but at least it will be calm.

That's sure what some of us thought when Bush was installed as the pretend president.

As for Gore, we'll never know what would have happened, but it certainly would have been far, far better.

Bwahaha!

By Damon on Wed, 01/14/2009 - 11:28pm

I loved this. My favorite part:

But in Iraq, even after the demise of Saddam from virulent salmonella...

I don't feel at all uncomfortable believing that Gore would have been 100x better than Bush, and it saddens me to even think about what could have been.

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But, we've always been at war with Eastasia...

Best liberal porn evah!

By BoGardiner on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 1:50pm

That was one truly orgasmic daydream. Thanks, Liz!

So that's what that feels like

By Sarah on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 2:07pm

when people type ZOMG, and OMFG, that's what they meant, isn't it?

Bitchin' daydream, Frank. Absolutely.

(wanders off muttering direly about the usefulness of the USSC, circa 2000)

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We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0

1 John 4:18

sigh n/t

By elixir on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 2:29pm

n/t

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