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		<title>happy, happy&#8230;</title>
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greetings from orlando, florida.
what a mickey mouse town this is.
thank you, i&#8217;ll be here all week.
in addition to hosting disney world (&#8221;the happiest place on earth&#8221;), orlando also features some impressive thunderstorms, and the occasional hurricane. also a medical conference or two.
i&#8217;ve been traveling, so it turns out i missed some happy news the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do as I say, not as I do</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a swiftboat video attack on Barack Obama going around that would make some Nazis and KKK members proud, and which I won&#8217;t dignify by linking to here, but there&#8217;s a segment in it that tries to revive the criticism of Obama&#8217;s 129 &#8216;present&#8217; votes in the Illinois legislature.  They show a scene from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://transcendentalfloss.com/2008/05/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do.html</link>
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		<title>Smackdown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never seen Chris Matthews handle a bullshitter this well.  It is a sight to see.



via TPM











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		<title>another day, another democrat</title>
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&#8216;Change 3, Status Quo 0&#8242;
Mississippi Democrat Travis Childers won a special election to Congress on Tuesday, helping his party to a third victory in recent months for seats long in Republican hands. 
Marty Wiseman, a political scientist at Mississippi State University, said if Democrats can carry districts that traditionally have been safe bets for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>they probably weren&#8217;t wearing their flag lapel pins, either</title>
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3 students suspended for sitting out Pledge of Allegiance
Three small-town eighth-graders in Minnesota were suspended by their principal for not standing Thursday morning for the Pledge of Allegiance&#8230;
this is what happens when we stop teaching civics in our schools.
people forget about things like &#8220;the constitution,&#8221; and &#8220;the bill of rights.&#8221;
they get all up in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://transcendentalfloss.com/2008/05/the-probably-werent-wearing-their-flag-lapel-pins-either.html</link>
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		<title>run, bob, run</title>
		<description><![CDATA[former gop congressman robert barr to run for president as a liberterian?
yup.
Barr announces Libertarian White House bid
Barr said he was running because there was not &#8220;currently or anywhere on the horizon&#8221; any candidate who understood the principles of fiscal conservatism and basic principles on which he said America was founded.
His candidacy is a wild card [...]]]></description>
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		<title>where the white women at?</title>
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hillary clinton is busy building a coalition.
white supremacists and skinheads love her. 
other folks, not so much.
&#8220;I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,&#8221; [clinton] said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article &#8220;that found how Sen. Obama&#8217;s support among working, hard-working Americans, white [...]]]></description>
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		<title>stand down</title>
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&#8220;Look, if we had the rules that the Republicans have, I&#8217;d already be the nominee.&#8221; &#8212; hillary clinton, may 7, 2008.
hillary clinton is a fighter.
unfortunately, she&#8217;s punch-drunk and doesn&#8217;t know enough to stay down. and the people in her corner keep running her back into the ring.
If Clinton presses on to the bitter end, as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://transcendentalfloss.com/2008/05/stand-down-2.html</link>
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		<title>embracing failure</title>
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some folks don&#8217;t like rev. wright. some don&#8217;t like hillary&#8217;s untruthiness.
but more people, by far, dislike george bush.
In the survey, 43 percent of registered voters say they have major concerns that McCain is too closely aligned with the current administration.
among mccain&#8217;s many (many) other issues, his &#8220;george bush problem&#8221; will be his undoing.











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		<title>spot on</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;the time is now&#8230;&#8221;
.
 
&#8220;we cannot wait until tomorrow&#8230;&#8221; (because we get better-looking every day).
h/t to joe willie namath&#8230;











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