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"or how about the Patriot Act?" Good one. How about H.R. 1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 J - The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. I thin

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Isn't he currently on trial? On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > [sic] BOGYA > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?

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On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > A little honesty in naming bills would be nice too. I think that they might run into a problem not being able to use obscenities in bill tittles. Hard to come up with a snappy acronym for the "Bend Over and Grab Your Ankles" bill. Though

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or how about the Patriot Act? On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Not to mention partisans of both parties making up totally fake, bland > group names like 'Americans for America' to launch heinous ads as > 'independent' groups." > > True. > > A little honesty in naming bil

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"Not to mention partisans of both parties making up totally fake, bland group names like 'Americans for America' to launch heinous ads as 'independent' groups." True. A little honesty in naming bills would be nice too. For example, the "Employee Free Choice Act" sounds good, but the name "Card

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Not to mention partisans of both parties making up totally fake, bland group names like "Americans for America" to launch heinous ads as "independent" groups. Campaign financing was odious prior to Citizens United and now it is a total joke. On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: >

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"I pity anyone who makes their political choices based on a commercial." No doubt. Unfortunately, it seems like elections have been reduced to sound-bite slams (think poetry slam) and image staging. J - Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on o

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Terry's still there? I'll be darned. That name brings back some memories. I spent a weekend with the Branstads back in college (went to school with his son)that weekend in the gov's mansion was absolutely crazy. Crazy. On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > A group call

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and in related news, the sun will rise today, puppies will be born, taxes will be collected, and some people will die. I pity anyone who makes their political choices based on a commercial. On Jul 17, 2010, at 11:28 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > A group called Iowans for Responsible Governm

The Political Irony Story of the Day

A group called Iowans for Responsible Government recently ran commercials alleging that Republican candidate for governor Terry Branstad is too liberal. One commercial imposes Branstad's face on a Mount Rushmore image along with Bill Clinton, Barrack Obama, and Nancy Pelosi. It also says that