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Take the CEO Challenge

By MrSmith1 on Wed, 11/03/2010 - 11:19pm |

The CEO (Confounding Extrapolists Organization) is issuing a challenge to our fellow Dagbloggers.  We believe Tuesday night's results are our permission slip to become 'imagineers', working in the field of political extrapolation. 

In other words, we can have the thrill of poking all the Republicans and Tea Partiers with pointed ideological sticks for the next two years.

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Anachronism: The well-oiled machine

By MrSmith1 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 2:10pm |
Cmaukonen's terrific blog "What happened to us?" aka "When did we turn into selfish jerks?", and the great comments that followed it, reminded me of something I started to write almost a year ago.
 
I had been meaning to post it on TPM, but never did, because, well, I suppose I'm insecure, ok? At least when it comes to this kind of writing.
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F*ck Bill Maher and his indifferent response to right wing lies

By MrSmith1 on Sat, 09/25/2010 - 12:44am |

Tonight's Real Time with Bill Maher show was one of the most infuriating hours I have ever seen on TV.  I rarely scream at TV, but I was screaming tonight.   Maher's two Conservative panelists, that lying sack of shit Andrew Breitbart, and  Amy Holmes, ran roughshod over Bill, Seth McFarland and Carl Sagan's soft-spoken widow, Ann Druyan. 

McFarlane and Maher both sat on their duffs, completely willing to let lie after lie go unchallenged, as if they were totally afraid to assert themselves for fear of offending Breitbart and Holmes.  

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Retort to Tea-baggers: "We'll pick up the slack!"

By MrSmith1 on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 9:46am |
I just read a report about the tea-partiers planning a strike on January 20th, the first anniversary of President Obama becoming President.  I was thinking ... it might be a fun counter-offensive to have people on the Left stage a "Don't...
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The day I showed Lou Dobbs a box of Breakfast cereal ...

By MrSmith1 on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 2:26pm |
I was wandering the aisles of my local Acme supermarket, the other day, wondering if I'd spot Wyle E. Coyote, when I saw Lou Dobbs.  Well, I couldn't restrain myself.  I approached him.  He was there with an assistant, whose...
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Rosh Hashanah in my old college town

By MrSmith1 on Sun, 09/20/2009 - 3:08pm |
Back in the early 70's, I briefly attended the U. of Oklahoma.  Today, a friend sent me this:   http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_262043519   A fundamentalist Christian group staged a "We Hate the Jews" rally on Rosh Hashanah.  At first, I found it...
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Now, I know they're just messing with us ...

By MrSmith1 on Mon, 09/14/2009 - 5:10pm |
But  ... On "Meet the Press" yesterday, Sen John Cornyn (R-TX), said, "Our goal ought to be, let's give the American people the same kind of choices that members of congress have ..."    Am I crazy?   Wasn't that one of...
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Sen. Edward Kennedy R.I.P.

By MrSmith1 on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 1:30am |
I just heard the news on MSNBC.  Sad. Truly, an end of an era. My condolences to his family and friends. . Please no mean-spirited taunts or snarky comments.  If you think this isn't something to mourn, just refrain from posting....
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Is it me ...?

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 3:18pm |
"CIA Director Leon Panetta says agency records show CIA officers briefed lawmakers truthfully in 2002 on methods of interrogating terrorism suspects ..."     ... Is it me or is there something absurd about Leon Panetta telling congress that, according to their records, the CIA is...
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What to do with a million tea bags ...

By MrSmith1 on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 1:41pm |
Washington D.C. park service representatives said that the one million tea bags the protesters wanted to dump in the park, couldn't be dumped because they, (the protesters),  don't have the proper permits... So, one million tea bags and no place...

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