Rockin the Holler

• Long time no see...

  Keeping this short and sweet because my head hurts and I have spent most of Winter Break without thinking and would hate to break the trend. Anyways, I am still freaked out that Nate Silver called Al Franken the winner by 100 or less votes only 40% into the recount. [...]
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  Posted: January 02, 2009, 10:18pm EST
  

• Roundabout Rants II

  
  Single-ply toilet paper, using the front yard as a drive way, students who only show up at the beginning and the end of the semester and aren't the least bit embarrassed by it, and my girlfriend's craigslist addiction (and not buying anything)... and single-ply toilet [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2008, 12:08pm EST
  

• A test of faith?

  
  I am a cynic by nature and am always questioning god's existence, but when I catch a cold, I am an all-out atheist. I have the worst cold imaginable. My nose feels like I having been using breaks between classes to do lines of coke,' [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2008, 11:58am EST
  

• I take back everything bad I said about William Shackleford...

  except that he is still a dick.
  
  He has taken it upon himself to move his relatively-popular (especially in relation to my) blog from Typepad to Soapbox and has opened up his blog, The Rural Democrat, to people of all shapes and beliefs. Personally, I think that The [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2008, 10:58pm EST
  

• I am at an end...

  I am 60% finished with this semester and I hate it. Not only does it remind me of how I pissed away the first two years of college and my scholarship, but I may be the only student in Morehead who actually loves going to class. I have been too [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2008, 7:38pm EST
  

• What a douche bag...

  
  
  

  This ass-hole was already on his way out. Now he has to bring us down a bit with him by pimping out bama's vacant seat. This has jaded whoever gets the seat and might even discourage future star-democrats from accepting the post immediately and,' [...]

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  Posted: December 09, 2008, 11:25am EST
  

• Rather than work on my political theory take-home final...

  I need to take the time to let my imaginary audience know that a peace accord has been entered between "Good Ol'" (not meaning it in sarcasm, this time) William Shackleford and myself. We have been able to work out our grievances and come to terms with our differences.
  This' [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2008, 11:49pm EST
  

• Roundabout Rants

  
  Over the last few weeks, I have become increasingly bitter. I hate having to walk to class in the cold weather and realize that next semester is going to be even worse.Adding insult to injury, I recognize that most of this hate comes from having [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2008, 1:08pm EST
  

• Hillary's replacement?

  According to the New York Magazine, Fran Drescher wants to replace Hillary's conservative 1/4" heels with a pair of Alligator skin pumps of her own. Not being clear? Ok, bad joke. Simply put: Fran Drescher wants to replace Hillary's vacant senate seat. And, arguably," [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2008, 12:03pm EST
  

• This is funny...

  I haven't laughed this hard reading something since I read Without Feathers in high school. Please, imaginary audience, if your expectations are low enough that you read my blog, then take the time to read the posts on Keila's Tell It Like It Is and make everything right with [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2008, 12:44am EST
  

• Title deleted

  I have been impolitely asked to quit posting on The Rural Democrat. I didn't know that TRD had such a wealth of readers that "the shack" (an indication to his wealth of knowledge) can be so shameless to his readers. This goes to show "birds of a feather...," and' [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2008, 10:18pm EST
  

• Just putting this out there...

  
  I cannot stand Nancy Grace. She is the embodiment of sensationalist journalism and represents everything I hate about mainstream news. Her mouth is only good for one thing (pause for perverted implication)........................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................. making a complete ass of herself.And what ever happened to the Duke [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2008, 1:31am EST
  

• Palin or Huckabee? The best (worst) of two worlds (that are the same)

  With the election over and pre-Obama surveys polled into the ground, CNN pollsters have been forced to look into the future. A CNN report shows that Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee are early favorites for the 2012 ticket.
  Are they serious? Hasn't the right learned their lesson from November's [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2008, 4:50pm EST
  

• What my Thursday Nights have become...

  Me, my girlfriend, two $3 nutcrackers, some paint.
  Gene is mine.
  [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2008, 1:29am EST
  

• An apology to my imaginary audience

  I have had a week-long headache, I think it is called the end of the semester. My head is splitting. Finals are next week. Until then... [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2008, 2:43pm EST
  

• Empowered!

  I posted a few weeks ago about how I thought the MPD hired more officers for the sole purpose of having them camp out at BP to rub their unreigned power in my face. The majority of that post was in jest and only was a feeble attempt to get [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2008, 11:45am EST
  

• Put the students first

  I am reminded of a quote from Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson's movie, Starsky and Hutch. In the movie, Hutch (Owen Wilson) had just been betrayed by his partner, Starsky (Stiller). Hutch was refusing to speak to his partner when the divine wisdom of Huggy Bear, a pimp played by' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2008, 2:19pm EST
  

• Barack Obama is a better man than I (am)

  How can Barack Obama forgive Joe Lieberman? Isn't this the same Joe (not to be confused with Joe the Plumber, though both are equally opportunistic) who stabbed Barack Obama, nay, the ENTIRE democratic party (and his own constituents) in the back?
  I get it, Barack Obama is a great man,' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2008, 7:17pm EST
  

• Joe the Tool

  I would like to thank airon for providing this bit on his blog, 43-Ideas-Per-Minute (but since I can't seem to post on his blog, I can only pay him tribute here). Joe the Plumber is taking time away from pipe-fitting to talk politics, even though he refused to' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2008, 8:12pm EST
  

• The unofficial petition to keep Lunsford from running in 2010

  Despite from spending an exorbitant amount of money through November, Bruce Lunsford was unable to dethrone the GOP's top-gun. And with republicans fleeing George Bush like Sarah Palin at a McCain rally, McConnell could not remove his head from a lame-duck's ass, and still won. Granted, Lunsford was a big [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2008, 10:42pm EST
  

• Obama going after the midwest?

  
  Obama made another effort to push for a college football playoff system. If ever there was a way for the democrats to win over the white-male voter in Texas and Oklahoma, this is it. Personally, I would of had to use two hands to [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2008, 5:42pm EST
  

• Obama's Secratary of State?

  The CNN political ticker is showing Hillary Clinton as a possible Secretary of State candidate. This is exciting news. I think this is a win-win situation. It appeals to Appalachian voters' love affair with the Clintons and the world's love affair with Bill. But what about poor Bill Richardson? He [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2008, 8:39pm EST
  

• European Socialism

  
  
  
  Government regulation is necessary but this article in the NY Times is ridiculous. Discriminating against fruits and vegetables because of their shape? More importantly, what message is this sending to our children? [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2008, 6:50pm EST
  

• Reliving fifteen minutes

  Last month I had a letter to the editor published in The Morehead News. I was criticizing the MPD for the insane amount of time they spend at the Flemingsburg BP flirting with cashiers. Even though The Morehead News is just happy to get letters to publish, I felt [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2008, 11:25am EST
  

• Stephen Baldwin: A look into the current state of the Republican Party

  Liberal radio personality Al Franken still has a chance on being Senator. Conservative radio no-personality Stephen Baldwin has a chance on being a guest on The Hannah Montana Show. All it cost Franken was a few million and the possibility of being defeated. All it cost Baldwin was a hundred [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2008, 9:44am EST
  

• What's wrong with being a center-center nation?

  I like reading The Huffington Post from time to time to keep track of the far-left. As a proud-member of "just the left", we hate to see members lean too far (in fear that they might fall over). But THP also has some worthwhile reads. Robert Borosage's The Center-Left [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2008, 12:07am EST