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• Thanksgiving memories

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  and my favorite - the legendary WKRP turkey episode:
  
  Happy Thanksgiving - WKRP Turkey Drop - kewego
  http://www.sharkhost.com Happy Thanksgiving from Sharkhost.com! This is a blast from the past, WKRP in Cincinnati Famous Turkey Drop. [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:43pm EST
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• Uninsured Patients Twice as Likely to Die in the ER

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  We're often told by those who oppose health insurance reform that "everyone has access to health care." By this, they mean that everyone must be treated in the emergency room. Of course, by the time someone goes to the ER, it's an EMERGENCY, and often one that might have been' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:39pm EST
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• Judd Gregg tries/fails

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  Judd Gregg press release
  
  in part:
  "Senator Gregg stated, “As we near the celebration of the Pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic for a new life in the Americas, tonight, the Senate Democrats have ironically put our country on a backward course towards a European-style, government-run health care system." [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:46pm EST
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• Palin 2012

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:26pm EST
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• Grok Fail

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  Since the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the voices of intolerance and bigotry have gotten increasingly louder. The Fox News sanctioned/organized Tea Party movement always seems to have a contingent carrying racist signs. There was the California mayor who sent out an email with [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:26pm EST
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• Drug Prices on the Rise

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  Earlier in the year, as part of the health insurance reform bill, the White House agreed to a deal with the pharmaceutical companies. According to a NY Times story in August:
  
  Pressed by industry lobbyists, White House officials on Wednesday assured drug makers that the administration [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:07pm EST
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• NH GOP - a constant source of pride

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  I'm not going to link to their site, but Skip and Doug at GraniteGrok do a live radio show, where today they had special birthday wishes for NHDP Chair Ray Buckley.
  
  NH Political Report has the story:
  
  After his radio show "Meet the New Press" ended today,' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:48pm EST
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• Moving Closer to Theocracy

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  The peculiar and secretive religious cult known as "The Family" has a number of members who are Congressmen living in a house on C Street in Washington, DC. Both Stupak and Pitts of the woman hating Stupak/Pitts amendment to the House health insurance reform bill live at this residence.
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:18pm EST
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• Swine on Wall St.

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  The virus known as H1N1 (or swine flu) has been found in nearly every country now. President Obama declared it a national emergency on October 23. This declaration allows HHS Secretary Sebelius to waive certain requirements under Medicare and Medicaid, privacy rules and other regulations.
  
  "The H1N1" [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:40pm EST
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• teh stoopid - it bernz

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  This picture was taken at Michelle Bachman's (Congresswoman from Minnesota, with what could at best be described as a tenuous grip on reality) tea party rally in DC yesterday.
  
  Yep, they're comparing health insurance reform to Dachau. Lots of people died [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:17pm EST
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• The Sanctity of Marriage is Saved!

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  In May 2009, the Maine legislature passed a marriage equality bill. Governor Baldacci signed the bill - ensuring that Maine gays would have the same rights as Maine heterosexuals into law. Sadly for everyone, Maine has a process known as “the People’s Veto” which means [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:26am EST
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• Jon Stewart on marriage equality in Maine

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  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cCan't Get Queer From Herewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:02pm EST
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• Yep

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:21pm EST
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• subtle, they ain't

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  Viagra celebrates a birthday! Viagra is, of course, covered by most health insurance plans, even though some of those same plans do not cover birth control pills.
  
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:19pm EST
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• Mainers: Vote NO on 1

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  Tell your Maine friends and family to vote for love and families, and against hate and bigotry.
  
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 4:06pm EST
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• Poland Spring flyers contain wrong polling hours | SeacoastOnline.com

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  Poland Spring flyers contain wrong polling hours | SeacoastOnline.com
  
  
  WELLS — The town scrambled Oct. 27 to inform residents of the correct polling hours for the Nov. 3 vote, after two Poland Spring mailers gave the wrong time.
  
  Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 8:43pm EDT
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• Medical Marijuana Bill Veto Override Fails in NH Senate

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  UnionLeader.com - Medical marijuana veto override fails in Senate - Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
  
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  "The Legislature failed today to override Gov. John Lynch’s veto of a bill that would have allowed seriously and terminally ill patients legal access to marijuana. It takes a" [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 4:19pm EDT
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• AHIP Pollster Interrupted By Singing Troupe Of Protesters

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  AHIP Pollster Interrupted By Singing Troupe Of Protesters
  
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  From Sam Stein at Huffington Post:
  
  Republican pollster Bill McInturff was the keynote speaker on the final day of the America's Health Insurance Plans's state issues conference on Friday morning.
  But his speech on [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 8:14pm EDT
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• Pants on Fire

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  Ah, New Hampshire. This year we had a long, cold, wet spring; a cold, wet summer, and a glorious fall with spectacular foliage. It was a rancorous year in the NH legislature, with the budget being a particular thorny issue. Mel Thomson and [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:58pm EDT
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• This sums it up

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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 11:21am EDT
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• cause and effect - a lesson never learned by the GOP

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  Local GOP county committee member Maynard Thomson has been writing letters to the editor for years, and has finally been rewarded with columnist status. As a result, he gets to bore us all at even greater length.
  
  This week, Mr. Thomson chose to entertain us with a piece [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 10:27pm EDT
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• Military Rape Awareness Week Starts At Times Square Recruiting Station; Recruiters Shut Out Retired Officer | AfterDowningStreet.org

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  Military Rape Awareness Week Starts At Times Square Recruiting Station; Recruiters Shut Out Retired Officer | AfterDowningStreet.org
  
  One in three women in the military in Iraq is raped. We need to say this over and over and over again until it sinks in. Over half of the federal [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 9:29pm EDT
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• Judd Gregg's Family Values

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  Jamie Leigh Jones went to Iraq in 2005, to work for Halliburton’s then subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown, and Root. When she signed the contract, she was shown pictures of a small trailer where she would live with other women. The reality was quite different. She [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 9:54pm EDT
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• Happy Birth Day Lucy!

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  "Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind."
  Kurt Vonnegut[...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 9:48pm EDT
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• WellPoint Cuts Workers' Health Insurance Benefits

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  WellPoint Cuts Workers' Health Insurance Benefits
  
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 9:54pm EDT
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• Jon Stewart on the Democratic Super Majority

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  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cDemocratic Super Majoritywww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 2:24pm EDT
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• National Coffee Day

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  National Coffee Day
  
  I'm celebrating as I type!
  
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 10:01am EDT
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• Jim Hightower | HEALTH CARE TIDBITS

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  Jim Hightower | HEALTH CARE TIDBITS
  
  "For example, insurance corporations are infamous for denying coverage to anyone with a pre-existing condition – things like cancer, or that ingrown toenail you had 20 years ago. The National Women's Law Center, however, recently revealed another "condition" that can preclude coverage:'" [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:25pm EDT
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• Leading Dem Plans To Blow Up Deal With Big Pharma

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  Leading Dem Plans To Blow Up Deal With Big Pharma
  
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:22pm EDT
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• We're Number 37

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  On September 12, thousands of angry white folks marched on Washington. This was billed as part of Glenn Beck’s 9/12 “Movement” but in light of the fibbing that went on about the number of people present, I prefer to call it the Million Moron March. [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 12:39am EDT
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• Mending Broken Hearts at Sacramento's New Tent Village - Christina Davidson

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  Mending Broken Hearts at Sacramento's New Tent Village - Christina Davidson
  
  The story of a former US soldier and his wife, newly homeless because of medical problems. This is the kind of story that is NOT being told by the mainstream right-wing, corporate media. Is this really the' [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 11:03am EDT
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• Arrrr, me hearties

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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
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• Socialist Handwashing

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  This week, kids all over NH and the rest of the country were back in school, where I would have presumed we all want them to study, get good grades, and behave in a mannerly fashion. Fortunately, the right wing mainstream media showed [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 9:40pm EDT
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• We're Number 37

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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 12:40pm EDT
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• goodbye my love

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  For David:
  
  
  i carry your heart with me
  
  i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
  my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
  i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
  by only me is your doing,my darling)
  i fear
  no fate(for you are my fate,my [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 1:18am EDT
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• Equality Maine - new TV ad

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  Equality Maine
  
  Please donate time and/or money if you can - let's help our neighbors in Maine keep marriage equality. [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 12:20pm EDT
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• From Birther to Deather

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  h/t to Tim C. for the picture taken at the Obama health care town hall meeting in Portsmouth, NH - see more: Blue Hampshire
  
  
  
  Who doesn’t love a good conspiracy theory? US history is full of them. I was brought up [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2009, 12:23pm EDT
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• Morans

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  These are the mensa members fighting against health care choices - and bellowing lies. This is what the GOP is evolving into.
  
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 2:13pm EDT
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• Teabaggers Against Free Speech

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  It seems the angry white men have a plan to disrupt town hall meetings on health care. Naturally these bozos are some of the people who would benefit from a public option, but they are so thoroughly brainwashed by their masters (Weepy Glen, Falafel Bill, Belligerent Sean, and Oxycontin Rush) [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 9:02am EDT
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• Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven

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  The radical anti-choice movement didn’t take a moment to rest on their laurels after engineering the murder of Dr. George Tiller. For a moment, it looked as if they intended to go after Dr. LeRoy Carhart with the same zeal, but these groups [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 10:50pm EDT
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• the evils of single payer health care

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  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cDrag Me to Health - Universal Health Carewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 4:24pm EDT
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• Rachel Maddow talks race with Pat Buchanan

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  After this was over, Pat led his staffers in a rousing rendition of the Horst Wessel song. [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
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• Stone Tablets

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  In 2005, Maine established the Broadband Access Infrastructure Board, to work on establishing universal broadband access for the state by 2010.In 2007, the Vermont Telecommunications Authority, with the stated goal of assuring mobile phone and internet coverage to all Vermonters by the end of 2010. [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 9:52am EDT
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• I've got the internet blues

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  The problems seems to be worsening. My DSL connection lasts about 5 minutes now, before going out. I've called and emailed FairPoint.' [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 11:10am EDT
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• you are not connected to the internet

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  Is the message I'm getting this afternoon, in frequent intervals:
  
  1:00 pm, 1:15 pm, 1:32 pm, 1:50 pm, and 3:30 pm.
  
  I noticed a flier in my FairPoint bill advertising DSL for as little as $9.99 per month! That's considerably less than I'm being charged, for really, [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 3:31pm EDT
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• changing expectations - the saga continues

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  So, on the seventh day, internet service was restored.
  
  Since then, I've learned that I have to alter my expectations of service. During the years of Verizon wireless DSL, I was free to roam throughout my house (that's 3 rooms, people) with only my laptop in hand, able' [...]
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  Posted: July 11, 2009, 11:06am EDT
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• and on the seventh day....

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  there is finally internet service. It wasn't easy, though. The modem arrived, in a neat little package, complete with an installation CD - for PCs. I am a Mac user. So, I had to call tech support, again, to take me through a process that was oddly complicated. Way more' [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 3:12pm EDT
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• but wait - there's more

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  As of tomorrow I will have been without internet service for a week.One reason its taken so long is that the FairPoint tech support guy did not send the new wireless modem to my address. I don't know whose address it was - but it wasn't mine - so Fex [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 9:30pm EDT
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• more FairPoint

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  I can see through my sitemeter that FairPoint Communications has been reading my blog.
  
  It's been almost 6 days with no internet, FairPoint. I'm a writer. The internet is part of my job. I'm losing time and money - and hooking into the local library's internet at 11 [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2009, 6:27pm EDT
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• Who Could Have Predicted?

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  A small telecommunications company buying up the landlines of a giant (monopoly) company in NH, Maine, and Vermont – who could have known that such a merger would turn out to be a disaster?
  
  Nearly everyone. Still, the merger of Verizon and FairPoint was [...]
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  Posted: July 05, 2009, 9:52pm EDT
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• Tapped - the movie

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  A serious look at the scourge of bottled water - and what Nestle has done to the town of Fryeburg, ME. Nestle/Poland Spring has torn the town apart - and turned people against one another, through intimidation, blackmail (we'll set the IRS on you) and bribery. Anyone who' [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 10:47pm EDT
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• Mental Health Break

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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 12:08am EDT
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• Incorrect, Foreign Plumbing

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  The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has generated even more vituperation than expected. It’s certainly an indication of how far the gains made by the women’s movement in the 1970’s have regressed. The mostly male talking heads of the right [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 1:49am EDT
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• ginning up the faithful with lies

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  From the Chicago Tribune
  
  Blogger's Baby was a Hoax
  
  Story by Kim Janssen:
  
  The unmarried mother's story about giving birth to a child diagnosed as terminally ill in the womb hit a major nerve on the Internet.
  Every night for the last two months, thousands of [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 8:35am EDT
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• The Tearful Troy Newman

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  This picture is from Operation Rescue's website.
  
  This weekend the NY Times published an article about the abortion clinic protesters in Kansas. It's an amazing read - the antichoice folks do a little too much whining, and show no empathy for [...]
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  Posted: June 08, 2009, 3:43pm EDT
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• Republican Jesus

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  hat tip to Jesus' General' [...]
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  Posted: June 06, 2009, 11:57pm EDT
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• This Murder was allowed to Happen

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  On Sunday, May 31, Dr. George Tiller was gunned down in the lobby of his church, in Wichita, KS. He was murdered as he handed out church bulletins to his fellow congregants at the Reformation Lutheran Church. His wife was there. A terrorist came [...]
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  Posted: June 04, 2009, 10:19pm EDT
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• terrorist rhetoric

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  Statement by Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue:
  
  "George Tiller was a mass-murderer. We grieve for him that he did not have time to properly prepare his soul to face God. I am more concerned that the Obama Administration will use Tiller's killing to'" [...]
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  Posted: June 01, 2009, 9:09am EDT
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• US Physician killed by Terrorist

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  Dr. George Tiller was murdered by a terrorist on Sunday morning, in Wichita, Kansas. Dr. Tiller was murdered in the lobby of the Reformation Lutheran Church, as he welcomed congregants into the worship service.
  
  Dr. Tiller worked at a women's health clinic. The clinic was one of the' [...]
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  Posted: May 31, 2009, 10:10pm EDT
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• How would you feel if your marriage was up for a vote?

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  Careful what you wish for. [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2009, 9:40pm EDT
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• Judas Jobs

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  We all start out as babies. Babies are future humans – the hatchlings we feed, nurture, educate, and eventually kick out of the nest to fend for themselves. They are completely dependent upon us. Babies all come out looking rather like Winston Churchill, but turn [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2009, 10:33pm EDT
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• men at work

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  How is it that Rush Limbaugh can lecture ANYONE about looks, and be taken seriously? Seriously - for all of the whiny men who claim they can't understand why I talk about sexism - THIS is why. THIS is exactly why.' [...]
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  Posted: May 19, 2009, 11:21am EDT
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• International Day Against Homophobia

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  This year's theme is: homosexuality knows no borders. Held on May 17 each year, the International Day Against Homophobia is the moment to remember that homosexuality is a universal fact and cannot be restricted by borders.
  There are gay men and lesbians' [...]
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  Posted: May 16, 2009, 7:57pm EDT
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• Radical Cleric Pat Robertson

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  Apparently Pat's doing a little selective reading of that Bible he's so fond of. The Old Testament is full of polygamy. The same Old Testament that Mullah Robertson uses to condemn homosexuality.
  
  If the "logical consequence" of same gender marriage is pedophila - how in the [...]
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  Posted: May 09, 2009, 11:47am EDT
  by susanb

• Evolution Happens

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  It’s been a big year for equality in New England. Vermont passed a bill granting marriage equality to its gay and lesbian residents. Republican Governor Jim Douglas vetoed the bill, but legislators overrode the veto. On Wednesday, Maine Governor John Baldacci signed Maine’s [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2009, 11:10am EDT
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• HB 436 passes the NH House!

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  The marriage equality bill passed the NH House, went to the Senate and was amended, then passed, and sent back to the House for concurrence. Today, despite the endless robocalls by out of state hate groups, and the foolish last minute testimony of nutty right wingers, HB 436 passed the [...]
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  Posted: May 06, 2009, 8:21pm EDT
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• NH Freedom to Marry Ad

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  So, what are you waiting for? Call Governor Lynch! [...]
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  Posted: May 05, 2009, 12:36pm EDT
  by susanb

• Auto-tune the News

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  Auto-tune is a software program used to alter the voices of singers to give them perfect pitch. Without auto-tune Britney Spears would be a checkout girl at Wal-Mart.
  
  When the program is used on people who aren't singing, they sound electronic. The Gregory Brothers have been having fun' [...]
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  Posted: May 03, 2009, 9:34pm EDT
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• Reminder for the Day

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  Ode to Sean Hannity
  by John Cleese
  
  Aping urbanity
  Oozing with vanity
  Plump as a manatee
  Faking humanity
  Journalistic calamity
  Intellectual inanity
  Fox Noise insanity
  You’re a profanity
  Hannity
  
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  Posted: April 26, 2009, 8:55am EDT
  by susanb

• Hang 'Em High

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  The NH House of Representatives voted in favor of HB 556; a bill calling for the repeal of the death penalty. On April 14, the NH Senate Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee heard public testimony on the bill. They heard 3 hours of testimony. [...]
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  Posted: April 24, 2009, 11:34am EDT
  by susanb

• Torture

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  Keith Olberman on whether waterboarding is torture or not. (HINT - it is)
  
  

  Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

  
  
  
  Giant Blowhard Sean Hannity says he'd submit to waterboarding:
  
  

  Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News,' [...]

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  Posted: April 24, 2009, 10:58am EDT
  by susanb

• Prosecute, Now

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  Posted: April 19, 2009, 8:47am EDT
  by susanb

• My testimony before the NH Senate HHS Committee

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  Testimony on HB 648 - aka the medical marijuana bill
  April 14, 2009
  
  
  My name is Susan Bruce. I’m here today to testify in favor of HB 648, on behalf of my husband, David Emerson. David can’t be here today, because he’s in the hospital, where [...]
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  Posted: April 15, 2009, 3:22pm EDT
  by susanb

• Out of Step with NH

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  On April 21, NH Senate District 3 will be having a special election. After last year’s GOP smear campaign against Democratic candidate Bud Martin, William Denley was voted in, and then promptly got his third DWI shortly after taking office. The Republicans couldn’t decide [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 10:42pm EDT
  by susanb

• War or Civilization?

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  At a time when many Americans are losing their jobs and homes, the one safe place to be employed seems to be cable TV news. There is no shortage of talking heads to rehash the same issues over and over. There is seldom [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2009, 5:13pm EDT
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• Using the Children

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  On Thursday, March 26, the NH House will be voting on HB436 and HB415 on Thursday, March 26.
  HB436 is a bill making marriage equality the law in our state. We've had civil unions for over a year, and the sky didn't fall, [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2009, 4:14pm EDT
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• Just Say Yes

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  The war on drugs was declared on June 17, 1971. President Richard Nixon declared that drug abuse was
  “public enemy number one in the United States.” In 1976, Jimmy Carter advocated the decriminalization of marijuana. Then, in 1984, Nancy Reagan (a dedicated pill-popper herself) gave [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2009, 6:15pm EDT
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• The Danger of Global Communication

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  Since Crow Dickinson’s ill advised- remarks about Starting Point (remarks he apologized for) he’s become the hero of the men’s movement!
  
  Angry, woman-hating men in the US and Canada have latched on to Crow Dickinson as a symbol. They think poor ole Crow [...]
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  Posted: March 01, 2009, 10:12am EST
  by susanb

• The Slap Heard 'Round the World

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  Every year, local non-profits go before various boards of selectmen to ask for funding. Every year the recommendations of the selectmen go on the ballots we are handed at town meeting. The voters make the ultimate decision as to whether that funding is [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 6:02pm EST
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• Moron the Conway Selectmen

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  One might think that after yesterday's newspaper debacle, they'd be smart enough to just shut up. Alas, one would be wrong.
  
  Crow Dickinson was visited at his cave and asked if he was sexist, and bellowed "Hell hath no fury like a woman's'" [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2009, 10:13am EST
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• Conway Selectmen against taxpayer support for victims of domestic violence

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  The online version of the Conway Daily Sun newspaper is behind a paywall. This means that unless you pay to subscribe, the bulk of the online paper is not available for viewing.
  
  This also means that today you’re missing the front-page [...]
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  Posted: February 19, 2009, 3:41pm EST
  by susanb

• Not Change I Can Believe In

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  New Hampshire’s own Senator Judd Gregg was recently chosen by President Obama to lead the Commerce Department. President Obama’s first choice was Governor Bill Richardson, from New Mexico. One wonders at the thought process that went from Richardson, a Democrat to Judd Gregg, a far [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2009, 6:31pm EST
  by susanb

• President Obama?

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  moar funny pictures [...]
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  Posted: February 05, 2009, 3:34pm EST
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• relationship advice for Obama

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  Rachel Maddow gets it right:
  
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  Posted: February 03, 2009, 10:28am EST
  by susanb

• Ending Wage Discrimination

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  Lilly Ledbetter worked for almost 20 years at a Goodyear Tire plant in Gadsden, Alabama. She was a hard working, competent, employee who became a manager. Ms. Ledbetter trained other employees who went on to become managers, many of them men. In 1998 someone [...]
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  Posted: January 29, 2009, 5:21pm EST
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• Dick Armey gives douchebags a bad name

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  Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, [...]

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  Posted: January 28, 2009, 7:05pm EST
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• Douchebags of the GOP

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  Dear Poppy:
  Apparently you think that it is the responsibility of all women to be appealing to you, in case you want to get into their wombs.
  
  No woman wants you anywhere near her womb.
  You aren't exactly Prince Charming yourself.
  
  Dear Bill' [...]
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  Posted: January 28, 2009, 6:38pm EST
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• Rush Limbaugh worries about bending over...

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  Comedian Rush Limbaugh in part of an interview he did with faux media prat boy Sean Hannity. The whole interview is interesting, Rush declaring that he hopes President Obama fails, Rush declaring that he doesn't care about Obama's race - only he repeats that mantra endlessly. Apparently [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2009, 10:33pm EST
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• NH Bishop Gene Robinson

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  Bishop Robinson gives the invocation before the We Are One concert on Jan. 18, 2009. I'm not a believer - but this is a strong, clear, and wise prayer.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: January 19, 2009, 10:30pm EST
  by susanb

• Hopes and Dreams

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  In just a few days, our nation will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, when we honor the slain civil rights activist. The next day, we will witness the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States, and the [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2009, 6:22pm EST
  by susanb

• Joe the Plumber - War Correspondent

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  Joe the Plumber (who is neither Joe nor a plumber, but let's not nitpick) is a newly minted war correspondent for right wing website pjtv. Plucked from the depths of impending obscurity, Joe was sent to Israel to show us how a man of the people would report on a' [...]
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  Posted: January 12, 2009, 5:29pm EST
  by susanb

• In With the New

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  The old year is over. Away with you, 2008. It was a terrible year in most respects, and based on many conversations, most people will not remember it fondly.
  
  After eight years of Bush insanity in the White House, we have a fresh [...]
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  Posted: January 01, 2009, 10:18pm EST
  by susanb

• Best video of 2008

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  My personal favorite - Bill O'Reilly wigs out - the dance remix! Fuck it - we'll do it live!
  
  
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  Posted: January 01, 2009, 10:06pm EST
  by susanb

• Exhuming the Past

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  The NH GOP suffered severe losses in the November elections. Not only did most of their candidates lose, they also lost in the area of voter registration. For the first time, Democrats outnumber registered Republicans. Obviously, this is a bitter pill to swallow, and the [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2008, 7:34pm EST
  by susanb

• Dear Santa

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  President Goofus and President Gallant - see the highlights:
  
  
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  John McCain InterviewSarah [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2008, 9:15pm EST
  by susanb

• I'd make somebody pay

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  Writing the editorial about the expanded "rule of conscience" put me in a bad mood that's lasted all day. Good thing I don't have a rocket launcher.
  
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  Posted: December 04, 2008, 8:14pm EST
  by susanb

• Government Small Enough to fit in Women's Underpants

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  In the final days of the lamest duck administration ever, President George W. Bush is planning to announce an expanded “right of conscience” rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care workers to refuse to participate in any procedure that they find [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2008, 6:22pm EST
  by susanb

• Proposition 8 - the musical!

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  See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die
  
  
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  Posted: December 03, 2008, 5:46pm EST
  by susanb

• reasons to be thankful

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  We won't have to see him doing this next year. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 26, 2008, 10:50pm EST
  by susanb

• Moving Forward

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  The US is in a world of hurt, economically speaking. We’ve learned (at least temporarily) that deregulation isn’t such a great idea for financial institutions. The national unemployment rate is the highest it’s been since 1992 – and that is based solely on claims [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2008, 8:27pm EST
  by susanb