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When “skinny” means “black”

MickC @ August 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet

When “skinny” means “black.” - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine
Where do you even start with this? Is it now 6 Degrees of Racism? Is that the new standard for determining if an adjective is racist?
Maybe that’s how John Wiley Price got “black hole” to be a racist term.

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I’d Better Get a Heavy-Duty Tire Gauge

MickC @ August 5, 2008 # 2 Comments

So, The Word I am hearing is that John McCain is somehow an idiot for taking issue with Barak Obama’s insistence that we need to properly inflate our tires and get tune-ups to save as much gasoline as “all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling.”

Think Progress follows up the ridicule with a [...]

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Obama: Bush & McCain made the same mistake I did on “the surge”

MickC @ August 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Obama admits drop in Iraqi violence was more than he had anticipated - Los Angeles Times
Earlier Sunday, in an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Obama acknowledged that he had failed to anticipate the sharp decline in attacks in Iraq, but he contended that President Bush and McCain had made the same mistake.
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Addressing what has [...]

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Time for Some Campaignin’

MickC @ July 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Time for Some Campaignin’ — this year’s JibJab election video.
Quite funny.

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Let the Debates Begin!

MickC @ June 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet

John McCain has challenged Barak Obama to “at least ten town halls once a week with the first on June 11 or 12 in New York City at Federal Hall until the week before the Democratic Convention begins”.

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Maybe it was Hillary, too!

MickC @ March 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet

A friend of mine points out that Hillary is also mentioned as giving a wink and a nudge to Canada about how serious she is about pulling out of NAFTA.
Color me shocked that Sen. Clinton would lie.
Or don’t. I’m pretty sure that was one of the things I learned to expect from her in [...]

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Obama staffer gave warning of NAFTA rhetoric

MickC @ February 29, 2008 # 3 Comments

Want to know why I’m not voting for Obama? Because you can’t believe a word that comes out his mouth:
Obama staffer gave warning of NAFTA rhetoric
Within the last month, a top staff member for Obama’s campaign telephoned Michael Wilson, Canada’s ambassador to the United States, and warned him that Obama would speak out against [...]

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Presented without comment

MickC @ January 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet


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Do you know what makes me sad?

MickC @ January 11, 2008 # 3 Comments

It makes me sad that Ron Paul will remain in the race until the convention.
No, really. It makes me sad.
You see, I was fully prepared to suffer him as the “doddering old fool” in the race until last night.
Then this happened:

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Liveblogging the Republican Debate in Myrtle Beach

MickC @ January 10, 2008 # One Comment


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