This is sure to make your hair hurt

Ouch!

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The Secret to Long Life

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The GOP Playbook

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Republicans: The Party of Stupid

Know-Nothing Politics
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: August 7, 2008

From the article: ...the debate on energy policy has helped me find the words for something I’ve been thinking about for a while. Republicans, once hailed as the “party of ideas,” have become the party of stupid. (read the entire article)

Adobe Acrobat copy of Know-Nothing Politics

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The Depths of Desperation

It is always enlightening to see what a desperate campaign (or their followers) will resort to when they're down.

A current tactic by the conservatives is to cast doubt on Senator Obama's eligibility to even hold the office of the President. Article II of the US Constitution outlines the three requirements to be eligible for election as President:

• be at least thirty-five years old;
• have been a permanent resident in the United States for at least fourteen years;
• be a natural-born citizen of the United States

It is on that last item, "be a natural-born citizen of the United States" on which many have tried to "disqualify" Obama. They claim that his mother had to have been 21 at the time of his birth in order for Obama to be a natural-born citizen of the United States. But is this really the case?

I would direct these "detectives" to the United States Code, Title 8 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter III > Part I > § 1405:

A person born in Hawaii on or after August 12, 1898, and before April 30, 1900, is declared to be a citizen of the United States as of April 30, 1900. A person born in Hawaii on or after April 30, 1900, is a citizen of the United States at birth. A person who was a citizen of the Republic of Hawaii on August 12, 1898, is declared to be a citizen of the United States as of April 30, 1900.

And that, my friends, answers that!

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Hunter S.

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These Foolish Things

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What's She Doing?

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An Answer to the White Haired Dude

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

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GOP "Takes Pride in Being Ignorant"

In response to a question about what individual Americans can do about the high cost of gasoline, Senator Obama replied that individuals could inflate their tires to the proper pressure in other to improve fuel efficiency.

As is typical of rightwingnuts this commonsense answer was ridiculed (by taking it out-of-context, of course) and claiming it is the centerpiece of Obama's energy policy. And on par with a junior high school joke the McCain campaign came up with this:


And without realizing it the McCain campaign simply highlighted the obvious, they take pride in being ignorant, as Obama was more than willing to point out:



Way to go, Senator Obama!

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Happy Birthday to Tony Bennett

A true American High Standard.

Happy Birthday, Tony Bennett!

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One year ago...

Today marks one year since the Free World Radio Network Web site, http://freeworldradionetwork.net/, went live on the Internet.

And tomorrow at this exact time it will be one year since my first post on this blog!

What a difference a year makes!

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Relax... it is August 1st

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