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Entries Tagged as 'Michelle Bachmann'

What He Said

October 20th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Sports

From the very first words I had published on the Internet, I’ve tried to come up with clever ways to tie the world of sports to more important issues.  Never have I been as successful as Bill Maher in this clip: -AR Update:  The HBO police have taken the video off the web, but here’s [...]

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Lying to Make Friends Goes Undercover

December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics

Lying To Make Friends ventured out into the world of the Teabaggers today to do some actual reporting.  Well, I’m not sure it qualifies as reporting when you’re too terrified to actually talk to anyone (other than the UNC fan who accosted me because of my Duke sweatshirt), but I did take pictures! First, a [...]

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Republicans Have Issues With Metaphors, Bigger Issues With Reality

November 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics, Sports

The Republican health care protest on Capitol Hill yesterday can be summarized as follows:  Democrats= Everything Bad, Republicans=Everything Good. Depending on who at the rally you believe, Obama and his supporters are either Maoists or Nazis. And after being told for 8 years that Muslims (sorry, Islamofascists) are the scariest thing ever, we learn that [...]

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A Teaching Moment

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Law and Justice, Politics

One of the more disturbing aspects of the Tea Party movement and conservative response to Obama in general has been the hysteria over the mundane. The president commemorates September 11th by calling for a National Day of Service? Hijacking national tragedy in the name of Karl Marx! The president addresses school children about the importance [...]

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