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From Rod Stewart’s first solo album (1969), released not long after he broke with the great guitarist Jeff Beck. This was before Stewart stopped singing songs about working-class characters and cultivated the persona of a Hollywood poof (“Do Ya Think I’m Sexy”). More here. Bookmark It
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My question when I see stories like this is how one of the slimiest creatures in the GOP’s reptile house can win a majority of votes in an honest election, even in a conservative Congressional district: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) faced criticism on Wednesday for introducing a version of the STOCK Act which many said had severely weakened the legislation. “Rep. Cantor has opposed the STOCK Act from the start and his bill reflects that,” said Melanie Sloan, [...]
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Uh, no
Seriously? The White House is “all talk, no action” on moving toward compromise, said Anthony Picarello, general counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “There has been a lot of talk in the last couple days about compromise, but it sounds to us like a way to turn down the heat, to placate people without doing anything in particular,” Picarello said. “We’re not going to do anything until this is fixed.” That means removing the provision from the health [...]
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9:42 am
Well, I’ll just be dadgummed: ya’ mean to say there’s an obvious and simple methgod to get us outa’ this mess?
9:50 am
Imagine that!
11:07 am
Great msg, w/ only 1 obstacle.
The trick* will be to undo this:
Q)
Define “Gummint”
A)
Over there = gud
Over here = bad
HINTS:
-Make the debt percentage charts go viral.
-Make the relative expenditure charts go viral.
-Make Pay Down the Debt a bumper sticker.
-If the Palin Tour bus visits a national park, start a convo about CCC.