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House burns as fire hydrant was turned off to prevent terrorist activity Posted: 4 weeks ago by murfanda
Concerned with the possibility of vandalism or the threat of terrorist activities, all fire hydrants were shut off in this rural Texas fire district. Of course you know what happens next... (And did you know that the fire hydrant is an actual sex position? I love Google images!)
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McCain: The Other White Meat (with Lipstick) Posted: 4 weeks ago by Bornbad
Turns out that a few months ago, McCain used the same phrase. Oh, and it was in relation to a certain female politician
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Joe Biden Thinks Hillary Clinton Would Have Been A Better VP Pick... Than HIM?! Posted: 4 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
"She’s a truly close personal friend, she is qualified to be president of the United States of America, she’s easily qualified to be vice president of the United States of America, and quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me."
When Obama picked Biden, I said this is a guy who has a long history of putting his foot in his mouth. And here we go...
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Imagine you're the government, and need to replace a portion of Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery Posted: 4 weeks ago by tigertony
Would you:
A) Spend 18 years doing studies, and expect to spend $170,000 getting bids, purchasing, and transporting the marble?
B) Accept the gift of the perfect piece of marble, already cut from the same quarry as the original, including transportation?
No, this is not a trick question. Remember, we're talking about the government here.
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Clinton Surplus? Posted: 4 weeks ago by JoshSF49
I was talking with someone today, and they mentioned Bill Clinton's budget surplus. When I went to go find more information on it, I was shocked.
This information is good to know. Warning: No pictures.
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Sex, drugs and oil Posted: 4 weeks ago by Moe
What...you mean to tell me that there is CORRUPTION in the government when it comes to billions of dollars in oil contracts! That government officials were doing drugs and having sex with oil company employees?
NO it can't be!!
Note: Theme pic too small to accurately depict all the wrong doings here. What an age we live in.
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Democrats push a second stimulus package Posted: 4 weeks ago by Marli
Bad idea? Good idea?
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Gordon Brown favors Obama over McCain? Posted: 4 weeks ago by meggysue
England's Prime Minister Gordon Brown praised Obama and the Democrats, but neglected to mention McCain, infuriating the Republicans and raising Tory eyebrows.
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologizes for pooping puffin Posted: 4 weeks ago by Ellz
The image was on the Conservative website notaleader.ca from late Monday until early Tuesday morning, when it was removed after reporters raised it during a news conference with Dion.
*Oh, the high road.
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Ron Paul calls for voters to rebuff McCain & Obama Posted: 4 weeks ago by siennablue
Sounds great to me.
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Al Franken Wins Primary For U.S. Senate Seat Posted: 4 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
Comedian Al Franken grabbed the Democratic nomination Tuesday for U.S. Senate in Minnesota...
Minnesota voters joined those in six other states and the District of Columbia... Nominations for House, Senate and governor were on the line, along with the fate of another TV celebrity: Kevin Powell, a former cast member on MTV's "Real World," who lost his bid for Congress in New York.
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Did Obama Call Sarah Palin A Pig??? Posted: 4 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
One of the most played lines from the '08 RNC was Gov. Sarah Palin's comment about hockey mom's: "The difference between a hockey mom, and a pit-bull... lipstick." Well it seems that "lipstick" has come returned... but this time, Obama said it was on a pig.
Was it just a metaphor, a slip of the tongue, or a nasty attack? (Video in comments)
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Obama On Cable: Duel Of Softballs vs. Shout-Downs Posted: 4 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
Barack Obama competed against himself Monday with interviews airing simultaneously on two different networks. They might as well have been two different galaxies.
The Democrat waded into cable TV's blood feud, between Keith Olbermann of MSNBC and Bill O'Reilly of Fox News Channel, becoming as much a bit player as any even-odds presidential candidate can be.
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Media Winners, Losers At Political Conventions Posted: 4 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
(Hollywood Reporter) - Considering that the events weren't supposed to be newsworthy, the media got some kind of workout at the Democratic and Republican national conventions. Between the historic nature of the nominees from both parties, a hurricane that threatened the RNC and a plethora of story lines, there was no shortage of stories -- not to mention winners and losers.
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Thai Prime Minister forced to resign...after hosting a cooking show Posted: 4 weeks ago by Moe
You read that right. Apparently all the chicken wings were left-wings...no word yet from Rachel Ray.
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Bush to bring home 8000 troops from Iraq in February Posted: 4 weeks ago by 2manyusernames
One Marine battalion, about 1,000 troops, will go home in November and not be replaced. An Army brigade of around 4,000 troops will leave in February. In addition, about 3,400 support forces will also be removed from Iraq
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Total Recall Posted: 4 weeks ago by Bornbad
Four years and eleven months after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was swept into office in a dramatic recall, the powerful and well-heeled correctional officers' union today will target Schwarzenegger for a recall.
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Sarah Palin .. Female Clark Kent? Posted: 4 weeks ago by siennablue
Sarah Palin wants to look as if she's too busy to spend time on her hair, but the style is carefully thought out.
Photo is the author.
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One Cheer For The Republicans Posted: 4 weeks ago by siennablue
In this interview, Palin calls controversial Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul “cool.” “He’s a good guy,” she added. “He’s so independent. He’s independent of the party machine. I’m like, ‘Right on, so am I
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Obama Talks About His "Muslim Faith"... Whoops! Posted: 4 weeks ago by ImNotBlue
Sen. Barack Obama's foes seized Sunday upon a brief slip of the tongue, when the Democratic presidential nominee was outlining his Christianity but accidentally said, "my Muslim faith."
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USA Today: McCain up by 10% among likely voters Posted: 4 weeks ago by JoshSF49
John McCain up 54% to 44% among likely voters according to a new USA Today poll.
Sarah Palin effect? Maybe?
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Olbermann and Matthews out! MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat Posted: 4 weeks ago by JoshSF49
According to the NYTimes Keith Olbermann and Chris Mathews have been dropped from their anchor positions during the election coverage.
After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent network NBC, the channel decided... David Gregory would anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night.
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Rivals to make 9/11 appearance Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
The US presidential rivals, Barack Obama and John McCain have said they will appear together on the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks
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Did the Democratics throw out 12,000 American Flags? Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
A worker at Invesco Field in Denver saved thousands of unused flags from the Democratic National Convention that were headed for the garbage...or were they?
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Wilson sisters slam GOP's use of Heart's "Barracuda" Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
Sen. John McCain's use of the Heart song "Barracuda" after his acceptance speech Thursday night is causing heartburn with the Seattle-based rock group.(video in comments)
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