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Entries from December 2008

To Seat, or Not to Seat

May 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Woo-hoo! We’re just one day away from the Clusterf*ck to the White House being O-V-E-R! …Or are we?
Tomorrow marks the day when a DNC panel decides what to do about the delegates from Michigan and Florida. Originally, the DNC decided that as penalty for violating rules and moving up their state primaries, Michigan and Florida [...]

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Voted Out of Kindergarten

May 26th, 2008 · 14 Comments

In a shockingly cruel story out of Florida, a kindergarten teacher recently held a public classroom vote to decide whether a five-year-old boy should be kicked out of the class:

The mother of a five-year-old who was voted out of his kindergarten class is considering a suit against the teacher. The children were allowed to tell the boy everything [...]

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Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up?

May 25th, 2008 · 6 Comments

In my perusing of the Washington Post this gloriously sunny afternoon, I came upon a rather startling fact: President Bush’s approval rating is currently sitting at 31%.
Compared to other Presidents, this is, of course, extremely low. But stop for a moment and consider what this is saying - 31% of Americans think Georgie-boy is doing [...]

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