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I SWEAR

by John Cole|  March 13, 20066:42 pm| 11 Comments

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I swear I will be back in action tomorrow. You have no idea how much getting sick back then got me behind, and I am finally getting caught up. I have a design meeting on Wednesday, and then I should be done with work for the rest of Spring Break.

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  1. 1.

    EL

    March 13, 2006 at 8:22 pm

    We do miss you, John.

  2. 2.

    Krista

    March 13, 2006 at 8:25 pm

    Yeah…it’s just not the same. A bunch of other regulars seem to be AWOL as well. I think they’re waiting for your return. (Either that, or those regulars that are missing are actually your creations. Worth pondering…)

  3. 3.

    Paddy O'Shea

    March 13, 2006 at 8:34 pm

    Well with St. Patrick’s Day this Friday, I thought I should welcome you back with the following heady brew.

    According to the latest USA Today/CNN Gallup Poll, not only has Georgie’s approval number shrunk to a truly remarkable 36%, but it would also appear that the American voting public will be voting for Democrats this fall by the crisp rate of 55% to 39%.

    My my my. Spring is in the air.

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-13-bush-poll_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA

  4. 4.

    Bob In Pacifica

    March 13, 2006 at 9:53 pm

    John? John Cole? I remember that name.

  5. 5.

    srv

    March 13, 2006 at 11:52 pm

    Too late. We started another 24×7 blog on Cindy Sheehan over a week ago. Darrell collapsed after 5000 posts on one thread and one of DougJ’s personalities and Pb have been at his bedside live blogging since Friday.

    ppGaz and scs have wed and are the new Carville/Matalin replacements on MTP.

  6. 6.

    Davebo

    March 14, 2006 at 12:19 am

    John,

    I don’t wanna get all Pat Bush or George Robertson on you….

    But you really should’t swear.

  7. 7.

    Krista

    March 14, 2006 at 8:32 am

    srv – LOL.

  8. 8.

    Richard Bottoms

    March 14, 2006 at 9:50 am

    When I think I can’t be further surprised at Republican lunacy, along comes yet another example.

    Why do blacks continue to support Democrats?
    By Adele Fergusen

    One of these days before I die, I hope to see a shift in the attitudes of so many of my black brothers and sisters in this great country we share, from perpetual victimhood, to pride in their achievements on the road from slave to American citizen.

    Remember Ronald Reagan’s story about the kid who had to shovel a huge pile of manure? He went about it with such joy he was asked why and said, “With all that manure, there’s got to be a pony in there somewhere.”

    The pony hidden in slavery is the fact that it was the ticket to America for black people. I have long urged blacks to consider their presence here as the work of God, who wanted to bring them to this raw, new country and used slavery to achieve it. A harsh life, to be sure, but many immigrants suffered hardships and indignations as indentured servants. Their descendants rose above it. You don’t hear them bemoaning their forebears’ life the way some blacks can’t rise above the fact theirs were slaves.

    http://www.kpbj.com/opinioneditorial/articles/2006-03-13-EDT-02.html

    And some of you wonder why I’d sooner eat glass than vote for a Republican.

  9. 9.

    Lines

    March 14, 2006 at 10:02 am

    I am the real DougJ!

    And you go into blogging with the host you have, not the host you would want to have.

    Then again, I can’t think of a much better host that exists than John. (/channel Spectre)

  10. 10.

    The Other Steve

    March 14, 2006 at 10:41 am

    I am Spartacus!

  11. 11.

    The Other Steve

    March 14, 2006 at 10:52 am

    Richard Bottoms…

    I think that could be shortened, to… “We never hear about the good things Slavery did for blacks.”

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