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Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

People are weird.

Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.

The words do not have to be perfect.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

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We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

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Well, I am back from

by John Cole|  December 9, 20022:50 pm| Leave a Comment

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Well, I am back from the conference in Puerto Rico, and I have to tell you, the weather was beautiful. Getting back home and scraping my car with a sunburn sucked, though.

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This whole delinking because of

by John Cole|  November 27, 20027:08 pm| Leave a Comment

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This whole delinking because of differing ideologies thing is just plain stupid. I like to hear what most people have to say, and if it is stupid, well then, I will tell them so.

One of my favorite sites to read every day is the Daily Kos, even though I don’t agree with a lot of his politics. He does, however, express his viewpoints well, is kind to all his visitors, and it seems to rub off on most of his commenters.

For all those people out there who think it is neato to de-link because you just can’t take opposing viewpoints, I have two things to say:

1.) Grow Up
2.) Your traffic ain’t near the Instapundit’s anyway, so get over your bad self.

If anyone has been de-linked for these childish reasons, send me an e-mail, and I will gladly throw you up on my permalinks to fill in whatever void might have been created.

Cripes, already. This is a sure sign the blogosphere has matured- people are acting like children.

And one of these damned days I am gonna remember to link John Hawkins.

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Sorry for the lack of

by John Cole|  November 27, 200212:50 pm| Leave a Comment

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Sorry for the lack of posting. I should resume regular posting when I get back from Puerto Rico around December 9th.

I do have some good news though. The January Playmate of the Month is older than me for the first time in 7 years.

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Bob Barr is gone. Dick

by John Cole|  November 21, 20024:00 am| Leave a Comment

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Bob Barr is gone. Dick Armey is gone. All the Big-L Libertarians are if not nominally, then fully nuts. The Democrats are only concerned with power and making their subjugated and wholly dependant power bases happy.

Who do I turn to? There is no political capital for any individual speaking for the “I just want to be left the hell alone” party.

I hate it all.

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This Just Disgusts Me: Why

by John Cole|  November 21, 20023:55 am| 1 Comment

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This Just Disgusts Me:

Why I use cash for everything and have no credit cards. Period.

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I am just curious- Have

by John Cole|  November 21, 20023:51 am| Leave a Comment

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I am just curious-

Have you ever had a migraine headache that was so bad that you had to cover your windows with blankets and towels so no light could get in? One that hurt so bad that you had to have a friend take care of your cat because you could hear him walking? One so bad that when the phone rang because you forgot to turn the ringer off, you cried, and then broke out in sweats?

Again, I am just curious.

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Idiots With Forums There may

by John Cole|  November 18, 20028:30 pm| Leave a Comment

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Idiots With Forums

There may be a reason that the American Prospect is losing money- the people working there are morons. The Tapped crew is your average, run-of-the-mill braying mule- that is a typical modern Democrat. Devoid of ideas, bereft of any moral backbone, concerned only with winning, and consumed by “Gotcha!” politics. Excellent example is Tapped Quoting Bob Woodwarrd’s new book:

Woodward Quote: The president is shown to be preoccupied by public perceptions of the war, looking at polling data from Rove, now his senior adviser, even after pretending to have no interest.

Tapped Response: We also thought Bush led “based upon principle and not polls and focus groups.” So much for that.

Let’s set aside the fact that they are just taking Woodward’s quotes as if they were gospel (if it is in print, why, Golly, it must be true!). But do you notice how these morons get it wrong, yet again?

Guys- It is ok to have a principled position and to examine the polls and try to figure out how to lead the public to support and embrace your position. That is what Bush is doing. What Clinton did was merely look at the polls and do whatever the hell the most popular thing was. There is a difference.

And Democrats wonder why no one takes them seriously.

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