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Obamasized?

January 1st, 2012 · No Comments

A customer (used loosely, nothing purchased) told me today he’d been “Obamasized,” meaning that he’d lost his job. Huh? This resource (http://tinyurl.com/8a6r64j ) did nothing to clear things up.

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Tags: politics · Twitter

Machine Gun Social

December 1st, 2011 · No Comments

Here’s a real advertisement for a fundraiser to elect the Republican adjutant general candidate in South Carolina, circa 2009.

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Tags: politics

The Clinton Foundation Celebrity Team

October 21st, 2011 · No Comments

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Tags: politics

Axe Me No Questions

October 7th, 2011 · No Comments

Was alarmed to hear that someone axed the President, then realized that it was merely a linguistic offense on “Politics Nation with Rev Al Sharpton.”

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Tags: language · politics · TV

The Party Line

August 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Two caller I.D. messages on my phone tonight: one from “Obama,” one from “Unknown.” Why doesn’t the third-party candidate call me?

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Tags: CNFtweet · politics · Twitter

#ifSheldonWhitehousewaspresident

August 16th, 2011 · No Comments

From Twitter, July 12th: We would call him President Whitehouse. He would live in The White House. On-site TV news reporters would sign off, “…live, from the Whitehouse White House.” He could never get lost. He could paint the White House any color he wants, and it would still be the Whitehouse residence.

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Tags: ideas · language · politics · Twitter

Fear/Hate

August 4th, 2011 · No Comments

She picks it up, rifles through a couple pages, then tosses the AARP Bulletin across the table. I implore, with a quizzical brow furrow. “They used to be for older people, but now…” Her words dangle out there. “What?” She whispers: “Obama…” It trails from her, as a curse.

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Tags: language · politics

Postcard: Quit ‘Chur Quackin’

March 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Card is titled: “Aw-w-w- Quit ‘chur quackin’, You voted for him!”

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Tags: politics · postcards

An argument for campaign term limits.

January 14th, 2011 · No Comments

Football scores alternate with pre-election polling results in my Twitter feed. Some games end at the buzzer; others never stop.

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Tags: CNFtweet · politics

The Perils of Trusting Wikipedia

January 8th, 2011 · No Comments

This is what Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford’s Wikipedia page looked like at 1:37 p.m. CST on 8 January 2011. Click on the image if you wish to enlarge it. As of 2:00 p.m. CST, Rep. Giffords was reported as still being alive. The Wikipedia page had been updated to reflect this.

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Tags: history · politics