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"(This is hopefully the only thing I will say about the Obama movement on this site, because I am embarrassed that someone has given me a small shred of hope for this country and I am prepared for the let down of Hillary Clinton losing to John McCain..." [
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MeTa comment:
"Ok, so these three leprechauns are standing on a street corner, talking about how much it sucks to be a leprechaun.
The first one says "Man I hate being a leprechaun. Look at how short I am. I got these tiny little arms that aren't good for..." [
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MeFi comment:
"I still can't shake the feeling (yeah, yeah, I'm a wacky walking Libertarian stereotype) that the government is going to do a worse job than industry.
I am a doctor. I look at questions like this the same way I look at clinical problems with my..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Speaking from my gut now, at the end of a day, with a stack of charts on my desk at a typical American medical office...
I would *happily* take 1/2 my pay if someone could make the insurance bureaucracy go away. I would sing songs all day, my..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Right *now*, in my house, stuck to various pieces of artwork, are tiny 4 mm cut out heads of my wife. That Japanese woodblock of the tsunami, that's her right there in the boat about to get drowned. The center of the Nepalese mandala, that's my wife...." [
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"You know what's really great? When I have my clinic waiting room full to standing with people sick from the worst flu season in my career, my desk is covered with paperwork that's gonna keep me in my office til 9 on a friday night, and I have 15..." [
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MeFi comment:
"It's time that Congress pass legislation to protect the rights of those who want to protest peacefully. Some kind of dissenters' "Bill of Rights." Maybe even call it "The Bill of Rights...." [
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MeFi comment:
"Oh god, I hope he lives long enough to see W out of office. He deserves to see things left in a slightly better state than this." [
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MeFi comment:
"What's going to happen in Iowa next week is that good, honest Americans are going to finally reject the politics of fear and militarism have made the world far less secure and threaten to bankrupt this country. They will understand that Musharraf is..." [
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MeFi comment:
"the Portishead moment (if there ever was one) has very much come and gone
My god that's the truth. I caught this on current TV (I watch that channel much more than could be good for me) and instantly it was 1993, I'm sitting in every dark hipster..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Dear Right Wing,
We accept your apology. Now you understand that being inappropriately labeled with the term "terrorist" is a potent rhetorical tactic that disenfrachises you from the debate and gets us nowhere. You must see now, our..." [
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MeFi comment:
"I live in one of the most liberal neighborhoods of a very liberal city (shout out to my Wallingford homies!). At our Democratic Party caucus this year, they began with the traditional reading of the rules and procedures.
The woman running the..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Man, this is a real problem in my family.
It's so easy to sit here and make wise ass posts about how dumb these people are but I find it so hard to ignore it when it's coming from my family. It forces me to deal with something that I usually try..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Ah, much better link. The National Center for Health Statistics is amaaazing. Between 2002-2004 there were 3629.8 hospitalizations per 10,000 Americans over the age of 65. Odds are 1 in 3 you will be hospitalized in the next 3 years if you're 65, or..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Well it certainly is much more complex than just the institutionalized racism inherent in the justice system that leads to the startling statistic of 1 in 9 black men being in jail, although that (and the war on drugs) certainly play a role.
I..." [
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MeFi comment:
"The only string I'd like to see attached to the bailout legislation is that it should be funded by a one time bill sent to each US citizen for $2,333 to be paid to the order of [insert giant financial services corporation's name]. Well, every citizen..." [
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