MeFi comment:
"For anybody living under a rock the last two years, a brief primer:
The Speeches of Barack Obama
2002 Speech Against the War in Iraq (text, partial video)
"Delivered on Wednesday, October 2, 2002 by Barack Obama, Illinois State Senator, at..." [
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MeFi comment:
"cjets: "now let's just hope to God that HC doesn't get a VP nod.
Why? He won. But she's a close second. In fact, she's the strongest runner-up in democratic primary history. What better way of demonstrating unity among democrats than to name..." [
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MeFi comment:
"You want see some real change? I got some change for ya, right here.
Reactions to Barack Obama on Mefi:
January 2007 vs. November 2008
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THEN:
Oh I'm so tired of this guy.
post by delmoi at 6:00 PM on January 16, 2007 [+] [!..." [
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MeFi comment:
"CORRECTION NOTICE:
In a comment posted November 5th, 2008, Metafilter user Rhaomi, in reaction to reports that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was not aware that Africa was a continent, wrote (among other things) that Palin was..." [
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MeFi comment:
"I find this entire situation hilarious. It happens every month or so, whenever a Wikipedia is mentioned in any notable media source (the funnier, the worse), and l33tpolicywonk's use of "lockdown" just hit the nail on the head in terms of..." [
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MeFi comment:
""He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream"
Ice cream. Frosty, sweet, and delicious. We all remember those care-free days, sitting on the front porch enjoying a scoop of vanilla with grandma...." [
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MeTa comment:
"Ragma: ""I feel sorry for those who are atheists. Rather than being smarter, atheism reflects a poverty of thought, and a lack of appreciation of the universe, including of love and evil."
That is pure gold. Who didn't laugh? Show..." [
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MeFi comment:
"One day soon, without warning, you will be confronted with a cryptic text written in bone-white letters, surrounded by a deceptively soothing shade of blue. The blue will lull you into a sense of peace and security, but the words it bears are fated..." [
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MeFi comment:
"ericb "Advisers also say that McCain still wants to participate in all three presidential debates, but that the schedule is up in the air."
The hideous fury of election raged about them - and at that moment a still small chorus of an..." [
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MeFi comment:
"When I was a kid in elementary school (Florida, as it happens), there was a boy in our class by the name of Puck. His last name was about as bad.
You can imagine how that turned out for him.
He was treated as a goofy slob by everybody,..." [
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MeFi comment:
"I've mentioned these quotes previously, but what the hell, they're relevant:
Suddenly, from behind the rim of the Moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light, delicate sky-blue..." [
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MeFi comment:
"*ch-click**whir**shake-shake-shake*┌─────────────┐│┌───────────┐│││ ││││ ││││ . ││││ │││└───────────┘││..." [
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MeFi comment:
"I think it's pretty amazing that Obama will be accepting the Democratic nomination forty-five years to the day after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech". I mean, goddamn that is some potent symbolism right there.
Also, WTF..." [
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MeFi comment:
"empath: "Pomegranate is actually not that hard to eat."
Why don't you tell that to the Greek goddess Persephone.
empath: "Take a knife, score it all around the side, drop it into a bowl of water. Let it sit for about a half hour...." [
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MeFi comment:
"Mysterious Stranger: "What... is your name?"
Mini-Kirk: "My name is James Tiberius Kirk!"
Mysterious Stranger: "What... is your quest?"
Mini-Kirk: "To seek a Canon Fail!"
Mysterious Stranger:..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Just when you thought the story couldn't get any more interesting, as the two, man and bear, made it to shore a person with a backhoe showed up out of nowhere according to Warwick. They loaded the animal into the backhoe and then into an FWC truck...." [
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MeFi comment:
"BUSH: We've gotta teach this financial crisis a lesson!
FED: Yeah, but we would need a plan. Hey Paulson, you're smart, right?
BUSH: He's so smart!
FED: Oh yeah? How much should the federal bailout be?
PAULSON: $700 billion.
FED: OH MY..." [
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