October 2011
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Ron Paul should be president because he is 76...
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The man is the very embodiment of America.
He has white hair and red and blue varicose veins.
WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR: Congressional Reform Act... →
wilwheaton:
This is incorrectly attributed to Warren Buffet. Regardless of who came up with it, it’s still a good idea:
No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social…
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Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while...
“1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald.
2. “Fortune” is a word for having a lot of money and for having a lot of luck, but that does not mean the word has two definitions.
3. Money is like a child—rarely...
“A few times during his presidency, Obama admitted, he had written a personal...”
– President Obama wrote checks to struggling Americans, according to Washington Post book - The Washington Post (via brooklynmutt)
Can the Republicans put their money where their mouths are?
(via inothernews)
What Occupy Wall Street’s critics are really... →
wilwheaton:
Critics of Occupy Wall Street have a transparent objective: They want to persuade blue collar whites and ordinary middle class Americans to turn on the movement for cultural reasons — because its optics offend these voters’ cultural instincts — even if they broadly agree with its general principles and critique of what’s gone wrong.
This dovetails with a quote from John Cole I...
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“The greatest hoax of the last couple of decades has been the ability of the...”
– John Cole (via wilwheaton)
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“Teens were asked to respond to questions about circumstances under which a man...”
– Mary Pipher, Ph. D. Reviving Ophelia (via thestarspangledman, fadesandspins)
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Day from hell...
And my husband brings me home a giant Snickers bar. Bless his heart! (Read in a thick southern accent for the best results.) I knew there was a reason I’ve kept him around for 13 years.
Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that yesterday was our 13th anniversary? Because it was.
