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The above is a disturbing and sickening video of John McCain and Sarah Palin supporters waiting to get into a Sarah Palin rally in Pennsylvania. I warn you that some of the language is a little bad, and some of the people/images are hard to watch at times. (the audio starts a few seconds into the video) These are actual McCain/Palin supporters, in public, in broad daylight. It is

derek hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194697103406707855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832743733206605553.post-59422941022874678152008-10-06T18:37:00.000-07:002008-10-08T21:26:00.281-07:00

I am going to take a cue from John McCain today and not talk about political issues. (You know I still have to get my digs in) Over the weekend, internet backyard brawling sensation Kimbo Slice was handed his first sanctioned Mixed Martial Arts loss against Seth Petruzelli -- in 14 seconds. Slice is (or perhaps was) the only thing keeping the fledgling MMA organization ProElite XC afloat. He

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Let me start by saying that I do not hate Sarah Palin. She seems like a nice enough lady, and despite her overwhelming lack of knowledge, she is relatively harmless - as a governor. I don't think she wants to do evil things, and frankly I doubt she really wanted to be the VP pick. I think she is dealing with a situation she has been forced into, where she is clearly out of her league, and

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One (of the many) issues both candidates are hesitant to talk about in any detail is health care. There is a good reason for that; neither one of them have a decent plan for improving it. Health care continues to be one of America's biggest problems. Over the last 8 years health spending has skyrocketed to nearly 18% of the national GDP, insurance premiums have more than doubled, the number of

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I was watching TV yesterday and I saw the new Microsoft ad where they use an image similar to 'PC' from the Mac ad campaign 'Mac vs. PC.' This struck me as seeming eerily familiar, and then it hit me; Obama and McCain are the new Mac and PC. This may sound a little far fetched, but hear me out.On one hand we have Mac and Obama, or ObaMac. Both are sleeker, more stylish, more modern, more hip.

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I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. I understand that for the conservative demographic, John McCain says a lot of things that are appealing, especially in regard to social issues. However, one thing I cannot understand is how a so-called 'Christian' candidate can run the most despicable and dishonest campaign in recorded history and still retain the adoration of people supposedly

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Putting magazine content on the internet is no new idea, but internet content in a magazine? That is exactly what Esquire will be offering next month with limited special editions of their publication. 100,000 of Esquire's roughly 700,000 magazines will feature content 'printed' with 'e-ink' technology. The technology produces small, rudimentary animations within the pages of the magazine,

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Abortion rights, economic viewpoints, ideas on alternative energy sources, 2nd amendment interpretations, health care plans, and tax ideas aside, one of my biggest problems with Republicans is their medieval opinion about gay rights, especially in regard to gay marriage. Isn't it funny how a party can claim to be the party of the people, yet take a firm stance against granting certain basic

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Yesterday (August 2, 2008), America's most famous voiceover, Don LaFontaine (originator of the 'In a world...' phrase at the beginning to movie trailers), passed away at the age of 68 from complications from a blood clot in his lung.What a lot of people don't realize about him is that he was actually a writer, director, producer, etc. before he got into voice acting, by accident. He had

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Toward the end of August, Madonna kicked off her 'Sticky and Sweet' tour in Europe, and not surprisingly, there was a lot of controversy surrounding the show. The controversy is a result of a video that played in the background during her new song 'Get Stupid', where pictures of John McCain were flashed alongside pictures of war, destruction, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, and more

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There are two things I think most of us can agree on about the state of racism in this country; it is (unfortunately) still alive, but it is slowly dying and becoming less prominent. We finally have a black presidential nominee, secretary of state, supreme court justice, etc. In this time of increasing racial acceptance and relative harmony, there has been a rise in social and racial

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