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Okay. Okay. You have to stop using “Obama” and “Change” in the same breath. I’m begging. Because when I hear that, I get shooting pains through my arms and I begin to sweat in places I didn’t know existed. Needless to say, I’m getting concerned about my health.
I live in Cook County, Illinois, see, and [...]
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Could Immigration “Destroy” the Republican Party
By: Mike on: Jun 13,2007 In: ColumnsThe Senate’s failure to pass an immigration compromise bill last week was confirmation that Washington is approaching full-blown political crisis. The crisis is so serious presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo has repeatedly claimed the bill would “destroy” the GOP.
Given that the existing parties have been in control since the Civil War, prophecies of their immanent demise [...]
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
-Carl Sandburg
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