Chris

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Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

– Kurt Vonnegut

She’s not as bad as you think.

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What kind of campaign strategy targets convincing voters that they should vote for some who is ‘not as bad as you think’? Maybe you can pass it off as extreme self-deprecation.

Also, isn’t it it amazing how anti-elitism drives popular votes? Why is that intelligent and successful people are targeted as being disconnected and/or ineffectual? Why do people feel intimidated by successful people? Why don’t voters want someone better themselves to lead our country?

whole ‘nother

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why do i say that?

“thats a whole ‘nother problem.”

i know i hear it around me pretty often, its not a scranton thing as i hear it in philadelphia as well.

whole ‘nother: [adjective] additional but separate. (whole other + another?)

best record in baseball

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For the past 3 hours the Orioles have had the best record in baseball. They will have it for at least another 20 minutes, until the brewers beat the reds. I am enjoying it while I can.

The Orioles have the league leaders in average (L. Scott – .500) and RBIs (Huff – 11).

I’d also like to thank the Mariners for the nice batch of pitchers.

hold onto your marbles

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if you’re into marble collecting, there is a pretty good auction coming up in Denver, PA.

Morphy’s has the listing here.

People know me as a ‘onion skin’ kinda guy, but hell when you see the Indians and micas at this auction, its kinda hard not to fall head over ‘peel’.

Homeland Security waives 34 laws to build the Mexican Wall

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I hereby waive in their entirety, with respect to the construction of roads and fixed and mobile barriers (including, but not limited to, accessing the project area, creating and using staging areas, the conduct of earthwork, excavation, fill, and site preparation, and installation and upkeep of fences, roads, supporting elements, drainage, erosion controls, safety features, surveillance, communication, and detection equipment of all types, radar and radio towers, and lighting) in the Project Areas, all federal, state, or other laws, regulations and legal requirements of, deriving from, or related to the subject of, the following laws, as amended: –Michael Chertoff

  1. National Environmental Policy Act
  2. Endangered Species Act
  3. Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act)
  4. National Historic Preservation Act
  5. Migratory Bird Treaty Act
  6. Clean Air Act
  7. Archeological Resources Protection Act
  8. Safe Drinking Water Act
  9. Noise Control Act
  10. Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the RCRA, and CERCLA
  11. Antiquities Act
  12. Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act
  13. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
  14. Farmland Protection Policy Act
  15. Coastal Zone Management Act
  16. Wilderness Act
  17. FederalLand Policy and Management Act
  18. National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
  19. Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956
  20. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
  21. Administrative Procedure Act
  22. Otay Mountain Wilderness Act of 1999
  23. Title I of the California Desert Protection Act
  24. National Park Service Organic Act
  25. National Park Service General Authorities Act
  26. National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978
  27. Arizona Desert Wilderness Act
  28. Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
  29. Eagle Protection Act
  30. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
  31. American Indian Religious Freedom Act
  32. Religious Freedom Restoration Act
  33. National Forest Management Act of 1976
  34. Multiple DSE and Sustained Yield Act of 1960

blessed is the memory

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I remember the promise
That you made in the barn
When the kittens were born
And you could not keep warm

So you moved away the mountain
That the sun rose behind
And you said yourself a prayer
And laid down with the blind

But you lost them in your freedom
And you need him now, you’re wild
Blessed is the memory
Of everybody’s child

And the vow of compassion
That you swore through your teeth
When the war began to end
And the photographs weep

Well, nobody blames you
As the train pulls away
With its cargo of snow
For these German paper-weights

But you lost them in your freedom
And you need him now, you’re wild
Blessed is the memory
Of everybody’s child

Well, its five in the morning
There’s no one home
Except for your wife
And your child on the phone

Somebody’s got to listen
To a promise or two
Oh, this room is far too small
For a pilgrim like you

But you lost them in your freedom
And you need him now, you’re wild
Blessed is the memory
Of everybody’s child

So, now that you’ve decided
To follow the sun
Like a shadow of birds
Or a King on the run

Oh, your chains are too dark
For the seas you must swim
You’re smiling at the seaweed
But your smile is too grim

But you lost them in your freedom
And you need him now, you’re wild
Blessed is the memory
Of everybody’s child

Blessed is the memory
Of everybody’s child
Blessed is the memory
Of everybody’s child

-Leonard Cohen-

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Eliot Spitzer’s Wife

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What if Silda Wall Spitzer paid for Eliot Spitzer’s whores because she was frigid? Perhaps this was an acceptable arrangement in consideration of her unresponsive loins. If that were the case – he wouldn’t need to resign, right?

Maybe the fact that the prostitute was making $5,000/hr should be considered complimentary to Mrs. Spitzer. Maybe she’s worth $4,999/hr to him.