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November 18, 2009
- Two days ago, I received an email from a friend of mine. The email contained a forwarded SPAM email which tried to sell my friend some super Viagra or something like that. While I was still marvelling at how accurate targeted email lists had become, and while I was still conjuring up the many insults about my friend's manhood that are worthy only of good friend lest you get your teeth knocked ...
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November 13, 2009
- President Obama has announced that he is going to have a Jobs Summit in December.For the love of God, Barack, can't you do anything without some grandstanding? You've finally come to accept the fact that joblessness is a problem - despite your claims that the stimulus has created or saved - what is it now? - a gajillion jobs? Something gets my Spidey senses a-tingling over your numbers, though I ...
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November 11, 2009
- As I was driving into work today, I noticed a bumper sticker on a car in front of me and one lane over. It was one of those bumper stickers that I don't think you're meant to read unless the car is parked, because it's so small you have to get dangerously close to the other car and take your eyes off the road in order to read it. Mind you, I'm not saying I did that!! Goodness, no. I just happen ...
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November 4, 2009
- I'm proud of my fellow New Jerseyans today. Congratulations to Chris Christie on winning the gubernatorial race (alas, it will be quite some time before I get to use 'gubernatorial' as much as I have in recent days...). Anyway, we'll get back to Chris Christie in a moment.I want to temper my pride in my fellow New Jerseyans just a drop because while we went out and crusaded against, in large ...
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November 2, 2009
- November 2. Day of the Dead in Mexico. While that sounds creepy and may invoke images of restless spirits, vengeful poltergeists, animated skeletons and lumbering zombies, the reality is that all that occurs on the Day of the Dead is that dead people are entitled to a free dessert at Applebees.Kind of anti-climactic, I know. Those Mexicans just don't know how to do a holiday. At least we would ...
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October 30, 2009
- I'm going to borrow a format from one of my favorite fantasy football weekly articles and use it for politics and current events. The format is called Fantasy/Reality. The gist is, I take a statement of conventional wisdom and describe why it's either fantasy or reality. Simple, right? Ok, let's go.Governor Corzine, being the financial genius he is, foresaw the impending recession and set New ...
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October 27, 2009
- Forgive me if I'm a bit grumpier than usual today - I just finished a two-hour long commute to work because, apparently, if it rains, it means you should slow all the way down to 4 m.p.h. - even on straight, 5-lane highways. Sure, a few so-called "overturned tractor-trailers" didn't help the situation, but seriously people, step on it!Okay, now that I got that off my chest, anybody out ...
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October 26, 2009
- Before I begin, I would like to just state that, as a Mets fan, there can be NOTHING worse than a Yankees-Phillies World Series (from a sports point of view). Seriously, it's like asking me, "Which would you rather me do, stab a steel bristle brush through your left testicle or your right?" - regardless which I choose, the results are equally painful.Now that we've got that out of the ...
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October 23, 2009
- Here is a good example of the White House's hypocrisy and it demonstrates that the real reason the administration is attacking Fox News is NOT that Fox News is not a real news outlet, but because the White House cannot tolerate any opinion that disagrees with theirs.First, background. In case you haven't noticed, the White House has declared a war on Fox News. The administration has not provided ...
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October 21, 2009
- I'm currently finishing a book called Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution by A.J. Langguth and I have to say, I've learned a lot about our founding fathers. This isn't the American Revolution we get in school, which goes something like this:There was a massacre in Boston called the Boston Massacre. There was a revolt in Boston Harbor that wasn't really a tea party, but we called ...
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October 20, 2009
- While I've been paying a bit of attention lately to the local stage to try to do my part in making sure we don't have another disastrous four years under Governor Jon Corzine (especially since I unfortunately did my part to put him IN office by voting for him), the national circus has continued. Rather than a long-winded tirade today, let's just do a tally, shall we?$6,700 - The amount of ...
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October 19, 2009
- Breaking News: Large Hadron Collider is Secret Manager of Goldie Wilson's Mayoral Campaign You know it's going to be a good week when you wake up to read news reports that some people believe that the Large Hadron Collider didn't work because...it traveled back in time to destroy itself.Just sit back and revel in that for a minute. I mean, could it be true? I guess in the sense that nothing is ...
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October 15, 2009
- I'm a father of two: a 4 year old daughter and a 2 year old son. I wish I could be there every moment of every day to protect them, but I know in reality that can't happen. I also know that while it would make me feel better, in the long run it would hurt the children because they would not develop any sense of independence or the means of being able to learn from life's lessons. The problem is ...
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October 9, 2009
- Ok, now I'm just confused. I thought it was just in America where people had gone insane and thought the President was the savior, but apparently it's extended to the Nobel Prize committee.Look, first - congratulations to President Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. It's a big honor to win something like that and, often, I'd say a major achievement. But, therein lies the problem - the award ...
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October 5, 2009
- Just to give you a little insight into how my mind works (brace yourself), I just finished reading an article on MSN titled, "10 Things Gas Stations Won't Tell You". It took me a few minutes to force my brain past the idea that gas stations don't talk, but what was really telling was that by the time I got to the first paragraph of the article I had concocted my own list. I don't know ...
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