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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Poignant song for our times....

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Posted by Bradda at 2/21/2008 08:47:00 PM

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some light reading....

In Her Defense, I'm Sure the Moose Had It Coming
BY AARON SORKIN -- Huffington Post

IT'S TRUE!!!

Tea parties are for little girls.

Please Keep in Mind

If you're not drinking, you're not paying attention.

Reagan's '80s

(some of us remember)

Pol-ly-an-na

–noun
1. an excessively or blindly optimistic person.

–adjective
2. unreasonably or illogically optimistic

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