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Bit of an over-reliance on the NYT and WaPo for Morning News items.

Posted by Gabriel | July 31, 2007 7:56 AM
2

An article about a bathing suit should not fail to depict said suit.

Posted by Diana | July 31, 2007 8:17 AM
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Re: A federal warrant for Uncle Ted

Knowing Ted Stevens, he'll probably die in a shoot out with police if they try to nick him.

Re: Bush and Brown BFFs

It's the historic Changing of the Poodles!
Pathetic. Truly pathetic. The Brits should be ashamed of their new PM.

Posted by Original Andrew | July 31, 2007 8:22 AM
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I would hire that woman.

Posted by wow | July 31, 2007 8:44 AM
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Oh Andrew! Get over it. What do you expect? Brown to go on an anti-Bush tirade at their press conferece?

Everybody knows that the outcome of Iraq will be an eventual withdraw as the country stabilizes to whatever extent is necessary for the logistics of a pull out to occur. That’s the policy of most reasonable leaders, both liberal and conservative. Even ‘W himself.

Posted by raindrop | July 31, 2007 8:50 AM
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Andrew, Brown is not nearly so bad as Blair is in that regard. He's already sent strong signals that he's not going to be a poodle to Bush.

Posted by Gabriel | July 31, 2007 9:15 AM
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She knows the meaning of "humbleness." Could she share it with us, because I only know what humility means.

Posted by Carollani | July 31, 2007 9:18 AM
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I thought BFF met Butt-Fuckers-Forever. Damn, guess I will have to let a couple of people know..

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | July 31, 2007 9:22 AM
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@ Andrew. Uh, yeah, Brown should have totally slapped Bush down at the news conference. You see Brown does this thing called "diplomacy" and "respecting people". I know it is something our leaders do not do but it is quite the rage in civilized nations.

Besides there are leaked reports that Britian is still high tailing it out of Iraq.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | July 31, 2007 9:26 AM
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raindrop @ 5,

"Everybody knows that the outcome of Iraq will be an eventual withdraw as the country stabilizes to whatever extent is necessary for the logistics of a pull out to occur. That’s the policy of most reasonable leaders, both liberal and conservative. Even ‘W himself."

So, like Alice, do you try to believe three impossible things before breakfast?

Your entire statement is lie that you simply made up. Last I heard, the "plan" was to be in Iraq for 50+ years ala South Korea, or simply keep throwing people into the wood chipper until 2009 when Bush can dump the war onto the next President.

You're a liar.

Posted by Original Andrew | July 31, 2007 9:33 AM
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Sen. Stevens is an argument for term limits, even though I think the voters should be in charge of limiting terms (and they usually don't). Obviously, Alaskan voters chose not to in this case.

Not only is he a crackpot, he's fallen into that malady that affects a lot of long-serving public officials - namely, the I've-held-this-job-so-long-and-done-so-much-for -my-state-that-the-rules-no-longer-apply -to-me syndrome. Who keeps a job for 40+ years in this day and age?

How can voters enjoying lots of Washington pork be made to see that the original intent of serving in Congress was to go and serve for a while (like an army draft - because it is your duty) and then go the fuck home? Did the early planners of the Constitution ever conceive of people serving in Congress for life?

Voters vote for guys like this, then they bitch about Congress.

Posted by Bauhaus | July 31, 2007 9:49 AM
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@11 - forget term limits, he's an argument for the abolition of the Senate. A guy who represents just barely more people than Greg Nickels does is one of the most powerful people in Congress? Ludicrous.

Posted by Levislade | July 31, 2007 9:53 AM
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raindrop @5: funny. It can also be said that the policy for most reasonable people is to open a door wide enough so they can leave a room. A wide open door however, isn't a sign of a reasonable personality traits nor is it a pre-requisite to exit a room; it’s just an exit which results in a lack of bruising and/or scathing.

Posted by Phenics | July 31, 2007 9:55 AM
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@11, Just remember we have term limits; they are called elections. And if you do not like who is running get off your ass and run against them in the primaries and the general election.

Oh yeah and VOTE, and let King County know WE DO NOT WANT DIEBOLD VOTING MACHINES!!!!!!

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | July 31, 2007 10:09 AM
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O. Andrew @10: How could I be lying when I said 'eventual'? God only knows how long eventual turns out to be.

Posted by raindrop | July 31, 2007 10:40 AM
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Phenics @13: That's correct. Your door analogy jives with "necessary for the logistics of a pull out to occur."

i.e. Just wide enough to get our fat butt out of Iraq.

Posted by raindrop | July 31, 2007 10:44 AM
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I only have one response to the article about Ted Stevens:

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Oh wait. Schadenfreude is bad karma, schadenfreude is bad karma, must remember that...

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

F.U., ya old bastard!

Posted by Geni | July 31, 2007 3:04 PM

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