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Thoughtful, global, timely

Thoughtful, global, timely

Democratic Underground Flixya - Share Videos, Photos, Blogs, Make Money Critter Hart's LJ Entries The title "Pirates Were the Warriors of Heaven!" may have confused some of you. You see, I'm sure many of you have heard the legend of the Flying Spaghetti Monster that created us all. Well I'm here to tell you that that is total BS! The FSM was infact trying to destroy everything! Ya, Admiral. Now they had battled many evil sea creatures in their time here, but this new threat was capable of covering everything in its noodly appendages for all of time, drowning its victims in a very tomatoy sauce with not enough garlic. The battle ensued until Admiral Blackbeard ordered his last remaining vessels to reach land, and begin spawning a new inhabitant to this Earth he had created. Unfortunately... the explosion launched meatballs at such a high rate, they destroyed the last of the Angel Class ships, sinking them into the depths. Later of course the Egyptians would retell the tale and people would read it from their pyramids and write the book known as the bible.

American Journalism Review Old-Thinker News Sisyphus Shrugged So it's the holidays, and you've decided voluntarily to spend them in Manhattan for some obscure reason that reason knows not of, and maybe it's started to filter through the misty fogs that surround you that people are kind of looking at you funny. Naturally this is because we New Yorkers all suck immoderately and just don't have that holiday spirit you brought with you (the elves set up the decorations while we're skipping the Thanksgiving parade). Still, we have our little folkways, and it makes us as close to cheerful as we get, miserable bastards that we are, if you observe them. It has become clear to me this past week that nobody is providing you guys with the list. 5. 4. 3. 2. and in first place, it's a tie between 1a. and 1b. Happy holidays.

Culturejammer Headquarters MaximsNewsNetwork, News Network for the United Nations and the International Community The Talent Show Why I voted for Gray Davis As far back as August 2000, Gray Davis was correctly placing blame on the deregulation of energy markets for the state’s power woes : The crisis has spurred demands for a repeal of a complex 1996 state law that sought to boost competition in the state’s $20 billion electrical power industry, then pass on the expected savings to customers. Under deregulation, private utilities were required to sell off their power plants and open their markets to electrical resellers, and buy power on the open market, paying an amount that may fluctuate from day to day. A report prepared by the state’s utility commission staff for California Gov. Almost a year later, when the energy crisis was at its peak, Davis rebuked the callousness of the Bush Administration’s stance : Last week, Cheney said conservation is a “sign of personal virtue” but not a sufficient basis for a “sound, comprehensive energy policy.” An when all was said and done, Gray Davis was right and the Bush Administration was dead wrong :

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