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my first experience with drugs was when i had my wisdom teeth out at 12. whooooo doggies. Thanks Mom. I remember being 5 and having to have abcess surgery on a bad case of mumps. (lovely, eh?) I remember them putting the mask over my face and telling me to count to 100. Then I got a big stuffed alligator. A couple minor things surgeries as an adult. I hate trying to struggle awake from the anesthesia. Why can't they just let you sleep/dream it off?

aw, man. RC been bery bery good to me.

That depends entirely on whether you're in the 30K a year middle class, or $250K middle class.

I wouldn't worry about it. Unless you make over $226,000 you'll be getting a tax cut either way -- 2% from Obama, 3% from McGruff. Of course all bets may be off the table if the Fed can't crank out money fast enough for the new nationalized financial industry. We have a budget deficit of $311 billion, a debt of $9.5 trillion, plus whatever the new bailouts will cost us. Considering the grave predicament Bush's economic policies and empire building actions have put us in, including the blatant preferential treatment of the most well off among us, the bill has come due. The rest of us

It's the Cheney model of transparency. duh. Palin's first town hall meeting UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Governor Palin, there has been quite a bit of discussion about your perceived lack of foreign policy experience. And I want to give you your chance. If you could please respond to that criticism and give us specific skills that you think you have to bring to the White House to rebut that or mitigate that concern. PALIN: Well, I think because I

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Here's a goody from a former publisher and editor of the National Review: conservativism is dead; Obama's the man "...this is a thoughtful, pragmatic, and prudent man. It gives me comfort just to think that after eight years of George W. Bush we will have a president who has actually read the Federalist Papers."

have been for several years now

watch this

She's got a "tell" too -- she kind of squints or winks when she's got no idea how to formulate an answer.

some good news on the voters' rights front: Election Protection Good links to find ways to volunteer as a poll worker, provide legal assistance on election day, assist people in getting to polls, etc. etc. Excellent report on the voting problems in primaries, and what's being done to avoid a meltdown on election day. If anyone still thinks we don't have a serious problem with the integrity of our most basic right, take a look.

that was the best!!

How do you account for scientists who profess faith in god? I don't believe in "god" in any permutation, but if we were ever to arrive at the intersection of faith and science, that's probably what we'd find -- an answer.

I think the shine is off Caribou Barbie. Yeah she's a looker. Then what? If you listen to her speak extemporaneously, there's no wisdom, no knowledge, no intellectual curiosity. She comes off like a snarky Welcome Wagon lady.

It works both ways.

ego

AIG has assets of $1 trillion ... so on paper they should be good for the loan. Of course it begs the question, why can't they save their own ass?

China

When the wealthiest 1/10 of 1 percent is worth a trillion dollars, more than the lowest 50 percent combined .... hmmmm, let me do the math.

Il Duce would be so pleased.

I think you nailed it. also nice!

What would actually be useful would be to establish some regulation and oversight, after Bush gutted that SEC function at the beginning of his term. McCain was the self-proclaimed king of deregulation of the markets, handily aided and abetted by Phil Gramm.

Treasury Department figures show that actual corporate income tax revenues fell to $132 billion in 2003, down 36 percent from $207 billion in 2000. As a result of these low levels, corporate revenues in 2003 represented only 1.2 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (the basic measure of the size of the economy), the lowest level since 1983, the year in which corporate receipts plummeted to levels last seen in the 1930s. Corporate revenues represented only 7.4 percent of all federal tax receipts in 2003. With the exception of 1983, this represents the lowest level on record (these data go

sistah!