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Aldrich Lloyd Talonding is going to take the world by storm. What do you think? He's singing Dance With My Father Again. Continue
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Comment by Joe Meyer on June 8, 2012 at 5:25pm -
We are living in The Crazy Years. (Anyone who has read Robert A. Heinlein's "Future History" stories knows what that means. A theocratic dictatorship by the next 10 - 20 years. With any luck, I'll be dead by then.)
Has anyone considered a split in the thinking of the country almost as important as the Civil War was? I sometimes wonder if progressive will win out, or have to co exist with the Theocratic beliefs.
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Comment by Lillie on June 8, 2012 at 2:26pm -
I think Wisconsin was a "dress rehearsal" for the national election in November, and it doesn't look good for anyone with even the slightest progressive sympathies.
I am terrified you are right.
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Comment by Patricia on June 8, 2012 at 1:10pm -
Luuuuuuvz Mr. Carlin....thanks!
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Comment by sk8eycat on June 8, 2012 at 1:03pm -
Tammy, I think the Walker jock straps (supporters) spent 8 to 10 times as much as his opponents could scrape up. One disgusting aspect of the mess is that the national Democratic party didn't help as much as they could have, and they waited till the last minute to do anything at all.
I think Wisconsin was a "dress rehearsal" for the national election in November, and it doesn't look good for anyone with even the slightest progressive sympathies.
We are living in The Crazy Years. (Anyone who has read Robert A. Heinlein's "Future History" stories knows what that means. A theocratic dictatorship by the next 10 - 20 years. With any luck, I'll be dead by then.)
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Comment by booklover on June 8, 2012 at 9:33am -
Thanks for that video of Carlin, Write4U. He was so hilarious!
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Comment by Tammy S on June 8, 2012 at 7:12am -
What was the spending difference? I think Walker spent around 30 million funded by the Citizens United decision/err I mean the Koch Brothers...
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Comment by Pamela on June 8, 2012 at 6:46am -
Damn "so hard". Still can't type on an iPhone.
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Comment by Pamela on June 8, 2012 at 6:45am
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Ooooo Alan Rickman! My favorite. I saw him in Seminar on Broadway in March. Third row seat.....so close!! And yeah, he's still hot. And I got to hear him deliver the BEST line: "She sucked my balls do hard, I saw stars give birth to planets!"
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Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on June 8, 2012 at 4:09am -
LOL, sk8eycat. Right on target! That was such a let down.
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