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The definition of a “Real American”…

Is a person who thinks they’re better than other people because they’re not one of “those people” who think they’re better than them…

That is, according to Sarah Palin of course…

Get it?

Is that with or without?

Ok, I think I’ve finally figured out the difference between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to how they treat us “unwashed masses”. The end is the same, but it’s either K-Y: with (Democrats) or without (Republicans). Regardless, you’re still going to wake up sore.

Wiki Commons – The Tube

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Am I not important or what!?

I got this in my email:

To: “Blah Blah” <blah.blah.blahr@blah.blah.com> Subject: Tim Geithner, George Soros, Sheila Bair, & Larry Summers – Oct 15/16th Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:23:34 -0400 From: “Argyle Executive Forum” <mergenyc@argyleconferences.com>

Argyle Executive Forum is pleased to partner with The Economist on The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering occurring in Manhattan on October […]

Oh the horror of it…

Is nothing sacred anymore?:

NYC’s Tavern on the Green files for Chapter 11

Actually I have fond memories of visiting this with my “big sister” (14 years my senior) when I was a little tike. We didn’t eat there, but somehow I understood I was privileged enough to be walking on the holy ground […]

“Order of The Shrill”?

Hmmm… I’m wondering. I thought Brad Delong always called it just “ShrillBlog” and then sometime after I posted a comment here about how Greenwald should be inducted in the “Order of The Shrill”, this and this appeared with “Order of The Shrill” in them.

So, was it my idea? I should be so lucky – […]

Conservative “jokes”

Hey, I’m all for a, “What do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start!” kind of joke, but have you ever noticed that conservative jokes always have a tendency to be a little, well, violent? I received this recent jem from a friend:

A driver is stuck in a […]

Time To Go “Sextuple” Meta on Health Care

Brad DeLong goes Quintuple meta on Robert Waldmann’s quadrupal meta on the triple meta of Matthew Yglesias:

Robert Waldmann goes quadruple meta on the triple meta Matthew Yglesias:

Robert’s Stochastic thoughts: Quadruple meta: Matt Yglesias goes triple meta in his blog post “Stay First-Order on Health Care.” writing

It’s difficult, of course, to critique the […]