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post #51 of 95
6/10/08 at 8:13pm
What I love about the quote from the book of Revelation is that Islam was created about 600 years after the bible was written, so it's impossible for there to be a quote about a man of Muslim descent. Though it shouldn't surprise me that people who believe this crap or have a literal belief in the bible don't think this stuff through.
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post #52 of 95
9/16/08 at 7:08pm
I just got the one about the biblical prediction in revelations. My sister sent it. My response:

"Don't send me these. Thanks!"

Her husband writes back. I am pasting directly:

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wow. Thanks, phil..that was a brilliant summation of the unasked questions any intelligent American should have already asked by now. Great email..
Thanks again,
Dan
My response:
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Email forwards are the opposite of intelligent discourse, Dan. Please don't pretend otherwise. They require no critical thought. You just click. And if you disagree, the email tells us to "just delete it". Truly a bold invitation for critical discourse. There's lots of interesting reading material on the subject broached below, but that material numbers in the hundreds (perhaps thousands) of pages. And isn't in big blue typeface. And cites its sources. And doesn't sum up with fairy tales from the bible.

This is my work email address. For work. I should have a say in what unsolicited content people send to it, no? No need to pick a fight. You can simply respect my polite request to not forward me those kinds of emails to my WORK email address.
I think I'm off someone's Christmas card list...
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post #53 of 95
9/16/08 at 7:23pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Email forwards are the opposite of intelligent discourse, Dan. Please don't pretend otherwise. They require no critical thought. You just click. And if you disagree, the email tells us to "just delete it". Truly a bold invitation for critical discourse. There's lots of interesting reading material on the subject broached below, but that material numbers in the hundreds (perhaps thousands) of pages. And isn't in big blue typeface. And cites its sources. And doesn't sum up with fairy tales from the bible.

This is my work email address. For work. I should have a say in what unsolicited content people send to it, no? No need to pick a fight. You can simply respect my polite request to not forward me those kinds of emails to my WORK email address.
Awesome. I may have to put this on my auto-responder.
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post #54 of 95
9/16/08 at 7:39pm
Damn me for being married and not gay, otherwise I'd ask for your hand, Phil.
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post #55 of 95
9/16/08 at 7:43pm
You're a nicer man that I, Phil. If I got a response like that from my sister's husband after a forward like the ones posted here, my reply would be "Please get the fuck out of my family."
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post #56 of 95
9/16/08 at 7:43pm
Swice, you know you're my side dish.

And I'm pissed I came in here AFTER responding and saw that the Revelation quote is complete fiction. I hope he writes back. I'm going to reply all with the snopes link and demand she apologize to everyone for sending us lies. And then ask in all seriousness if they even vote.

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Originally Posted by Ron Vogel View Post
You're a nicer man that I, Phil. If I got a response like that from my sister's husband after a forward like the ones posted here, my reply would be "Please get the fuck out of my family."
"And take her with you."
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post #57 of 95
9/16/08 at 7:52pm
Trust me, if you eventually train your retarded relatives to read Snopes first before forwarding you stuff, you'll just eventually get stupid forwards that say "I CHECKED WITH SNOPES/VERIFIED BY SNOPES" in the subject or body. The fact that they may technically be true (or not verifiably false) does not make them any less internet garbage.

If only I could convince the people who send me funny 'joke' forwards to consult with someone with a sense of humor before they forwarded that stuff on to me.
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post #58 of 95
9/16/08 at 10:03pm
Phil, you are awesome. I am so tempted to do right click, copy and paste.

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Originally Posted by dontEATnachos View Post
Trust me, if you eventually train your retarded relatives to read Snopes first before forwarding you stuff, you'll just eventually get stupid forwards that say "I CHECKED WITH SNOPES/VERIFIED BY SNOPES" in the subject or body. The fact that they may technically be true (or not verifiably false) does not make them any less internet garbage.

If only I could convince the people who send me funny 'joke' forwards to consult with someone with a sense of humor before they forwarded that stuff on to me.
As for referring them to Snopes well ... it doesn't work all of the time. Thankfully, most of my family members are Democrats and they don't send me bullshit like that, but I have a lot of stupid, internet unsavvy friends, who either don't respond to my requests, or ponder that Snopes.com might not be a reputable site because, "how do I know that site isn't a bunch of bullshit?"
Oh no, but this 1000 times forwarded, poorly written, grammatical mess by an unknown "author" is trustworthy and honest? For seriously?

Sometimes, people deserve to be written off. Mentally, it's just healthier that way.
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post #59 of 95
9/16/08 at 10:08pm
Snopes is your first best line of defense when it comes to this bullshit. That, and what Phil said.
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post #60 of 95
9/16/08 at 10:21pm
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post #61 of 95
9/18/08 at 4:51am
Months ago I created a Facebook group called "If You Still Think Barack Obama is a Muslim, You're an Idiot." It's not a huge group by any means, but at the time it was a breath of fresh air from what was then a large and headache inducing rumor. Then, this evening, out of the fucking blue, I get this email:

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Originally Posted by Shannon Wright of Ventura County, CA
I find it curious that you have subscribed to the very convenient "I am not a Muslim" stance that Obama now has taken. But I think that you need to research a little more, or maybe ask more questions, and not take what is said now at "face value". It was less than 3 years ago that he was quoted as saying "If things get weird, I will stand with the Muslims". Now, granted he was speaking with an Islamic group, and there was not talk of a presidential candidacy at the time, but things were already "weird". I believe that yes, he is Muslim which on it's own shouldn't be a red flag. But it's the fence-jumping that should have everyone worried. Why would you want people to believe that you are something that you are not? Or visa versa. Just as his wife back-tracking from her heart-felt "I HATE America" comment, to now saying that she was misunderstood. Uh, sorry..... how do you misunderstand that?? You need to learn how to say what you mean. I have every confidence that she did just that, said what she meant, and now it is not convenient to have said so.

Now, if I am wrong.... then great. The Christians, Jews and all other "non-Muslims" will have nothing to worry about. But that is NOT what the Muslims around the world are saying. They want Obama in here BADLY. Their number-one goal/agenda is to abolish freedom, and any other "infidels" in the world. They wish to take over America, followed by Europe, and do not hide that sentiment at all. (Obviously I am speaking about the radical/fundamentalists). I hope that you have traveled the world, and have seen this for yourself. I lived 3 years in the middle east and am (was) fluent in Arabic. I have taken every religion class that was offered at my university. I am a short, blonde haired/blue-eyed non-Christian, independent woman. I do not have any agenda. I just call it as I see it. Isn't it strange that Obama and Binden were 2 of the few senators that voted to NOT have English be our national language?? WHAT IF I AM RIGHT?? If so, then Obama would be the last person you would want as the leader of America. You would open the doors for many more 9/11's without even knowing it.

I have attached an essay that I think you might be interested in reading. I am hopeful that you will read it, as you are obviously passionate about things enough to start a political group. Just remember that most of the people who subscribe, take things at face value and do not think for themselves enough to question. I am worried that most who are pro-Obama have not considered the possibilities. Thank you for your time.
And this essay? It's the standard "IT was written by a Doctor at a University, SO IT MUST BE TRUE" Rant about how dangerous and evil Muslims are. But anyway. I'm at a true loss for words to reply to this, especially since it came from a total stranger and I figured we should have a little fun and play "Who Can Reply With The Most Snark". So here ya go, email Shannon Wright at swrighth2o@aol.com and let's give back the gift which she has so graciously bestowed upon the world.
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post #62 of 95
9/18/08 at 4:57am
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Originally Posted by Greg Clark View Post
So here ya go, email Shannon Wright at swrighth2o@aol.com and let's give back the gift which she has so graciously bestowed upon the world.
Get it? It's short for water!
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post #63 of 95
9/18/08 at 5:57am
Is it physically possible to email leprosy to someone?
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post #64 of 95
9/18/08 at 9:35am
Would I be out of line in telling that woman I hope Muslims crash a plane into her vagina?
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post #65 of 95
9/18/08 at 10:21am
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Isn't it strange that Obama and Binden were 2 of the few senators that voted to NOT have English be our national language??
Wow, they voted against an amendment that would have had the government tell people what to do. I thought Democrats were all for that type of thing.
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post #66 of 95
9/18/08 at 10:38am
I think I will write this woman to express my support. I'll lament on how They are allowed to walk God's Green Earth right beside decent God-fearing Americans and how it's the fault of Liberals that we can't string them up like we did with coloreds who didn't know their place when I was a kid in the south, that sort of thing.
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post #67 of 95
9/18/08 at 10:49am
I wish I knew enough Arabic to write her and see if she really understands it.
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post #68 of 95
9/18/08 at 10:53am
You guys have to share any replies, right? I'm sure it goes without saying, but I want to make it clear that there's an expectation of followup on this.
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post #69 of 95
9/18/08 at 11:11am
Just ignore her. She's lost.
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post #70 of 95
9/18/08 at 1:09pm
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Originally Posted by Arjen Rudd View Post
Just ignore her. She's lost.
But that's no fun. Maybe we can get her to join the boards!
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post #71 of 95
9/18/08 at 1:21pm
I e-mailed her a picture of my junk with "Obama '08" written on it. I anticipate a hasty reply. Thanks, Greg!
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post #72 of 95
9/18/08 at 1:48pm
Contact the poor, illusioned woman and share your thoughts, but, at this juncture, I feel compelled to post a link to Kathy Sierra's Wikipedia page. Please see the section and links under the heading "Allegations of Harassment." I am not accusing anyone of anything. I'm just saying.
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post #73 of 95
9/19/08 at 9:57pm
How do we know John McCain's not a Vietcong sleeper agent? I mean, I'm not saying he is but he did spend 5 1/2 years as a POW. That's plenty of time to brainwash someone and those Communists have been trying to get the upper hand on America for years. Getting an inside man into the Oval Office would be their biggest coup ever. Can we really take that chance?
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post #74 of 95
9/19/08 at 10:18pm
Brilliant. I'm stealing that.
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post #75 of 95
9/20/08 at 5:42pm
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post #76 of 95
9/29/08 at 1:42am
Fresh meat. The election is a little more than a month away, and Repubs are getting more desperate and irrational:
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You couldn't get a job at McDonalds and become district manager after 143
days of experience. You couldn't become chief of surgery after 143 days of
experience of being a surgeon. You couldn't get a job as a teacher and be
the superintendent after 143 days of experience. You couldn't join the
military and become a colonel after a 143 days of experience. You couldn't
get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news anchor after 143 days
of experience.

BUT....

'From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the
time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he
logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That's how many days the
Senate was actually in session and working. After 143 days of work
experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of
the Free World, and fill the shoes of Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Ronald
Reagan. 143 days?

We all have to start somewhere. The senate is a good start, but after 143
days, that's all it is - a start.

AND, strangely, a large sector of the American public seems to feel
comfortable with this and campaigning for him.

We wouldn't accept this in our own line of work, yet some are OK with this
for the President of the United States of America ?

Come on folks, we are not voting for the next American Idol.
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post #77 of 95
9/29/08 at 1:52am
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Originally Posted by Fucking stupid e-mail
You couldn't get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news anchor after 143 days of experience.
Actually, that's exactly what happened at the local news station where I work. In fact, he started being the weekend anchor in addition to his reporter duties within about 3 months of his hire. And he's great at it, so obviously his lack of experience doesn't hurt him.

So yeah, this e-mail has no grounding in reality.
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post #78 of 95
9/29/08 at 1:53am
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Originally Posted by CocoaSugarbaker View Post
Fresh meat. The election is a little more than a month away, and Repubs are getting more desperate and irrational:
And as you can see Cocoa, they torpedoed their own credibility right at the dock.

"We wouldn't accept this in our own line of work..." Riiigghhtt! If it's one thing I'm sure a republican could inform me on it's a job at McDonalds.
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post #79 of 95
9/29/08 at 3:59pm
New one

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Here is a quick look into 3 former Fannie Mae executives who have brought down Wall Street.


Franklin Raines was a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae. Raines was forced to retire from his position with Fannie Mae when auditing discovered severe irregulaties in Fannie Mae's accounting activities. At the time of his departure The Wall Street Journal noted, " Raines, who long defended the company's accounting despite mounting evidence that it wasn't proper, issued a statement late Tuesday conceding that "mistakes were made" and saying he would assume responsibility as he had earlier promised. News reports indicate the company was under growing pressure from regulators to shake up its management in the wake of findings that the company's books ran afoul of generally accepted accounting principles for four years." Fannie Mae had to reduce its surplus by $9 billion.
Raines left with a "golden parachute valued at $240 Million in benefits. The Government filed suit against Raines when the depth of the accounting scandal became clear.



The Government noted, "The 101 charges reveal how the individuals improperly manipulated earnings to maximize their bonuses, while knowingly neglecting accounting systems and internal controls, misapplying over twenty accounting principles and misleading the regulator and the public. The Notice explains how they submitted six years of misleading and inaccurate accounting statements and inaccurate capital reports that enabled them to grow Fannie Mae in an unsafe and unsound manner."



These charges were made in 2006. The Court ordered Raines to return $50 Million Dollars he received in bonuses based on the miss-stated Fannie Mae profits.


Tim Howard - Was the Chief Financial Officer of Fannie Mae. Howard "was a strong internal proponent of using accounting strategies that would ensure a "stable pattern of earnings" at Fannie. In everyday English - he was cooking the books. The Government Investigation determined that, "Chief Financial Officer, Tim Howard, failed to provide adequate oversight to key control and reporting functions within Fannie Mae,"


On June 16, 2006, Rep. Richard Baker, R-La., asked the Justice Department to investigate his allegations that two former Fannie Mae executives lied to Congress in October 2004 when they denied manipulating the mortgage-finance giant's income statement to achieve management pay bonuses. Investigations by federal regulators and the company's board of directors since concluded that management did manipulate 1998 earnings to trigger bonuses. Raines and Howard resigned under pressure in late 2004.
Howard's Golden Parachute was estimated at $20 Million!


Jim Johnson - A former executive at Lehman Brothers and who was later forced from his position as Fannie Mae CEO. A look at the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight's May 2006 report on mismanagement and corruption inside Fannie Mae, and you'll see some interesting things about Johnson. Investigators found that Fannie Mae had hidden a substantial amount of Johnson's 1998 compensation from the public, reporting that it was between $6 million and $7 million when it fact it was $21 million." Johnson is currently under investigation for taking illegal loans from Countrywide while serving as CEO of Fannie Mae.
Johnson's Golden Parachute was estimated at $28 Million.



WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
FRANKLIN RAINES? Raines works for the Obama Campaign as Chief Economic Advisor
TIM HOWARD? Howard is also a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama
JIM JOHNSON? Johnson hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was selected to run Obama's Vice Presidential Search Committee



IF OBAMA PLANS ON CLEANING UP THE MESS - HIS ADVISORS HAVE THE EXPERTISE - THEY MADE THE MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE. Would you trust the men who tore Wall Street down to build the New Wall Street ?
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post #80 of 95
9/29/08 at 4:09pm
Not really a forward but this belongs here:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/28/...antichrist-nc/
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post #81 of 95
9/29/08 at 4:21pm
'Would you trust the men who tore Wall Street down to build the New Wall Street ?' We're already doing it. Before becoming the treasury secretary, Henry Paulson was CEO of Goldman Sachs. Why not cry foul over his abuse of power? (That's a rhetorical question by the way, but if anyone has any witty remarks I could use a laugh).
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post #82 of 95
10/30/08 at 2:11pm
More freshness:

Twas the night before elections
And all through the town

Tempers were flaring

Emotions all up and down!



I, in my bathrobe

With a cat in my lap

Had cut off the TV

Tired of political crap.



When all of a sudden

There arose such a noise

I peered out of my window

Saw Obama and his boys



They had come for my wallet

They wanted my pay

To give to the others

Who had not worked a day!



He snatched up my money

And quick as a wink

Jumped back on his bandwagon

As I gagged from the stink



He then rallied his henchmen

Who were pulling his cart

I could tell they were out

To tear my country apart!



' On Fannie, on Freddie,

On Biden and Ayers!

On Acorn, On Pelosi'

He screamed at the pairs!



They took off for his cause

And as he flew out of sight

I heard him laugh at the nation

Who wouldn't stand up and fight!



So I leave you to think

On this one final note-

IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM

GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!
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post #83 of 95
11/10/08 at 12:24pm
Just got this one. Nice change of tone.

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Fifty things you might not know about Barack Obama

• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He can speak Spanish
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300 SUV
• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
• His favourite fictional television programmes are M*A*S*H* and The Wire
• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers
• He was nicknamed "Bear" by his late grandmother
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
• His speciality as a cook is chilli
• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government
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post #84 of 95
11/10/08 at 12:34pm
He doesn't like ice cream?? Jesus, we're doomed.

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His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Doooomed.
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post #85 of 95
11/10/08 at 12:38pm
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He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
I'll believe it when I see it.
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post #86 of 95
11/10/08 at 12:42pm
http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama

These aren't technically forwards but they act as a nice clearing house for all the forwards you may get. The best part is if you've ever gotten one of these forwards and wanted to bang your head against the wall, on a wiki you can (rhetorically speaking). Simply point out a factual inaccuracy and cite owner Andrew Schlafly will reply within seconds telling you you're wrong.

http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Barack_Obama
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post #87 of 95
11/10/08 at 12:44pm
He speaks Spanish? I don't think so.

For some reason I pegged him as a DC guy, not a Marvel fan. Not sure if that one is accurate either.
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post #88 of 95
11/10/08 at 12:48pm
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• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
Sure you did, Barry. Suuuuuure you did.
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post #89 of 95
11/10/08 at 12:53pm
I'm resisting the urge to click Myk's links. I'm resisting because I know I'll just be on all morning posting shit to correct the stupid.
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post #90 of 95
11/10/08 at 1:06pm
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He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't.
If he can't keep a promise to his wife, how can he keep his promises to America?

NOT READY TO LEAD!!!
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post #91 of 95
11/10/08 at 3:00pm
He can cook chili? So can I! He's just like me! Finally, a President I can sit down and have a bowl of chili with.
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post #92 of 95
11/14/08 at 2:01pm
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An 80 something old guy told this one in the barber shop yesterday. The whole shop was crying:

What's the difference between seeing Sarah Palin naked and Michele Obama naked?



One is in Playboy. The other in National Geographic.

(Hope this doesn't offend anyone.
Yeah, fuck people. I called the guy who put this up out twice and he hasn't said shit.
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post #93 of 95
11/15/08 at 3:22am
Not on that list, but equally awesome: Obama's favorite character on "The Wire" is Omar, the gay stickup man played by Michael K. Williams.
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post #94 of 95
11/15/08 at 5:45am
Everyone's favorite character is Omar. That says nothing.
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post #95 of 95
11/15/08 at 3:38pm
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Originally Posted by James May View Post
Everyone's favorite character is Omar. That says nothing.
Through the third season maybe. But by the end, it was a toss-up between Slim Charles and Prop Joe for me.
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