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Archive for September, 2009

I Live In Dinkytown: A Vignette

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A Man Outside My Window: “I WANT A FUCK! I WANT A FUCK, NOT A DICK-SUCKING!”
A Woman Outside My Window: “YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE!”

A Wet, Hot, Head-Scratching Summer

From a media standpoint, the post-inauguration political climate is a refreshing change of pace from what were the grueling final hours of the Bush era, but that’s not to say the country’s condition has drastically improved. The fervor and momentum generated during the meteoric rise of Barack Obama set high expectations for the President and his party. And now they are at odds with each other, pushing the health care debate to take an errant left turn, which leaves us starry-eyed Americans with two inept political parties.

When George Bush left office he didn’t just leave behind a litany of …

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