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Category Archives: Words
Boston College
The pile of things I’ve read concerning politics, all signifying things I want to sit down and write about for a while, don’t seem to matter at all, like that part of my brain packed some clothes, said ‘later’ around … Continue reading
Acquaint Yourselves Accordingly With…
Al Skinner – Head Coach – Boston College Men’s Basketball It’s been a long time coming, as a number of us here at deadissue.com have admired this man for a while now. Today’s win over North Carolina (in their back … Continue reading
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Unbelievable Story – Iraqis dead from head-bullet-itis not counted
Deadissue.com…Journalism, Journalism…Deadissue.com OFFICIAL SAYS SHIITE PARTY SUPPRESSED BODY COUNT By Ellen Knickmeyer Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, March 9, 2006; Page A01 BAGHDAD, March 8 — Days after the bombing of a Shiite shrine unleashed a wave of retaliatory killings … Continue reading
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Newt Gingrich got some splanin’ to do!
Vanity Fair got Abramoff to sit down for a while, with all his documents, photographs and whatnot…here’s the segment I got my hands on: Newt Gingrich, whose spokesman Rick Tyler tells Margolick that “Before [Abramoff’s] picture appeared on TV and … Continue reading
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Itching Hemorrhoids of the Month – NFL Owners
This month’s ‘Itchy’ goes to a collection of very rich men whose contribution to my peace of mind has been a disaster this past week. Making money hand over fist, they now insist that the percentage of revenue going to … Continue reading
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Low and Behold, Unions Enter the Picture
On the first deadissue.com post concerning the UAE ports deal, the question ‘why’ was asked within the thread and my answer was: ”WE HATE UNIONS” is the motto of the Bush presidency. I was disagreed with, and we all know … Continue reading
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Pat Tillman’s Parents Abandon Script
First Posted on 5/27/05: In the days since I first read this story, there have been a number of articles written that leverage Tillman’s parents’ statements to fit a larger argument against government secrecy. And while secrecy is part of this … Continue reading
Reece Witherspoon
Nobody cares…cliche is easy for an actor, you’re not fooling anyone. Act like you’ve BEEN THERE…take a page out of Richard Seymour’s book… “GOT A BROKE BACK? GET A MATTRESS AT SLEEPY HOLLOW IN AMHERST” (ad’s on once an hour, … Continue reading
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Oh, the Pimp…you know, it’s kind of hard out there for ’em
Having to deal with all that…
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Becoming a Jew
Watching the Oscars tonight, Heather and I basically agreed upon something we’d both thought a lot about in recent years…becoming Jews. Blood is a factor, the generations of people who came before us, toiled and suffered, so we could have … Continue reading
Hollywood’s Vodoo Dolls
Watching the documentary of Cash Playing San Quentin on CMT and it hits me, this idea that they’ve got scripts, budgets and perhaps actors already selected just waiting for the most famous living Americans to kick the bucket. How creepy would … Continue reading
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Leave My Food Alone!
One of the perks that comes with living in a blue state is the amount of information I’m provided prior to purchasing food for my family. Generally I try to steer clear of products heavy with preservatives, use fresh ingredients … Continue reading
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Small Town Livin’
Not the toughest thing adjusting to, but when a traffic light in the center of town is still blinking yellow a week after it went first went out, reality sets in like a big soft Vilseck-Hampstead-Macadamia Nut cookie. Questions spring … Continue reading
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Abortion Debate
Something I love about deadissue.com and blogs in general is that a spoof topic like ‘Faking Your Own Death’ can somehow spawn a debate on abortion, of course after veering into the rhelm of animal rights and whether or not … Continue reading
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UAE Port Deal – GOP and Logic – Strange Bedfellows
Driving my wife’s car today, I listened to a good deal of talk radio, and my brain is feeling the squeeze. Sean Hannity was discussing the UAE port deal with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and the discussion was something I … Continue reading
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A Little History Lesson
People fled Europe, crossed the Atlantic and violently severed ties with the king who aimed to rule them from across the ocean. Some claimed a nice chunk of land and realized they could become rich growing a commodity that would … Continue reading
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Killing All Kings
Cartoons, your version of Islam is 1% different than mine, western culture is making me horny and I don’t like it…whatever your reason for becoming a mass murderer, may I offer a bit of advice? Get to work on killing the royal … Continue reading
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Retards Inc.
The caption says it all… Seriously now, fess up…who here watches this channel and why?
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Iraq Vet Mutilates Wife
He had said he was having trouble controlling his anger and didn’t like his wife going out and partying, said Michael Collins, a nurse and case manager at Madigan Army Medical Center. A day before his wife was found dead … Continue reading
Faking Your Own Death
I was contemplating this today for whatever reason…something like this has to be handled just right, or you’re not getting a dime of that insurance money. Best to involve a boat
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Bush’s First Veto
Could it be a bill littered with bacon, earmarks like this country has never seen before? No…Bush has pledged to veto any kind of legislation that would prevent control over the management and security of US ports to the United … Continue reading
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Health Care in the Wild, Predators Versus the Herd
This universe in a bottle painted red, white and blue is comfortable. Broken limbs, skulls and spirits number less inside than outside, belly full more often than pained empty, ecstatic glee over nothing in particular widespread from sea to shining sea. … Continue reading
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UAE Guarding Our Ports
I’m sure everyone’s aware of the fact that a company from the United Arab Emirates has been awarded a contract to guard some of our nations most vulnerable ports. Aside from the fact that 9/11 money was funneled through that … Continue reading
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Open Thread – Drop it like it’s hot
Auntie Erinn (Heather’s sister) is here for the weekend. It’s a whole new experience having people over to stay now as opposed to the past five years of apartment living. Not being regulated to one room where everyone will fit … Continue reading
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Hagel in 2008!
The discussion topic of ‘what makes a moderate’ over on Sonicrusk got me to thinking about the various Republicans I admire. It’s a list that grows larger or shorter depending on what I happen to witness on CSPAN in a given week. … Continue reading
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Oops…
Armstrong said she was watching from a car while Cheney, Whittington and another hunter got out of the vehicle to shoot at a covey of quail. Whittington shot a bird and went to look for it in the tall grass, … Continue reading
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Nothing to Say
Not true, but the difference between a blue and a white sky has a way of taking it’s toll on my motivation. Politics are driving me nuts – this new budget is an abomination. Tax cuts for the richest American … Continue reading
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I Applaud Brokeback Mountain
This movie should win every single Oscar it’s nominated for. I’m probably never going to see it, but I’m behind it 100%. High time we provided the cowboy hat wearing public with some sort of motivation to finally feel as stupid as … Continue reading
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How About These Idiots?
Cartoon Protests Deadly in Afghanistan Talk about uptight! Those preachers got inside the heads of millions, and they’re not leaving anytime soon by the looks of it. Now nobody in the world’s allowed to make fun of these idiots for … Continue reading
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