Can I just remind you that Team America comes out next month? The pic below the fold is from the movie. It's the subtle nuances of the pic that really get me. more...

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If you need just one reason, check out Votergasm. Notice that the 'Trunk' seems to correspond to hot while the 'Ass' seems to correspond with not. Mostly PG-13 site, with the exception of the cartoons. Via Winds of Change.

PS-Can someone forward this to my wife?

1. Citizen: I pledge to withhold sex from non-voters for the week following the election.
2. Patriot: I pledge to have sex with a voter on election night and withhold sex from non-voters for the week following the election.
3. American Hero: I pledge to have sex with a voter on election night and withhold sex from non-voters for the next four years.

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The toast-o-meter is up.

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I blame the public schools.

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I've never been a fan of Robert Reich, but I always respected his analysis...until now. I think he's been reading too much Chomsky and might have eaten a bad shroom. Does Reich really believe this stuff? From his site plugging his book Reason:

Bush's top 7 agenda items for a second term:

1) Invade and occupy Iran. [It's all a neocon conspiracy!!]

2) Make tax cuts permanent for richest 5 percent. [True, if not selective in data usage]

3) Patriot II: Let Ashcroft eavesdrop, monitor, watch, question anyone at any time. [Stop beaming radio beams into my head Ashcroft!!]

4) Gut most remaining evironment and worker safety protections. [Notice the word 'remaining' as if somehow the last four years have seen serious erosion in either.]

5) Pack Supreme Court with Scalia and Thomas clones, to overrule Roe v. Wade, bar gay marriage, and put prayer back in schools. [a) yes b) dumb conclusion c) 'allow' is different than 'put' dumbass]

6) Redistrict all congressional seats, to assure a permanent Republican majority. [Hey dumbass, state legislatures do this not the President.]

7) Make the budget deficit so big that Social Security has to be privatized because there's no money to fund it. [Backdoor conspiracy theory, you are a complete loon. As a percent of GDP we have had far greater deficits and I still pay my SS taxes. I mean, I wish this were true, but the deficit has nothing to do with SS.]

Liberals' top 7 things to do to make sure Bush doesn't have a second term:

1) Make sure America knows Bush's top 7 second-term agenda items. [Reinforce people's natural gullibility and predisposition to believe in conspiracies.]

2) If you're not in a "battle-ground state," call every acquaintance who is, and ask whether they're better off today than four years ago. If the answer is "no," recruit them to go door-to-door for Kerry. [Of course, since the unemployment rate is only one-half of one percent higher today than it was four years ago you will need to call 200 people before you will find someone who is worse off today than they were four years ago. With not use the money saved on long-distance phone calls to give to a nice charity instead?]

3) Leave work from October 19 to November 2, to go door-to-door for Kerry. [Yes, that way when your boss fires you we can blame the increase in unemployment number and make Bush look bad.]

4) Say ocrats will give us affordable health care and better jobs" to everyone. [Lie to people. If you believe this and you say it you're not lying, your just stupid. Either way, your probably better off saying nothing at all.]

5) Call and remind right-wing talk radio hosts that the Framers of the Constitution erected a wall between church and state. [Lie to people, again. The framers wrote "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" and that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." That's it. One founder wrote of a 'wall of seperation between Church and State.' One.]

6) Mention "Alabama National Guard" every time anyone says "Swift Boat." [Fair come back. Then again, why not mention "cut off ears" "raised villages" and "Ghenghis Khan" back at them.]

7) GIVE 'EM HELL. [Bring it on.]

To think that your position is reasonable, while the opposition is unreasonable is the height of arrogance. This is doubly so when you are not talking about a position, but rather an ideology which may includes multiple positions--each of which may or may not be reasoned. To argue that liberals are liberals because reason compelled them to it is the height of arrogance. The same is true for any ideological construct.

PS-Speaking of Nazi Ashcroft, Gordon has some quotes from Reich at the GOP convention.

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Steve the Llama Butcher is at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in Chicago. Tomorrow he will be live-blogging one of the panels entitled The Power and Politics of Blogs at around 4:15 CDT. On the panel sits none other than Andrew "I'm kinda-sorta thinking about voting for Bush if it wasn't for that whole he's a Nazi thing" Sullivan and Anna-Marie "**Wonkette Exclusive** **Must Cite Wonkette**" Cox. The panel is hosted by Daniel Drezner, who seems to be the only non-gadfly blogger that I know of on the panel.

In true Llama Butcher fashion, Steve proposes ambushing Wonkette with some curve-ball questions and is taking requests here. What would you ask Wonkette? As a bonus, he's also bringing his digital cam along with him. I asked him to get a non-faux-lesbo pic but I have a few non-Jessica Cutler related questions as well. I'm thinking of a few zingers for AS too, none of which are related to Madonna's newest CD or the off-Broadway revival of Cats.

I am a card-carrying member of the esteemed APSA and I can't believe I'm missing this year! Yips to the Llama Butchers!!!

Super Secret Encoded PS-Steve, ixneh on the alkingteh to anybodyeh about Rustyeh's issertationeh!!!!

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I am expecting a Full Professorial appointment any day now:

A Star Wars acedemy that teaches about the religion of the Jedi, use of the light sabre and speaking in Wookiee has opened its doors in Romania.

Adrian Pavel, who runs the country's Star Wars Club, decided to found the Jedi Academy after getting so many questions from fellow fans on how they can be more like their heroes in the Star Wars films.

He told local daily Libertatea: "We have meetings and lectures, and we dress like Jedis, but this is no longer enough. We'll soon learn how to handle the light sabres in academy classes.

"The academy is open to everybody. There is a quiz with 100 questions that will cover even the darkest aspects of the Star Wars phenomenon that needs to be done in 24 hours. Anyone who passes quiz will have a place in the Jedi Academy."

The academy is also offering special modules for true devotees, like cooking some of the dishes seen in the Star Wars films including Wookiee Cookies, Princess Leia Danish donughts, Sand Trooper sandwiches and Twin Sun toasts.

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