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      <title>Best damn Superbowl ever!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: larger;">Three very puffy former vice presidents -- Quayle, Mondale and Gore -- just arrived at the Inauguration platform, with their wives. The wives look good. Major water retention problems going on with the fellows though.</span><br />]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: medium;">Barack Obama is a beautiful man for these times.<br />He glows with youth, confidence, new possibilities.<br />Let&apos;s not forget though who bought and paid for him.<br /><br />Maybe he&apos;ll overcome his corporate masters<br />Maybe he&apos;ll reach across the aisle and pull the saints of the patrician class into a new populist realpolitik that says plainly that wealth was redistributed upward through radical tax code revisions, and now some portion of it must be redistributed back to ordinary people who buy food, and houses, and appliances, and cars.<br /><br />Whether the vehicle is a WPA or CCC or a New Deal or a program of firing squads, it matters little.<br /><br />First, though, the question is how soon will Barack Obama break our hearts?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />In honor of what&apos;s to come, here are the lyrics of the five most heartbreaking songs of betrayal from the post-Camelot period. (Cheese notwithstanding).<br /></span><span style="font-size: larger;"><br /><strong>1.<span style="font-family: monospace;"> </span>&quot;Brandy (You&apos;re A Fine Girl)&quot; Looking Glass</strong></span></span></div><pre><span style="font-size: larger;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">(Elliot Lurie)</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> There&apos;s a port on a western bay<br /> And it serves a hundred ships a day<br />  Lonely sailors pass the time away<br />  And talk about their homes<br />   And there&apos;s a girl, in this harbor town<br />  And she works, laying whiskey down<br />  They say &quot;Brandy, fetch another round&quot; <br /> She serves them whiskey and wine<br />  The sailors say &quot;Brandy, you&apos;re a fine girl <br />What a good wife you would be  <br />Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor <br />From the sea.<br /><br />   &quot;Brandy, wears a braided chain <br /> Made of finest silver from the north of Spain <br /> A locket, that bears the name <br />Of a man that Brandy loved <br />He came, on a summer&apos;s day <br /> Bringing gifts, from far away <br /> But he made it clear, he couldn&apos;t stay  <br />No harbor was his home <br />The sailors said  <br />&quot;Brandy, you&apos;re a fine girl  <br />What a good wife you would be <br />But my life, my lover, my lady <br />Is the sea. <br /><br /> &quot;Yeah Brandy used to watch his eyes when he told his sailor&apos;s story  <br />She could feel the ocean fall and rise, she saw its raging glory <br /> But he had always told the truth, <br /> Lord he was an honest man <br /> And Brandy does her best to understand    <br />At night, when the bars close down  <br />Brandy walks through a silent town  <br />And loves a man, who&apos;s not around <br /> She still can hear him say,<br /> she hears him say  <br />&quot;Brandy, you&apos;re a fine girl<br /> What a good wife you would be <br /> But my life, my lover, my lady<br /> Is the sea&quot;<br />  &quot;Brandy, you&apos;re a fine girl  <br />What a good wife you would be <br /> But my life, my lover, my lady <br />Is the sea&quot;</span></span></pre><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><strong>2. &quot;Back Streets&quot;, The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, Bruce Springsteen<br />(Bruce Springsteen)</strong><br /><font>One soft infested summer<br />Me and Terry became friends<br />Trying in vain to breathe<br />The fire we born in<br />Catching rides to the outskirts<br />Tying faith between our teeth<br />Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house<br />Getting wasted in the heat<br />And hiding on the backstreets<br />Hiding on the backstreets<br />With a love so hard and filled with defeat<br />Running for our lives at night on them backstreets<br /><br />Slow dancing in the dark<br />On the beach at Stockton&apos;s Wing<br />Where desperate lovers park<br />We sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings<br />Huddled in our cars<br />Waiting for the bells that ring<br />In the deep heart of the night<br />We let lose of everything<br />To go running on the backstreets<br />Running on the backstreets<br />Terry you swore we&apos;d live forever<br />Taking it on them backstreets together<br /><br />Endless juke joints and Valentino drag<br />Where famous dancers scraped the tears<br />Up off the street dressed down in rags<br />Running into the darkness<br />Some hurt bad some really dying<br />At night sometimes it seemed<br />You could hear the whole damn city crying<br />Blame it on the lies that killed us<br />Blame it on the truth that ran us down<br />You can blame it all on me Terry<br />It don&apos;t matter to me now<br />When the breakdown hit at midnight<br />There was nothing left to say<br />But I hated him<br />And I hated you when you went away<br /><br />Laying here in the dark<br />You&apos;re like an angel on my chest<br />Just another tramp of hearts<br />Crying tears of faithlessness<br />Remember all the movies, Terry<br />We&apos;d go see<br />Trying to learn to walk like the heroes<br />We thought we had to be<br />Well after all this time<br />To find we&apos;re just like all the rest<br />Stranded in the park<br />And forced to confess<br />To hiding on the backstreets<br />Hiding on the backstreets<br />Where we swore forever friends<br />On the backstreets until the end<br />Hiding on the backstreets<br />Hiding on the backstreets...<br /></font></span></span></div><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>3 One Last Cold Kiss, Flowers of Evil, Mountain, 1973<br />(Collins, Pappalardi)<br /></strong></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: medium;">The two island swans, mated for their lives<br />and his faithful heart would not consider any other wife.<br />For three years&apos; peaceful joy &apos;midst the rushes of the pond.<br />Proud and gentle was the loving of the last two island swans.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: medium;">And their love was like a circle, no beginning and no end<br />with his lady by his side, a treasure and a best friend.<br />And the pond was all so peaceful in the rising of the sun<br />young and free as the island breeze, their lives had just begun.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: medium;">On a dread day in November when the seering cold did start<br />stalked the hunter with his bow and put an arrow in her heart.<br />Husband, come to my side - let your feathers warm my pain<br />for I fear I shall not share another day with you again.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img height="8" width="14" alt="alt" src="http://www.robbierocks.ch/Arrows/space_0.5.gif" />And the cold winds    blow.<br /><img height="1" width="14" src="http://www.robbierocks.ch/Arrows/space_0.5.gif" alt="alt" />He was brave but    he&apos;s laid low<br /><img height="1" width="14" src="http://www.robbierocks.ch/Arrows/space_0.5.gif" alt="alt" />by her body in the    island mist.<br /><img height="1" width="14" src="http://www.robbierocks.ch/Arrows/space_0.5.gif" alt="alt" />I saw him give her    one last cold kiss ... one last cold kiss.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now of swans the people talk of only one in this day&apos;s tide.<br />Though they brought him twenty ladies, he would take no other bride.<br />And they say he will not come from the spot where she did fall.<br />Once so proud, he&apos;s beaten now, and he will not speak at all.<br /><br /><br /><strong>4. &quot;Darlin&apos; Be Home Soon&quot; The Lovin&apos; Spoonful<br />(John Sebastian)</strong></span></span></div><pre style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: medium;">Come and talk of all the things we did today<br /><br />Here and laugh about our funny little ways<br /><br />while we have a few minutes to breathe<br /><br />and I know that it&apos;s time you must leave<br /><br /><br />But darling be home soon<br /><br />I couldn&apos;t bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled<br /><br />My darling be home soon<br /><br />It&apos;s not just these few hours but I&apos;ve been waiting since I<br /><br />toddled<br /><br />For the great relief of having you to talk to<br /><br /><br />And now   a quarter of my life is almost passed<br /><br />I think I&apos;ve come to see myself at last<br /><br />and I see that the time spent confused<br /><br />was the time that I spent without you<br /><br />And I feel  myself  in  bloom<br /><br /><br />Go and beat your crazy head against the sky<br /><br />try and see beyond the houses and your eyes<br /><br />It&apos;s ok to  shoot the moon<br /><br />But darling be home soon<br /><br />I couldn&apos;t bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled<br /><br />My darling be home soon<br /><br />It&apos;s not just these few hours but I&apos;ve been waiting since I<br /><br />toddled<br /><br />For the great relief of having you to talk to<br /><br />5. &quot;Fire and Rain,&quot; James Taylor (James Taylor) Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone <br /><br />Susanne the plans they made put an end to you <br /><br />I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song <br /><br />I just can&apos;t remember who to send it to <br /><br /><br /><br />I&apos;ve seen fire and I&apos;ve seen rain <br /><br />I&apos;ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end <br /><br />I&apos;ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend <br /><br />But I always thought that I&apos;d see you again <br /><br /><br /><br />Won&apos;t you look down upon me, Jesus <br /><br />You&apos;ve got to help me make a stand <br /><br />You&apos;ve just got to see me through another day <br /><br />My body&apos;s aching and my time is at hand <br /><br />And I won&apos;t make it any other way <br /><br /><br /><br />Oh, I&apos;ve seen fire and I&apos;ve seen rain <br /><br />I&apos;ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end <br /><br />I&apos;ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend <br /><br />But I always thought that I&apos;d see you again <br /><br /><br /><br />Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun <br /><br />Lord knows when the cold wind blows it&apos;ll turn your head around <br /><br />Well, there&apos;s hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things <br /><br />to come <br /><br />Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground <br /><br /><br /><br />Oh, I&apos;ve seen fire and I&apos;ve seen rain <br /><br />I&apos;ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end <br /><br />I&apos;ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend <br /><br />But I always thought that I&apos;d see you, baby, one more time again, now <br /><br /><br /><br />Thought I&apos;d see you one more time again <br /><br />There&apos;s just a few things coming my way this time around, now <br /><br />Thought I&apos;d see you, thought I&apos;d see you fire and rain, now<br /></span></span></pre><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<table width="800"><tr><td class="Section"><h1>About <span class="nickname">gunbunny2</span> 				<span class="RealName">/ <span class="fn n"><span class="given-name">Gunner</span></span></span></h1> 			  			<p class="Links"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32167676@N08/">&larr; Photostream</a>  				<img width="1" height="11" alt="alt" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/subnavi_dots.gif" /> 					<a href="http://www.flickr.com/messages_write.gne?to=32167676@N08">Send FlickrMail</a>		 				 			<img width="1" height="11" alt="alt" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/subnavi_dots.gif" /> 			<a href="http://www.flickr.com/gift/">Buy gunbunny2 a Pro Account</a></p></td>	 		<td class="Extras"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/32167676@N08/relationship/">Add gunbunny2 as a contact</a></p> 			<img width="200" height="1" alt="spacer!" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif" /></td>					 	 	</tr> </table>    	 	 	 					 			    				 					<p class="note">Single, 35, male Marine looking for fun.<br /> <br /> Pretty simple really. I love women. Simply that. If your a lesbian, thats cool. We both have something in common then,.....we both love women! I&apos;m not here to hook-up with anyone, but if it happens, then great. If not, oh well. <br /> <br /> I love women in the military. I have been in the Marine Corps for 15 years and I have the upmost respect for anyone fighting for our country and democracy. I dont feel like getting into the whole debate about power hungry nations and all that crap, because I will simply crush you! LOL.<br /> <br /> I love the outdoors, and women in the outdoors. I am a simple, man that loves hunting, fishing, anything outdoors, gun carrying country boy. Simple as that.<br /> <br /> Yes, some of my pics are from the web. So what??? Is that so damn bad really??? I know I dont have alot, I will add more soon.<br /> <br /> Any other questions, just ask.</p>				 					<p>I&apos;m <strong>Male</strong> and <strong>Single</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<h2>Results</h2><p><img src="http://www.genderanalyzer.com/woman.gif" alt="Silhouette of a woman" />We have strong indicators that http://reallyoldman.livejournal.com/ is written by a woman (91%).</p><br />-- <a href="http://genderanalyzer.com/">genderanalyzer.com</a><br />]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: medium;">Rachel Maddow suggested last night that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was angling for a job in journalism.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Such a dreadful thought. <br /><br />Let&apos;s try to be constructive. She touts her Journalism Degree. Maybe she&apos;ll wheel herself into the U.S. Senate.<br /><br />But reallyoldman loves her better as a Celebrity.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">What should Gov. Palin do next? <br /><br />Correct answers:</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />1. Become No. 1 fill-in host on The Jerry Springer Show.<br />2. Star in one of those syndicated TV shows as fake judge berating poor people.<br />3. Co-star with John McCain in a revival of The Real McCoys.<br />4. Turn big letters while grooming McCain as the next Pat Sajak on cable knock-off of Wheel of Fortune.<br />5. Star in revival of Room 222.<br />6. Become eyeglass model in newspaper advertisements.<br />7. Hawk series of videotaped guides to field dressing wild and domestic animals.<br />8. Groom McCain as No. 1 fill-in host on Girls Next Door<br />9. Star with the McCains and Ann Coulter in tasteful Mormon version of Girls Next Door. <br />10. Two words: Professional wrestling.<br /><br /></span><br />]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div style="margin-left: 80px;"><div><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;">This</span></strong><span style="font-size: large;"> is the kind of thing I&apos;m going to miss about the the 2008 Presidential campaign:<br /></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><span style="font-size: large;"><div>&nbsp;</div></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">(From Juan Coles&apos;</span><a href="http://www.juancole.com/2008/11/ghouls-glossary-2008-election.html"><span style="font-size: large;"> The Ghoul&apos;s Glossary: the 2008 Election</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">)</span></div><div><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span><br /></span><span>&quot;</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Friends: Persons whom John McCain does not know and does not actually like very much, but whom he wishes to persuade to vote for him by grimacing at them while gesturing as though he is measuring their waists for new pants.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">&quot;</span></strong></span><br /></span></span></div></div><div>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<div>&nbsp;</div><div style="margin-left: 160px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong>&quot;</strong></span></span><br />Now that he has won the presidency in a landslide, Barack Obama is under no obligation to govern like a centrist or temper his policy goals to accommodate a point-of-view that the American people have decisively rejected. Obama won. Elections have consequences.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">&quot;</span></span></strong></span></div><div style="margin-left: 360px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://thetalentshow.org/"><span style="font-size: medium;">-The Talent Show</span></a><br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 160px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><a href="http://thetalentshow.org/">For a little perspective, click here to read Geo. W. Bush&apos;s remarks after his razor-thin 2004 reelection.</a> <br /></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: larger;">In his concession speech, McCain said what was necessary to minimize the degree of blame he&apos;ll take when some nut tries to kill Obama.<br />McCain and Palin whipped the crazies into a frenzy.<br />They&apos;ve got a lot more work to do to even begin to repair the damage of all the hate and lies.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: larger;">Somehow the Bushies failed to steal this one.<br />Reallyoldman is grateful.<br />Maybe they realize they&apos;ve raped and pillaged as much as any ruling class can. <br />For now.<br />Let Obama clean it up.<br />The war, the recession, the increased hatred for the U.S. around the world.<br />Let Obama try to fix it.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><br /></span></strong></span>]]></description>
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      <title>Next | The battle for Obama's soul</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: larger;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;">Election&apos;s over.<br /></span></span></strong><br />The next battle is for Obama&apos;s heart and soul.<br />Anybody who thinks they can sit back, drink wine and watch television for four years is wrong.<br />Wrong if they want Obama to fulfill his promise.<br />He&apos;s going to need support -- nay pressure, hard pressure -- from progressives to avoid being sucked even deeper into the big money and the &quot;bipartisanship.&quot;<br /><br />The next election starts today.<br />We&apos;re voting on what kind of president Obama will be.<br />Whether he just cleans up the Bush mess.<br />Or if he levels the playing field for ordinary people.<br /><br />I&apos;m talking about making it legal again to operate and union and to exercise the power to strike.<br />I&apos;m talking about the right to a good education.<br />I&apos;m talking about health care and the right to not be killed in Iraq.<br />And about changing the electoral landscape so we never again have to suffer through a nightmare like the last eight years.<br /><br />The next election -- the one that starts today -- will be much more difficult to win.<br />There&apos;s no right to vote any more.<br />The voting will go on behind closed doors.<br />If you don&apos;t have money, you won&apos;t even be there for the discussion, much less a vote.<br /><br />The only exceptions:<br /> People with progressive values who organize.<br />Who force their way to the table.<br />Who insist that Obama do what he was elected to do.<br /><br /></span>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:46:57 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Final election preview</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: larger;">I really feel like I can write this story with one word.<br /><br />Diebold.<br /><br />But, you know your reallyoldman.<br /><br />Why use one word when 20 will do?<br /><br />I&apos;ve been watching TV newscasts that are treating this campaign like a year-in-review story. Remember that time Hillary claimed they shot at her? Remember when Joe the Caucasian lied about all that shit? Remember when Sarah Palin seemed like she was going to save McCain? Remember when it seemed like Rev. Wright was going to sink Obama?<br /><br />Reallyoldman still can&apos;t believe that the Bushies will leave power peacefully. Maybe they will. Maybe things have spun so far out of control that they want someone with some brains to clean it up before they come back for another round of rape and pillage.<br /><br />Don&apos;t know, can&apos;t say, but here for you tonight on election eve is I quick trip down memory lane from the fine folks at </span><a href="http://thisfuckingelection.com/"><span style="font-size: larger;">thisfuckingelection.com</span></a><span style="font-size: larger;"><br /><br />You can review reallyoldman&apos;s gavel-to-gavel coverage by clicking <a href="http://reallyoldman.livejournal.com/tag/election+2008">here</a>.<br /></span><p><span style="font-size: larger;">And, only from reallyoldman, here&apos;s one of our patented multimedia presentations reprising our coverage of the campaign.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size: smaller;">Multimedia presentation to follow.</span></span><br /><strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Let&apos;s start out with that incredible John McCain Story.</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009g2dx/"><img height="240" border="0" width="320" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009g2dx" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000794af/"><img height="240" border="0" width="320" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000794af/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009h6ec/"><img height="240" border="0" width="213" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009h6ec/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0005cc6c/"><img height="240" border="0" width="290" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0005cc6c/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009kw1s/"><img height="240" border="0" width="192" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009kw1s/s320x240" 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src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00074wdh/s320x240" /><br /><strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">And now, how about that Barack Obama...</span></strong><br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000341ck/"><img height="240" border="0" width="195" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000341ck/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0006kb08/"><img height="213" border="0" width="320" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0006kb08/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000ahr9g/"><img height="240" border="0" width="192" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000ahr9g/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000ak7d1/"><img height="240" border="0" width="320" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000ak7d1/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><a 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      <link>http://virb.com/reallyoldman/posts/text/899155</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009dehq/"><img border="0" alt="alt" style="width: 414px; height: 131px;" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009dehq/s320x240" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009eayb/"><img border="0" alt="alt" style="width: 414px; height: 130px;" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009eayb/s320x240" /></a><br /><br />An example of what can happen when Star Wars fans grow up and allow themselves to be recruited by the McCain campaign.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 80px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span>&quot;</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text">As a Caucasian, I am literally appalled by the fact that my Constitutional Rights are being oppressed by some things called: political correctness...</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: large;">...<span class="text">Obama is the path to the Dark Side. Obama leads to socialism. Socialism leads to Communism. Communism leads to suffering...</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text"> - </span></span><span class="text"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/foxy_news_101"><span style="font-size: large;">Jedi Master Chrissy</span></a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> &quot;</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I&apos;m not saying there&apos;s anything wrong with Star Wars.<br />I&apos;m not even saying there&apos;s anything wrong with Jedi Master Chrissy or her message.<br />(<a href="http://reallyoldman.livejournal.com/38351.html">Caucasians</a> are entitled to their opinions, just like everyone else.)<br /><br />This is just a quick heads-up to progessives, liberals, communists, independents and other sentient beings of the Dark Side:<br /><br />Master Jedi Chrissy is not some dumb teenager with a blog on <a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/mccainspace/">McCainSpace.</a><br />She&apos;s an adult. <br /><div>She can vote.</div><br />She may even be able to do some mean Jedi mess on your ass if you cross her.<br />So don&apos;t cross her. <br />Just don&apos;t forget to vote.</span><br />&nbsp;</div><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span>]]></description>
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      <title>Codename: Joe</title>
      <link>http://virb.com/reallyoldman/posts/text/890068</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0008z7tt/"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><img height="104" border="0" width="128" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0008z7tt" alt="alt" /><br />Headline: McCain Storms Florida on Joe the Plumber Tour</span></a><br /><br /></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Why is John McCain pummeling us with Joe the Plumber?<br />Even </strong></span><a href="http://jonswift.blogspot.com/2008/10/please-help-joe-plumber.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>conservatives</strong></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><strong> are embarrassed by McCain&apos;s fraudulent <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/patchworknation/csmstaff/2008/1022/about-joe-the-plumber-average-guy/">Uber-everyman</a>:<br /><br /></strong></span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">&quot;</span></strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>The most </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=16680"><strong>famous</strong></a><strong> plumber in America said he was not happy with Obama&rsquo;s answer, </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Joe_speaks.html"><strong>calling</strong></a><strong> it &quot;a tap dance...almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr,&quot; referring to the only </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://sweetness-light.com/archive/cbspolitico-joe-the-plumber-is-a-racist"><strong>black</strong></a><strong> entertainer he could think of off the top of his head. If he had been given more time to come up with an answer he might also have said Obama &ldquo;moonwalked like Michael Jackson,&rdquo; &ldquo;crooned like Nat King Cole,&rdquo; &ldquo;tickled the ivories like Stevie Wonder,&rdquo; &ldquo;twisted like Chubby Checkers,&rdquo; &ldquo;blew his horn like Dizzy Gillespie,&rdquo; &ldquo;talked jive like Cab Calloway,&rdquo; &ldquo;gave up the funk like George Clinton,&rdquo; &ldquo;rapped like Tupac Shakur,&rdquo; or &ldquo;shuffled like Step&rsquo;n Fetchit.&rdquo; </strong></span><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>--</strong></span><strong><a href="http://jonswift.blogspot.com/2008/10/please-help-joe-plumber.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong> some conservative blog</strong></span><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><br /></strong></span></a></strong></div><div><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;">&quot;</span></strong></span></span><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Why does McCain repeatedly invoke Joe the Plumber?<br /><br />Simple answer:<br />Joe represents.<br />And he represents White.<br /><br />McCain might be seen as too blunt or crass if he came out and said:<br /> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">&quot;Damn niggers are taking over everything.&quot; </span><br />(Which is the ingrained message that American voters -- white Democrats, even black Democrats, independents -- will have to overcome in order to actually vote for Obama.)<br /><br />Yes, I&apos;m saying this is a racist world. All of us grew up in it.<br />No matter what we learned, or how we adapted, there are&nbsp; -- at the very least -- remnants of racism rattling around in our skulls.<br /><br />And McCain&apos;s last chance is to activate those thoughts.<br />That&apos;s McCain&apos;s message every time he grins and brings forth Joe.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Joe the Plumber is code for &quot;white folk.&quot;</span><br /><br />Same with McCain&apos;s other working class heroes. Ed the Dairyman, Bill the contractor, Dan the carpenter.<br /><br />They all harken back to the Golden Age of White People.<br />The Golden Age that closed out between the time <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken">Cal &quot;work ethic&quot; Ripken</a> retired, and </span></span></strong></span><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcgwima01.shtml"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Mark McGwire</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></strong><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">got caught taking steroids.<br /><br />I&apos;m talking about the good old Mickey Mantle days. Bart Starr days. Johnny Unitas days.<br /><br />You know, Mayberry shit.<br /><br />Before blacks took over sports.<br /></span></span></strong></span><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Before black kids were in your schools. </span></span></strong></span><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></strong></span><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Before black people were allowed in the skilled trades.</span></span></strong></span><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Before blacks were pretty much wherever you look -- on TV, in the movies, even on Main Street.<br /><br />This is McCain&apos;s last and lowest stab at winning.<br />Listen. <br />Everywhere he goes he&apos;s calling out the Codename.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Joe.</span><br /><br />There&apos;s a deep brain implant, a <a href="http://www.themoviespoiler.com/Spoilers/manchurian.html">sleeper cell</a> in your brain, and John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate himself, is damned if he won&apos;t wake it up.<br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009bfcr/"><img height="240" border="0" width="208" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009bfcr/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I did a rigorous (2-minute) search of the Google image database.<br />1.3 million hits for &quot;plumber.&quot;<br />Not a black one to be seen, at least on the first few pages. (Did I say rigorous?)<br /><br />Here are a few:<br /></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span><span>(Multimed</span></span></strong></span></span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span><span>ia d</span></span></strong></span></span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span><span>isplay to f</span></span></strong></span></span></span><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000913yg/"><img height="90" border="0" width="124" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000913yg" alt="alt" /></a></span></span></strong></span><span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span><span>ollow.)</span></span></strong></span></span></span><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000946qp/"><img height="240" border="0" width="159" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000946qp/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00095p9c/"><img height="108" border="0" width="123" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00095p9c" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00096xg2/"><img height="123" border="0" width="130" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00096xg2" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00097769/"><img height="240" border="0" width="172" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00097769/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000987wz/"><img height="240" border="0" width="223" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000987wz/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00099kkf/"><img height="240" border="0" width="240" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00099kkf/s320x240" alt="alt" /></a></span></span></strong></span><br /><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/000913yg/"><img height="170" border="0" width="124" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00090qa2" alt="alt" /></a></span></span></strong></span><strong><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009293p/"><img height="116" border="0" width="116" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009293p" alt="alt" /></a></strong><strong><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00093a0z/"><img height="122" border="0" width="81" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/00093a0z" alt="alt" /></a></strong><br /><br /><span><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I got 157 hits for &quot;black plumber.&quot;<br />And quite a few involved black men, not really plumbers in any obvious ways, giving tonsillectomies and other invasive procedures to blonde women.<br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009af6s/"><img height="74" border="0" width="98" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009af6s" alt="alt" /></a><br /><br />Difficult to know what all that means.<br /><br />But this much is clear:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Joe the Plumber just doesn&apos;t represent.</span><br />Who are the real heroes? The real Americans?<br />How about Josh the sales associate.<br />Lakeesha the telemarketer.<br />Pat the unemployed skilled tradesman.<br />Kim the soldier.<br /><br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009ch4e/"><img height="190" border="0" width="260" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/reallyoldman/pic/0009ch4e" alt="alt" /></a><br /><br />If we must keep hearing about Joe -- and I fear we must -- let&apos;s be straightalkers, and call the dude what he is.<br /><br />Joe the Caucasian.<br /></span><br /></span></strong></span></div>]]></description>
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