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    <title>Because I say so</title>
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    <title>Comment of the Day...Woot</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2317</id>

    <published>2008-08-26T01:14:13Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-26T01:14:18Z</updated>

    <summary> From a comment by Ed R on an Anti-squirrel thread on Rachel Lucas...</summary>
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    <title>So it&apos;s Smugs and Plugs....</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2316</id>

    <published>2008-08-23T17:00:29Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-24T04:50:29Z</updated>

    <summary>Pajamas Media -- It&apos;s Biden! The Fun BeginsBiden is nearly as old as McLame so there goes the age thing. Biden&apos;s been a left-wing senator for 30 odd years, so there goes the change thing. Biden is generally a pro-war...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/its-biden-the-fun-begins/">Pajamas Media -- It's Biden! The Fun Begins</a><br /><br /><img style="max-width: 800px;" src="http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/images/obamabiden.jpg" /><br /><br /><blockquote>Biden is nearly as old as McLame so there goes the age thing.  Biden's been  a left-wing senator for 30 odd years, so there goes the change thing.  Biden is generally a pro-war  Dim so the nut-roots won't be happy.  He has foreign policy experience, but is considered a policy wonk  and shows up M'Bonga's lack of experience.  He's been involved in some serious scandals that will re-emerge soon.  He criticized the Messiah heavily during the primaries.<br /><br />Probably a safe choice, but uninspired and not a big help I think.  They didn't even consider Hillary.  That would have been a better ticket...or she didn't consider joining a sinking ship.<br /><br />So I guess I won't have to hold my nose and vote for McLame afterall.<br />
<br>For those of you who don't remember, it was Senator Biden who strong-armed the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill through the Senate and House in the summer of 1994. That bill had within it one of the key seeds of the "Republican Revolution" that was voted in that November. The Crime Bill was the vehicle through which the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban was hammered into law</br></blockquote>]]>
        
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    <title>I don&apos;t think so...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2315</id>

    <published>2008-08-22T01:29:53Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-22T01:29:48Z</updated>

    <summary>Living with humans has taught dogs morals, say scientists | Mail OnlineI&apos;ve got a Border Collie smarter than most middle schoolers...but moral?I think they are anthropomorphizing.This dog would fuck a snake&apos;s mouth if it would hold still, and eat a...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1047481/Living-humans-taught-dogs-morals-say-scientists.html">Living with humans has taught dogs morals, say scientists | Mail Online</a><br /><br /><blockquote>I've got a Border Collie smarter than most middle schoolers...but moral?<br /><br />I think they are anthropomorphizing.<br /><br />This dog would fuck a snake's mouth if it would hold still, and eat a slug's barf, warm or cold. He will kill any small furry he can catch in the yard.<br /><br />Instincts and the fact that all dogs are wolves that never reach adulthood are more like it. They are bred to stay puppies (wolves don't play) their whole lives.<br /><br />Children are not moral creatures. Dogs are loving and dependent companions, anything more is pushing the limit of credulity.<br /></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>]]>
        
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    <title>McLame ahead in Electoral Voting now...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2314</id>

    <published>2008-08-21T19:56:02Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-21T19:56:04Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Election Projection: 2008 Elections - Polls, Projections, Results# Colorado: Weak Obama -&gt; Weak McCain# Connecticut: Solid Obama -&gt; Strong Obama# Indiana: Mod McCain -&gt; Strong McCain# Iowa: Mod Obama -&gt; Weak Obama# Maryland: Solid Obama -&gt; Strong Obama# Minnesota: Mod...]]></summary>
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        <name>trainer</name>
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        <![CDATA[<br /><a href="http://www.electionprojection.com/president08.shtml">Election Projection: 2008 Elections - Polls, Projections, Results</a><br /><br /># Colorado:  Weak Obama -&gt; Weak McCain<br /># Connecticut:  Solid Obama -&gt; Strong Obama<br /># Indiana:  Mod McCain -&gt; Strong McCain<br /># Iowa:  Mod Obama -&gt; Weak Obama<br /># Maryland:  Solid Obama -&gt; Strong Obama<br /># Minnesota:  Mod Obama -&gt; Weak Obama<br /># Missouri:  Weak McCain -&gt; Mod McCain<br /># Nevada:  Weak Obama -&gt; Weak McCain<br /># New Mexico:  Mod Obama -&gt; Weak Obama<br /># North Carolina:  Weak McCain -&gt; Mod McCain<br /># North Dakota:  Mod McCain -&gt; Strong McCain<br /># Ohio:  Weak Obama -&gt; Weak McCain<br /># Pennsylvania:  Mod Obama -&gt; Weak Obama<br /># South Dakota:  Mod McCain -&gt; Strong McCain<br /><br /><br />Big changes in a week.  McLame picked up nearly 60 electoral votes pushing him into a small lead over M'Bonga for the first time.  State polling shows McLame getting stronger across the board, and M'Bonga getting weaker...in all instances.<br /><br />Remember, at this time in past elections, the Dims were way ahead in all categories...and still lost.  This doesn't bode well for the Messiah.<br /><br />The only Northern liberal Democratic presidential candidates since 1964 have been Humphrey, McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis and Kerry.<br /><br />Comparing how they did in Gallup polling in July versus the eventual electoral result:<br /><br />- Mondale and McGovern suffered swings toward the Republicans of 2% and 4% respectively, which in their cases didn’t matter much because they started and stayed a devastating 20% or so behind<br /><br />- In the closer elections Humphrey (1968) suffered a July-November swing to the Republicans of 6%, Dukakis (1988) 16%, Kerry (2004) 9.5%.<br /><br />In each case in the fall the Northern liberal's support fell off sharply, when the public found out more about them and the policies they supported.<br /><br />As a Northern liberal (and he's a very orthodox, rather left of center one at that) this 40-year history suggests that Obama would need to have a solid 10% lead in the polls now just to have an even chance in November, quite apart from any racial considerations (which if they materialize on polling day may well cut both ways).<br /><br /><blockquote>...and if Hil uses this to grab the nomination away from the magic messiah, I would ovulate* on the spot.<br /><br /><small><small>*Which I learned from <a href="http://www.rachellucas.com/">Rachel Lucas</a></small></small><br /></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>I knew it was out there...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2313</id>

    <published>2008-08-21T02:31:31Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-21T02:31:27Z</updated>

    <summary>...and Mostly Safe at work found it......</summary>
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        <name>trainer</name>
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        <![CDATA[...and <a href="http://www.mostlysafeforwork.com/">Mostly Safe at work</a> found it...<br /><br /><img style="max-width: 800px;" src="http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/images/image.axd.jpg" />]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Continuing SMLE saga...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2312</id>

    <published>2008-08-19T01:32:19Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-19T01:32:18Z</updated>

    <summary>Part 1 of the Saga is here.Part IIEventually the Go gage showed up, but useless until today...The replacement bolt showed up from GunParts today.I assembled it and picked up .010...not enough. The NO-GO still closes.I stuck a bit of shim...</summary>
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        <name>trainer</name>
        <uri>http://www.handgunowner.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/2008/07/split-brass.html">Part 1 of the Saga is here.</a><br /><br />Part II<br /><br />Eventually the Go gage showed up, but useless until today...<br /><br />The replacement bolt showed up from GunParts today.<br /><br />I assembled it and picked up .010...not enough. The NO-GO still closes.<br /><br />I stuck a bit of shim stock at the rear of the locking lug....026. When the bolt is rotated down, the shim (wedged between the lug on the bolt and the receiver body) was enough to push the bolt up just enough. The GO goes, and the NO-GO no-goes.<br /><br />I don't know what more to do except put a bit of spot weld on the receiver body (or rear of the lug on the bolt) and smooth it to the right height so the bolt gets pushed forward enough.  Unless I can find a vendor who will mike bolt bodies for me and generate one long enough.<br /><br />I can't shoot it while it is doing this to brass.<br /><br /><img style="max-width: 800px;" src="http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/images/splitbrass.jpg" />]]>
        
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    <title>Post of the Day...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2311</id>

    <published>2008-08-18T13:01:11Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-18T13:01:12Z</updated>

    <summary>A poll of nearly 2,000 Britons by YouGov/PHI found that 70 per cent of respondents incorrectly said it was true that the US had done a worse job than the European Union in reducing carbon emissions since 2000. More than...</summary>
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        <name>trainer</name>
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        <![CDATA[A <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2575395/British-anti-Americanism-based-on-misconceptions.html">poll</a> of nearly 2,000 Britons by YouGov/PHI found that 70 per cent of respondents incorrectly said it was true that the US had done a worse job than the European Union in reducing carbon emissions since 2000. More than 50 per cent presumed that polygamy was legal in the US, when it is illegal in all 50 states. . . .<br /><br />    The survey showed that a majority agreed with the false statement that since the Second World War the US had more often sided with non-Muslims when they had come into conflict with Muslims. In fact in 11 out of 12 major conflicts between Muslims and non-Muslims, Muslims and secular forces, or Arabs and non-Arabs, the US has sided with the former group. Those conflicts included Turkey and Greece, Bosnia and Yugoslavia, and and Kosovo and Yugoslavia.<br /><br />    Asked if it was true that "from 1973 to 1990 the United States sold Saddam Hussein more than a quarter of his weapons," 80 per cent of British respondents said yes. However the US sold just 0.46 per cent of Saddam's arsenal to him, compared to Russia's 57 per cent, France's 13 per cent and China's 12 per cent.<br /><br /><small><a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/">Instapundit</a></small><br />]]>
        
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    <title>Obambi&apos;s New Logo...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2309</id>

    <published>2008-08-16T01:11:35Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-16T01:11:41Z</updated>

    <summary>Thanks to the Bitch Girls......</summary>
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        <name>trainer</name>
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        <![CDATA[<br /><img style="max-width: 800px;" src="http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/images/obamacommielogo.jpg" /><br /><br /><small><a href="http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=8749">Thanks to the Bitch Girls...</a></small><br />]]>
        
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    <title>Blogging has been light...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2308</id>

    <published>2008-08-14T02:14:11Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-14T02:14:19Z</updated>

    <summary>cuz work has been heavy.I&apos;ve been installing Exchange 2007 mail roles on 64bit VMWare Virtual Machines. Layers upon layers of aggravation.First I had to build 3 64 bit servers.Then I had to install the Unix based VMWare ESX on eachThen...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[cuz work has been heavy.<br /><br />I've been installing Exchange 2007 mail roles on 64bit VMWare Virtual Machines.  Layers upon layers of aggravation.<br /><br />First I had to build 3 64 bit servers.<br />Then I had to install the Unix based VMWare ESX on each<br />Then each machine got two Windows Enterprise 2003 server VMs for a total of 6 VMs that all needed hotfixes and upgrades to handle MX2007.<br />Then I created a clustered mailbox server on two of the VMs.<br />I then created two hub transports required for mail routing.<br />The last two VMs got edge transport (internet SMTP) and OWA (webmail) on the DMZ.<br />All of the above required tweaking Active Directory in the Domain as well as our internal and external DNS servers, not to mention the firewall.<br /><br />Each installation requires it's own brand of suck...most of which involve command line manipulation of shit no human should be required to touch.<br /><br />So I get it all working yesterday and move a couple of mailboxes to the new 2007 from the old 2003 Exchange server.  My mailbox being one of them.<br /><br />Today I'm testing communication, and everything works fine...email moving smoothly thru the enterprise and the interweb.<br /><br />Then I test the cluster by forcing a failover.  What should happen is that the passive node of the cluster should take over the mailbox role when the active cluster goes down.<br /><br />Gak.<br /><br />The failover fails miserably, violently removing the cluster and the two mailbox installations from this earth...along with the mailboxes I moved to the new server.<br /><br />So tomorrow I have to restore the mailboxes to the old server from backup.  <br /><br />Then I can start rebuilding.<br />]]>
        
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    <title>Fuck the Russians...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2307</id>

    <published>2008-08-11T02:23:43Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-11T02:23:53Z</updated>

    <summary>Three cheers for brave Georgia !Fuck the Russians. This was such a scam operation that it boggles the mind.First the Russians generate passports for 2/3&apos;s of the population of an area whose total number of people wouldn&apos;t fill the resort...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<a href="http://greatersurbiton.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/three-cheers-for-brave-georgia/">Three cheers for brave Georgia !</a><br /><br /><blockquote>Fuck the Russians.  This was such a scam operation that it boggles the mind.<br /><br />First the Russians generate passports for 2/3's of the population of an area whose total number of people wouldn't fill the resort town I live in.  Then the Russians send in special op type people to attack ethnic Georgians in this enclave.  When the Georgians respond, Russa sends in the only combat ready brigade in the entire country...which by magic just happened to be sitting on the border.<br /><br />Fuck the Russians.  <br /><br />My question is:  how did the intelligence pukes miss the Russian buildup?<br /></blockquote>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>I&apos;m a boy...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2306</id>

    <published>2008-08-08T15:29:06Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-08T15:29:06Z</updated>

    <summary>Mike On Ads - Blog Archive - Using your browser URL history to estimate gender 16% Female - 84% Male...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.mikeonads.com/2008/07/13/using-your-browser-url-history-estimate-gender/">Mike On Ads - Blog Archive - Using your browser URL history to estimate gender</a>
<blockquote>16% Female - 84% Male</blockquote>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>A head the size of all outdoors...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2305</id>

    <published>2008-08-04T19:02:28Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-04T19:02:29Z</updated>

    <summary>Nobama&apos;s campaign plane has a throne......and check out the embroideryAdded to his personal seal, I think M&apos;bonga is counting his chickens. The polls are no longer going his way.What an arrogant dickhead. He is making McLame look good...something I would...</summary>
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        <name>trainer</name>
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        <![CDATA[Nobama's campaign plane has a throne...<br /><br /><img style="max-width: 800px;" src="http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/images/image4317825g.jpg" /><br /><br />...and check out the embroidery<br /><br /><br /><img style="max-width: 800px;" src="http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/images/144442.183image4317826g.jpg" /><br /><br />Added to his <a href="http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/images/obamaseal.jpg">personal seal</a>, I think M'bonga is counting his chickens.  The polls are no longer going his way.<br /><br /><blockquote>What an arrogant dickhead.  He is making McLame look good...something I would have considered impossible a few months ago.  I bet there are a lot of Dim's that wish they could hit the ol' time machine and switch their primary vote to the Hildibeast.<br /><br />I'm a conservative...that means I'm not thrilled with McCain much either. However, if this was to be the year of the Democrat, I would much rather see it be Hillary.<br /><br />It bothers me that Obama is forcing me to vote McCain.<br /><br />I have voted Democrat in the past, but that party of 40 years ago is gone. Too bad. It seems that your Democats-in-control-of-the-party hate Republicans, and your typical Republican is where the Democrats were those 40 years ago.<br /><br />Conservatives, however, see both parties as a lite and heavy version of each other.<br /><br />There HAD to be a better choice than Obama. From a conservatives point of view he isn't just wrong for America, he's an anathema. No-one ever said that Hillary wasn't an American...left-of-center, yes, but an American first.<br /><br />I can't tell if being an American is even on Obama's list.<br /></blockquote><br /><br /><img src="http://www.fuckfrance.com/images/i516/144582.996obama_again.jpg" /><br /><br />...and the new hand sign they want their acolytes to adopt.<br /><br /><img style="max-width: 800px;" src="http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/images/FE_DA_080807whispers.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />This speaks to me.<br /><br />It says - <i>"Yes, I am a BIG asshole".</i><br /><br />I wonder it this will last as long as his <a href="http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/images/obamaseal.jpg">seal</a> did.]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Heyoka...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.handgunowner.com,2008:/blog//1.2304</id>

    <published>2008-08-04T02:59:49Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-04T02:59:47Z</updated>

    <summary>Heyoka: A Lakota way of being, a medicine way. A Heyoka is one who does things backwards or opposite. The idea that Heyoka is a clown comes from the opposite behavior; it is part of the medicine of Heyoka, to...</summary>
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        <name>trainer</name>
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        <![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;">Heyoka:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> A Lakota way of being, a medicine way. A Heyoka is one who does things backwards or opposite. The idea that Heyoka is a clown comes from the opposite behavior; it is part of the medicine of Heyoka, to remind us we are merely human beings and not to become too serious about ourselves, not to imagine we are more powerful than we really are, reminding us that Spirit holds all the power. In this day there are those among the Lakota who pour Heyoka lodges, which are directed towards the West and full of laughter. If a Heyoka man messes up he has the Thunder Nation to deal with. Spirit chooses who is Heyoka; it is a very difficult path to follow.</span> <br /><br />- Laughing Deer From a comment thread on the Belmont Club. The liberal weltanshauung is burning down before our very eyes. Their irrational hatred of George W. Bush has set them against genuinely liberal principles such as freedom, tolerance, and democracy. The American left can sense that their creed is as desiccated and fragile as an oak leaf in October, but they seem to be helpless against their own rage. It consumes them and blinds them to everything else. If George W. Bush is for it, they are against it. The Left has become a group of modern-day heyoka, like the indian in Thomas Berger's Little Big Man who says "Hello" when he means "Goodbye", rides his horse backward, washes with dirt and dries with water. Except that unlike the Lakota Heyoka, the Left cannot comprehend that they are absurd and thus draw some sanity from the absurd. They lack that insight and consequently make themselves all the more ridiculous. <br />]]>
        
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    <title>Comment of the Day...</title>
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    <published>2008-07-28T13:14:07Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-28T13:14:07Z</updated>

    <summary>The only Northern liberal Democratic presidential candidates since 1964 have been Humphrey, McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis and Kerry.Comparing how they did in Gallup polling in July versus the eventual electoral result:- Mondale and McGovern suffered swings toward the Republicans of 2%...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[The only Northern liberal Democratic presidential candidates since 1964 have been Humphrey, McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis and Kerry.<br /><br />Comparing how they did in Gallup polling in July versus the eventual electoral result:<br /><br />- Mondale and McGovern suffered swings toward the Republicans of 2% and 4% respectively, which in their cases didn't matter much because they started and stayed a devastating 20% or so behind<br /><br />- In the closer elections Humphrey (1968) suffered a July-November swing to the Republicans of 6%, Dukakis (1988) 16%, Kerry (2004) 9.5%.<br /><br />In each case in the fall the Northern liberal's support fell off sharply, when the public found out more about them and the policies they supported.<br /><br />As a Northern liberal (and he's a very orthodox, rather left of center one at that) this 40-year history suggests that Obama would need to have a solid 10% lead in the polls now just to have an even chance in November, quite apart from any racial considerations (which if they materialize on polling day may well cut both ways). - <a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2008/07/26/data-point/#comments">Nomenklatura on Belmont Club<br /></a>]]>
        
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    <title>Why Dogs are Better Than Girlfriends...</title>
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    <published>2008-07-26T01:32:14Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-26T01:32:07Z</updated>

    <summary>Dogs love it when your friends come over.Dogs don&apos;t care if you use their shampoo.Dogs think you sing great.A dog&apos;s time in the bathroom is confined to a quick drink.Dogs don&apos;t expect you to call when you&apos;re running late. The...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<br />Dogs love it when your friends come over.<br /><br />Dogs don't care if you use their shampoo.<br /><br />Dogs think you sing great.<br /><br />A dog's time in the bathroom is confined to a quick drink.<br /><br />Dogs don't expect you to call when you're running late. The later you are, the more excited a dog is to see you.<br /><br />Dogs will forgive you for playing with other dogs.<br /><br />Dogs don't notice if you call them by another dog's name.<br /><br />Dogs don't mind if you give their offspring away.<br /><br />Dogs love red meat.<br /><br />Anyone can get a good looking dog.<br /><br />If a dog is gorgeous, other dogs don't hate it.<br /><br />Dogs don't shop.<br /><br />Dogs like it when you leave lots of things on the floor.<br /><br />A dog's disposition stays the same throughout the entire month.<br /><br />Dogs never need to examine the relationship.<br /><br />A dog's parents never visit.<br /><br />Dogs love long car trips.<br /><br />Dogs understand that instincts are better than asking for directions.<br /><br />Dogs understand that everything smaller than it is meant to be chased.<br /><br />Dogs don't hate their bodies.<br /><br />No dog ever bought Kenny G, Cher, or Barbra Streisand albums.<br /><br />No dog ever put on 100 pounds after reaching adulthood.<br /><br />Dogs never criticize.<br /><br />Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across.<br /><br />Dogs never expect gifts.<br /><br />Dogs don't worry about germs.<br /><br />Dogs don't care about or get jealous of any other dog you ever had.<br /><br />Dogs like to do their snooping outside as opposed to in your wallet desk and the backs of your drawers.<br /><br />Dogs don't let magazine articles guide their lives.<br /><br />Dogs would rather you buy them a hamburger dinner than a lobster one.<br /><br />You never have to wait for a dog. They're always ready to go.<br /><br />Dogs have no use for flowers, cards, or jewelry.<br /><br />Dogs don't borrow your shirts.<br /><br />Dogs aren't catty.<br /><br />Dogs seldom outlive you<br /><br /><img style="max-width: 800px;" src="http://fuckfrance.com/images/i135/51705.01251618_155sparcfaces.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dog Diary:</span><br /><br /><br />8:00 am - Dog food! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br />9:30 am - A car ride! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br />9:40 am - A walk in the park! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br />10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br />12:00 PM - Lunch! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br />1:00 PM- Played in the yard! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br />3:00 PM - Wagged my tail! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br />5:00 PM - Milk bones! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br />7:00 PM - Got to play ball! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br />8:00 PM- Wow! Watched TV with the people! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br />11:00 PM - Sleeping on the bed! ... My favorite thing!<br /><br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">CAT DIARY:</span><br /><br />Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. The hash tastes like a slurry of chicken teeth, claws, and half rotten fish liver.<br /><br />Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat the crap to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In another attempt to disgust them, I once again vomited on the carpet and hacked up a pretty decent hairball.<br /><br />Today I ripped the head off a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. ... Bastards!<br /><br />There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies." I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.<br /><br />Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- at the top of the stairs.<br /><br />I am convinced the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return.<br /><br />He is obviously retarded.<br />]]>
        
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