from the spam
I agree that Meridith and also the New York Public Library are the ideal of 2009. My Small Pony, not so much.
Norris, Texas Ranger
Who’s the only man tough enough to take down “Walker, Texas Ranger”?
What Cindy Said
Honda dealer called hawking oil changes. Cindy says, “No Baby, he had to crash that Honda.”
Giving Thanks
Keeping in the spirit of the season, Freedomworks reminds their increasingly Randian cohorts about the true meaning of Thanksgiving:
Sadly, few Americans know the real story of the early colonists. For evidence of the failures of communism, we do not need to look to disastrous experiments in foreign lands. In fact, the Plymouth Plantation is one of the most apparent examples of the failures of collectivism.
Centuries before the Communist Manifesto was even published, the Pilgrims set up an economic system that looked similar to the “utopia” advocated by Karl Marx. In the early plantation, there was no such thing as private property or division of labor. It was even forbidden for an individual to produce their own food. All food and supplies were held in common. Plantation officials were supposed to equally distribute goods to all. Plymouth County Governor William Bradford wrote, “the taking away of property, and bringing in community into a common wealth, would make them happy and flourishing.” Needless to say, the colonists didn’t live happily ever after.
(Palm to face) Remind me never to start a settlement with these folks.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
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from the comments
I voted this morning. I actually voted Republican in 3 judicial races (in cases where the Committee for a Qualified Judiciary did not find the Democratic candidate competent). It kind of burned my fingers, but I had to do it.
Two good things happened:
1. An ancient man came in and declared to the poll workers that he had been on a top-secret mission in 1946 helping the Israelis “get rid of Pala-steen.” He said he had more bullets in him than he could count.
2. The woman in the booth next to me had a toddler with her who pulled everything out of her mother’s purse and threw it in all directions, including money and credit cards.
