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Olive Garden Sucks

June 19th, 2009 · Comments

The Olive Garden stuck me with one of the worst nights I’ve ever had in my life.
I knew better. I knew this was a dirty chain restaurant that cut corners.
But I never knew what awaited me next.
After a lengthy wait, I was seated at my table.
What followed was ten excruciating minutes where we looked [...]

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A Note to the Wingnuts

October 11th, 2008 · Comments

Dear Wingnuts,
First of all, ACORN? Give me a break. Classic GOP bull: claim non-existent voter fraud (only ACORN is getting ripped off by the phony registrations), then do it yourselves, and continue to survive because the Republican party only exists because of low voter turnout amongst the poor.
You’ve jumped the shark. [...]

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The Fundamentals of this Sandwich are Strong

October 4th, 2008 · Comments

Perhaps I’m crazy, but I want to at least give one of these bad boys a try. I went on Digg tonight and most diggers are railing on the doughnut hamburger.
But, like the description says, it’s not unlike the McGriddle. The McGriddle, of course, is what the Greek gods would have eaten if [...]

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The Remarkable Synergy of Energytomorrow.org, John McCain, and Calls For Offshore Drilling

June 17th, 2008 · Comments

Anybody who has been watching cable news over the last several weeks will notice new ads being put out by the American Petroleum Institute (API), talking about “securing America’s energy future” and inviting us to go to their website, Energytomorrow.org.
With their upbeat tones and attractive blonde spokeswoman, the ads hint at the true nature of [...]

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The Counterculture of the Religious Right, and its Coming Demise

April 30th, 2008 · Comments

Besides the Reverend Wright firestorm that currently bores me to tears, Barack Obama has taken a lot of heat from the likes of Sean Hannity and Paul Krugman about his remarks that working class white people are “bitter” and “cling to guns and religion” due to a deep stagnation of economic progress in the working [...]

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Deal With It

March 29th, 2008 · Comments

Well, I made the decision to hook up my own domain and get this blog up and running last night, and really didn’t have much of an idea what I was getting into. My blog is going to look like hell for awhile due to my idiocy about Wordpress and building actual websites. [...]

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