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Dear China

Dear China -

We are writing to inform you that the republic known as the United States of America has passed away.

The United States of America ("Decedent") passed away without any estate to speak of - or heirs.

We know this will come as a bit of a shock to you, given the amount of business the Decedent and your fine country did together over the last couple decades of Decedent's life.

We thought to alert you of the death of Decedent, so as you might know to cancel all credit cards (lest they fall into the wrong hands), lines of credit (again, lest they be abused), etc.

This notification seemed like the least we could do.

We appreciate your consideration and losing our number in advance!

The inhabitants of the region between Canada and Mexico

Enoch_Root

AKA. Bobby Donn Brubaker (the most popular man in Mesa, AZ), the Umbrella of Terror, Jack Ketch.

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Recovery? Really?

Get a load of this... and while you do, think about this.

Are we to believe in American Exceptionalism - or not?

Does this fall under Hope and Change?

Enoch_Root

AKA. Bobby Donn Brubaker (the most popular man in Mesa, AZ), the Umbrella of Terror, Jack Ketch.

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Wed Morning Christian Theology

Ques 1:

If God is Infinite Good
And sin is an offense against God
And man wishes to reconcile himself to Infinite Goodness in light of his transgressions
What kind of recompense does it require?

Ques 2:

"Away in a Manger
No crib for His bed"

What is a "manger" and what does that imply with regard to Jesus?

Ques 3:

What is Manna?

Ques 4:

What is a Tabernacle?

Why must it be immaculate?

Ques 5:

What pregnant woman did Mary visit? And who was in her cousin's womb?

What does "Full of Grace" imply about Mary?

What does "blessed among women" signify?

Enoch_Root

AKA. Bobby Donn Brubaker (the most popular man in Mesa, AZ), the Umbrella of Terror, Jack Ketch.

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The Art of Influence

Apply this to any situation you like - whether man-driven global climate change, health care reform, Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods, or actuarial credentialing [this last one is actually what I'm dealing with] - I want to ask about a particular tactic and how effective this is in influencing opinion.

Let's say there is an official position "A" being put out there, and then strong opposing position "B". The "A"-supporting guys are the "leaders", in position due to elections or appointments, and "A" has been put forth multiple times previously and every time rejected. But this time, they think, they'll be able to get it through as they outnumber the "B" people overwhelmingly amongst the official leaders.

But what do the onlookers think about the situation? And how to influence them?

The A-side people cast aspersions on the intelligence and the intentions of of the B-siders. Is this effective in influencing the opinion of onlookers? When the B-siders are attacking the specific qualities of A as opposed to the characteristics of A-supporters themselves...

What do you think?

[linked to via my livejournal]

Meep

Meep is a member of the Irish Catholic mafia, having a suspiciously high number of green-eyed, red-haired friends. While she doesn’t have red hair herself [except when she goes into the sun (rare for any vampire)], she does have green eyes. She’s a raving Papist and is a life actuary on the side [i.e., she counts dead people]. An amateur pain-in-the-ass [willing to go pro!], she likes covering retirement, mortality, math, and education issues.

David Plouffe’s Little Red Book

Oops. My bad. Little read book.

Dan Collins

Dan Collins is a dude who blogs. He used to blog elsewhere. Now he blogs here.

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I Wonder, Wonder Who . . .

Oh-oo-oo who . . . Who wrote the Book of O?

Rep. Schakowsky’s husband, Robert Creamer, used to be the leader of Citizen Action/Illinois. He also founded its predecessor, Illinois Public Action, in which Ms. Schakowsky served as Program Director. He runs a political consulting firm, the Strategic Consulting Group, which lists ACORN and the SEIU among its clients and which made $541,000 working for disgraced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.

Creamer resigned from Citizen Action/Illinois after the FBI began investigating him for bank fraud and tax evasion at Illinois Public Action. He was convicted in 2006 and sentenced to five months in federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, plus eleven months of house arrest.

While in prison—or “forced sabbatical,” he called it—Creamer wrote a lengthy political manual, Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight! How Progressives Can Win (Seven Locks Press, 2007).
The book was endorsed by leading Democrats and their allies, including SEIU boss Andy Stern—the most frequent visitor thus far to the Obama White House—and chief Obama strategist David Axelrod, who noted that Creamer’s tome “provides a blueprint for future victories.”

In the book, Creamer draws lessons from decades of experience on the radical left, including the teachings of arch-radical Saul Alinsky, and several episodes from Rep. Schakowsky’s political career. He also lays out a “Progressive Agenda for Structural Change,” which includes a ten-point plan for foisting universal health care on the American people in 2009:

“We must create a national consensus that health care is a right, not a commodity; and that government must guarantee that right.”

“We must create a national consensus that the health care system is in crisis.”

“Our messaging program over the next two years should focus heavily on reducing the credibility of the health insurance industry and focusing on the failure of private health insurance.”

“We need to systematically forge relationships with large sectors of the business/employer community.”

“We need to convince political leaders that they owe their elections, at least in part, to the groundswell of support of [sic] universal health care, and that they face political peril if they fail to deliver on universal health care in 2009.”

“We need not agree in advance on the components of a plan, but we must foster a process that can ultimately yield consensus.”

“Over the next two years, we must design and organize a massive national field program.”

“We must focus especially on the mobilization of the labor movement and the faith community.”

“We must systematically leverage the connections and resources of a massive array of institutions and organizations of all types.”

“To be successful, we must put in place commitments for hundreds of millions of dollars to be used to finance paid communications and mobilization once the battle is joined.”

Creamer adds: “To win we must not just generate understanding, but emotion—fear, revulsion, anger, disgust.”

Congratulations.

Dan Collins

Dan Collins is a dude who blogs. He used to blog elsewhere. Now he blogs here.

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Milestones in the History of Simile & Insanity

“Calling in generals and admirals to discuss troop strength is like me taking my youngest to McDonald’s to ask if he likes french fries,” Conyers said.

Hey, you know what's the most disappointing thing about Tiger?  His un-PC taste in sluts. Help, help! He's oppressing Eugene "Adultery Is Bad and I'm Not Beating Up On Him Just Because He's a Scandi-Loving Race Traitor" Robinson.

Lawrence Sullivan on the circle jerk of warm-mongering.

Related would be Matthew Vadum's dissection of the "outside investigation" commissioned by ACORN on itself.

Andrew Sullivan lectures America on plausibility and reality:

(via Breitbart.TV) Bitch didn't put any pot in his gift basket.

Dan Collins

Dan Collins is a dude who blogs. He used to blog elsewhere. Now he blogs here.

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Nativity Scene

So, after leaning toward a

Non-religious Christmas, it's the whatsit  time of year . . .
I don't know where Skip will go, but have a glass of beer.

the Obama's decided, on the advice of their geniuses, to keep the White House tradition and set up a creche. All they had to do was find a Baby Obama figure and get rid of Joseph. The donkeys seemed a little superfluous, too, but what are you going to do?

Serr8d might want to doctor this up a bit.

Dan Collins

Dan Collins is a dude who blogs. He used to blog elsewhere. Now he blogs here.

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Earth Worship – Open Mic

Snow glides from the mountain
Ice fathers floods for a season
A hard rain comes quickly

Then dirt is parched
Kindling is placed in the forest
For the lightning’s celebration

- the Gorebacle

Then there is this...

Eagle beef rider - extra value virtue
Egg-nog Chief stares
Hook-nosed salmon flopping furiously
in the Crickbed

Pebbles upon pebbles
And Midgets
Lots of magical Midgets
And Unicorns, too

-Bobby Donn Brubaker

Pls add your own.

Enoch_Root

AKA. Bobby Donn Brubaker (the most popular man in Mesa, AZ), the Umbrella of Terror, Jack Ketch.

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Send a Greeting to Coprophagen Summit [UPDATED]

Here's your chance. I congratulated our unelected world leaders on their limos, jets, and the professional courtesies offered by honest Danish whores.

I wonder whether Googlequiddick will trend. UPDATE: Heh. Ace has related thoughts.

But nothing Warmaquiddick related can possibly top this Vanity Fair piece, "Al Gore: The Poet Laureate of Climate Change," for sheer bathos:

It’s usually a mistake to read too much literal meaning into poetry. But the final lines of Gore’s poem certainly apply to the governments that will gather in Copenhagen from December 7 to 18 for what is regarded as humanity’s last chance to avert absolutely catastrophic climate change.

The shepherd cries
The hour of choosing has arrived
Here are your tools

Is Gore himself that shepherd? No matter. What counts is that the hour of choosing has indeed arrived and, as documented in Our Choice, we do have the tools to survive—if we choose to employ them.

Here are your tools, indeed, Copenhagen.

Swish and spit (NSFW)

Dan Collins

Dan Collins is a dude who blogs. He used to blog elsewhere. Now he blogs here.

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