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Monday, July 9, 2007 12:00 AM

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The mysteries of the quantum Cheneyverse!

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  • Sunday, July 8, 2007 06:32 PM

    Hmm...

    A little heavy-handed. But I can sympathize; there's no way to really satirize this "administration" and the right wing lunatics that still support them. These people simply exceed every standard of sanity.

    Even Jonathan Swift would be challenged to invent an extreme which Bush/Cheney wouldn't actually end up not only performing, but exceeding. If they were forcing mothers to eat their own babies, I wouldn't be that surprised.

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