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Stepping in "macaca"
With his Confederate-flag-draped past, Sen. George Allen is in trouble for using a term for monkeys -- and racial slur elsewhere in the world -- to ridicule a dark-skinned man at a campaign rally.
By Michael Scherer [2006-08-16]

  • If Only

    "The system is designed to weed out the weak and the shifty." Oh, right.

    It may be designed that way, but it weeds out the thoughtful, the truthful, the competent. It breeds rich haughty pigs and liars.

    -- jayroberts
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    Tuesday, August 15, 2006 08:37 PM
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