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Friday, September 12, 2008 12:00 AM

What small-town America is saying about Obama

In diners and mobile homes from New Mexico to North Carolina, I listened to working-class people try to make sense of a black president named Barack.

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  • Friday, September 12, 2008 07:47 PM

    Temporary Mars Pods Until They Fix The Atmospheric Challenges

    You know, I'm starting to agree with Lotus Feet.

    This salon (saloon?) has too many Harvard educated malingering whiners threatening to riot, emigrate, burn baby burn if they don't get their way.

    If they don't volunteer for this noble mission, I don't see any realistic alternative to a Marx On Mars We're Doing What's Best Fo You Draft.

    They don't like the term, "socialism," well then let's give them "POOPM" - Progressive Out of this world Opportunities on Mars.

    I was drafted and reluctantly served in Vietnam, and, when I look back, I realize it was one of the best things that happened to me.

    These Harvard educated Salonniks may not like having to go to Mars at first, but once they get up there and really start sharing and building a new world together and having responsible sex together up there, they will see that their slightly less than voluntary exile from the corrupt and selfish Earth was one of the best things that could have happened to them too.

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