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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 02:14 PM

    There is intelligent life on Earth

    AKA Smith and gala 111 are living proof. Just put a patch on my eye and call me the connoisseur of intelligence, The Tarryton Man of this here saloon website.

    You 2 do not qualify for our very hopeful MARX ON MARS Programme.

    You see I have this theory that Socializm never has and never will work on this planet, but The Red Planet Mars is a whole new and different kettle of fish as they say.

    This could make everybody very happy if you Marx inspired intellectuals get your own planet because by now even you must realize that it has not been working out down here. People just tend to be too self centered down here on Planet Earth. But, in a completely different environment, with totally different vibes, such as nearby Mars, (The RED Planer) people just might naturally get together and love one another almost right now with a little planning. My daughter keeps telling me there's no atmosphere up there. But with a crash program funded by our tax dollars, that should be easily rectified in a few short years.

    So rather than this endless kvetching about our unenlightened electorate, I think you'd be a lot less fretful if you stopped looking back and started moving forward - if you started recruiting volunteers for this great new adventure in human evolution through planetary change. Drudge says that BHO is the choice of so many Intellectual Earthniks from Africa to China to France, this could be the new vision thing for the United Nations. Think how many temporary Moon Pods could be erected with just the current annual UN budget right now.

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