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Monday, January 5, 2009 12:00 AM

Obama's impressive new OLC chief

A law professor with a history of strident condemnation of Bush radicalism is named to one of the most important positions in the executive branch.

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 03:04 PM

    c_o

    She'll continue to lose football games to Harvard?

    Maybe ehillesum is concerned about her ties to Skull and Bones.........oh, wait! No bone. Hmmm. Good thing she seems to have plenty of what it takes in her skull..... ;-}

    I found this interesting information when I googled S & B:

    Members are assigned nicknames. “Long Devil" is assigned to the tallest member; "Boaz" ... goes to any member who is a varsity football captain. Many of the chosen names are drawn from literature ("Hamlet," "Uncle Remus"), from religion and from myth. ... George H.W. Bush was "Magog," a name reserved for a member considered to have the most sexual experience. George W. Bush, unable to decide, was temporarily called "Temporary," and the name was never changed.[10]

    Perhaps this was where Dubya picked up his propensity for bestowing nicknames.

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