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Socialism. Not Socialism. Logic.

Posted in Politics on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Let’s see… $700 billion to Wall Street? It’s to prevent a plague of locusts. But a $26 billion boost for families on food stamps and $14.7 billion for health care for low-income families? That will just “increase government spending” (subscription):
The House this evening approved a $60.7 billion economic stimulus package that includes a seven-week extension [...]

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1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!

Posted in Politics, Satire, Uncategorized on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

John McCain may not be able to use a mouse, but who gives a shit. The man can TRAVEL THROUGH TIME. Only heroes can do that. 
That’s right, the McCain camp has teamed up with Doc Brown and generated the necessary 1.21 gigawatts (pronounced “JIG-a-watt”) to travel through time and produce this ad:
 
The McCain camp released [...]

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What would you do with $700 Billion?

Posted in $700 billion, Politics, Satire on September 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This morning I posted a new status message on my Facebook page: “Matt is thinking of cool ways to spend $700 Billion. Any ideas?”
As you might imagine, I got some colorful responses including:

Lottery tickets.
Puppies.
Tequila.

These are all pretty reasonable. But with $700 billion, you’d have $104 to spend on every person on planet earth or $2295 [...]

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