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  • Red vs. Blue (Vanity)

    10/22/2010 7:10:21 AM PDT · by dblshot · 4 replies
    Once upon a time, a nation of farmers and pioneers existed. These hearty people used guns to kill meat and mules to till the soil. They lived among a few people they knew well, where character mattered in all dealings with each other. There were a few cities, mostly engaged in commerce around a port where agricultural goods where shipped out and industrial products brought in and distributed out to the land. Though it was a hard life, people were free and cherished their independence. They didn’t need a lot of laws beyond the Ten Commandments. Occasionally the city people...
  • Gov't officials pick up slcak at hotels

    08/26/2009 10:28:43 AM PDT · by dblshot · 9 replies · 436+ views
    Wall Street Journal Online ^ | 26 August 2009 | Tara Loader Wilkinson
    Amid the recession, rock stars, diplomats and other celebrities find solace from the doom and gloom by spending their time in sanctuary provided by the world's most luxurious, and expensive, hotels. While many of us are tightening our belts, shortening our summer holidays or even abandoning them, hoteliers to the rich and famous claim to have no trouble filling their most exclusive accommodations, and in the case of the most expensive suite in the world, managing to double its rate to $65,000 (€45,642) a night. In an annual survey by Financial News' sister publication Wealth Bulletin, the Royal Penthouse Suite...
  • Obowma

    04/02/2009 10:35:31 AM PDT · by dblshot · 32 replies · 1,869+ views
    The American Thinker ^ | 2 April 2009 | Clarice Feldman
    I am quite certain that this is not the protocol, and is most unbecoming a President of the United States...
  • Rime of the Lying Mariner (vanity+)

    08/25/2004 12:57:18 PM PDT · by dblshot · 4 replies · 392+ views
    original | 8/25/04 | dblshot
    It is a lying mariner, That leadeth the DNC. "By thy large head and Botoxed brow, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? "The election’s doors are opened wide, And I am going to vote; The people are met, the election is set: What more have you to note?." He holds him with his sweaty hand, "There was a fast boat," quoth he. "Hold off! unhand me, JFK!" Eftsoons his stand dropt he. He holds him with his beady eye - The voter stood sock still, And listens like a couch potato: The Mariner hath his will. The voter sat on a...