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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 12:43 PM Original message |
LAT op-ed: The bubble boy in the Oval Office "is treated by everybody around him as...a child." |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bubble Boy? |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. . |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 12:52 PM Original message |
Holy COW - what a piece! |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ah, the Twilight Zone episode with Billy Mumy! Mumy was a bully.. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. That episode was the first thing I thought of when the ISG reported! |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I forgot, how does that episode end? |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The movie version ended with a girl who takes an interest |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. The TV version ended like this: |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
48. The original story was "It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:21 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. We read that story in High School literature |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. So did I! I still have those volumes of S-F works! |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Born of Man and Woman |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #69 |
85. Oh yeah! I remember that one too! |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #85 |
93. Didja ever read "Microcosmic God"? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #48 |
84. Damn good short story |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
50. The perfect metaphor for the administration that "makes its own reality" |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
57. thanks for the recap |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
61. The "New" Twilight Zone revisited the story 30 years later |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
77. And so we have a new name for Bush... Billy Mumy. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I think Bill Mumy would take that as an insult |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #78 |
88. Who cares what Bill Mumy thinks? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 06:02 AM Response to Reply #88 |
95. ZOT! ;-) |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
81. Are you suggesting the cure for the Bush insanity is to elect Jenna president? |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. Wait... Jenna's not the "nice" one! (?) |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
92. I just pictured a jack-in-the-box with the face of Donald Rumsfeld! |
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Shipwack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
66. They actually did a sequel to it |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. He IS a child |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, it's not as bad as those lefty bloggers |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. Those who pull the strings have saddled the fate of our Republic, maybe the world and |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. jr IS a child. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. The BubbleBoy holds the USA Hostage with his extreme IGNORANCE/STUBBORNESS |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. excellent, thanks (eom) |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Hallmark of a Lazy Boss: Whoever talks to him first, wins. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
55. like Mr. Carlson of "WKRP" |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. I never thought this would happen to our country. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bush has to go. It's a matter of national security. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. FTSOON...he gatta go...for the sake of our Nation, the dude must be removed soon. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. It's not a matter of removing booooosh alone |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Impeach Cheney first. nt |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. The technical term is "personality disordered." |
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Felinity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
51. I believe that, |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Personality Disorder NOS with antisocial and narcissistic features. |
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rhiannon55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #51 |
73. Narcissistic Personality Disorder, |
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Felinity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 07:31 AM Response to Reply #73 |
90. Thanks for the detail |
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young_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Bush doesn't care how history will treat his presidency |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Condi Rice's small redemption song..... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. The "Bubble Boy in the White House" ? |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. The episode was called "It's a Good LIfe" (bubble boy title confuses metaphors) |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Remember in the sequel the Mumy character got his comeuppance from his daughter. |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
54. There was a sequel? Not of TZ! |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #54 |
76. There really was a sequel |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
82. Yup . . . |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. The corporatemediawhores have |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
70. The L.A. Times knew all of this before it was "safe" to pile on |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. The similarities between Chimpy and Kim Jong Il just keep cropping up. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. They'll have an easier time thinking |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. i would normally say that the disintegration of a human mind is a tragic... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. This is scary at many levels |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. WHERE is the Time article? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
68. Here you go |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. So we have a temper tantrum throwing three year old in the WH? |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. Good take on the decider that didn't, and chilling in its implications. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. This TZ episode has been running through my mind for quite awhile... |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. I saw that today |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. I would never have thought it would be so hard to remove a criminally insane "president." n/t |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Maybe the Founders thought it wouldn't happen. |
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Felinity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
52. I would have thought that |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
80. a criminally insane "president."? - I think you nailed it!!!!!!!!!! |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. Jonathan Chait nailed the situation. (nt) |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's a real good war, George; real good. Now wish it into the cornfield. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. Wow! |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. Weekly Standard Executive Editor Fred Barnes, the "court stenographer" of the Bush administration |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. And what does this remind you of?: |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. Poppity-pop-pop-pop! |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. K&R |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. "And for God's sake don't let Cheney hear about this" |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. Holy cow, did you see this? |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:37 AM Response to Reply #46 |
59. Yes. And after giving them a WHOLE HOUR ... |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:33 AM Response to Reply #59 |
89. He couldn't formulate a question. His brain had been asleep |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
47. W should be swept up with a broom and tossed in the trash |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
49. Kick--I wanna keep this up |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
53. If a certain individual in the oval office needs to be in a rubber room, |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
58. this is just plain fucking scary! |
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AbbyR (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
62. We're living a fantasy story |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
63. and this is a shock... |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
96. I had the same feeling in 2000 also. |
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ArmchairMeme (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
64. What can be done? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
65. "That's a real good thing ya done, Georgie..." |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
71. Cheney and Rumsfeld are best friends... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Interesting. Remember that a younger, drunk G.W. asked Poppy... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
74. The only special powers that the lil chimp has... |
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Felix Mala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
75. I've been thinking of Citizen Kane and the neocons... |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
79. But Billy Mumy didn't get his powers |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
83. What a FABULOUS analogy. * is JUST like that Twilight Zone |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
86. Somebody here made the EXACT same comparison |
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Ned_Devine (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
87. I've been making the comparison to that TZ episode for years |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
94. Brilliant analogy, and completely accurate. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
97. Great article. |
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