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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 12:52 PM
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Poll question: Most important news story of the week (ending February 6, 2009)
Most important news story of the week ending February 6, 2009


A: a bridge in the Khyber Pass gets blown up

B: more than 1 million people are without power in the U.S. due to a rare winter ice storm

C: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer

D: the fucking cowards at the GOP are playing politics (as usual) with the JOBS BILL while people are going hungry and freezing to death

E: Mount Redoubt in Alaska is rumbling

F: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is selected to run the African Union

G: 24 U.S. military personnel committed suicide in January

H: Iran launches its first satellite

I: One of the last-minute "incidents" that are a part of the Friday document dump (please see which in my reply)

J: Other (please see my pick for most important new story in reply)


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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 12:55 PM
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1. Almost 600K jobs lost in January
so D would be the best answer.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 12:55 PM
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2. Michael Phelps smoked pot in November
This is by far the biggest distraction in the media for some time. And far too important to not condemn a young man and strip him of his future.

:sarcasm:
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 01:07 PM
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3. I thought the crap about what Obama wears in the Oval Office was a bigger ...
... more worthless distraction.

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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 01:14 PM
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4. I considered that one as well
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Royal Sloan 09 Donating Member (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 01:28 PM
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5. Why condemn Phelps when we ought to condemn the laws that brand him a criminal
Simple Solution, Legalize.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 05:00 PM
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6. True.
But, Liberal N Proud was just kidding.

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Mike 03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 05:02 PM
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7. D, of course. This is a betrayal of the voting public and a disgrace beyond words. NT
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 12:03 AM
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8. It's a disgrace and betrayal to everyone.
Young and old and voter or apathetic tax-payer--everyone is betrayed by GOP ideology and policies.

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