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Well hey, we’re not doing anything else, so let’s kick this sucker off. Y’all ready for this!? State of the Union time, baby! Let’s get it on! 9:07 This is, of course, the most important part of the speech. Who’s on the center aisle? Who transcended party labels and waited literally HOURS to get his [...]

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While Senate Republicans complain that having to work before (and during the week after) Christmas is “sacrilegious,” the House of Representatives yesterday debated whether gay servicemen and women should be allowed to serve openly in the military. It was an interesting juxtaposition because: you know who else works right before (and during the week after) [...]

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We don’t all agree on everything, especially when it comes to politics, but with soaring deficits, mounting debt and Baby Boomers who are about to blow up Social Security, we should be agreeing on more. So as a starting point, can we all agree that John Shimkus (R-IL) should NOT be the chairman of the [...]

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What can you say about a man who’s never used an ATM? He’s…uh, probably an old, SO GET OFF HIS LAWN. Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) is just that: old. He turned 69 a few days ago (69, dude!) and even though ATMs have been around virtually forever, he still prefers to get cash from a [...]

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On any other day that whole thing would read: Republicans freeze legislative action. HEY-O! And the subhead would be: Republicans having a serious impact on Congress’s ability to plow through bills. WAKA WAKA WAKA!

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If you’ve been playing Where in the World is Nancy Pelosi lately, the answer has likely been, “Beats the shit out of me.” Chances are you’ve lost the game enough times to want to give up the whole thing and go back to smacking hookers around in Grand Theft Auto IV. We don’t blame you. [...]

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