Source: www.youtube.com
Official video for OK Go's 'This Too Shall Pass' off of the New Album 'Of the Blue Colour of the Sky'. The video was filmed live and features the Notre Dame marching band. Directed by Brian L. Perkins and OK Go
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Another dose of Martian awesome | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
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Astronomy | If someone woke me out of a sound sleep and forced me at gunpoint to say which is my favorite camera in the solar system, they'd probably have to shoot me. But
RA RA AH AH AH ROMA ROMA MA GAGA OOH LA LA
RA RA AH AH AH ROMA ROMA MA GAGA OOH LA LA: ""
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RA RA AH AH AH ROMA ROMA MA GAGA OOH LA LA
A Daughter's Apology to Her Father For Ever Thinking Homosexuality Was Okay / Queerty
A Daughter's Apology to Her Father For Ever Thinking Homosexuality Was Okay / Queerty: "
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I knew I sensed sarcasm before that last sentence. Sometimes it is the only way to turn the mirror on someone so they can see their own hypocrisy.
Blazing Saddles - Lilly Von Schtupp
Blazing Saddles - Lilly Von Schtupp: "
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Lilly sings 'I'm Tired'
It's my best Sister-Friend!
rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead (1990) on Veehd
rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead (1990) on Veehd: "
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Source: veehd.com
Starring Gary Oldman and Tim Roth. 'Two minor characters from the play Hamlet stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.'
Advanced Imaging Reveals a Computer 1,500 Years Ahead of Its Time - Technology - io9
Advanced Imaging Reveals a Computer 1,500 Years Ahead of Its Time - Technology - io9: "
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X-rays and advanced photography have uncovered the true complexity of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism, a device so astonishing that its discovery is like finding a functional Buick in medieval Europe.
Dickchicken Poses for Playboy — ANIMAL
Dickchicken Poses for Playboy — ANIMAL: "
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Street artist Dickchicken took some time off his cock-faced clucker campaign to let Playboy film his penis. His face fittingly obscured, the anonymous artist also known as Richard Poultry, shared some thoughts on his budding street art career.
Symphony of Science - 'The Unbroken Thread' (ft. Attenborough, Goodall, Sagan)
Symphony of Science - 'The Unbroken Thread' (ft. Attenborough, Goodall, Sagan): "
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MP3: http://symphonyofscience.com 'The Unbroken Thread' is the fourth video in the Symphony of Science series, and it features David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, and Carl Sagan. The clips used in this ...
Andre wept.
Alexander Wolfe - "Stuck Under September"
Alexander Wolfe - "Stuck Under September": "
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Source: www.youtube.com
Official music promo for "Stuck Under September" by Alexander Wolfe. Taken from the album 'Morning Brings A Flood'. Somewhere between a short film & a music video, it stars Emilia Fox & is directed by Oliver Lansley and Alex Stephens. ...
Scientists With Cocktail Shakers - NYTimes.com
Scientists With Cocktail Shakers - NYTimes.com: "
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Source: www.nytimes.com
Some of the cocktails developed in the last 10 years stand out not only as culinary creations, but also as signposts of the decade’s most significant mixology trends.
Scooter - Lass uns Tanzen (Night Version)
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Scooter - Lass uns Tanzen (Night Version)
Y'all might want to come to my birthday party!
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America: Too Stupid To Cook | Ruhlman.com
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When she said it to me, it rang in my head clear as a bell. I’ve repeated it a hundred times. I was talking with Carol Blymire last spring about Ratio, and how to promote it. I was biting my knuckles ...
Myebook - Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
Myebook - Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da: "
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Source: www.myebook.com
Rammstein – A Guided Tour To ‘Liebe Ist Für Alle Da’
Jackie Beat -Don't Tell Me You're Gay!
Jackie Beat -Don't Tell Me You're Gay!: "
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Source: www.youtube.com
Jackie Beat's hilarious new song parody! video by Austin Young, starring Jackie Beat and Mario Diaz. http://www.jackiebeatrules.com 'The Greatest Drag Queen on Earth' 'an anthem for gaydar-less gals searching for Mr. ...
Ash - True Love 1980
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Music video for the 2009 Ash single True Love 1980. Directed by Daniel Garcia. True Love 1980 is the first single 'A' from the 'A - Z' single series. www.ashofficial.com
Chiron Beta Prime
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This video is part of the Jonathan Coulton Project, which is a video podcast that makes music videos for Jonathan Coulton songs. To see more videos for Jonathan Coulton's songs visit: http://www.JoCoVideo.com To hear more of Jonathan Coulton's songs visit: http://www.JonathanCoulton.com
Fairytale of New York by Monarch and Dr Girlfriend
Fairytale of New York by Monarch and Dr Girlfriend: "
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Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend sing the Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, by The Pogues. If you like this version, I strongly suggest checking out the original. It's very beautifully done and available in Amazon MP3 and iTunes. ...
We’re in trouble…
We’re in trouble…
The population of this country is 300 million.
160 million are retired.
That leaves 140 million to do the work.
There are 85 million in school.
Which leaves 55 million to do the work.
Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.
Leaving 15 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin-Laden.
Which leaves 12.2 million to do the work.
Take from that total the 10.8 million people who work for state and city Governments. And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.
At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals.
Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.
Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.
That leaves just two people to do the work.
You and me.
And there you are,
Sitting on your ass,
At your computer, reading jokes.
Nice. Real nice.
The population of this country is 300 million.
160 million are retired.
That leaves 140 million to do the work.
There are 85 million in school.
Which leaves 55 million to do the work.
Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.
Leaving 15 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin-Laden.
Which leaves 12.2 million to do the work.
Take from that total the 10.8 million people who work for state and city Governments. And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.
At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals.
Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.
Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.
That leaves just two people to do the work.
You and me.
And there you are,
Sitting on your ass,
At your computer, reading jokes.
Nice. Real nice.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Tea Party Pick-up Lines
* Hey baby, only my government is small.
* I wanna whisper sweet anti-immigrant, homophobic, racist, xenophobic nothings into your ear.
* How about you and me go have sex - lights out, missionary position, for the sole purpose of reproduction?
* I wanna unravel your conspiracy so my revolution can erupt all over you.
* The real reason I'm against tax increases? So I can spend all my money on you, girl.
* You're hotter than the burning cross I put in my black neighbor's front lawn.
* Is that a Glenn Beck bobblehead in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
* On the border I'm a Minuteman, but in the bedroom I'm alllll night.
* Lets go back to my place and declare independence from our clothes.
* Wanna see my paintings of an eagle crying over the New York skyline on 9/11?
* I wanna whisper sweet anti-immigrant, homophobic, racist, xenophobic nothings into your ear.
* How about you and me go have sex - lights out, missionary position, for the sole purpose of reproduction?
* I wanna unravel your conspiracy so my revolution can erupt all over you.
* The real reason I'm against tax increases? So I can spend all my money on you, girl.
* You're hotter than the burning cross I put in my black neighbor's front lawn.
* Is that a Glenn Beck bobblehead in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
* On the border I'm a Minuteman, but in the bedroom I'm alllll night.
* Lets go back to my place and declare independence from our clothes.
* Wanna see my paintings of an eagle crying over the New York skyline on 9/11?
Monday, January 04, 2010
Sunday, December 13, 2009
THE ALLEGORY OF THE BEER CAVE
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[Glaucon] And now, he said, to prove my understanding of your meaning, let me show you a similar figure—Behold! Humans living in a beer cave which has an automatic glass door; here they have been since childhood when they first snuck in, and they are duct taped so they cannot move; and they have nose piercings which are snagged, being thus held from moving their heads and they must look only at a blank wall under a Super Bowl poster. Behind and above them the fluorescent lights are always on, and between the punks and the lights is a display area where beers are kept at a constant 34 degrees.
[Socrates] I see.
[Glaucon] And do you also see, he said, clerks passing along the display area carrying vessels of all sorts, and cardboard stand-ups of models and original party animals?
[Socrates] You have also shown me strange images and strange prisoners, I replied.
[Glaucon] So much like ourselves, they only see their own shadows and the shadows of one another on the wall. And of the objects which are being carried, they would only see the shadows as well?
[Socrates] It is certain.
[Glaucon] And, he said, if the prisoners were able to speak to each other and see each other's shadows, would they not call each other "dude" or "bro" and also give names to the other shadows, like "babe" and "spuds"?
[Socrates] You may rely on it.
[Glaucon] And assume that the walls of the beer cave had an echo, and when one of the shoppers or clerks said something, would the prisoners conclude that the voices came from the shadows?
[Socrates] Without a doubt, I said.
[Glaucon] To them the truth would be nothing but the shadows.
[Socrates] The outlook is good for what you have said.
[Glaucon] And now look and see what would happen if one of the punks was freed and could see the misconceptions they had believed. At first, one would be in pain from the removal of the tape and the continued discomfort of the remaining glue. Then he will turn around and see the objects as they really are; the direct light from the neon signs will hurt his eyes, and he will not be able to see his former reality anymore. Further imagine when he is able to see the objects in the beer cave—what will be his reaction? Will he not be dumbfounded when asked to name the stand-ups and the beer-case-coliseum? Will he not think that the shadows of his former world were more real than these?
[Socrates] Most likely, I replied.
[Glaucon] Assume again that he is able to walk to the seeing eye, and the automatic door slides open, and he goes out into the convenience store, as is within the alcohol laws in this State; would he not wait in checkouts and see the tabloids and Slim-Jims, and would he not see them as being not real?
[Socrates] Signs point to yes.
[Glaucon] And, he said, if he went out in the sun looking for a party, would he not begin by going to baby showers and bar mitzvahs, as he would be too dazzled by more hardcore parties?
[Socrates] You may rely on it.
[Glaucon] Would he not then work his way up through ice cream socials and Tupperware parties to get to tailgate and toga parties?
[Socrates] Yes, but aren't they all?
[Glaucon] Finally, he said, our punk will be at a bachelor party on New Year's Eve on his twenty-first birthday at Mardi Gras in New Orleans under a full moon at midnight.
[Socrates] Don't count on it.
[Glaucon] With strippers and ten kegs?
[Socrates] Easy now, I warned.
[Glaucon] And when they run out of beer and have to send a freshman back to the beer cave, do you not think that he might look upon the changes he has made to himself and pity those still dwelling there?
[Socrates] It is decidedly so.
[Glaucon] What if he returned to the beer cave and saw the prisoners as they played games amongst themselves, predicting what the shadows would do? What if he sat with them and tried to play alongside them; would he not still be buzzed and unable to compete against them? Would he not be ridiculed by them?
[Socrates] Yes.
[Glaucon] Would he not have to practice going into and out of the beer cave to teach them to party? Whereas there are those that say that partying must be put into the soul, does not our dialogue prove that the ability to party exists in the soul already and the knowledge to use it must be learned by bits and sips?
[Socrates] It is certain, I said.
[Glaucon] Then those that have partied in the world must be made to sober up and return to the beer cave to take a turn living amongst the punks to make them the next generation of party hosts. For it can be said that the party at which the hosts are most eager to share their beer is always best, and in which they are most reluctant, the lamest.
[Socrates] Without a doubt.
[Glaucon] You must create for your future hosts a better party; for only in the State which offers this will they party who are truly awesome and fun; and all truly awesome parties must be hosted by a philosopher-partier.
[Socrates] Yes—definitely.
[Glaucon] Now, he said, if I have proven my understanding, shall we discuss how such hosts are to be trained, and parties to be planned and funded, which will, in turn, lead to the allegory of the man-cave?
[Socrates] As I see it, yes.
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[Glaucon] And now, he said, to prove my understanding of your meaning, let me show you a similar figure—Behold! Humans living in a beer cave which has an automatic glass door; here they have been since childhood when they first snuck in, and they are duct taped so they cannot move; and they have nose piercings which are snagged, being thus held from moving their heads and they must look only at a blank wall under a Super Bowl poster. Behind and above them the fluorescent lights are always on, and between the punks and the lights is a display area where beers are kept at a constant 34 degrees.
[Socrates] I see.
[Glaucon] And do you also see, he said, clerks passing along the display area carrying vessels of all sorts, and cardboard stand-ups of models and original party animals?
[Socrates] You have also shown me strange images and strange prisoners, I replied.
[Glaucon] So much like ourselves, they only see their own shadows and the shadows of one another on the wall. And of the objects which are being carried, they would only see the shadows as well?
[Socrates] It is certain.
[Glaucon] And, he said, if the prisoners were able to speak to each other and see each other's shadows, would they not call each other "dude" or "bro" and also give names to the other shadows, like "babe" and "spuds"?
[Socrates] You may rely on it.
[Glaucon] And assume that the walls of the beer cave had an echo, and when one of the shoppers or clerks said something, would the prisoners conclude that the voices came from the shadows?
[Socrates] Without a doubt, I said.
[Glaucon] To them the truth would be nothing but the shadows.
[Socrates] The outlook is good for what you have said.
[Glaucon] And now look and see what would happen if one of the punks was freed and could see the misconceptions they had believed. At first, one would be in pain from the removal of the tape and the continued discomfort of the remaining glue. Then he will turn around and see the objects as they really are; the direct light from the neon signs will hurt his eyes, and he will not be able to see his former reality anymore. Further imagine when he is able to see the objects in the beer cave—what will be his reaction? Will he not be dumbfounded when asked to name the stand-ups and the beer-case-coliseum? Will he not think that the shadows of his former world were more real than these?
[Socrates] Most likely, I replied.
[Glaucon] Assume again that he is able to walk to the seeing eye, and the automatic door slides open, and he goes out into the convenience store, as is within the alcohol laws in this State; would he not wait in checkouts and see the tabloids and Slim-Jims, and would he not see them as being not real?
[Socrates] Signs point to yes.
[Glaucon] And, he said, if he went out in the sun looking for a party, would he not begin by going to baby showers and bar mitzvahs, as he would be too dazzled by more hardcore parties?
[Socrates] You may rely on it.
[Glaucon] Would he not then work his way up through ice cream socials and Tupperware parties to get to tailgate and toga parties?
[Socrates] Yes, but aren't they all?
[Glaucon] Finally, he said, our punk will be at a bachelor party on New Year's Eve on his twenty-first birthday at Mardi Gras in New Orleans under a full moon at midnight.
[Socrates] Don't count on it.
[Glaucon] With strippers and ten kegs?
[Socrates] Easy now, I warned.
[Glaucon] And when they run out of beer and have to send a freshman back to the beer cave, do you not think that he might look upon the changes he has made to himself and pity those still dwelling there?
[Socrates] It is decidedly so.
[Glaucon] What if he returned to the beer cave and saw the prisoners as they played games amongst themselves, predicting what the shadows would do? What if he sat with them and tried to play alongside them; would he not still be buzzed and unable to compete against them? Would he not be ridiculed by them?
[Socrates] Yes.
[Glaucon] Would he not have to practice going into and out of the beer cave to teach them to party? Whereas there are those that say that partying must be put into the soul, does not our dialogue prove that the ability to party exists in the soul already and the knowledge to use it must be learned by bits and sips?
[Socrates] It is certain, I said.
[Glaucon] Then those that have partied in the world must be made to sober up and return to the beer cave to take a turn living amongst the punks to make them the next generation of party hosts. For it can be said that the party at which the hosts are most eager to share their beer is always best, and in which they are most reluctant, the lamest.
[Socrates] Without a doubt.
[Glaucon] You must create for your future hosts a better party; for only in the State which offers this will they party who are truly awesome and fun; and all truly awesome parties must be hosted by a philosopher-partier.
[Socrates] Yes—definitely.
[Glaucon] Now, he said, if I have proven my understanding, shall we discuss how such hosts are to be trained, and parties to be planned and funded, which will, in turn, lead to the allegory of the man-cave?
[Socrates] As I see it, yes.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Thanksgiving talking points.
1. Talk about a huge breast!
2. Tying the legs together keeps the inside moist.
3. It's Cool Whip time!
4. If I don't undo my pants, I'll burst!
5. That's one terrific spread!
6. I'm in the mood for a little dark meat.
7. Are you ready for seconds yet?
8. Its a little dry, do you still want to eat it?
9. Just wait your turn, you'll get some!
10. Don't play with your meat.
11. Just spread the legs open & stuff it in.
12. Do you think you'll be able to handle all these people at once?
13. I didn't expect everyone to come at once!
14. You still have a little bit on your chin.
15. How long will it take after you stick it in?
16. You'll know it's ready when it pops up.
17. Wow, I didn't think I could handle all of that!
18. That's the biggest one I've ever seen!
2. Tying the legs together keeps the inside moist.
3. It's Cool Whip time!
4. If I don't undo my pants, I'll burst!
5. That's one terrific spread!
6. I'm in the mood for a little dark meat.
7. Are you ready for seconds yet?
8. Its a little dry, do you still want to eat it?
9. Just wait your turn, you'll get some!
10. Don't play with your meat.
11. Just spread the legs open & stuff it in.
12. Do you think you'll be able to handle all these people at once?
13. I didn't expect everyone to come at once!
14. You still have a little bit on your chin.
15. How long will it take after you stick it in?
16. You'll know it's ready when it pops up.
17. Wow, I didn't think I could handle all of that!
18. That's the biggest one I've ever seen!
Monday, September 21, 2009
An open letter to my government representatives: Don’t let us down on health care reform
An open letter to my government representatives: Don’t let us down on health care reform: "
Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid, Senator Bennet, Senator Udall, Representative DeGette:
As we all know, the nation has been alive with discourse of all flavors over the current state of the health care system and the insurance industry. Recently, Senator Baucus has brought forth his proposal, dubbed by some critics (rightly so, in my opinion) the “Insurance Industry Profit Protection and Enhancement Act.”
Please listen: The very reason we need the government to intervene is because millions of us have a Sword of Damocles hanging over our heads. Private industry has already proven that it cannot be trusted to look out for its bottom line and simultaneously safeguard and maintain the health of the American people, even if some of us are misguidedly rallying in the streets against our interests at the urgings of their preferred Chicken Littles of media and industry.
It is my belief that what needs to be accomplished is the affirmation of every American citizen’s right to a basic level of health, security and well-being above a private company’s right to make a profit, which it currently does in part by conveniently discounting and disregarding its customers’ human rights at its whims. Private insurers need to know, as my mother would say, that “your rights stop where another one’s starts.”
Legislation that hands millions of new customers directly over to health insurers, who have made clear that they give their profit motives precedence over honoring their commitments to their policyholders, sometimes with deadly consequences, is simply a conversion of taxpayer money into more income for the industry and a tacit acceptance of its horrific business practices.
As a taxpayer, I have no qualms about the cost of health care reform–I consider it our duty to one another as citizens, as a community, and as a nation. How do you think it looks when Washington puts us all further in hock frivolously throwing money down the toilets of the banking industry, tax cuts for the rich, and Iraq, to cite a few recent examples (our last president tried to flush Social Security as well), and then tries to tell us that we’re not entitled to a health care system that won’t be tainted by continued rewards to an industry with no reservations about flipping us the middle finger and leaving us for dead when we dare get sick? Why are regular people being taught to accept the ever-growing obligations to war, to creditors, and to failed industry, and at the same time not to make an across-the-board investment in one another as this nation’s human capital: workers; thinkers; doers; entrepreneurs; taxpayers; human beings?
I am free to help pay your medical bills, and those of my grandparents, and for those of us in states of extraordinary need, but not for a system that’s going to be there for me, free from the tentacles and inflated costs of private interests, even if I don’t have the right job, the right friends, a trust fund, a winning Powerball ticket, or the good fortune to remain healthy and free of accidents between now, at the age of 29, and my 65th birthday, should I find myself again without income or coverage?
Is continued corporate captivity the thanks we are going to get from our representatives for supporting them with our votes and paying for their salaries, benefits and pension plans? We not only sacrifice our own salaries, benefits and pension plans (and for many of us, our homes) for others’ bad decisions and greed, but now we can expect to be groomed to accept some compromise from Capitol Hill that may or may not improve our lives while the jackpots continue to flow upward?
A hostile climate has been created for every working person in this country. We have been told for years by the powerful, privileged and obscenely well-compensated that we are going to have to do things like “tighten our belts” and “weather the storm” (or, as some have called it, the “rough patch”). We’ve individually and collectively been subjected to repeated assaults on our financial well-being, our employment opportunities, our civil rights, our health and our futures by an ever more demanding section of the population so far insulated from what we are truly facing. One can turn on the television and at any given time watch a politician, executive, “industry expert” or news reporter talk about our right to access affordable health care, even though they themselves would never fathom or accept such treatment, as though United States citizens were no better than numbers on a balance sheet or some rogue band of freeloaders trying to burgle the upper class.
We all know who is really being burgled.
Let me tell you something: I don’t care to hear what anybody in a position of privilege has to say unless they have truly done their homework or they have first-hand life experience to back it up. I don’t care if some insurance executive is going to have to postpone the construction of his exact replica of the M.C. Hammer mansion in Dubai if he doesn’t get some additional payoff from the American public. I’ve got skin in the game here, too, and you and the rest of our representatives have the opportunity to come through with flying colors for me and for my fellow citizens. We’re all counting on you, even those of us who don’t know it or won’t admit it because it wouldn’t fit their politics or their way of thinking to do so.
We as Americans need to join the rest of the West in providing each other, across income, party and racial lines, with a guarantee of basic care not as some so-called “middle-class entitlement,” as I have heard wafting condescendingly out of the windpipes of more than one multimillionaire, but as a long-overdue recognition of our needs and our rights, and perhaps the making of amends over the treatment so many of us have endured from entities that have been allowed growing and crippling control over the quality, course, and length, of our lives.
If a strong stand is not ultimately taken on our behalf, it will be a damning and ominous indicator of what this country truly thinks of me, my neighbors, my family, my friends, and the rest of my fellow citizens. I implore you: Keep an irrevocable public option on the table and stick to your guns on it. To be blunt, some of your colleagues absolutely will do their best to beat you over the head with whatever you do, so you might as well make it worth doing in the first place and roll with the punches so that we, as a nation, will come out better for it. I don’t want something for nothing, as the elites would put it–I want something better for what I have put in and will continue to put in, and the people of this nation have more than paid for it in service to their employers, their families, their communities, their country–and some with their lives.
Thank you,
A. N. Cargo
Denver, Colorado (CO-01)
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