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05/10/26   
Breaking down barriers like a drunken Mario Andretti


Rusty Klein

Congress has recently passed a $350 billion tax cut designed by President Bush to boost the economy, but can a cut that only adds to a ballooning federal deficit have any effect but to shake a nation's confidence in its government while saddling future generations with debt? And during hard financial times, how can the president justify a tax cut that so lopsidedly benefits the already wealthy at the expense of the working class? — Professor Jeremy Klein










Milestones
1987: A practical joke backfires, resulting in Roland McShyster being put in charge of Orion Pictures.
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Neighbor. Must be unpredictably silly and capable of conjuring up outlandish schemes week after week. Applicant will be judged based on appeal to uncreative mass audiences and spin-off potential. Non-white, homosexual a plus.
Top Justifications for Iraq War
1.France don't tell us we can't do something
2.Saddam said California was totally gay, for real
3.Thought country offered frequent invader incentives
4.Kuwait had "bad feeling" about some guys along the border
5.CIA had strong evidence of uncounted Florida ballots in Tikrit
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