Unsolicited Linguistic Advice for Obama

JohnStuartPaperMill

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 6:50 PM PDT

2008/09/24 · 18:50

Obama should start using two words over and over in connection with McCain:

Cowboy

Flip-Flopper

JohnStuartPaperMill

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Thursday June 12, 2008 · 9:07 AM PDT

2008/06/12 · 09:07

Part of me hopes high gas prices finally push us to invest in renewable energy, increase the efficiency of cars, planes, and factories, invest in public transit, etc.

But only part of me.

This scenario means improving the environment on the backs of working people. I can afford $4 gas, frankly. But how many people out there are losing their jobs because they can no longer afford the drive to work?

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Tuesday June 12, 2007 · 2:20 PM PDT

2007/06/12 · 14:20

The claim ( in "JFK TERROR PLOT" http://www.dailykos.com/... that those who plotted the JFK attack have no tie to the Middle East is actually wrong. The NY Sun claims that one of the Guyanese suspects was nabbed while trying to get a visa to go to Iran (http://www.nysun.com/article/55899).

So there may be a connection to the Middle East in the plot after all.

However, even if this allegation is true, that does not necessarily support the apocolypic view that "the bad guys", muslims everywhere, are bent on destroying our way of life, and that the only way to stop them is through force.

Instead, I would argue that the alleged connection has a different lesson for us. The lesson is that our current policy is premised on an ingeniously self-fulfilling prophesy.

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