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hellosunshine
12/09/08

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Jason and Jason's wife, I raise my bottle of Pepto-Bismol to you (as I am also out sick today).
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rollergirl76
12/09/08

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Did she get that in prison?
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J.D.Regent
12/09/08

@rollergirl76: "Asia," according to the article. Perhaps an Asian prison, in a Brokedown Palace type situation? I consider myself fairly adventurous but I'd be hesitant to get a tattoo in a place that doesn't necessarily have a heavily regulated tattoo industry. It kinda makes me respect her more though.
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rollergirl76
12/09/08

@J.D.Regent: Yeah, she's a total badass. Good for her. I just wish her tattoo was a little better drawn. She needs to go to Kat von D and get that shit fixed.
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J.D.Regent
12/09/08

@rollergirl76: too small. common mistake. go big or go home.
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AthertonMerriweather
12/09/08

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Oh please, everyone knows Jackie O had a tramp stamp.
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nenasadije
12/09/08

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i recently ran for a very small, unpaid, public office in my town (i got about 80,000 votes but lost by 2,500). i would catch shit all the time, from young progressives! about my tattoo, "you're running for office and you're not going to cover it?!" one guy told me that if he could vote for me (he wasn't an american citizen) he wouldn't because i didn't respect voters who may be uncomfortable with a tattooed woman. hu?
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J.D.Regent
12/09/08

@nenasadije: oooh the tattooed woman. it's like a freak show! make sure no one finds out about your tail.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
12/09/08

@nenasadije: Did you say to him, "If I could punch you in the face, I probably would, so that you would learn to respect the tattooed ladies"?
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
12/09/08

In reply to Caroline Kennedy Has A Tattoo, Hankering For A Senate Seat
Hey, where's that crazy cat from the other day, who was insisting that the Obama non-citizenship case must be legitimate, because the Supreme Court was going to hear it?

Is it so much to hope for that, when a person is heinously wrong about something, they have the guts to just pop their head in, shrug, and say, "Well. Shows what I know!"
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yellow_dog
12/09/08

@braak: Please don't encourage him. I have work to do today.
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arodriguez.romero
12/09/08

@braak: ok now I am gossiping but was it a regular or an unfamiliar commenter?
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rosasparks
12/09/08

@braak: I know. I so want that person to come back today & spout some shiz.

Where are they now? Enquiring minds want to know.
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rosasparks
12/09/08

@braak: It appears said commenter does not have the ability to comment. So much for that!
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
12/09/08

@arodriguez.romero speaks java: @rosasparks: @yellow_dog: Aw, man, I don't have a problem with people believing crazy things. I know I believed a bunch of crazy things in my dissipated and mis-spent youth. Believing crazy things is the privilege of consciousness!

I just wish more people would recognize that it's ballsier to admit that you're wrong about something than it is to stick to your beliefs no matter what.
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Kivrin
12/09/08

@yellow_dog: Me too, but didn't we have fun the other morning? C'mon, let's do it again! :)
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vamusical
12/09/08

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I'm sorry, people talk about DC being conservative, but they're only conservative because they get to DC by getting elected by the rest of the country, and they want to avoid pissing off constituents. They wouldn't care if their constituents didn't care. Oh, and the media brings this crap up too, and contrary to popular opinion, the mainstream media is not a washington-based operation.

/end rant
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J.D.Regent
12/09/08

@vamusical: It's not just elected officials though. It's staffers, NGO workers, students, etc. The whole culture of the place (fashionwise) is like some unholy lovechild of Abercrombie and Talbot's.
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morninggloria
12/09/08

@vamusical: When I get on that thought train, I only end up getting mad at old people.
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vamusical
12/09/08

@J.D.Regent: Staffers, definitely, and most students. But the pressure for the Hill to be conservative has to come from somewhere. Also, the Hill =/= all of Washington. I'm mostly just sick of people blaming everything on Washington and falsely thinking it's a sad, boring, dry place full of evil insiders.
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J.D.Regent
12/09/08

@vamusical: I live here and I kind of think it is a sad boring dry place full of evil insiders.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
12/09/08

@vamusical: I am also going to continue thinking that no matter what.

Especially about JD Regent.
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vamusical
12/09/08

@J.D.Regent: wow. I'm sorry. What part of dc do you live in?

I've grown up in Northern VA, as did both of my parents. We know plenty of happy sunny fun people if you want to meet them!
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J.D.Regent
12/09/08

@braak: I am sad, dry, and possibly boring. I should at least get some evil inside info to make it worthwhile.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
12/09/08

@J.D.Regent: For real.
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yellow_dog
12/09/08

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I wouldn't waste too much more ink on the anti-Obama crazies since I think everything's been said, at least twice. But I was a little concerned a week or so ago so I looked at some of their idiocies. I was certain they were not in touch with reality when I easily found two different birth announcements in Honolulu papers from 1961 that were reported by a variety of sources. Apparently you could walk into any library in Hawaii and look it up on microfiche. But yeah, Megan, evidence does not disway the craziness!
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emilyanne
12/09/08

@yellow_dog: I think it's hysterical. One part of their argument, that Obama was British rather than American because his father was a British citizen as a Kenyan of that era, would invalidate every presidential candidate as the whole country was founded by dutch and british immigrants. It's bizarre.
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Anne is Spiderman
12/09/08

@emilyanne: ...but. What? No really, what? My mind, it is blown.
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emilyanne
12/09/08

@LizbethAnne: seriously it was on the bbc's website. www.bbc.co.uk. It's incredible.
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NefariousNewt
12/09/08

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I'm not a tattoo person myself, but if Caroline Kennedy has one, so what? To each his/her own. I doubt it invalidates her ability to be a U.S. Senator.
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sportz.star
12/09/08

@NefariousNewt: I'm with you. Personally, they're not for me and I don't really get the appeal, but having or not having a tattoo -- as far as I know -- has no effect on one's intellectual or decision-making capacity. Case closed.
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NefariousNewt
12/09/08

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Charlie Rangel's new ethics problems? Ha! He paid his son $80,000 for doing nothing? So what!? Not going to step down from his Chairmanship because, he says, "I don't think reporters should be in the position of removing Chairmen."

No, but the voters can.
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rosasparks
12/09/08

@NefariousNewt: I feel so let down by him. What an ass. Why, Charlie, why?

Kick his ass to the curb, I say...
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/09/08

@NefariousNewt: Exactly, and after his year of unfortunate ethics I will be suprised if he even has a glimmer or a hope of being re-elected.
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NefariousNewt
12/09/08

@rosasparks: @dianersb: What really bothers me is that he may very well win re-election. Is there a strong contender in the Democratic party to challenge him? I haven't heard of any. If there is, they better be bulletproof, to avoid handing the seat to the Republicans.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/09/08

@NefariousNewt: Okay, I'm confused. You don't think that his constituent would elect a republican? Or, do you think that during the primary there will be no strong democrat to challenge him?
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NefariousNewt
12/09/08

@dianersb: OK, allow me to clarify. I'm saying that given his seniority, if a Democrat runs against him, that Democrat better be strong, strong enough to defeat Rangel and any Republican challenger, because after the spanking the Republicans just got through taking in November, they will smell blood in the water. Mind you, it's possible Rangel's constituents won't elect a Republican, but can you count on that?
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/09/08

@NefariousNewt: Thanks for the clarification. For some reason, probably a lack of caffeine, I wasn't understanding.

But that does make sense, although I guess it all hinges on what goes down between now and the primary election.
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ArtfulSlinger
12/09/08

@dianersb: @nenasadije: Ugh as a tattooed lady, with a total of 8 on my body, I hear this shit a lot. But I figured if America could vote for a black man who admitted to snorting coke, tattoos would be okay. I guess I was wrong.
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ArtfulSlinger
12/09/08

@dianersb: Honestly, Rangel will probably win. His constituents appear to like him, even with all of these scandals. I personally think Pelossi didn't want to look like she was caving to the Right by removing him from his post, but this dude needs to be taken down. At this point, we can have no scandals or liars on our team.
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morninggloria
12/09/08

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This broke too late to hit Crappy Hour, I think, but did you all hear that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was taken into custody by Feds over accusations that he was attempting to basically sell Obama's Senate seat?

Catch it! Corruption Fever! Illinois!
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morninggloria
12/09/08

@morninggloria: [www.huffingtonpost.com]
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arodriguez.romero
12/09/08

@morninggloria: whoa gloria thanks for that one
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bulkington
12/09/08

@morninggloria: You've got to be kidding me... Rod Blagojevich, Illinois's pride and joy. It's people like you that give Chicago politicians a bad name, Rod!

I met him once, and he was just as sleazy as I'd always imagined he would be.
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Ratinski
12/09/08

@morninggloria: Blago has reached new levels of idiocy. I honestly didn't think it was possible. Also, Illinois: would it be possible to elect an uncorrupted governor? Maybe? Bonus points if the next one actually LIVES in the state capital instead of FLYING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN CHICAGO AND SPRINGFIELD.

*takes deep breath* I'm calm. I'm calm.
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Red-headed bookworm
12/09/08

@bulkington: How could he not be sleazy? One, it's Illinois...two, look at his hair! Livign in NW Indiana is interesting, we get all of the Chicago news but we aren't under the government there. (Kind of sucks too; I have no idea what's going on in my own state.)
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morninggloria
12/09/08

@Red-headed bookworm: However, you have to deal with MY MAN MITCH as your governor... and anyone who always makes sure to tell me his/her gender in a campaign slogan sort of rubs me the wrong way, stabbily so.

Plus, Indiana is much more conservative. I know that when I moved from South Bend to Chicago, it was like a breath of fresh (but heavily taxed) air.
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LouisiAnna
12/09/08

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Am I blind? (Answer: just ordered contacts in a -7.5, so yes.) I can't see it! Is it by her elbow? Her wrist? Her pit? Is it really a butterfly? WHY DID I DRINK SO MUCH VODKA AND CRYSTAL LIGHT LAST NIGHT?

Seriously, tho, please someone tell me.
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rosasparks
12/09/08

@LouisiAnna: in the crook of her elbow. It's really small & faded. It could be a birthmark, for god's sake.
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arodriguez.romero
12/09/08

@LouisiAnna: can't resist the (-7.5) Don't worry you are not blind.
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Samanthrax
12/09/08

@LouisiAnna: Vodka and Crystal Lite, eh?
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LouisiAnna
12/09/08

@Samanthrax: It's called "keepin' it real classy." For real, tho, that cherry limeade crystal light and vodka with a healthy squirt of lime just DOES it for me.
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LouisiAnna
12/09/08

@arodriguez.romero speaks java: Bless you. They mocked me gently in the waiting area when I was sans contacts. I couldn't see the receptionist moving toward me to bring me into the exam room and I had to feel for my chair.
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yellow_dog
12/09/08

@LouisiAnna: At my house, way out in the country, we drink a little drink we like to call the "Coyote" (black cherry fresca and vodka).
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DangerMouse
12/09/08

@LouisiAnna: Delish!
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
12/09/08

@LouisiAnna: Ah, I can sympathize. My vision is now 20/625 and my eye doctor was like, "wow, it got really bad since I last saw you!" Thanks, doc.
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LouisiAnna
12/09/08

@yellow_dog: Me wanty! I love vanilla vodka and pink lemonade with key limes. My friend made it for my birthday a few years ago...tastes just like keylime cheesecake.
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
12/09/08

@LouisiAnna: As a youngster, we used to spend many a day on the beach drinking DogDoo's. Mountain Dew and MadDog.

Ah, youth.
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Samanthrax
12/09/08

@gerbilsoutofexile: My BFF has a giant Mad Dog tattoo on her stomach. Red banana FTW.
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RosePetalPlace
12/09/08

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I'll be glad to see another tattooed woman in DC. Whenever a new friend/co-worker, etc., spies my tattoo, they seem so shocked, which is so weird to me. Nearly all my family and friends I had before moving to DC have tattoos. Here in DC, at least in my mostly white, middle-class social circle -- notsomuch.
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emilyanne
12/09/08

@RosePetalPlace: you know it's odd because until I moved to America my sister was the person with the most tattoos that I knew and she only has three and they're all pretty small but it seems as though every American I meet has many of them. Then again I am in New York.
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YourScreenplaySucks
12/09/08

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A butterfly tattoo? Eh. I was hoping for a "Born to Lose" skull tattoo with, like, flames shooting out of it. I would in all seriousness vote for her based solely on that. Oh well, at least it's not a poorly translated Chinese character.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/09/08

@Your Screenplay Sucks: You saw a butterfly? I saw a pony. Maybe it's a tattoo rorschach test??? Now that would be truly awesome.
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YourScreenplaySucks
12/09/08

@dianersb: Actually, I just see a tiny amorphous blob. I had to read the story to get that it's supposed to be a butterfly. That's tattoo malpractice right there.
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NefariousNewt
12/09/08

@braak: Two and a half hours later, as dentist-slash-lawyer Orly Taitz harangued reporters for not investigating whether Obama's mother was actually dead, that hope had been obliterated. It was crushed by a torrent of half-baked legal theories, vague platitudes about the Constitution and sinister "facts" assembled by a collection of true believers so extreme that even Michelle Malkin wants nothing to do with them.

That's why it won't happen. When folks decide they are right and no amount of contrary evidence can sway them, you will get no mea culpa. The SCOTUS was bought off by the Obama Administration.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/09/08

@Your Screenplay Sucks: Yeah, seriously. Although she's probably had it forever, so fading and blobbing are to be expected. Especially on a tattoo that small.
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rosasparks
12/09/08

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As a person with MANY tattoos, I would also like to say, everyone just STFU about Caroline Kennedy's ink.

There are SO many other things to worry about in the world than whether or not she has a random, strangely blurry ____ on her arm. I mean, REALLY.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/09/08

@rosasparks: If you squint and turn your head slightly toward the left it looks like a tiny pony running.

Also, I agree. Tattoos? Not a big deal people. We have bigger things.
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Samanthrax
12/09/08

@rosasparks: Amen, sister.
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DontFearTheReefer
12/09/08

@rosasparks: supposedly it's a butterfly but i see absolutely no evidence to support that statement.
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my cousin is an ape
12/09/08

@DontFearTheReefer: I'm going to keep squinting and turning my head then, b/c a running pony is so much better than a butterfly.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/09/08

@my cousin is an ape: Yep, me too. In my head she really loved Black Beauty as a child, and her rebellious teenage self decided to commemorate that love with a squinty, head to the left running pony tattoo.
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BlondeGoddess
12/09/08

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Actually, it used to be very normal for British nobility to have tattoos. Churchill's mother had one.
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emilyanne
12/09/08

@BlondeGoddess: who was an American. Just saying.
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BlondeGoddess
12/09/08

@emilyanne: Ha! But noble, still.
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emilyanne
12/09/08

@BlondeGoddess: true, although born in Brooklyn no less.
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fol_de_rol
12/09/08

@BlondeGoddess: My one family connection to greatness: one of my great-great-great-women was a maid to Churchill's American grandparents, the Jeromes.

Everyone else brags about who they knew; poor Irish Catholics brag about who they were servants for.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/09/08

@fol_de_rol: snort...omg, so true.
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emilyanne
12/09/08

@fol_de_rol: thank you for making me laugh out loud. This is so so true and I say that as someone with Irish parents.
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