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MerryLilly
03/31/09

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I don't know how I'd feel about going to Cuba, and staying in chic hotels that Cuban citizens are not even allowed to enter :(
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Crackers in Bed
03/31/09

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I know people that have traveled in Cuba, and they had to get special permits saying that they were there for purely educational purposes. I think one girl was an architecture major so she was there supposedly studying the old churches and missions; she had to provide actual documentation that she visited at least one historical landmark per day. it was a total red-tape nightmare, apparently.
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Saltine
03/31/09

@Crackers In Bed [aka SF via AL]: It is, but soooo worth it
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Red-headed bookworm
03/31/09

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Woo-hoo, now I can go to Cube without being questioned when I return! I thought of sneaking in via Canada, but I was too much of a wimp. I want to see Cuba for real without any US propaganda.
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Saltine
03/31/09

@Red-headed bookworm: As long as you go through another country (Jamaica takes less time and is less expensive), you'll be fine. There hasn't been a person cited in over a year, they don't care anymore. All of this advice is, of course, just for hypothetical intellectual exercise.

As someone who went there legally (1st amendment religious reasons, basically my lawyer dad is a genius) I can vouch its a beautiful place. Damn, it was five years ago, I need to go back
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morninggloria
03/31/09

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I used to have an American car, but the American city of Chicago somehow finds a way to use its citizens' cars as a way to generate more American dollars for the city, and I was getting Un-Americanly poor paying all of the absurd parking tickets, having my American Denver Boot removed, and going to the American tow yard thrice in ten days to retrieve my American car.

I now ride the train like a communist.
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Saltine
03/31/09

@morninggloria: Especially since the privatization of all of the parking lots. Which really is helpful when my parents and sibs all complain that I still dont have my license.
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Saltine
03/31/09

@morninggloria: You're only a communist if you ride the red line
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stacyinbean
03/31/09

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I bought mahself an Amurrican car, I'm a patriot now right?
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howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches)
03/31/09

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Also, thanks but no thanks, Mr. President. I bought a nice Mazda 3 last year. It's solid, it handles like a dream (unlike its American counterpart and chassis twin the Ford Focus), and it was built in Hiroshima, so it's possibly mildly radioactive (I can't find my geiger counter. Seriously.), and did I mention the gas mileage? 32 in town, baby.
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NefariousNewt
03/31/09

@howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches): Plus it comes with a generous dose of "Zoom-zoom!"
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Hooplehead
03/31/09

@howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches): Also, not as butt-ugly as 9/10ths of the recent Amurrican offerings.
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NefariousNewt
03/31/09

@Hooplehead: I don't know. I just bought a 2007 Saturn Outlook and it's pretty sharp.
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Red-headed bookworm
03/31/09

@howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches): Yep, I bought a Honda Fit last year and it's a great car and the gas mileage is awesome. If American car makers would offer similar cars with good mileage AND a resonable price, maybe they would be better off.
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lalaland13
03/31/09

@NefariousNewt: I love my Chevy Malibu. Just got it last year, and it runs well. Of course, I think Malibus are among the better American cars, but still, makes me happy. Looks pretty good, too, although I'm biased.
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Hooplehead
03/31/09

@NefariousNewt: I said 9/10ths, not all.
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SunburnedCounsel
03/31/09

@Red-headed bookworm: I love my Honda Fit/Jazz so much I sometimes dream of marrying it and its cheeky backseats and amazing gas mileage (we usually get 34-35 in the city, 41 on the highway). If they made something that awesome, I might buy it.
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ItchykooParker
03/31/09

@Red-headed bookworm: I have a Honda Fit too! And I LOVE it. (And you know what? I have red hair too. Hmmmmm.)
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ItchykooParker
03/31/09

@SunburnedCounsel: I absolutely love my Fit too - it has a nickname, and I sometimes gaze out the window at it fondly. No lie. I have always loved my cars (well, the lovable ones like the MG, the cloth-top Le Car, and my little Fit).
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
03/31/09

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Somehow I don't think Obama's going to induce the Sudanese government to reason and let aid workers back in. I think the only thing that will (maybe) convince President al-Bashir to let aid organizations back in is the dropping of the ICC charges against him.

However, the whole ICC thing might just be a convenient excuse.
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morninggloria
03/31/09

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Rush Limbaugh STORMING out of his apartment because of the TAXES reminds me of the time that my mom made me invite all of the girls in my class to my sixth birthday party, and I invited this girl named Jennifer that no one really liked who was prone to throwing fits. We were all playing My Little Pony, and Jennifer demanded that I let her play with my new pony, the purple one with transluscent butterfly wings attached to the back. No, I said. Jennifer started screaming and throwing a full-on grand mal , demanding that I let her play with the Pony. Finally, she stormed off, absolutely OUTRAGED.

We all just kept playing.
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SuperRounder
03/31/09

@morninggloria: In Rush's situation, does the purple Pony = tax cuts or NY's ready supply of oxycontin?
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morninggloria
03/31/09

@SuperRounder: Everyone knows that "the purple pony" refers to prescription drugs.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go ride the purple pony.
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Beat Girl
03/31/09

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Can anyone shed any light as to why, to this day, Cuba is a no-go zone for US citizens?
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LibidinousSlut
03/31/09

@Beat Girl [formerly Miss Carrie Nation]: they're dirty commies.
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Beat Girl
03/31/09

@LibidinousSlut: Stupidly enough, I didn't think that would be reason enough. What folly.
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Bunsen Honeydew
03/31/09

@Beat Girl [formerly Miss Carrie Nation]: It has been since Eisenhower or Kennedy I believe. It's considered treason right now.
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Red-headed bookworm
03/31/09

@Beat Girl [formerly Miss Carrie Nation]: Hey, I live in the US and still ask this question and the only answer is ever that they are Communist. Um, yeah, so is China but we are totes okay with importing tons from them.
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willwriteforfood
03/31/09

@Red-headed bookworm: No one said U.S. foreign policy was consistent. Or made any freaking sense.

There are lots of holes in the no-go thing. If you're a journalist, historian, university researcher, there are ways to go. If you rent a boat in Key West and just take it out for a spin and wind up 90 miles south...well, no one's gonna be telling you to go back because we aren't supposed to talk to those dirty commies.
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NefariousNewt
03/31/09

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At first, I read that as "He tried out his salesman skills on the Sedan..." and was worried that the President thought he had to single-handedly try and save the American auto industry.
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vamusical
03/31/09

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So Rush Limbaugh can't afford his mansion in Florida AND an apartment in New York because taxes for the rich are returning to the levels they were at before 2000? My tiny violin, lemme show u it.
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marytheicecube2
03/31/09

@vamusical:

Hey Rush - listen to the Jezebel Tiny String Ensemble playing

"My Heart Bleeds Purple Piss For You"
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CloudsInMyCoffee
03/31/09

@marytheicecube2: @vamusical: Can we also play "Cry Me a River (of Robotussin because you know Rush still loves to Robo-trip)"? (I know the title's a little long, but JT was having an off day when he wrote it.)
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SylvanSylph
03/31/09

@CloudsInMyCoffee: Oh please, I would love to hear it!
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tscheese
03/31/09

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Has anyone ever had to do the weird song-and-dance to get served alcohol in Utah? Granted, my only experience with having alcohol while in Utah was getting served a beer at an airport restaurant during a stopover in Salt Lake City, and...nothing weird happened. I just drank a decent, normal beer.

(I must admit I prefer its neighbor Nevada, where I got to stomp all over Las Vegas while slurping from open containers.)
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Megan
03/31/09

@tscheese: I did, multiple times. You don't have to do it in a restaurant.
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NefariousNewt
03/31/09

@tscheese: Having never been to Utah, I can say no.
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morninggloria
03/31/09

@tscheese: I have avoided Utah because the idea of Utah is frightening to me.
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Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November!
03/31/09

@tscheese: I bought beer for my friends in Provo and it was the equivalent of the Geneva convention.
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Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November!
03/31/09

@Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is proud to be a wre...: *brought.

I am not kidding abot the rest of it though. I had to make an agreement that I would never again bring alcohol. And really I wasn't. We were just going to watch a ppv, and they were gonna drink beers.
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pandorasmittens
03/31/09

@Megan: I only drank in Utah restaurants for that exact reason. However, when the Olympics were being held, Salt Lake City, Park City, etc were a little more forgiving.
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samethingwedoeverynightpinky
03/31/09

@tscheese: song and dance? is their youtube footage of this somewhere?
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Crackers in Bed
03/31/09

@tscheese: I've been skiing in Park City twice, and my hangovers can vouch for the fact that we had absolutely no issues getting drinks. Of course, Park City is a liberal-ish vacation town, so I'm sure that's why we didn't notice any weirdness.
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NefariousNewt
03/31/09

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Can't the Obama Administration pass a "Rush Limbaugh Tax" that says no matter he lives he has to give up 100% of his income to the poor and indigent?
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bluewine
03/31/09

@NefariousNewt: Yes! It could go towards buying every person on welfare a gold-plated Cadillac!
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CloudsInMyCoffee
03/31/09

@NefariousNewt: I think the problem is that he already thinks that's what he's doing...
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NefariousNewt
03/31/09

@CloudsInMyCoffee: But he's not. Heck, I suspect he and a great number of the ultra-rich in this country have had their legions of accountants find ways to keep them from paying taxes. It's very easy to squawk about the "unfair burden" when you're employing every method possible to dodge the taxes. At least accountants don't have to worry about being downsized in this economy.
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Khrushchev
03/31/09

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Listen, poor kids, fuck the Ivy League. They aren't as great as they think they are (I do not know this from experience).
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NefariousNewt
03/31/09

@Khrushchev: Not to mention, that most of them have endowments so large, that they could pay everyone's tuition and still have plenty left over. I'm still not sure why Harvard, which has tens of billions in endowments, is still charging to attend, except to keep out the "undesirables."
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CollegeBookworm
03/31/09

@NefariousNewt: Harvard is, I believe, the exception to this rule. If you make under a certain amount of money ($100,000 per year? Maybe more?) then all you pay to Harvard is 10% of your income. Period. My mom is forcing my brother to apply to Harvard next year just to see if he can get in, because it would actually be cheaper than going in-state to UVA!
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Majrhoulihan
03/31/09

@NefariousNewt: Unfortunately, this is going to affect less-than-Ivy schools more, who don't have the huge endowments. My alma-mater is really struggling right now because tuition is mostly what keeps the school running, not donors, foundations, the government, or corporations.
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LibidinousSlut
03/31/09

@NefariousNewt: and princeton doesn't offer loan aid just grants. it swaps out the portion the federal government says one should pay in loans and gives it to the students in grants.

also not all of the ivy league endowments are that big on a per student basis. Brown's is notoriously low. And they've all taken a hit in the economy.
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pandorasmittens
03/31/09

@LibidinousSlut: They have other sources of income, though. Brown, for example, buys buildings, partially renovates them for student use, and then leases out the other portions to businesses, restaurants, etc. They, and the other colleges in downtown Providence, are notorious for buying up around 80% of that particular area of the city. Even the city's parking garages, though leased for public usage and private businesses, are owned by the colleges.
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CloudsInMyCoffee
03/31/09

Permit me a moment to brag, but my "Southern ivy" was the first private college to guarantee that no student would have to take out loans. Boo-yah, real ivies.
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CollegeBookworm
03/31/09

@Majrhoulihan: Oh god, my school is a MESS right now. They're talking about increasing the freshman enrollment by 100, to increase the number of students paying tuition, because they just don't have money. Where they're planning on these 400 more students living in a few years, who knows, because they can't afford to build new housing, and there's only so much affordable housing off campus. We're all ready fucking over plenty of poor families in our city, since students can afford to pay more than some of these families thanks to parental support.
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samethingwedoeverynightpinky
03/31/09

@Khrushchev: My ivy league education was cheaper than a state school education would have been in my state, thanks to need blind admissions and financial aid. I got four years of subsidized living in a very expensive city, and walked away with nary a student loan. For various reasons, I would not have done well at my state school. Even our guidance counselor, who was notorious for yelling about kids in our state going into debt for private schools when we had an excellent public college system pulled me into his office and told me he was going to give me the opposite of the advice he gave everyone else: I needed to get out of the state as quickly as possible. I'm not saying it's the right choice for everyone, but I'm disturbed that increasingly we're saying that poor kids and lower middle class kids shouldn't have the choice in the first place.
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encnyc
03/31/09

@NefariousNewt: I think that Bernie took all their endowments.
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NefariousNewt
03/31/09

@encnyc: Which goes to show that an economics degree from an Ivy-League school is probably not all it's cracked up to be.
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SylvanSylph
03/31/09

@CloudsInMyCoffee: Can you tell me where that was so I can cry about having not gone there?
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jigglyball
03/31/09

@CloudsInMyCoffee: Which one? I'm pretty sure my school just restructured its aid packages to achieve just this thing.
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NefariousNewt
03/31/09

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Well, Congressman Ryan, there goes your chance to speak in front of the next Republican National Convention.
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