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home for the holidays

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thanksgiving at blair's ... epic.

rumsfeld secret memo to bush

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this administration is truly fucked. it's a hell of a hannukah gift! read excerpts from this article. Rumsfeld Memo Proposed 'Major Adjustment' in Iraq By MICHAEL R. GORDON and DAVID S. CLOUD, The New York Times WASHINGTON (Dec. 2) - Two days before he resigned as defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld submitted a classified memo to the White House that acknowledged that the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq was not working and called for a major course correction. "In my view it is time for a major adjustment," wrote Mr. Rumsfeld, who has been a symbol of a dogged stay-the-course policy. "Clearly, what U.S. forces are currently doing in Iraq is not working well enough or fast enough." Nor did Mr. Rumsfeld seem confident that the administration would readily develop an effective alternative. To limit the political fallout from shifting course he suggested the administration consider a campaign to lower public expectations. "Announce that wha...

christmas beer label banned

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Ho Ho, No? State Bans Santa Beer By CLARKE CANFIELD, AP PORTLAND, Maine (Dec. 2) - A beer distributor says Maine is being a Scrooge by barring it from selling a beer with a label depicting Santa Claus enjoying a pint of brew. the man has to schlep the world in less than 24 hours and he's not entitled to a celebratory beer? or is it his fabulous fat ass? shame on you portland, maine!