Life As We Know It Will End If Obama Is Elected- Hope from the far right (w/poll)

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 8:19 AM PDT

2008/10/27 · 08:19

A friend linked me to an editorial by Charisma Magazine founder Steve Strang because of it's ridiculous title- Life As We Know It Will End If Obama Is Elected.

The content of the editorial depressed the living snot of out me so I moused down to quickly scan the comments, thinking I might need to click out to cuteoverload for a boost of happy afterwards.

Although many of the comments are pretty much what we've come to expect following this level of divisive discourse, a surprising number of the commenters chime in with statements filled with... well, I can only describe it as hope.

God is love and this article is down right shameful and racist. How could you write something like this and call yourself a Christian. I voted for George Bush twice, and all the issues you raised against Obama, Bush has supported or turned a deaf ear to. -Ann from Texas

More comments and, dare I say it, hope behind the cut.

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Hope is...

42 votes Vote Now!

Hope is...

...a natural reaction to the way the polls have been headed.

15 votes

...jumping the gun- Obama hasn't won yet!

12 votes

...the thing with feathers. (Emily Dickenson)

15 votes

RNC Protest Photos- Giving them the Bird!

SnowCountry

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Sunday August 31, 2008 · 5:27 PM PDT

2008/08/31 · 17:27

We in Minneapolis/Saint Paul have a grand tradition of meeting adversity with art and that's exactly what happened today at the Liberty Parade.

Behind the link are the birds eye view adventures of a very large peace flapping dove puppet fitted with a camera to record the celebration!

There are lots and lots of pictures behind the cut!

SnowCountry

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Thursday July 03, 2008 · 10:28 AM PDT

2008/07/03 · 10:28

Like many children of the 1980’s, I was raised on the folk music of the 1960’s. Car trips were spent singing Amazing Grace, Union Maid, and the John Birch Society in three-part harmony. (the story of how I was almost fired for teaching a camp full of girl scouts the Arlo Guthrie song Coming Into Los Angeles should be saved for another time- in my defense, it was raining, they'd been stuck inside for a week, and I was out of uplifting friendship themed songs)

I was shocked to get a Pandora update telling me that the Chad Mitchell Trio had updated their classic John Birch Society to the new George Bush Society. You know what? It still scans. Isn’t that a revolting state of affairs.

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Best mix-tape inclusions for the 2008 election:

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Best mix-tape inclusions for the 2008 election:

The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

2 votes

The Beatles- Happiness is a Warm Gun

5 votes

Monty Python- Always Look On The Bride Side Of Life

5 votes

Neil Sedaka- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

0 votes

Sam Cooke - Don`t Know Much About History

5 votes

These wouldn't be on _my_ tape. I've put mine in the comments.

4 votes

Racism on Route 21: I am ashamed.

SnowCountry

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Saturday February 02, 2008 · 6:36 PM PST

2008/02/02 · 18:36

Today I took the coward’s route out and did not defend a young Muslim woman. I am ashamed.

I am a fairly average looking Caucasian woman who uses public transportation in Minneapolis/Saint Paul every day. While I mostly fly under the radar (ipod on, hood up, bag on lap) I have gotten used to dealing with uninitiated social contact. Through practice I have learned to successfully deflect people hitting on me, making rude remarks about my appearance, calling out my ‘attitude’, or crowding into my personal space. Humor balanced with defensive body posture usually works pretty well, but there are times when walking down the isle of the bus feels like a judgmental gauntlet of Dickinsonian proportions.

(the story is under the cut, thanks for reading)

SnowCountry

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Monday October 22, 2007 · 1:06 PM PDT

2007/10/22 · 13:06

...when their airbrushed publicity photos are compared to to unflattering candid photos and screen captures.

I'm sure that everyone has seen this image by now ...

Well, you know what they say. Don't get mad, get even! Re-photoshopping and more behind the cut!

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Beauty is...

143 votes Vote Now!

Beauty is...

... in the eye of the beholder.

20 votes

... skin deep.

9 votes

... truth, truth beauty. (John Keats)

32 votes

... in the eye of the beer holder.

33 votes

...as beauty does.

49 votes

The Future Sucks

SnowCountry

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Friday October 12, 2007 · 7:06 PM PDT

2007/10/12 · 19:06

Where is my JetPack? Where is my Flying Car?

All the technology of Al Gore and our new century has brought me is a collection of renditions of Celine Dion songs done on harmonica.
Some are sort of touchingly earnest and some are just... touched. All improve on the original.

No, seriously. Relevance and more amazing harmonica songs behind the cut.

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25 votes Show Results

Other reasons for Al Gore to run:

25 votes Vote Now!

Other reasons for Al Gore to run:

It's either him, or I'm writing in Oprah.

1 vote

Swimming Polar Bear babies make me very very sad.

8 votes

Anything that pisses off A*n C*****r is fine with me.

11 votes

It would make up for the Nixon dollar coin.

2 votes

Write your own funnier answer in the comments!

3 votes

Beautiful World Photo Diary- Blue Sky Break

SnowCountry

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Friday June 15, 2007 · 5:47 AM PDT

2007/06/15 · 05:47

Look up!

"We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, the thunder-cloud, and the rain."
--Henry David Thoreau

More behind the cut.

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Your favorite cloud type:

47 votes Vote Now!

Your favorite cloud type:

Cirrus

7 votes

Cumulus

11 votes

Stratus

2 votes

Nimbus

4 votes

Those big fluffy white ones

23 votes

Updated-Brownback Says No Abortions For Rape Victims

SnowCountry

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Monday June 11, 2007 · 11:06 AM PDT

2007/06/11 · 11:06

According to channel 3000, WiscTV- Brownback states:

"Rape is terrible. Rape is awful," but rape victims' rights come secondary to those of an unborn child"

No kidding.

SnowCountry

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Thursday June 07, 2007 · 5:29 AM PDT

2007/06/07 · 05:29

I sat outside a stripmall cafe with my laptop and an iced coffee at 8:30 in the morning, looking up directions on their wi-fi. I was finally leaving Las Vegas, escaping the crush of the crowds and the time-share salesman who had threatened my life. I was going to look for the Joshua Trees.

My adventures, thoughts on evolution, and lots of my photos of Joshua Trees, Desert Flowers, and the Toiyabe National Forest behind the cut!

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Funniest Tree Joke:

25 votes Vote Now!

Funniest Tree Joke:

To termites, a group of dead trees is an arbor eat'um.

7 votes

Don't expect a bonsai to grow the miniature planting it.

5 votes

Those who plant trees be-leaf in the future.

9 votes

Don't be a sap! My joke in the comments has much broader-leafed appeal.

4 votes

Beautiful World: Charismatic MegaFauna Edition

SnowCountry

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Friday May 18, 2007 · 5:15 AM PDT

2007/05/18 · 05:15

"Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings."
~Evan Esar

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And I think to myself...

41 votes Vote Now!

And I think to myself...

...what a wonderful world!

33 votes

...tomorrow is another day.

8 votes

Beautiful World- Bug's Eye View Edition

SnowCountry

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Friday May 11, 2007 · 4:47 AM PDT

2007/05/11 · 04:47

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
James Oppenheim, Minnesota Poet and Author

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21 votes Show Results

Spring...

21 votes Vote Now!

Spring...

...has sprung!

14 votes

...has pollen.

7 votes

Beautiful World- Photo Diary w/ poll

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Friday May 04, 2007 · 1:08 PM PDT

2007/05/04 · 13:08

If you lived in the most beautiful house in your city, wouldn't you want to keep it that way?

Since we live in the most beautiful planet that any of us have ever been on, shouldn't we try to keep it that way?

More photos and thoughts under the cut.

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61 votes Show Results

It's a Beautiful Day (fill in the blank)

61 votes Vote Now!

It's a Beautiful Day (fill in the blank)

...Don't let it get away!

21 votes

...And I'm stuck at work.

17 votes

...in the neighborhood.

23 votes

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