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Don't pass GOP, don't collect compromise
July 27, 2011The news these past couple of days has been an embarrassment to American politics.
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Winehouse, weirdo & warlords - Oh my!
By Shea Ford | July 25, 2011What a busy week!
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The 'S' word: The avada kedavra of American political rhetoric
July 20, 2011If you live in the United States, then you've become accustomed to the logic-be-damned attempts to malign politicians and public policy through the use of fear and hate.
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Hard times await America's 'Tot Mom'
By Shea Ford | July 18, 2011Casey Anthony is out and ready to party. Innocent or guilty, she had quite a favorable outcome and is free to do whatever she damn well pleases.
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Lost in the sauce: guy walks into the bar
By BILL O'CONNOR< | July 11, 2011I've been back from Vietnam for seven years. I spent the first three in a drunken New Orleans haze. The next four, I drove for Hoffa's Teamsters.
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ABC Family ad blitz: accio facepalm
By Shea Ford | July 11, 2011For those who are living in a cave and are unaware, the final Harry Potter film debuts in U.S. theaters Friday.
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Unity among Americans should last longer than one day in July
July 6, 2011On Monday, we recognized a day of legendary bravery in an onerous battle for life, liberty and happiness. We put aside our political persuasions and forgot our delusions of enmity. For a brief moment, we all had long hair, figuratively sang "Imagine" by John Lennon and did indeed "live as one."
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Lost in the sauce: getting bug-eyed in the opium jungles
By BILL O'CONNOR< | July 4, 2011My Thai friend Sith starts a lot of sentences with "Maybe America have, maybe America no have."
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U.S. needs a new red-headed stepchild
By Shea Ford | July 4, 2011I love America, and so should you.
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Life lessons from a bad day and empty gas tank
June 29, 2011It's 6 p.m., and I'm on my way to the gym on a typical weeknight (I had tanned and done laundry earlier). I know there is nothing too peculiar about this, but there is one minor detail I should mention: My car had been on its reserve gasoline for a bit. By "a bit," I mean two days. Forgive me, but I hadn't time to stop for gas. Such is the life of a college student. And - I swear to you - the fuel gauge wasn't that low.
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Lost in the sauce: Swimming to maturity
By BILL O'CONNOR< | June 27, 2011We pretended nothing happened. Five of us shared whiskey and a joint and just stared at the fire.
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The time has come for GTL to GTFO
By Shea Ford | June 27, 2011I hate "Jersey Shore."
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Yes, besides boozing, there's actually more to our town
June 15, 2011I'm about to begin a journey into a jungle. This isn't your typical jungle. Here, habitats range from indeterminate bars to packed apartments. Sustenance is in the form of ethanol. The male animals are characterized by Polos, reversed hats and the use of the word "bro."
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Our affection for elections & erections
By Shea Ford | June 13, 2011You think he would have learned from his countless role models.
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As politicians open their mouths, Orwell backflips in his grave
June 8, 2011In 1946, George Orwell said that political language "is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
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Lost in the sauce: traveling along the greener pastures
By BILL O'CONNOR< | June 6, 2011"Sith, get one of your boys to cross the Mekong. Bring back a couple of shopping bags full of pot."
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A ticking time bomb in getting bombed
By Shea Ford | June 6, 2011"I am become Death, destroyer of worlds."
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When students become sausage: How education has turned into an assembly line
June 1, 2011Recently I was watching an interview of Dave Chappelle, who has faded from the public consciousness after fleeing the burdens of being an American cultural icon.
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Leave it to prophets to ruin a good party
By Shea Ford | May 30, 2011Impending doom arrived May 21, 2011.
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Lost in the sauce: A hitchhiker's (hazy) guide to alcoholism
By BILL O'CONNOR< | May 30, 2011I gulp a frosty mug of Pabst, wink at Gerry and ask, "Hey Hank, when are you going to start serving blacks in here?"
