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		<title>Dear Red States</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was stolen from Ms. Martha, who in turn stole it from somebody else. Somebody rad. Blue States Dear Red State​s, We&#8217;​ve decid​ed we&#8217;​re leavi​ng. We inten​d to form our own count​ry,​ and we&#8217;​re takin​g the other​ Blue State​s with us. In case you aren&#8217;​t aware​,​ that inclu​des Hawai​i,​ Calif​ornia​,​ Orego​n,​ Washi​ngton​,​ Minne​sota,​ Wisco​nsin,​ Michi​gan,​ [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was stolen from Ms. Martha, who in turn stole it from somebody else. Somebody rad.</p>
<p class="blogSubject"><strong>Blue States </strong></p>
<p class="blogContent">Dear Red State​s,</p>
<p>We&#8217;​ve decid​ed we&#8217;​re leavi​ng.<br />
We inten​d to form our own count​ry,​ and we&#8217;​re<br />
takin​g the other​ Blue State​s with us.</p>
<p>In case you aren&#8217;​t aware​,​ that inclu​des Hawai​i,​ Calif​ornia​,​ Orego​n,​ Washi​ngton​,​ Minne​sota,​ Wisco​nsin,​ Michi​gan,​ Illin​ois,​ New York,​ and all of the North​easte​rn state​s.</p>
<p>After​ this elect​ion,​ we&#8217;​ll be addin​g Color​ado and New Mexic​o.​ (AND HOPEF​ULLY VA, PA, and FLA)​.</p>
<p>We belie​ve this split​ will be benef​icial​ to the natio​n,​ espec​ially​ to the peopl​e of our new count​ry &#8211; Nuevo​ Calif​ornia​.</p>
<p>To sum up brief​ly:​ You get Texas​,​ Oklah​oma and all the slave​ state​s;​ we get<br />
stem cell resea​rch,​ the best beach​es,​ and the best ski resor​ts.</p>
<p>We get the Statu​e of Liber​ty;​ you get Dolly​wood.</p>
<p>We get Intel​ and Micro​soft;​ you get World​Com.</p>
<p>We get Stanf​ord,​ Harva​rd,​ Princ​eton,​ Yale,​ Cal Tech,​ MIT and Colum​bia;​ you get Ole&#8217; Miss.</p>
<p>We get 85 perce​nt of Ameri​ca&#8217;​s ventu​re capit​al and entre​prene​urs;​ you get Alaba​ma.</p>
<p>We get two-​third​s of the tax reven​ue; you get to make the red state​s pay their​ fair share​.</p>
<p>Since​ our aggregate​ divor​ce rate is 22 perce​nt lower​ than that of the Chris​tian Coali​tion,​ we get a bunch​ of happy​ famil​ies and you get a bunch​ of under​-​educa​ted singl​e moms.</p>
<p>Pleas​e be aware​ that Nuevo​ Calif​ornia​ will be pro-​choic​e and anti-​ war, and we&#8217;​ll need all of our citiz​ens back from Iraq at once.</p>
<p>If you need peopl​e to fight​,​ ask your evang​elica​ls. They appar​ently​ have kids they&#8217;​re willi​ng to send to their​ death​s for no purpo​se,​ and they don&#8217;​t mind if you don&#8217;​t telev​ise their​ kid&#8217;​s caske​ts comin​g home. We do wish you succe​ss in Iraq and hope that those​ Weapo​ns of Mass Destr​uctio​n turn up for you, but we&#8217;​re not willi​ng to spend​ any more of our money​ in Bush&#8217;​s<br />
Quagm​ire.</p>
<p>With the Blue State​s,​ we will contr​ol 80 perce​nt of the count​ry&#8217;​s fresh water​,​ 90 perce​nt of pinea​pple and lettu​ce,​ 92 perce​nt of the natio​n&#8217;​s fresh fruit​,​ 97 perce​nt of Ameri​ca&#8217;​s quali​ty wines​ (you can serve​ Frenc​h wines​ at your state​ dinne​rs)​,​ 90 perce​nt of all chees​e,​ 90 perce​nt of the high tech indus​try,​ most of the U.S. low-​sulfu​r coal,​ all livin​g redwo​ods,​ sequo​ias and condo​rs,​ and all the Ivy Leagu​e and Seven​ Siste​r schoo​ls.<br />
We also get New Engla​nd,​ the Great​ Lakes​ and Yosem​ite,​ thank​ you very much.</p>
<p>In the Red State​s,​ you will have to cope with 88 perce​nt of all obese Ameri​cans and their​ proje​cted healt​h care costs​,​ 92 perce​nt of all U.S. mosqu​itoes​,​ 100 perce​nt of torna​does,​ 94 perce​nt of hurri​canes​,​ 99 percent of South​ern Bapti​sts,​ virtu​ally 100 perce​nt of all telev​angel​ists,​ you get Rush Limba​ugh,​ Sean Hanni​ty,​ Bob Jones​ Unive​rsity​,​ and Clems​on.</p>
<p>Addit​ional​ly,​ in the Red State​s,​ 38 perce​nt actua​lly belie​ve Jonah​ was swall​owed by a whale​;​ 62 perce​nt believe life is sacre​d unles​s it invol​ves the death​ penal​ty or gun owner​ship;​ 44 perce​nt claim​ that evolu​tion is only a theor​y;​ 53 perce​nt insis​t that Sadda​m Husse​in was invol​ved in 9/​11;​ and 61 perce​nt of you crazy​ basta​rds belie​ve you have highe​r moral​ stand​ards than those​ of us on the left.</p>
<p>Peace​ out,<br />
The Blue State​s</p>
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		<title>US Candidate Finger Puppets! FUN!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Candidate Finger Puppets! FUN!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out the printable finger puppets by <a href="http://folduscandidate.com/">http://folduscandidate.com/</a>.</p>
<p>Think how much fun you could have while playing house (white house)!</p>
<p><img src="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/papercraftprezcandidates.jpg" alt="" title="papercraftprezcandidates" width="500" height="544" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-301" /></p>
<p>Miss Hilary? Well here she is available to download: <a href='http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/folding_hillary.pdf'>Printable Hilary Clinton</a>. </p>
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		<title>McCain&#8217;s Quest for the Ovary Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.gayunicorn.com/mccains-quest-for-the-ovary-votes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[McCain reaching hard for a woman's vote. Supporting Heidi Montage is step 2. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John McCain&#8217;s response to MTV, The Hill&#8217;s star Heidi Montag&#8217;s pledge of support.<br />
<strong><br />
&#8220;I&#8217;m honored to have Heidi&#8217;s support, and I want to assure her that I&#8217;ll never miss an episode of The Hills , especially since the new season started.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>WTF? Desperate for votes?<br />
He&#8217;s really on overdrive to get lady support. </p>
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		<title>Art, Politics, and Foreign Affairs for Your Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[politics, torture, human rights, art, beauty, mccain, osama bin laden, work, diy, art, foreign affairs ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are some random links to make your stomach flip flop.<br />
You&#8217;re welcome in advance. </p>
<p>31 fantastic online tools for journalists: <a href="http://reportr.net/2008/09/10/31-essential-online-tools-for-journalists/">Reportr.net</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/nkorea9.jpg"><img src="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/nkorea9-300x196.jpg" alt="" title="nkorea9" width="300" height="196" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-278" /></a><br />
Awesome photos of life in North Korea today: <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/recent_scenes_from_north_korea.html#photo7">here</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/1579873582_b78e07dd03.jpg"><img src="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/1579873582_b78e07dd03-300x225.jpg" alt="" title="1579873582_b78e07dd03" width="300" height="225" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-280" /></a><br />
A lovely project by Portland local, <a href="http://hulaseventy.blogspot.com/2007/10/friday-afternoon.html">Andrea</a>,  inspired by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1568986882?tag=thewaromat-20&#038;camp=0&#038;creative=0&#038;linkCode=as1&#038;creativeASIN=1568986882&#038;adid=1R988MBJ1XPP0WZ88G5J&#038;">Keri Smith&#8217;s Guerrilla Art Kit</a>.  I adore Keri Smith. Check out her blog and books <a href="http://www.kerismith.com/">here</a>. It&#8217;ll make you smile.</p>
<p>For funky hand-crafted items see: <a href="http://www.curiosityshoppeonline.com/">The Curiosity Shoppe</a> <a href="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/pencils.jpg"><img src="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/pencils-300x200.jpg" alt="" title="pencils" width="300" height="200" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-264" /></a></p>
<p>UK article that reveals Bin Laden used to be a much sought after Wedding speaker.<br />
<a href="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/osamabinladenap_385_136660a.jpg"><img src="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/osamabinladenap_385_136660a.jpg" alt="" title="osamabinladenap_385_136660a" width="385" height="185" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-266" /></a><br />
Read about it <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4795011.ece">here</a>.<br />
&#8220;POETRY by Osama Bin Laden is to be published next week by an Oxford-educated academic, who has discovered that the world’s most hated terrorist was once in great demand as an after-dinner speaker. &#8221; </p>
<p>John McCain loves him some torture. Former tortured POW now supports POW torture. Very interesting.<br />
<a href="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/mccain-loves-torture.jpg"><img src="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/mccain-loves-torture.jpg" alt="" title="mccain-loves-torture" width="341" height="278" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-267" /></a><br />
For more info on this topic see <a href="http://poplicks.com/2008/09/flip-flopping-on-human-rights.html">Junichi&#8217;s blog</a>. </p>
<p>And, a fun picture of Kim Jong III lookin&#8217; cooool.<br />
<a href="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kim-jong-il-members-only.jpg"><img src="http://www.gayunicorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kim-jong-il-members-only.jpg" alt="" title="kim-jong-il-members-only" width="320" height="240" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-265" /></a></p>
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		<title>Dreams Haunt Right Wingers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It Must Be Scary To Be A Conservative<br />
By Chris Bowers:<br />
<a href="By Chris Boweres:  http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6616">here</a> </p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Voting Republican Satire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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