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Subject: ordering Pizza in 2007 ORDERING PIZZA IN 2007 [This is so close to what is probably going to be happening in 2007 that we're not sure how funny this really is...] Operator: Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your national ID number? Customer: Hi, I'd like to place an order. Operator: I must have your NIDN first, sir Customer: My National ID Number, yeah, hold on, eh, it's 6102049998-45-54610. Operator: Thank you Mr. Sheehan I see you live at 1742 Meadowland Drive, and the phone number is 494-2366. Your office number over at Lincoln Insurance is...

“So what’s it like to teach in a uniform?” asked the Post-Colonialist as he turned ever so slightly, revealing UC-Whatever on his nametag. “Gee, I guess I’ve never thought about it. You first; what’s it like to teach in jeans and Birkenstocks?” Silence (and no more Camembert on the plate); he has no answer simply because there could be no answer to such an inane question. Obviously the Post-Colonialist links his professional persona to his teaching and his research, not to his wardrobe. Who among us does not? But the professional activity of academics that teach at a military school...

Subject: [ncsec] FW: It all started innocently enough It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then --just to loosen up. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone -- "to relax," I told myself -- but I knew it wasn't true. Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time. That was when things began to sour at home. One evening I had turned off the TV and asked my wife about the...

Subject: Please sign the "no nuclear option" petition and forward Please go to the link below and sign the petition, and forward it to everyone you know who can appreciate the danger. The fundamentalists are champing at the bit to destroy the courts' independence after the Schiavo case. If the nuclear option passes, one of the stabilizing features of our system of government will be destroyed and Bush will stack the courts with reactionary judges. I wouldn't bother trying to persuade Dole and Burr. /Eddie Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) is considering the radical elimination of the 200-year-old filibuster...

UNC Law School Courting John Edwards POSTED: 9:41 am EST December 6, 2004 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is recruiting Senator John Edwards to teach there once he moves back to the state. Law school Dean Gene Nichol says he sent a letter two weeks ago to Edwards and his wife, asking that they consider any association with the school. Nichol also asked Elizabeth Edwards to consider working with the law school in some capacity. Nichol says both John and Elizabeth Edwards are graduates who have donated money and...

George McGovern called Saturday... "What do you think is going to happen on Tuesday?" "I think Kerry will win," I answered. "Yes, I think so, too. He is about the greatest thing since God created you and me," he laughed. ***** It is now Tuesday, and John Kerry is looking good today, while George Bush is looking a little desperate. His eyes are wild and his voice is shrill and he is acting more and more like a doomed animal on its way to the meat-grinder. Young George is about to lose his first election. JFK will win this one...

Can anyone recommend some good foreign policy wonkish websites? Thank you.

World Would Perceive Support For Preemptive War POSTED: 2:45 pm CDT October 29, 2004 The presidential election on Tuesday is one of the most crucial in American history. There are many reasons -- in foreign policy and on the domestic front -- why President George W. Bush should not be reelected. Among them is the dominance of the radical right in his advisory councils, who are taking the United States down the wrong road at the start of the 21st century. The road could lead to more mindless wars abroad and a widening gap between the rich and the poor...

Contrary to popular belief, the threat of international terrorism and the continuing war in Iraq were not the same issues, politically. Terrorism (18 percent said it was number one) continued to be a Bush strength; those voters who said it was their most important concern split for the president by even more than 5-1. However, among those most concerned about Iraq (15 percent), the advantage for Kerry was 76-23 percent. By a statistically insignificant margin of 51-48, voters approved of Bush's handling of his job. By an equally insignificant margin, 49-47 percent, they said they favored the decision to go...

AUSTIN, Texas -- I finally put my money down on Tuesday, a whole week out. Kerry over Bush by two to three points in every state that matters except Florida. For those who find this an appalling, Bill Bennett-like display of disrespect for both good money and Our Nation's Future, I say, hey, no guts, no glory. Besides, Ladbrokes, the English betting firm, is offering 6 to 5 on Kerry...

Inside Edition (I know, it's rot, but sometimes you can't help it) just announced the list of stars who supported Kerry and were now "out." On that list was Ben Affleck. Was he out because he supported Kerry, or did he support Kerry because he is 'out?' (Get Gigli with it)

I can't believe what I just heard on CBS Evening news with Dan. They are blaiming bloggers for the inaccurate poll numbers and the artificial Kerry confidence yesterday.

Zarqawi Group Vows Al Qaeda Allegiance Monday, October 18, 2004 BAGHDAD, Iraq — The militant group led by terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search), believed to be behind many deadly attacks in Iraq, has declared its allegiance to Usama bin Laden (search), citing the need for unity against "the enemies of Islam." The declaration, which appeared Sunday on a Web site used as a clearinghouse for statements by militant groups, said al-Zarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad (search) group and Al Qaeda had been in communication eight months ago and "viewpoints were exchanged" before the dialogue was interrupted. "God soon blessed us...