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WTF?

I thought I was used to bad news. If there's one thing I've learned living in Nebraska, it is that I should never think that things can't get any worse. But this is friggin nuts. More unemployment, more financial upheaval. I don't know if my house is worth anything--and I bought a cheap one. And thanks to BushCo, no one has any faith in our State or our country. We've been disconnected from our government because we had leaders who didn't care what we thought or felt. They, and the rest of the GOP, put their own power and ideology ahead of the interests of the Nation. And now it appears that that is the only thing that has trickled down: apathy and distrust. When a Nation overwhelmingly disapproves of a president and he says that he doesn't give a f$%#k, it has an effect. This could take a long time for Obama to fix, especially with the obstructionist GOP.

All I can say is, WTF?

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Jus tlike every morning when I go to work, "Where am I and who are these people?"

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Kevin Costner is bringing his country band to Omaha this weekend. I wonder if they'll be dancing with wolves.

Some lady had 8 kids in one litter. Women's groups are upset because there were 6 boys and only 2 girls.

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Yesterday Obama was interviewed on some Arab news network. He told the Muslim world, "We are not your enemy. Your enemy just bought a house in Dallas, Texas. I can give you directions."

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I read a little bit about the peanut butter salmonella problem at the Blakely Plant in Georgia. I was amazed. Not that most Americans think that salmonella is a lunch snack made from salmon, available at your local Wal-Mart. Not that a lack of oversight by the FDA under dubya allowed the poisoning of thousands of Americans currently searching Wal-Mart shelves for Kraft Salmonella. But that there is an American Peanut Council. I'd like to be president of that.

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I'm nearly finished with my design for a device to increase my work efficiency. It consists of a siphon structure that will deliver coffee from the pot in the break room to my cube. I'm nearly done with the thermal loss calculation and the flow rate. I'm thinking that if I can get someone to bring doughnuts I'll hardly have to move and will reach a point so close to my work efficiency asymptote that I will not be able to improve any further.

Phew!

What an inauguration and what a relief to have an educated, self-made man with a message and a paradigm that transcends race, name, ideology and religion.

It is great to see the impact on our black brethren, but we have to remember that Obama's ability got him to where he is at, and someone who was racist on January 19, may not be open-hearted on January 21. Civil rights in America are still very important.

Message to right wing radio, Fox News and the Bush family: go away.

The last press conference

In a last-ditch effort to prop up his sorry-ass legacy, president shit for brains (Bill Maher, 2007) held a press conference. When asked if there was anything that he could have done differently, he said, "You know? I don't know. The presidency is a hard job. But I did figure out one thing. Something my daddy said to me many years ago. I didn't understand it at the time, and I still don't but I laugh along with my staffers when I tell them about it." He chortles then continues, "I was shit-faced beyond recognition but I remember pappy--daddy, pappy, you know--saying, 'Whatever you do, don't be a complete fuckup and invade Iraq.' Heh, heh."