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   Re: Leftwad Economics & Obama Crack   
   17 Nov 08 20:57:43   
   
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   On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:33:35 -0800 (PST), dank420@rocketmail.com   
   wrote:   
      
   >Here in the San Francisco area Chairman Obama is so popular you would   
   >think he was a recreational drug.  The only things I’ve seen the   
   >locals get as excited about are THC and LSD, and Obama is even more   
   >popular, so I’ve decided to describe the phenomenon as “obama crack.”   
   >   
   >Everyone hates Bush, but they love Obama because he offers “hope”   
   >which seems to mean hoping he’ll throw more money at whatever special   
   >interest benefits them personally.  Obama represents hope that he’ll   
   >give you free crack so you won’t have to hustle for your own crack.   
   >   
   >To illustrate, I fill a ziplock baggie with birdseed and label it   
   >“Obama Crack (Free! Menthol!)” with a sharpie and go down to the duck   
   >pond and proceed to toss birdseed while yelling “get yer free obama   
   >crack!” and all the ducks come running and quack for more crack while   
   >I quack obama quack.  The ducks will follow me as long as I keep   
   >throwing crack at them, quacking support for my leadership.  They’d   
   >follow me over a cliff, but the metaphor ends there because ducks can   
   >fly.   
   >   
      
   you're on crack   
      
   >   
   > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =   
   >   
   >“Like various other words in the B vocabulary, duckspeak was   
   >ambivalent in meaning.  Provided that the opinions which were quacked   
   >out were orthodox ones, it implied nothing but praise, and when The   
   >Times referred to one of the orators of the Party as a doubleplusgood   
   >duckspeaker it was paying a warm and valued compliment.”   
   >-- 1984   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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