Two out of three it is.

So don't be sad.

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Dear god. I just can't even believe what's going on there.

In lighter news...

My in-laws visited Jimmy Carter's church last weekend and got a great photo op with the man.

Very cool! I love Jimmy Carter. Funny story: My grandparents were heavily involved with Habitat for Humanity for over 20 years, sat on the national board and everything. At my grandfather's funeral a couple of weeks ago, there was a guy who looked EXACTLY like Jimmy Carter. Turned out to be my dad's high school guidance counselor, of all people, but there was a rumor going around at the reception afterwards that Jimmy Carter had come to my grandpa's funeral. Which, you know, my grandpa would have loved (either the rumor or the man himself), so that was great.

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Russia's got to be the largest in land area. I'm guessing Canada is second. Is the U.S. third, or is it China or Aussie-land, I'm thinking with Alaska the U.S. would be third, but I'm not sure. I guess I could Google, but guessing is more fun.

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I guess I could Google, but guessing is more fun.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I thought about posting my conjecture, but then I realized that Google would ruin my fun.

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I don't think y'all are appreciating the lure of anarchy in the sniper situation. From what I heard from my Dad after Hurricane Andrew and what I witnessed after the San Francisco earthquake, there are a certain percentage of folks who are very gleeful to have the complete and utter breakdown of social order. That's all there is to it. It's not that many people, but what you're not understanding is that for some people this is better.

For people who were too poor to own a car, or pay for a motel outside the city, who live in absolute poverty, it's fucking Christmas to be able to go break into all those shops along Canal and load up on electronics and guns and jewelry.

Shooting at helicopters and hospitals is just a big fat Fuck You. Nothing more or less. For maybe the first time in their lives, these people are feeling powerful, and they're abusing it. But they're exercising their power.

I don't think there are a lot of people like that. But there definitely are people like that.

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It just occured to me - I don't see how GWB and other Republicans can blame this mess on Clinton.

But who knows - they might find a way.

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And yet, we can't even do simple things like get relief supplies into NOLA.

Where are they going to land them? Where are they going to gas up the transpo? How are they going to distribute them? Are they actually not getting any supplies in, or is this not going fast enough for you? Do you have any true idea of whether or not this effort is going worse than the Tsunami. Are the two comparable? In the Tsunami, wasn't it a case that the people who were in the water were dead, and that the survivors were already on land, or able to reach it?

I don't know the answers to these questions, so I'm not set to slam you if you come back with facts. I just wonder if, this soon, anyone does have these kind of facts to make this kind of indictment.

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here are a certain percentage of folks who are very gleeful to have the complete and utter breakdown of social order. That's all there is to it. It's not that many people, but what you're not understanding is that for some people this is better.

I guess this is something I didn't know, really know. Who knew? My cynicsm had bounds!

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Sadly, Hec is right....

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Two out of three it is.

On larger, I was also going by "personally estimated dick size."

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