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Archive for August 7th, 2009

The Quitter-in-Chief Dubs President Obama’s

Posted by Adam Butler on August 7, 2009

health care plan “pure evil”…..in a Facebook post….per AP reporter Mark Thiessen.

I’ve got your evil right here:

“The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil,” Palin wrote.

Honest question–right or left, conservative or liberal, red or blue, does ANYONE (regardless of their position on the health care debate) with a brain in their dome REALLY think this is what is going to happen if his plan is pushed through?

As a person with a disability, I don’t.  Am I just being naive?  Do I need to start prepping for my death panel appearance?  I hope not. I sort of have writer’s block.  Here’s what I have so far:

Dear Death Panel:

Then, I start laughing at the absurdity of it and I can’t get any further.

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Hogs’ Mitch Petrus Says the ’09 Season will

Posted by Adam Butler on August 7, 2009

hinge on the play of the O-line (per ESPN’s SEC blogger, Chris Low).

I agree with Mitch.  There are some interesting battles going on up front.  Competition is never a bad thing.

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The Venerable John Smoltz Has Been

Posted by Adam Butler on August 7, 2009

designated for assignment.  He had a great career.  It’s sad to see it end this way for him.

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Sports Page

Posted by Brett Kincaid on August 7, 2009

Yanks smash Sox and 0-8 streak against their rivals.

Stallworth “will accept” the NFL’s ruling on his status to play this year AFTER HE KILLED A GUY WITH HIS CAR!

Florida tops the USA Today pre-season Top 25.

The reason people hate professional athletes.

“It’s not so much me as it is Roenick.  He’s good.”

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SEC Links

Posted by Brett Kincaid on August 7, 2009

The Razorbacks 2009 fall camp is officially underway.

Practice looks much more crip than last year at this time.

Mount Cody is slightly “smaller” this year.

Ole Miss will open its practices for a week.

Florida believes 12-0 is within reach.

LSU is on the field, and Coach Miles is happy with the pace.

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Morning News Links

Posted by Brett Kincaid on August 7, 2009

Blanche not quite in mid-campaign form yet.  Oops!

As we mentioned yesterday, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has weighed in on the “double dipper” scandal.  Bottom line:  Retirement system can get its money back.

This is one tough mo-fo

See!  Little Rock does not have the market cornered on armed robbery.

Big fire up at Beaver Lake.  My money is on a meth lab.

Not a lawyer and did not stay at a Holliday Inn

Congratulations, Justice Sotomayor!  Now get to work.

Yep, they did it. 

The honeymoon is over, Mr. President.  If CNN’s poll is bad, you need to re-evaluate.

John Hughes, great American film writer & director, is dead at 59.  So sad

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SEC Predictions

Posted by Brett Kincaid on August 7, 2009

The BlogHawgs have spoken.  Here is how we think the conference standing will look at the end of November.  We’ve also matched each eligible team with its bowl game, too.  Go ahead and book your post-season tickets now, folks.  These picks are iron-clad.

SEC Previews & Predictions

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