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By Ellen E. Schultz
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By Tom Watson and Martin Hickman
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Think you could be President Bush’s speechwriter? Well, that’s probably not going to happen in real life, but that’s why we have the Internet! Check out this amusing site, which allows you to cobble together a speech and play it back from the virtual mouth of our president—complete with sound effects!
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From georgeallen.com
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In an apparent attempt to control the fallout of his ostensibly racist “macaca” remark, Virginia Sen. George Allen has updated his website with a picture of him embracing a woman with dark skin. But the damage has been done. He’s losing in the polls to his rival for the Senate (and Allen was until recently being touted as presidential material…). (h/t: HuffPo)
Ana Marie Cox says historians will study this episode as an example of how NOT to do damage control.
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From Book22.com
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In what appears to be a first, an Oregon couple has set up a Christian-themed sex toy website for married pairs only. The “about” page is unintentionally hilarious. It reads, “We have prayed every step of the way for guidance on what products to offer on this site.”
What’s that, Lord? The grape-flavored anal lube? Or the edible crotchless panties?
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From centcom.mil
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I got an e-mail this afternoon from a specialist in the public affairs office of the U.S. Central Command. He wanted to invite Truthdig readers to check out CENTCOM’s activities in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Considering Truthdig’s independent sensibility, I considered it a fairly gutsy request, and decided: Hell, why not? It is our government, after all. (more…)
Posted on Jul 31, 2006
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In an effort to combat sexual predators’ use of social networking websites, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would effectively make sites like Amazon and MySpace inaccessible at public spaces.
This is well-intentioned but horribly executed. Let’s hope the worse-than-“Do Nothing” Senate can keep this one from becoming law.
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From PoliticsTV
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A new TV-heavy Internet site dedicated to politics launches with AMERICAblog founder John Avarosis. Looks pretty spiffy.
Posted on Mar 10, 2006
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