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Kriplekistan hopes everyone takes their time this Christmas season to appreciate their loved ones and that they have many more together. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Honestly, my first thoughts when I saw this were that the President has some quality athletic abilities for a man in his 60's. Other than that, I'm not even going to try and illustrate how a man who was held by Shi'ite extremists a year ago, and would have been executed under Saddam for this same offense, is completely hypocritical for tossing his loafers at Ol' W.

"I've got this thing and it's (expletive) golden," "and I'm just not giving it up for (expletive) nothing. I'm not gonna do it." Blagojevich on Obama's people "...not going to give me anything except appreciation." "(Expletive) them." As far as other quotes obtained by federal authorities are concerned, agents from the FBI and other prosecutors describe Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's statements caught on wiretaps as sounding "more like a mob boss than anything" being laced with not just unmitigated greed but also child like profanity. Not only was the Illinois Governor conspiring to in effect "sell" the U.S. Senate seat, he was also actively seeking to silence some of his more vocal critics within the local Chicago media. "The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering,” announced Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Even the ...

...a little closer. Before getting started I'd like to say sorry for the extended hiatus, between the never ending hoopla surrounding the current state of the economy and the never ending senate races in Minnesota and Georgia, there really hasn't been much to discuss. Having said that, congratulations on your re-election Senator Chambliss, and may Al Franken only prolong this embarrassing conflict to his own disgrace. On to our soon to be Secretary of State, Senator Clinton. A few days after the election, President-elect Obama went on 60 minutes and said that he had been reading a lot of Abraham Lincoln's memoirs, and that he was gaining a lot of insight on how to govern as a President for all the people. Kudos to the President. Considering he has asked, and that Bob Gates has acquiesced to his request to stay on as Secretary of Defense, I applaud the new President's judgement. There is not a more qualified man for the job, and it indeed matches the President'...