21 23! Things You Can't Say About Obama: Riffing on Rush Limbaugh's Things You Can't Say About Obama- August 19, 2008 Just so we all know the new and improved rules. Memorize them. There will be a test. UPDATE -- From May 19, Four months later to the day: We can't talk about his patriotism. We can't talk about his character. "One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism. .... Let me be clear: I will let no one question my love of this country." Obama tells McCain to lay off...http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/bad_americans/21_things_you_c.php Target Rich Environment- August 19, 2008 "Reporting for duty!" Obama-bin-Biden, 08 Unplugged heads think nyet. "It isn't like Delaware is going to be in play." Ace. 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The official date changed every year, but he never failed to signify it by dropping by my office first thing in the morning, a Starbucks commuting coffee mug in his hand, and saying, "Boy, oh, boy, do you believe how cold it is Damn!" Having just peeled off watch cap, ear muffs, scarf, gloves, and a ten pound top coat, I could -- while watching the sleet..http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/american_studies/never_happy.php Visit to an Old Friend- August 15, 2008 Seated, second from the left. While riding on a train goin' west, I fell asleep for to take my rest. I dreamed a dream that made me sad, Concerning myself and the first few friends I had. Cruising in the bright August morning down Highway 5. California's great central valley, north of Sacramento, where the farm towns roll by, their blunt names like an old catechism of your life, "Willows," "Williams," "Orland," "Nord." Rice fields shimmer in fives shades of green. Enough rice to feed the..http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/myths_texts/visit_to_an_old_1.php Pellom's Time Shop- August 14, 2008 It's the oldest shop in Black Mountain, North Carolina. None of the other shop keepers can remember a time when it wasn't here. Nobody in town can remember a time when Pellom himself wasn't here. The Time Shop and Pellom may well have been here before the town was here; before even the Cherokee were here. Nobody can say. These days Pellom isn't the Pellom he once was. If you want him to come and deal with your time in your space you have to pick him up and bring him back at the appointed...http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/essays_items/pelloms_time_sh.php The Frame Up- August 14, 2008 "When I was a boy I had a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye" -- Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb The inscape of our world is always with us, omnipresent; a third that walks beside us. 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