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	<title>Hypnagogic State &#187; Politics/Society</title>
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		<title>Selective Memory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a presidential debate in fall 2007, Joe Biden infamously said:  &#8220;And the irony is, Rudy Giuliani, probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency, is here talking about any of the people here. Rudy Giuliani&#8230; I mean, think about it! Rudy Giuliani. There&#8217;s only three things he mentions in a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During a presidential debate in fall 2007, Joe Biden <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/30/biden-rudys-sentences-c_n_70509.html">infamously said</a>:  &#8220;And the irony is, Rudy Giuliani, probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency, is here talking about any of the people here. Rudy Giuliani&#8230; I mean, think about it! Rudy Giuliani. There&#8217;s only three things he mentions in a sentence &#8212; a noun, a verb, and 9/11. There&#8217;s nothing else! There&#8217;s nothing else! And I mean this sincerely. He&#8217;s genuinely not qualified to be president.&#8221;</p>
<p>It was funny because it was true. But <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/08/giuliani-says-no-domestic-terror-attacks-under-bush/">recent comments</a> by Giuliani show his reliance on 9/11 mentions is mighty selective:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We had no domestic attacks under Bush; we&#8217;ve had one under Obama,&#8221; Giuliani said on ABC&#8217;s Good Morning America.</p></blockquote>
<p>Assuming that Giuliani hasn&#8217;t lost control of his faculties, it&#8217;s a glaring omission to ignore the largest domestic attack in American history in order to highlight a recent domestic event that was, thankfully, a non-starter.</p>
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		<title>Racist Obama Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Parker Betz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics/Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obamitas]]></category>

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Obamitas are cookies &#8220;resembling&#8221; President Obama that are sold in Spain. Neos Brand designed the gorgeous packaging for the product but I&#8217;m not on board with their claim that the cookie design has &#8220;nothing to do with his color&#8221;. I don&#8217;t expect an exact likeness of a person in cookie form. But if the point [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-306" title="obamitas" src="http://www.parkerbetz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/obamitas.jpg" alt="obamitas" width="432" height="336" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/12/obamitas-yes-we-can-have-chocolate-cookies-with-the-likeness-of-barack-obama/#more-37953">Obamitas</a> are cookies &#8220;resembling&#8221; President Obama that are sold in Spain. Neos Brand designed the gorgeous packaging for the product but I&#8217;m not on board with their claim that the cookie design has &#8220;nothing to do with his color&#8221;. I don&#8217;t expect an exact likeness of a person in cookie form. But if the point was something beyond &#8220;He&#8217;s brown with big ears!&#8221; the icing faces wouldn&#8217;t look like they were applied by a drunk five year old.</p>
<p>Obamitas are only available in Spain so Americans will have to look elsewhere for inappropriate stocking stuffers.</p>
<p>(h/t <a href="http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/12/obamitas-yes-we-can-have-chocolate-cookies-with-the-likeness-of-barack-obama/#more-37953">Eat Me Daily</a>)</p>
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		<title>A Picture is Worth a Billion Dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.parkerbetz.com/2009/12/a-picture-is-worth-a-billion-dollars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Parker Betz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics/Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Ross Sorkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Taibbi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>

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Via Matt Taibbi, this picture shows the vanity plate of Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Rob Kindler. The image comes from Andrew Ross Sorkin&#8217;s book Too Big To Fail: How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System&#8211; and Themselves. 
There was a recent Bloomberg article about Goldman Sachs employees arming themselves in fear [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-273" title="2bg2fail" src="http://www.parkerbetz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2bg2fail.JPG" alt="2bg2fail" width="390" height="180" /></p>
<p>Via <a href="http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/12/03/the-ultimate-vanity-plate/">Matt Taibbi</a>, this picture shows the vanity plate of Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Rob Kindler. The image comes from Andrew Ross Sorkin&#8217;s book <a href="http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=386">Too Big To Fail: How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System&#8211; and Themselves. </a></p>
<p>There was a recent Bloomberg article about <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&amp;sid=ahD2WoDAL9h0">Goldman Sachs employees arming themselves</a> in fear of a proletariat uprising. A better form of protection? Quit turning the douche up to eleven.</p>
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		<title>Veteran&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.parkerbetz.com/2009/11/veterans-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Parker Betz</dc:creator>
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Nothing to say but thank you.
(For the background info on that iconic image, see Mental Floss)
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<p>Nothing to say but thank you.</p>
<p>(For the background info on that iconic image, see <a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40401">Mental Floss</a>)</p>
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		<title>Fort Hood</title>
		<link>http://www.parkerbetz.com/2009/11/fort-hood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Parker Betz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boing Boing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Hood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My thoughts are with those affected by the Fort Hood shootings yesterday. Boing Boing has an interview with a local reporter who was on the scene shortly after the shootings ended.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My thoughts are with those affected by the Fort Hood shootings yesterday. <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/06/an-insiders-view-of.html">Boing Boing</a> has an interview with a local reporter who was on the scene shortly after the shootings ended.</p>
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