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[darius409]

I was reading Newsweek's humorous "The Last Word" column, in which George F. Will wrote about the various Important Events of 2007. Here are a few passages I enjoyed:

At the year-end, there were more troops in Iraq than there were at the year's beginning. Although it was not yet possible to say the war was won, it was no longer possible to say the

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[origami_violet]

Yay to #39!

Also, Ann Arbor is awesome, and I'm here, and now we have no excuse not to hang out at some point! Sometime next week?

[darius409]

Most definitely!

Also, read this article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/weekinreview/06johnson.html?ref=politics&pagewanted=print

This goes for all people reading this post.

[origami_violet]

That is a great article :-D

[darius409]

Yup. I really think Obama would be a nice breath of fresh air in DC. The thing is, Hillary Clinton seems to have more coherent policies, but I really don't think she could win an election as easily as Obama could.

My dad is a big Hillary Clinton supporter, and my mom is pained at the idea of voting for a Democrat or a Republican (and who can blame her?), and I'm highly confused and undecided at the moment.

It's worth noting that Clinton is the only Democrat who isn't blowing off Michigan.

[aiaigasa]

Texas a country... ? o_O;;

[darius409]

It was a joking reference to Texas' rather inflated view of itself. And anyway, Texas WAS an independent country from 1836 to 1845 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Texas)

[samwhise]

Hey, it's Sam, formerly known as maybe_infinity - I changed my journal name, plz readd me?