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Obama in the Big House

By Mark | May 2, 2010

Obama woke me up Saturday morning. The helicopter taking him from Detroit Metro Airport to Ann Arbor, where he was scheduled to deliver the University of Michigan commencement address, went right over my house, rattling the windows, and making the dog go apoplectic. A friend had offered me commencement tickets, but I was lazy. I […]

Posted in Media, Michigan, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged acts of God, Air Force One, Birthers, commencement, conspiracy theories, Marine One, Obama, Obama's socialist agenda, predator drones, tea party, teabaggery, University of Michigan, White House Correspondents Dinner | 7 Comments

J.D. Salinger and Howard Zinn run off that crazy cliff

By Mark | January 28, 2010

“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around — nobody big, I mean — except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Observations, Other | Also tagged A People's History of the United States, another famous person has died, Canada, Catcher in the Rye, Civil War, Cornish, Disney, execution of mutineers, famous recluses, friends of Matt Damon's who have died, George Washington, hate radio, Holden Caufield, holy wars, Howard Zinn, Huckleberry Finn, independence from England, J.D. Salinger, Jeff Kay, Mark Twain, Mark's favorite authors, Micahel Cera, Michael Savage, phonies, slavery, the Revolutionary War, The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, vonnegut, World War II | 18 Comments

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