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June 21, 2004

Garfield? Seriously: Garfield?

Reality Checks are a regular thing on election campaigns; I’m getting, quite frankly, a little tired of them. This, however, is the most horrific one yet from Slate mag:

Today, Garfield the comic strip appears in nearly 2,600 newspapers around the globe, and its readership is estimated at 260 million. If the readership number is right, then 4 percent of the world’s population reads [Garfield] every single day.

Shudder. Garfield. 4%. World Economy.

Dead.

Posted by skooter at 11:05 PM | Comments (0) This entry is filed under Inanities.

June 5, 2004

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan just died, and although I never truly respected him as a President (Voodoo Economics, anyone?), this is sad.

Our campaign office had a visit from a padre (named Paul) in the Army reserves yesterday, and he told me a story about a veteran who attended a D-Day ceremony yesterday. While standing there, in full uniform with medals, this guy collapsed to the ground with what appeared to be a heart attack. Paul held his hand on the ride to the hospital and gave him the last rites just before he was pronounced dead.

Our heroes are disappearing - I only hope that people keep remembering them.

Posted by skooter at 11:08 PM | Comments (0) This entry is filed under Politics.
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