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    Dear Kim Jong-Il, Will You Be America's Friend? Circle YES or NO

    How Did the Bush White House Generate 234,042 Emails Per Day?

    Obama's First Thanksgiving Proclamation: Just OK

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    12/16/09

    In reply to Dear Kim Jong-Il, Will You Be America's Friend? Circle YES or NO
    How can you call yourself the "Supreme Leader" of a "Democratic Republic" and not have your head explode?

    Is it a language thing? Does it make more sense in Korean, or something?
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    12/16/09

    In reply to Dear Kim Jong-Il, Will You Be America's Friend? Circle YES or NO
    What's wrong with left handed?
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/16/09

    In reply to Dear Kim Jong-Il, Will You Be America's Friend? Circle YES or NO
    Kim Jong's Breath

    Dear Leader, lay your head tonight
    Upon The People's plebescite;

    Your hairs will snap and oils congeal
    While Pyongyang's ready with a deal:

    She'll come to you and try to kiss
    Your vodka lips, but surely miss

    For then mid-pout the breath will out
    And shrivel up your love's redoubt.
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    12/15/09

    In reply to How Did the Bush White House Generate 234,042 Emails Per Day?
    The email probably covers the Executive Office of the President, not just the White House staff. EOP is closer to 2,000 employees.
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    Image of skylerdavidi skylerdavidi
    12/15/09

    In reply to How Did the Bush White House Generate 234,042 Emails Per Day?
    I'll tell you how.

    They probably counted each "email" as one email message per recipient. Meaning, one message sent by Scooter Libby to 30 recipients would count as 30 emails.

    Now figure that one of those recipients responded to the entire thread; you now have 60 such emails.

    If each of the 30 people on the thread sent an average of 10 messages throughout the life of the thread, that would result in a total count of 9,000 of these "emails" (300 messages sent to 30 recipients).

    Now, with the statistic of 180 staffers, you could have 6 similar, distinct groups of 30 people. If each group had a similar type of email thread, that brings you to 54,000 emails.

    And if each of these thread groups are busy emailing all day, which presidential staffs probably are (despite any probable lack of competence), there could reasonably be 5-10 of these types of threads going on any given day, if not more, within each group. If each group had just 5 of these threads described above, that would result in a total count of 270,000 emails.
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    12/15/09

    In reply to How Did the Bush White House Generate 234,042 Emails Per Day?
    Dear BUSH Administration

    Would you LIKE a LARGER penis?

    Yes you would.

    we KNOW you would.

    Use our product!!1!!!!11111!1!!

    CONDI will be happy.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/15/09

    In reply to How Did the Bush White House Generate 234,042 Emails Per Day?
    When I was in college, back in the early '00s, I dated a certain law grad who constantly e-mailed me from her Blackberry (I e-mailed from my university account). Our e-mail exchanges went: "Hey," then, "What," "Proust?" and "No," then finally, "Whatever." I'm sure that's what most of these e-mails will be like...numerous, no content, zero thinking, completely homone-driven, except with torture.
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    12/15/09

    @i'm a bottle: Something like this:
    - "Hey Dick."
    - "Yeah Don?"
    - "Torture."
    - "Yeah Don."
    - "Dogs?"
    - "No Don."
    - "Bamboo shoots?"
    - "No Don."
    - "Ladies undergarments?"
    - "No Don."
    - "Then what?"
    - "Water-boarding."
    - "Oh..."
    - "Yeah."
    - "Bitch."
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    12/15/09

    @i'm a bottle: Um, isn't IM a better medium for these types of exchanges?
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/15/09

    @Claire Buoyant: They blocked all the chat programs from her office. What was I supposed to do? I was in love.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/15/09

    @Airvault: 234,042 can add up right quick.
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    Edited by i'm a bottle at 12/15/09 12:38 AM i'm a bottle was starred i'm a bottle was unstarred
    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    12/15/09

    In reply to How Did the Bush White House Generate 234,042 Emails Per Day?
    Lolcats. Nothing but Lolcats.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/15/09

    In reply to How Did the Bush White House Generate 234,042 Emails Per Day?
    Yep, forwarded "FUNNY!!!1!" emails and an awful lot of "I gave you my bank details, but the money transfer hasn't shown up yet. Was Nigeria's internet down?"
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    Image of Lucky Lucky
    12/15/09

    @raincoaster: I'm sure a lot of them responded to the offers for natural male enhancement as well.
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    12/15/09

    @raincoaster: Yahoo Groups. Some groups can generate huge amounts of emails. I've had to turn off notifications from a few myself because the incoming volume became unmanageable.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/15/09

    @Claire Buoyant: Now THERE's a metaphor.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/23/09

    In reply to Obama's First Thanksgiving Proclamation: Just OK
    Dear Pres. Obama: Please kick the shit out of the reactionary rightwing turds blocking healthcare reform in both parties. Luv, America.
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    Image of jbwan jbwan
    11/23/09

    In reply to Obama's First Thanksgiving Proclamation: Just OK
    You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the road sides, you will play golf, and enjoy hot hors d'oeuvres. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, "Do not trust the Pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller."
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    Image of friendslikeJimRome friendslikeJimRome
    11/23/09

    @jbwan: And my people will carry their money to your casinos. They shall return, with less money but the trunks of their cars shall be filled with cigarettes.
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    Image of jbwan jbwan
    11/23/09

    @friendslikeJimRome: is that extra line in the DVD special edition? lol
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/23/09

    @jbwan: [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of BearDownCBears BearDownCBears
    11/23/09

    In reply to Obama's First Thanksgiving Proclamation: Just OK
    He should bow to that turkey after he pardons it this year, just to piss off The Corner.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/23/09

    In reply to Obama's First Thanksgiving Proclamation: Just OK
    Oh, I can just hear Bushie thinking, "Oh, they just gave 'em a little corn. The maize, right? It's not like they really needed it to like live. We’ll leave ‘em out the proclamation. And besides the settlers gave the Indians stuff too, shiny beads and baubles and things. You know, trinkets worth a whole peppercorn or such. What? Huh? Oh well, they probably would've gotten syphilis anyway."
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    Image of atlasfugged atlasfugged
    11/23/09

    In reply to Obama's First Thanksgiving Proclamation: Just OK
    That picture is hilarious. It's like everything you need to know about the Bush presidency can be surmised from the expression on his face in that picture.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    11/23/09

    @atlasfugged: indeed. And it makes me think that no matter how hard you try, you couldn't get a photo that dopey out of our new president. It's just not possible.
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    11/23/09

    In reply to Obama's First Thanksgiving Proclamation: Just OK
    Afterward, a deep-fried Turducken was shared by all.
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