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    Small-Town Wisconsin Has Its Own Blog Wars, Thank You Very Much
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    06/16/09

    In reply to Small-Town Wisconsin Has Its Own Blog Wars, Thank You Very Much
    So what is appropriate reading matter for adolescents?


    Whatever they choose.

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    06/16/09

    In reply to Small-Town Wisconsin Has Its Own Blog Wars, Thank You Very Much
    Also, I think this crazy lady's dream is to have national attention, and eventually be swept up into the arms of Sean Hannity and Co. Way to enable, Gawker!
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    06/16/09

    In reply to Small-Town Wisconsin Has Its Own Blog Wars, Thank You Very Much
    Ah, The Bend. I attended high school there. Thanks for reminding me, Richard. Now I need my second gin and tonic of the morning. Ya der hey der once!
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    06/16/09

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    Holy shit. I am a proud graduate of West Bend West High School (the other half of that picture...fuck the Suns) and the son of the Library Board President for West Bend. This raging local squabble has consumed my phone calls home for the last two months...seeing it on here is like some weird media warp into my inquiries as to the home front.


    And while the locals are using the internets to get in each others proverbial faces...just try reading that on the online version of the local rag, The West Bend Daily News, which has online content for newspaper subscribers only. NYTimes take note! If it can work in small town Wisconsin, it can work for you!

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    06/16/09

    @Ascender: Screw you, Spartan! :)
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    06/16/09

    In reply to Small-Town Wisconsin Has Its Own Blog Wars, Thank You Very Much
    But being the friendly midwest, every posting and reply ends with a recipe that involves cheese and make 30 servings for the church potluck.
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    06/16/09

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    Look how far the Poles have come! They used to have trouble screwing in lightbulbs, but now they're picking on queers like regular Americans and pretending to read! I'm choking up here.
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    06/16/09

    @heartbreakturnip: This is a very funny comment.
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    06/16/09

    @heartbreakturnip: Is it okay to fight homophobia with racist humor, so long as it’s against whites? ’Cause I laughed at your comment, and I want to try it too.
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    06/16/09

    @iplaudius: It's not racist if they're white, which is why I've always considered the Swiss fair game.
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    06/16/09

    In reply to Small-Town Wisconsin Has Its Own Blog Wars, Thank You Very Much
    Interestingly, Mother Maziarka's byline reads:
    "A Place Where Wisconsinites Can Come Out To Play!"


    A safe place for coming out and participating in what kind of play exactly? A curious nation wants to know, and maybe join in.

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    06/16/09

    In reply to Small-Town Wisconsin Has Its Own Blog Wars, Thank You Very Much
    "Oh ya?"

    "ya!"

    "Oh ya?"

    "Ya!"

    repeat....fuck the midwest. Don't they get enough action out of QVC. Now they gotta be buttin' in on the interwebs?
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    06/16/09

    @tailpipebananna: What?!?!? Are you attempting to say -- unsuccessfully, I might add -- that only we QVC-loving idiots from the Midwest use the Internet for ridiculous bickering? Really? Really? Were you fucking hatched yesterday morning? Are you really trying to say that all Internet bloggery from the coasts is scintillating, clever and bursting with witty bon mots while people in the Midwest merely utilize aforementioned eletronic media for sad sallying of insults?
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    06/16/09

    @Mama Penguino:

    yes. excuse me..."yah"
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    Image of KatieMick KatieMick
    06/16/09

    @tailpipebananna: Dude, QVC is based in West Chester, PA. Not exactly the Corn Belt, brah.
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    06/16/09

    @KatieMick: Oh, sure, youbetcha!
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    06/16/09

    @tailpipebananna: My idiotic drivel is erupting from the great state of Kansas, my friend, and there is no QVC watching in my neighborhood. We're too busy at the gun shows.
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    06/16/09

    In reply to Small-Town Wisconsin Has Its Own Blog Wars, Thank You Very Much
    Julia Alison plug. Shot!
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    Image of xhack xhack
    06/16/09

    In reply to Small-Town Wisconsin Has Its Own Blog Wars, Thank You Very Much
    People like Ginny bug me to no end - she's likely the type of person who tells people that education and literacy are important but freaks out at the idea of any young person putting these skills to use in any way that doesn't conform to their idea of what is safe and comfortable.


    Let the kids think and learn for themselves.

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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    06/16/09

    @xhack: Not educating your kids about the bad things will keep your kids safe from the bad things, like meth addiction and pregnancy.
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    06/16/09

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    I like that she's talking about burning books on the internet.
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    Image of Dr. Nick Dr. Nick
    06/16/09

    In reply to Small-Town Wisconsin Has Its Own Blog Wars, Thank You Very Much
    Call this an unfair generalization if you must, but old people are no good at everything.
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    06/16/09

    @Dr. Nick: Be fair. They are very good at surviving: no small feat.
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    Image of BookishLatkeish BookishLatkeish
    06/16/09

    @Dr. Nick: They are good at: giving advice that is not always outdated, deadheading my roses, taking my kid to the zoo, and handing me Coffee Nips from the inside of their handbags that have snap closures on top and smell like violets (mmmm).
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    Image of irishflyesq irishflyesq
    06/16/09

    @Dr. Nick: They're also very good at telling you the temperature inside AND outside. Also, they're great at having good meds around the house.
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    Image of Mosesnoses Mosesnoses
    06/16/09

    @irishflyesq: And not noticing when they're inexplicably empty.
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    06/16/09

    @Mosesnoses: They're good at keeping CBS afloat!
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