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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    06/17/09

    In reply to GOP House Members Know Exactly What It's Like to be An Iranian Freedom Fighter
    They'd be a lot more like Iranian protesters if they could write in English and weren't total entitled tools.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    06/17/09

    In reply to GOP House Members Know Exactly What It's Like to be An Iranian Freedom Fighter
    No, no... see, Iranian freedom fighters are just like me when I found tickets to sold out Art Brut show on Craigslist.
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    06/17/09

    In reply to GOP House Members Know Exactly What It's Like to be An Iranian Freedom Fighter
    "How incredibly self-deluded do you have to be to say these things, in public?"


    deluded enough to think setting up twitter accounts is going to swing the youth vote to the GOP, methinks.

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    Image of Mean_Ol_Liberal Mean_Ol_Liberal
    06/17/09

    @johnny_carsick: Naw, they don't actually BELIEVE the shit they say, do they?


    They can't.


    Wait, do they?

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    Image of mmstk101 mmstk101
    06/17/09

    @Mean_Ol_Liberal: See, that's the really scary thing! It's one thing for them to spew nonsense because it's their job, it's a whole 'nother thing if they actually believe they are as persecuted as voters in Iran. Crazy!
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    06/17/09

    @mmstk101: dude, the GOP's persecution complex puts everyone else's to shame.
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    Image of mmstk101 mmstk101
    06/17/09

    In reply to GOP House Members Know Exactly What It's Like to be An Iranian Freedom Fighter
    Pareene, one of these days my head is going to explode from this Republican stupidity. I swear. It makes me want to cat-punch them in the face . . . .


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    Image of FashionShowAtLunch FashionShowAtLunch
    06/17/09

    @mmstk101: FTW
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/17/09

    @mmstk101: Not quite as powerful as a donkey punch, but I like it.
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    Image of BBooms BBooms
    06/17/09

    In reply to GOP House Members Know Exactly What It's Like to be An Iranian Freedom Fighter
    Of course, if either of these people actually met an Iranian, they would immediately attempt to deport them back to Mexico.
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    Image of FashionShowAtLunch FashionShowAtLunch
    06/17/09

    @BBooms: or Bermuda.
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    Image of Bentpost Bentpost
    04/11/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Anyone remember 'Suddenly Susan'?
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    Image of HwoodHills HwoodHills
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    I also thought it was dangerously close in everything to the office. But what Chris Reese posted above is true. The detail they showed about public meetings being filled with lunatics who just want to speak was spot-on perfect. Spend ANY night at your local City Council meeting and you'll see it's true.


    I can't quite understand why they decided to post what is essentially the same exact show (literally) in between two episodes of the original. Is NBC sure that viewers are THAT easy? Why not put it elsewhere on the schedule? (Yeah, yeah, yeah...I know...That's NBC's "Comedy Block.")


    Hopefully it develops further. Pohler is good. And it's only the pilot.

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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Not memorable AT ALL. Amy Poehler is great, but I'd rather see her on the big screen. Not in one of those awful SNL send off movies, but in something original that's all her. I think she's wasting her time with this little quirky show. We already know she's great. She just needs to shed NBC for the star-stifling bowl of used-to-be interesting Cous Cous it is, and go for it. And take Kristin Wiig with her, by God. She's not like Jaime Pressly who is fantastic on that Earl show I don't watch, but when I do, I'm crackin up. That, I will say, was a pleasant surprise. Poehler is just doing what we expect her to do.


    Rashida, on the other hand, needs some cultivating. She could use a rom-commie show of her own to really shine. I was not impressed with her in I Love You, Man (Jaime Pressly actually stole many a scene from our girl Jones). She's still too raw, needs more time in the Ronco meat machine.

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    Image of HandsomeBwonderful HandsomeBwonderful
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Terrible by every possible metric. Copying the formula of a proven ratings loser. Way to be Ben Silverman! Tic. Toc.
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    Image of Accidental Billionaire Accidental Billionaire
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Amy Poehler pretends to have breast and constantly flaunts sex in an idealized image of self. It's about all making Amy a prostitute in your fantasy, the funny is just a ruse.


    Don't fall for this bitches tricks. She's deceptive.

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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    04/10/09

    @Widget Economist: Pretending to have breast is the new black.


    Who let this comment through?!

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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    So, why would a nowhere town in Indiana have such a nice City Hall? Most city halls in places like that are flat, unremarkable buildings.
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    Image of joejustice joejustice
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    I loved the Indiana palms tress at City Hall.


    Amy is a great actress but the Office-like approach was a mood killer.

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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    04/10/09

    @joejustice: That's funny - I didn't spot them. It's like the gorgeous California sunshine in Scranton on the Office.
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    Image of redletter redletter
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Of Mothra, Rodan, and Godzilla, who was the most beloved by the people?
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    Image of Tardy Tardy
    04/10/09

    @redletter: Gamera.
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    04/11/09

    @Tardy: Whoa, I just had a flashback to my favorite Mystery Science Theater episode ever.
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    Image of quatrevingtquatre quatrevingtquatre
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    How could you forget about Kevin Malone?! Anyways, I thought the show was unfortunate and it felt way longer than 22 minutes because it wasn't even remotely funny. Luckily, it was sandwiched between two awesome Office episodes (EGG IN MICHAEL'S CROCS!!) and a stellar 30 Rock that featured a Steve Jobs spoof.
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    04/10/09

    @thatonegirlsays: Wait, there were TWO episodes of the Office last night? Noooo! I've learned not to watch until 9, to avoid Earl and Kath and Kim.
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    Image of quatrevingtquatre quatrevingtquatre
    04/10/09

    @VoxPopuli:
    Yeah there was an episode of The Office before P&R and then one after. SPLENDID.
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    04/10/09

    @thatonegirlsays: OK, I just watched it on hulu. I feel better now.
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    Image of DaeSu DaeSu
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    I beg to differ on your assessment of Indiana as "boring." Any state that can produce James Dean, David Letterman, Steve McQueen, and Michael Jackson is anything but.
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    04/10/09

    @DaeSu: Also Carole Lombard, Halston, Bill Blass and Axl Rose. I've always marveled at how many people from Indiana became exceptionally stylish icons.


    Alas, they all did leave.

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