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    Image of flugennock flugennock
    10:32 AM

    In reply to The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted Because Only 0.027% of Iranians Are on Twitter
    The Iranian "revolution"?

    Oh, y'mean that National Endowment For Democracy-backed astroturf campaign? The one where some British company shipped in thousands of little portable digital cameras so that we could see all those "viral" videos of what was happening in the streets?

    What color was that one, anyway? Green, or something? #iran
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    11:54 AM

    @flugennock: The National Endowment for Democracy had very little, if not nothing at all, to do with the revolution in Iran. #iran
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    Image of Magister Magister
    10:11 AM

    In reply to The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted Because Only 0.027% of Iranians Are on Twitter
    Though the charges have since been dropped, but if an American can be arrested for twittering a "revolution", then our government can't really condemn others for cracking down on those in the field.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11:41 AM

    @Magister: .... and from a certain angle, mountains and molehills are the same shape, and therefore can be directly compared... #iran
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    11:54 AM

    @Pope John Peeps II: Agreed, but when I first heard of the Madison fellow's arrest, I immediately thought of the shot to our credibility, if we were to condemn other governments for making similar arrests.

    It's sort of like when the Bush-era waterboarding story was confirmed. It wasn't even days until comparisons were made to WWII-era convictions for war crimes.

    Sure, the charges against Mr. Madison have been dropped, but if we want to be able to encourage social networking as a means to organize, then we can't be arresting people for doing the same thing. #iran
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    09:57 AM

    In reply to The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted Because Only 0.027% of Iranians Are on Twitter
    Interesting. But numbers alone arent the only issue. In terms of organizing, sometimes it is just as important to have the "influencers"-- ie, those people who can round up their friends/family/coworkers etc. -- in touch with each other. If twitter helped these "influencers" gain a sense of momentum and round people up, it served a far-reaching purpose.
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    Image of Aatom Aatom
    07:11 PM

    @calwilson37001: Right. I'm very confused about the point of this post. A small number of twittering activists helped "foment" the protests that were seen and heard around the world against a despotic regime that could use a lot more of that kind of internal pressure, and that's...bad? Because there aren't a lot of people online in Iran itself? #iran
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    04:32 AM

    In reply to "American Dissent, 2009, Mixed Media"
    Yeah... I knew guys that would say things like that in middle school.
    Once. #racism
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    11/08/09

    In reply to "American Dissent, 2009, Mixed Media"

    He's a looker this RightBloggerPat

    [our.gop.com] #racism
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/08/09

    @atlasfugged: I saw that from the Wonkette thread. I almost threw up. #racism
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    11/08/09

    @Claire Buoyant: I'm guessing you don't find men with goiters hot. #racism
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/08/09

    @Claire Buoyant: Oh, from his profile:

    Why are you a Republican?: I'm not, I'm a Conservative, the Republicans wouldn't have me... (Seriously? I cannot afford the membership.)

    When will this nincompoop realize that if you're poor, the Republicans aren't your friends? #racism
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    11/08/09

    @atlasfugged: I'm guessing he can't afford to go see a doctor, either. #racism
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    11/08/09

    @Claire Buoyant: Here's his blog. [www.politicalbyline.com] . Seems like a charming young fellow. Apparently, he believes that, because Joseph Cao was born in Vietnam and because fat Pat had an who uncle fought there, the Congressman had an obligation to vote against the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which incidentally is in "lockstep with what the Vietcong believed in" - because, of course, the Vietnam War was fought to keep America free of universal healthcare.
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    kimsama promoted this comment Edited by atlasfugged at 11/08/09 10:33 PM atlasfugged was starred atlasfugged was unstarred
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    11/08/09

    @atlasfugged: Whoa-ho. Wow. Thanks for the link.

    Vn Americans who came from southern Vietnam right after the war are some of the most consistently conservative voters in the US. Anyone who fled Vn after the war was fighting on the same side as the Americans, like, for example, Cao's father.

    But you know, expecting any knowledge of history or nuance from this dipshit was probably a mistake after reading his profound insights that "All Asians = Chairman Mao!" and "Michael Steele = basketball player!" #racism
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    04:31 AM

    @atlasfugged: It's as though a penis head grew stubble and figured out how to wear glasses! #racism
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    05:51 AM

    @Trai_Dep: I wish I didn't just imagine that. There goes breakfast. #racism
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    11/08/09

    In reply to "American Dissent, 2009, Mixed Media"
    This is the squirrel of internet road-kill. Not as big as a deer, or weird as a possum, and practically everywhere. You can expect to zip past them from regularly, and it's really not worth getting off your bicycle to stop and take a closer look.

    Even though it's curiously tempting. #racism
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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    11/08/09

    In reply to "American Dissent, 2009, Mixed Media"
    Twitter is the fountain pen of the ignorant, biased and bored.

    I am very unhappy that this bill passed in the House. If something like this bill passes both the House and Senate, my only hope is that in four years a new Congress or President rescinds this bill and uses the tremendous taxes collected to pay down our country's debt.

    BTW, I am one of the conservatives that is FOR health care reform. This bill just sucks. #racism
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    Image of moifauxmail moifauxmail
    11/08/09

    In reply to "American Dissent, 2009, Mixed Media"
    I'm shocked at the implication that the fine white olds who make up the Tea-party patriots might harbor some racist tenancies.

    These are REAL AMERICANS you commie faggo! Go Back to JEW YORK CITY and die in your GHETTOS with ICED-T and the rest you FAGGO sodomite!

    USSA! USAA! UAA! PALIN 2012! #racism
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/08/09

    @moifauxmail: Teabaggers will deny they're racists all the way to the end of time. They denied when confronted with the signs from the 9/12 protests ("oh, I don't see anyone using the N-word"). They will deny again when presented with this tweet ("oh, he didn't say anything about Obama"). #racism
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    11/08/09

    @Claire Buoyant: These are people who think Sarah Palin is qualified and that two off-cycle gubernatorial elections mean that Barack Obama is doomed.

    Denial ain't a river in Egypt for these folks. #racism
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    Image of pureblarney pureblarney
    11/05/09

    In reply to Levi's Johnston Watch: Manhood Challenges, Conan Jokes, and Shoot Details
    Please live forever, William Shatner. #levijohnston
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    Image of CumaeanSibyl CumaeanSibyl
    11/05/09

    In reply to Levi's Johnston Watch: Manhood Challenges, Conan Jokes, and Shoot Details
    Does Playgirl do flaccid, erect, or both? I'm sure there are folks out there who prefer the former, but I'm not sure if they're a niche fetish group or more of a mainstream minority.

    If they want him hard, the "grower, not a shower" excuse is dead in the water. #levijohnston
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    Image of Brian Moylan Brian Moylan
    11/05/09

    @CumaeanSibyl: Back in the day, they only did flacid. On the website now, it's hard and with jerk-off videos. For Levi, however, I think it's going to be a softee. #levijohnston
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    Image of Heneage Heneage
    11/05/09

    @Brian Moylan: How's that Fleshbot internship going, btw? #levijohnston
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    Image of mattchew03 mattchew03
    11/05/09

    In reply to Levi's Johnston Watch: Manhood Challenges, Conan Jokes, and Shoot Details
    I'm glad that at least some people here (i.e. Brian, for one) are intuitive enough to know that the Twitter account is a fake.

    There was a post on it about a month ago that reported it as authentic -- an assertion that I refuted in the comments -- and I was (irrationally) peeved that a correction was never issued.

    Post/thread in question: [gawker.com] #levijohnston
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    11/05/09

    @mattchew03: That post was written by Belonsky, no big surprise there.

    He was too busy making distasteful jokes. #levijohnston
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Levi's Johnston Watch: Manhood Challenges, Conan Jokes, and Shoot Details
    If, mirabile dicktu!, it turns out to be too big, give it a good "Moylan." #levijohnston
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    11/05/09

    In reply to Levi's Johnston Watch: Manhood Challenges, Conan Jokes, and Shoot Details
    He totally could have gone on Conan, read the tweets, and played it off as a joke. Just read them with a hunky smile, then as they're fading to commercial, mouth "I didn't write those." Then point to his crotch and say "December, bitches." This is what I would like from Levi Johnston. #levijohnston
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/05/09

    @Steverino Begins: Now that's brilliant PR strategy right there, you betcha' #levijohnston
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    Image of CaptainSnarky CaptainSnarky
    11/05/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: I can see his penis from my house! #levijohnston
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    Image of wundersmack wundersmack
    11/05/09

    @Steverino Begins: Exactly! But in your fantasy, you overestimate fair Levi. #levijohnston
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    11/06/09

    @wundersmack: Heh, true. They could have put all that on cue cards for him, though. Very large print cue cards. #levijohnston
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    11/05/09

    In reply to This 16-Year-Old Has 120,000 Twitter Followers, Brighter Future Than You
    That photo of him looks like Peep Show: The Wonder Years.

    He's Mark, obviously.

    Anyone out there I didn't lose? #danielbrusilovsky
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    Image of Bottle-Of-Smoke Bottle-Of-Smoke
    11/04/09

    In reply to This 16-Year-Old Has 120,000 Twitter Followers, Brighter Future Than You
    "Brighter future" = prematurely ejaculating in his cargo pants while Meghan Asha dry-humps him. #danielbrusilovsky
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