<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513</id><updated>2011-08-16T22:13:16.021-05:00</updated><title type='text'>50 Miles Out of the Loop</title><subtitle type='html'>Commentary from the Congressional District of former Congressman&lt;br&gt;and political hack Denny  "J. Dennis" Hastert,&lt;br&gt;the worst House Speaker in the history of the United States.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>792</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-5288990650767121553</id><published>2008-03-10T11:37:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T11:48:28.387-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Foster In, Douche Bag Out.</title><summary type='text'>Jonny Laesch has withdrawn his filing for a selective recount of the regular primary election.And Foster's win on Saturday, Mrs. Laesch, proves once again that we did, in fact, elect the "right Democrat."Oh, yeah... your husband is a loser. Many times. You guys can move now after you've shown yourselves as the kind of people who are only looking out for your own career.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/5288990650767121553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=5288990650767121553&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/5288990650767121553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/5288990650767121553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2008/03/foster-in-douche-bag-out.html' title='Foster In, Douche Bag Out.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-6236470945555523791</id><published>2008-03-08T08:14:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-03-08T08:19:46.537-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to John Laesch's Freak Show.</title><summary type='text'>In spite of this article of, well, national attention, John Laesch continues to behave like a spoiled, drunken kid about to beat up a girl.And in spite of an earlier promise to announce his plans AFTER the special election, thereby avoiding stealing the thunder from Bill Foster, we now have this.Jonny can count on being wiped off the map by the DCCC in any future attempts at public office.Thanks,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/6236470945555523791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=6236470945555523791&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/6236470945555523791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/6236470945555523791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2008/03/welcome-to-john-laeschs-freak-show.html' title='Welcome to John Laesch&apos;s Freak Show.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-1362977900838940167</id><published>2008-03-06T18:39:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T18:54:21.536-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Kendall Democrats Elect New Leader</title><summary type='text'>And for some fucking reason (?!) it doesn't make the news.Jesus Christ on a Special Ballot, these people are losers.Hello?? Did anyone think it might be a good idea to invite a reporter?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/1362977900838940167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=1362977900838940167&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/1362977900838940167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/1362977900838940167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2008/03/kendall-democrats-elect-new-leader.html' title='Kendall Democrats Elect New Leader'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FFj1y-FNnJw/R9CPRcjhm7I/AAAAAAAAAAo/sAoucMxzXv4/s72-c/squirrelspace.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-4623769390665457803</id><published>2008-02-09T10:47:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T10:51:44.949-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Noland Not Nice To Candidate...</title><summary type='text'>In a surprising bit of news reporting in today's Beacon News, Sen. Mike Noland of Elgin had this to say about Special Election Nominee Bill Foster:Noland frequently described Laesch as the "true voice" of the 14th District, and said Foster "mailed it in, instead of walking and talking."Not nice. But just the kind of crap I expected of Laesch and his surrogates.As I said yesterday, Swallow, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/4623769390665457803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=4623769390665457803&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/4623769390665457803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/4623769390665457803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2008/02/noland-not-nice-to-candidate.html' title='Noland Not Nice To Candidate...'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-5193901311902869464</id><published>2008-02-08T08:22:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T08:33:53.857-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Absent Without Reason...</title><summary type='text'>I've been noticably absent these past months, even after proclaiming my return.So you're no longer wondering or asking, I stepped away so as not to "influence an election" (as it was deemed two years ago) by dissing Jonny Laesch throughout the primary.Now that Laesch has been defeated, fair and square, in the Special Primary, and it appears that he's been very narrowly defeated in the General </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/5193901311902869464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=5193901311902869464&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/5193901311902869464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/5193901311902869464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2008/02/absent-without-reason.html' title='Absent Without Reason...'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-5911958536506038668</id><published>2008-02-08T08:14:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T08:22:35.256-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Wait?</title><summary type='text'>There's only one thing I can say to the President this morning: WTF?When it came time to "save" Terri Schiavo, as well as serve up party propaganda by acting swiftly to sign legislation, there was no stopping the man. Even when he was in Crawford (as with the monstrous deeds done in Ms. Schiavo's name) legislation was signed in the dark of night.He has even sworn in Cabinet members in the dark of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/5911958536506038668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=5911958536506038668&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/5911958536506038668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/5911958536506038668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2008/02/why-wait.html' title='Why Wait?'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-4824896013419362381</id><published>2007-08-28T15:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-28T15:37:48.880-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Underemployed, Underinsured.</title><summary type='text'>Any wonder the stock market is having seizures? Here's an interesting bit of reality, and while true, it still ignores some of the more obvious things about BushWorld.With so many married couples/households holding 3-4 jobs (between significant others), it's a fucking wonder the United Serfs of America haven't yet engaged in open class warfare.I mean real Class Warfare (pitchforks, torches, etc.)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/4824896013419362381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=4824896013419362381&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/4824896013419362381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/4824896013419362381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2007/08/underemployed-underinsured.html' title='Underemployed, Underinsured.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-3343142392080005938</id><published>2007-08-14T22:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T18:54:21.723-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Get Over It! Just Get Out!</title><summary type='text'>Oops. The word is out tonight! Why not save us some money and just resign now?Seriously, Mr. Hastert, here's your $180,000 salary for 2008 in advance. I'll say this in language even you can understand:Go gitcherself apeera fokkin glasses that fitcher fokkin mellenhed.Ice cold Foster, anyone?By the way, here's a little something to downplay that tiresome bit about Hastert being the "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/3343142392080005938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=3343142392080005938&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/3343142392080005938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/3343142392080005938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2007/08/get-over-it-just-get-out.html' title='Get Over It! &lt;i&gt;Just Get Out!&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FFj1y-FNnJw/RsJ4tjZ0C6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GbqwaosNOBE/s72-c/journal_detail_photo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-1746492410254148789</id><published>2007-06-13T22:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-14T21:47:05.443-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Turd By Any Other Name...</title><summary type='text'>Is still a turd.From TurdBlossom to TurdLick, and now another... Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert's president has his little Gillespie back.And even Forbes is crying foul.Is it that Republicans don't talk about Gillespie being queer as a three dollar bill because it's rude, or because they're afraid people might already know? Or is it because it's nobody's business?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/1746492410254148789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=1746492410254148789&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/1746492410254148789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/1746492410254148789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2007/06/turd-by-any-other-name.html' title='A Turd By Any Other Name...'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-8903628994588146591</id><published>2007-03-20T21:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-20T21:19:49.602-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Elvis Has Left The Building.</title><summary type='text'>I, however, have returned.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/8903628994588146591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=8903628994588146591&amp;isPopup=true' title='39 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/8903628994588146591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/8903628994588146591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2007/03/elvis-has-left-building.html' title='Elvis Has Left The Building.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>39</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-117034953440712517</id><published>2007-02-01T11:05:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T11:08:45.846-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Greatest American Hero.</title><summary type='text'>Perhaps. I know she was mine.Rest In Eternal Peace, Molly Ivins.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/117034953440712517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=117034953440712517&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/117034953440712517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/117034953440712517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2007/02/greatest-american-hero.html' title='The Greatest American Hero.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116671685681232925</id><published>2006-12-21T09:42:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-12-21T10:00:57.576-06:00</updated><title type='text'>So... Where Am I?</title><summary type='text'>After a year or so of having people try to find out who I am, I'm now faced with the dilemma of telling you where I am. It can't really hurt, or expose, me. There are so many others just like me in the area, it would still make it hard to put a finger on me.I have joined the ranks of the underemployed, which is a funny way to put it: I am working two jobs.Ever wonder why the unemployment numbers </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116671685681232925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116671685681232925&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116671685681232925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116671685681232925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/12/so-where-am-i.html' title='So... Where Am I?'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116370535455555992</id><published>2006-11-16T13:25:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-11-22T11:49:53.946-06:00</updated><title type='text'>True Believer Dead At 94.</title><summary type='text'>Milton Friedman, the truest believer in unbridled capitalism, has died.I believe it's been said that Friedman had the ear of three presidents. They would be Nixon, Reagan, and Bush. Not exactly a great track record for economic security.As much as I have long respected his intellectual genius, I could never understand how any economist could openly endorse (or even suggest) that consumers should </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116370535455555992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116370535455555992&amp;isPopup=true' title='89 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116370535455555992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116370535455555992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/11/true-believer-dead-at-94.html' title='True Believer Dead At 94.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>89</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116304812769665465</id><published>2006-11-08T22:36:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T22:55:27.783-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Hastert Defeated. We Fired The Coach.</title><summary type='text'>In the final analysis, I am a fucking genius. Again.That's right, sports fans, because what I had been saying all along has finally come to pass: and now Dennis "J. Dennis" Hastert has been defeated outside his district.Right again, kiddos. Outside the motherfuckin' district.Some of the beef-headed morons of the Jim Birch Society (and other various sundry dolts) snottily sneered a few months ago </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116304812769665465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116304812769665465&amp;isPopup=true' title='83 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116304812769665465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116304812769665465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/11/hastert-defeated-we-fired-coach.html' title='Hastert Defeated. We Fired The Coach.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>83</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116303742202735690</id><published>2006-11-08T19:32:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T06:07:29.473-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Abysmal Failure of Democrats.</title><summary type='text'>Nationally, and in some places locally, there is great reason for those of us who call ourselves Democrats to be jubilant.Linda Chapa LaVia, who garnered 70% of the vote to win a third term in the state legislature is certainly the shiniest of stars from last night. And the other Linda, Linda Holmes, won a narrow victory in another traditionally Republican district to go on to the state </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116303742202735690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116303742202735690&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116303742202735690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116303742202735690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/11/abysmal-failure-of-democrats.html' title='The Abysmal Failure of Democrats.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116257019073705589</id><published>2006-11-03T10:05:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-11-03T10:09:50.740-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah. Right.</title><summary type='text'>Looks like somebody's changing his tune.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116257019073705589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116257019073705589&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116257019073705589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116257019073705589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/11/yeah-right.html' title='Yeah. Right.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116251968994472979</id><published>2006-11-03T09:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-11-03T10:05:06.156-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh Yeah??</title><summary type='text'>Well, Fuck Chris Lauzen, too.I've been following the radio forums here for years. Last night's WSPY forum started off with Frank Craig (who, along with the Crawford guy, sounded great last week). Frankly, I like Craig a lot, but can't figure out what the fuck is wrong with the party around here. He should have support coming out of his ears!No offense to Frank if you're reading, but I'm pretty </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116251968994472979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116251968994472979&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116251968994472979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116251968994472979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/11/oh-yeah.html' title='Oh Yeah??'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116251985090924656</id><published>2006-11-02T20:08:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-11-02T20:10:50.996-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Phukbusch.</title><summary type='text'>34% approval rating today; 69% say he sodomized us on Iraq.That means "he fucked us" to you plumbers out there.Hi Denny. You, buddy, fucked yourself.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116251985090924656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116251985090924656&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116251985090924656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116251985090924656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/11/phukbusch.html' title='Phukbusch.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116235654207980695</id><published>2006-10-31T22:46:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T22:49:02.083-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Dumb As A Rock.</title><summary type='text'>I fucking hate Laura Bush. But I had no idea that stupid bitch had a penis until she stepped on it today.I hope this bites her polyester-skinned ass off.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116235654207980695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116235654207980695&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116235654207980695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116235654207980695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/dumb-as-rock.html' title='Dumb As A Rock.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116235499610076030</id><published>2006-10-31T22:12:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T22:41:25.506-06:00</updated><title type='text'>NEWS FLASH:</title><summary type='text'>Sen. John Kerry calls President Bush stupid; Bush thinks he meant someone else.Anybody else not get that?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116235499610076030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116235499610076030&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116235499610076030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116235499610076030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/news-flash.html' title='NEWS FLASH:'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116105975520825556</id><published>2006-10-16T22:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-16T23:35:55.276-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Envy.</title><summary type='text'>Jesus. Why can't we find these guys in the 14th CD?Why, oh why...Young, sharp, energetic, family man, professional. ATTORNEY. Not petulent, grown-up, turning his opponent's life upside-down while he raises more than $500K. ON ISSUES. ACTUAL FORMER CIA OFFICER...Wonder who the locals are going to endorse in our district... Anybody have any ideas?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116105975520825556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116105975520825556&amp;isPopup=true' title='77 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116105975520825556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116105975520825556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/envy.html' title='Envy.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>77</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116051431004130861</id><published>2006-10-10T16:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T16:05:10.090-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bonjean's Brilliance.</title><summary type='text'>Ohhhhhhhh... Can't even think straight, this is so funny!Read Wonkette's take on the press conference.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116051431004130861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116051431004130861&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116051431004130861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116051431004130861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/bonjeans-brilliance.html' title='Bonjean&apos;s Brilliance.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116044174434708579</id><published>2006-10-09T19:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T19:55:44.406-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Half of Country to Hastert:</title><summary type='text'>Fuck You, Asshole.While half the district says the same to John Laesch, according to a small article in today's Tribune.And you all thought I was an enigma.I'm so fucking mainstream, I could vomit.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116044174434708579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116044174434708579&amp;isPopup=true' title='155 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116044174434708579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116044174434708579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/half-of-country-to-hastert.html' title='Half of Country to Hastert:'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>155</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116037021909084531</id><published>2006-10-08T23:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T00:03:39.200-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sheeps.</title><summary type='text'>If this asshole can raise $945,000 there, all I can say is that not only are the people around Grand Rapids a flock of sheep, they're the dumbest fucking cocksuckers on earth.From 2004:    If we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again -- that we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States...   And then we'll fall back into the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116037021909084531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116037021909084531&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116037021909084531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116037021909084531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/sheeps.html' title='Sheeps.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116019263525535060</id><published>2006-10-06T22:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T22:43:55.380-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Meat Head.</title><summary type='text'>This is the face of a man who would stoop to accusing the boogeyman (or Bill Clinton or maybe even George Soros -- whoever's name is within reach of his overreaching imagination at the moment) of creating all the problems of the world.This, my friends, is my Friday Night Cock Picture.For pictured above is the Biggest Prick I've seen in a long time.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116019263525535060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116019263525535060&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116019263525535060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116019263525535060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/meat-head.html' title='Meat Head.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116006340153124511</id><published>2006-10-05T10:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T10:50:01.676-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What An Asshole.</title><summary type='text'>The Preznent is on live television at this moment shilling, once again, his most famous unfunded mandate, Every Public School System Left Behind.The very thought that an avowed lifetime "C" student has crafted a plan to rate and punish the public school system designed and stewarded by Democrats for generations is laughable.Further, that his lazyspeak (ie "we gotta..." "allahs us tuh get tuh thuh</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116006340153124511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116006340153124511&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116006340153124511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116006340153124511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/what-asshole.html' title='What An Asshole.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-116005859379374697</id><published>2006-10-05T09:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T09:59:06.206-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Laesch Scores Big On Hastert Scandal.</title><summary type='text'>Well, not really.I'm home this morning cleaning the chunky vomit stains out of my livingroom rugs after spewing my dinner during last night's Hardball appearance by the boy who would be Denny.Besides being a terrible interview, I was not in vomitas over the sight of the pisher king. No, it was the boy trying to compete with Tweety for wordspace; it was the petulant pursed lips who thought he was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/116005859379374697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=116005859379374697&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116005859379374697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/116005859379374697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/laesch-scores-big-on-hastert-scandal.html' title='Laesch Scores Big On Hastert Scandal.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115998398474348234</id><published>2006-10-04T12:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-04T12:46:24.803-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Because He's Not A Pedophile.</title><summary type='text'>The frantic state of the Republican party is fast becoming the culmination of their own clusterfuck of policies and lies.Yesterday's announcement by Mark Foley's attorney that the disgraced former congressman is an alcoholic who was accosted by a member of the clergy at a young age, and is not a pedophile is not only the latest example of the shameful practices of Republicans. It's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115998398474348234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115998398474348234&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115998398474348234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115998398474348234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/because-hes-not-pedophile.html' title='Because He&apos;s Not A Pedophile.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115993511224688364</id><published>2006-10-03T23:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-03T23:11:52.286-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hastert: Foley Outing Suspicious.</title><summary type='text'>Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert tells Slanthead the timing of Mark Foley's outing as an alleged child smells like a dirty trick.Interesting to not that Hannity now has "tiny stars" ad flashing on the bottom of his home page.Oh, yes. And that he runs an internet dating service from his website for "like-minded conservatives."Hmmm. Looks fishy to me.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115993511224688364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115993511224688364&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115993511224688364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115993511224688364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/hastert-foley-outing-suspicious.html' title='Hastert: Foley Outing Suspicious.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115984311109704067</id><published>2006-10-02T21:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T21:38:31.140-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ooo, Baby, It's A Wild World.</title><summary type='text'>While disgraced former congressman Mark Foley was hoping today that someone -- anyone -- would buy the alcoholic excuse for asking 16 year-old boys to measure their penises, Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert was stepping on his.Hastert's letter to the FBI asking for an investigation into Foley's alleged predatory practices focuses on a specific request to investigate those outside his leadership circle, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115984311109704067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115984311109704067&amp;isPopup=true' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115984311109704067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115984311109704067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/ooo-baby-its-wild-world.html' title='Ooo, Baby, It&apos;s A Wild World.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115972439104316960</id><published>2006-10-01T12:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-01T12:39:51.106-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Here's How You Do It, Stupid.</title><summary type='text'>Three cheers to the Laesch campaign for:a) planning a Saturday press conference to "take on" Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert on the Republican Hypocritical Cocksucker issue du jour.b) having your girlfriend/campaign manager send out a late-night email asking attendees to wear their purple Laesch t-shirts, but only if they're going to attend (people with questions were told to not wear their campaign </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115972439104316960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115972439104316960&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115972439104316960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115972439104316960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/10/heres-how-you-do-it-stupid.html' title='Here&apos;s How You Do It, Stupid.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115957361091450794</id><published>2006-09-29T18:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T18:46:50.970-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday Night Cock... Sucker.</title><summary type='text'>Good Riddance to Mark Foley.Who, by the way, did not know (let alone suspect) that Foley was in flames?This, ABC now says, is only the tip of the iceberg.God-Damned Liars and Weirdos.Family Values? Jesus H. Christ in a Steam Room!Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert's boy on teenage predator control.Heh.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115957361091450794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115957361091450794&amp;isPopup=true' title='31 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115957361091450794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115957361091450794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/09/friday-night-cock-sucker.html' title='Friday Night Cock... Sucker.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>31</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115907638809629705</id><published>2006-09-24T00:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T00:39:48.133-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hope Fades.</title><summary type='text'>All around the mulberry bushThe monkey chased the weasel.The monkey thought 'twas all in fun.Pop! goes the weasel.A penny for a spool of thread,A penny for a needle.That's the way the money goes.Pop! goes the weasel.Up and down the City Road,In and out of the Eagle,That's the way the money goes.Pop! goes the weasel.Half a pound of tuppenney rice,Half a pound of treacle,Mix it up and make it nice,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115907638809629705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115907638809629705&amp;isPopup=true' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115907638809629705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115907638809629705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/09/hope-fades.html' title='Hope Fades.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115833738331255493</id><published>2006-09-15T10:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T11:23:03.393-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Return of the Unremitting Asshole.</title><summary type='text'>I concluded long ago that Tony Snow is an asshole, but never did I actually believe that he was as fucking bananas as the rest of the Right Wing nutzoids out there.To have George W. Bush stand up in front of a crowd of reporters now, more than at any other time (especially with Bush's recent admission of secret CIA global torture operations, and his insistence on creation of new law to allow him </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115833738331255493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115833738331255493&amp;isPopup=true' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115833738331255493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115833738331255493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/09/return-of-unremitting-asshole.html' title='Return of the Unremitting Asshole.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115824748688258863</id><published>2006-09-14T10:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T10:24:46.963-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Hope.</title><summary type='text'>Catching up on the events of the past few weeks, I came across an interesting video at Video Dog.As I say quite a lot, if you don't currently hold an online subscription at Salon.com, get one. It's good stuff dished up regularly throughout the day and night.I used to say that the day Matt Lauer turned into a fucking journalist, I'd probably start watching the Today Show again.Well, when TV hosts </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115824748688258863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115824748688258863&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115824748688258863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115824748688258863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/09/new-hope.html' title='A New Hope.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115820258524706024</id><published>2006-09-13T21:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T21:56:25.280-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Here's To A Great Lady.</title><summary type='text'>Former Texas Governor, Ann Richards, is dead at 73.You were so great, so loved. You will be missed beyond a simple expression of words.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115820258524706024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115820258524706024&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115820258524706024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115820258524706024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/09/heres-to-great-lady.html' title='Here&apos;s To A Great Lady.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115774115508227060</id><published>2006-09-08T13:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-08T14:30:55.500-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What a Tool.</title><summary type='text'>Incredible, gentle readers. I have finally come up with the appropriate combination of Friday Cock Pictures and a news item (of sorts) in a single post.Yes, it's true. The Kendall County Democratic "organization" that the young pisher king is so proud of is full of tools. In fact, Powertools, as it were. Kind of like this one, I think.By the way, I have no idea if the website where I found this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115774115508227060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115774115508227060&amp;isPopup=true' title='88 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115774115508227060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115774115508227060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-tool.html' title='What a Tool.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>88</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115748006802587244</id><published>2006-09-05T12:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T13:14:28.363-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I Have Returned.</title><summary type='text'>Once again, I've enjoyed the comments and a number of emails. Thanks to the many fine readers who asked "where the fuck" I was. I do appreciate the hell out of it.Just returned from LA last night, after which I just drove around all night listening to Jerry Jeff Walker's LA Freeway. Cried my eyes dry. I've been there, off and on for the past three weeks. And I have hair on my arms. There. Now the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115748006802587244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115748006802587244&amp;isPopup=true' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115748006802587244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115748006802587244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-have-returned.html' title='I Have Returned.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115631150571026667</id><published>2006-08-23T00:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T00:38:25.740-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank God George W. Bush Is Our President.</title><summary type='text'>Garrisson Keillor is superlative, as usual, in today's Salon. It's nice to see him take a piece out of "America's Mayor's" ass, too.Anyobody thinking about voting for that turncoat cocksucker Rudy Guiliani should read Keillor closely from this point on. He's got Rudy's number.And remember his signature quote from the 2004 GOP Scare-Mongering Whore Festival in NYC: "Thank God George W. Bush Is Our</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115631150571026667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115631150571026667&amp;isPopup=true' title='50 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115631150571026667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115631150571026667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/08/thank-god-george-w-bush-is-our.html' title='Thank God George W. Bush Is Our President.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>50</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115620838120068746</id><published>2006-08-21T19:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T19:59:41.263-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hastert Getting Dis'ed By Conservatives.</title><summary type='text'>At the end of this whackjob Conservative Voice piece about Jan Schakowsky, there is a clear Conservative voice dissing Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert for his role in derailing the other whackjobs in Congress on illegal immigration.Interesting.So why is it that the Democratic candidate can't even muster more than 33% (his own poll numbers) among registered Democrats? Of course, the poll was taken back </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115620838120068746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115620838120068746&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115620838120068746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115620838120068746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/08/hastert-getting-dised-by-conservatives.html' title='Hastert Getting Dis&apos;ed By Conservatives.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115611331253508212</id><published>2006-08-20T17:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T18:01:28.920-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Something New in Republican Circles.</title><summary type='text'>Gosh. Honesty.I know Hagel's been pissed off at Bush for our country's latest Viet Nam adventure, but I didn't really pick him to be so full of candor this close to the mid-term elections, in which Republicans face an increasingly hostile electorate.Just the same, by bet is that this "McCain II" will sooner or later backtrack and talk about Conservative values and how much the country can trust </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115611331253508212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115611331253508212&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115611331253508212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115611331253508212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/08/something-new-in-republican-circles.html' title='Something New in Republican Circles.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115611379072908412</id><published>2006-08-20T17:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T17:43:10.763-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Secret Weapon.</title><summary type='text'>First Lady Lightweight is upping her travel plans. Look out!Like that's gonna fucking do anything for these monsters?The very fact that this moron's coffee-brewing, enabling, Lahbarryan spouse is able to show her face in public is an example of the difference between mainstream Democrats and Republicans. Say the name "Hillary" and it reinforces my point.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115611379072908412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115611379072908412&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115611379072908412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115611379072908412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/08/secret-weapon.html' title='The Secret Weapon.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115595120254908728</id><published>2006-08-18T20:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T20:33:22.576-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday Night Cock Pictures.</title><summary type='text'>Just one tonight. I've been in a surly mood lately.Enjoy the ride, girls. And boys: no silly comments.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115595120254908728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115595120254908728&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115595120254908728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115595120254908728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/08/friday-night-cock-pictures.html' title='Friday Night Cock Pictures.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115594039846023487</id><published>2006-08-18T17:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T17:33:18.463-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rodney King's Words, Not Mine.</title><summary type='text'>Not that I wouldn't like to emulate the inimitable Mr. King... actually scratch that. But wasn't Rodney King the one who implored everyone with the line, "Can't we all just get along?"?Comments on this blog are free and easy, but those that suggest the slightest whiff of a threat of any kind to a government leader (like him or not) will not be tolerated.I've been quite amused the increase in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115594039846023487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115594039846023487&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115594039846023487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115594039846023487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/08/rodney-kings-words-not-mine.html' title='Rodney King&apos;s Words, Not Mine.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115582321388702448</id><published>2006-08-17T08:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T09:00:13.946-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If I Knew You &amp; You Knew Me.</title><summary type='text'>If I knew you and you knew me,If both of us could clearly see,And with an inner sight divine,The meaning of your heart and mine,I'm sure that we would differ less,And clasp our hands in friendliness;Our thoughts would pleasantly agree,If I knew you and you knew me~Nixon WatermanOne of the greatest poems ever written.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115582321388702448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115582321388702448&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115582321388702448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115582321388702448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/08/if-i-knew-you-you-knew-me.html' title='If I Knew You &amp; You Knew Me.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115567080947441748</id><published>2006-08-15T14:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T14:40:09.536-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And Now! Will The Real... HRC... Please... Stand UP!</title><summary type='text'>Ah, the sweet voice of the loveable Johnny Olson of the original "To Tell The Truth" game show of the '50s and '60s.You know things are bad for John Laesch when he's getting whacked over the head by Rich Miller, a respected journalist and author of The Capitol Fax Blog, with a headline like "John Laesh Is A Jerk."Time for the boy to pack up his bags and go back to the dairy business in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115567080947441748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115567080947441748&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115567080947441748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115567080947441748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/08/and-now-will-real-hrc-please-stand-up.html' title='And Now! Will The Real... HRC... Please... Stand UP!'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115543463343653122</id><published>2006-08-12T20:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T21:05:41.846-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I Doubt He's a 38C.</title><summary type='text'>This morning, I awoke from a long funk to an interesting email with a soapblox chicago link in it. The message (from another blogger) was was my first tip that I am a man named Mark Blackman.This, at least according to a delusional misfit who's running for Congress who has a long record of not playing well with others, is a fact.Well, it's not.Heh.Feel free to do your own research on this blog as</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115543463343653122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115543463343653122&amp;isPopup=true' title='43 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115543463343653122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115543463343653122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-doubt-hes-38c.html' title='I Doubt He&apos;s a 38C.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>43</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115376349090431812</id><published>2006-07-24T12:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-24T12:51:30.930-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Get Out Of The Way.</title><summary type='text'>You've undoubtedly heard the old adage that if you "can't lead, learn to follow or get the hell out of the way."How sweet the sound of late as we hear Newt Gingrich ramping up the volume on his "World War III" nonsense, Secretary of State Ferragamo yakking about not wanting a ceasefire in the Mideast crisis between Israel and Hezbollah, and King George's shallow, idiotic comment that once that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115376349090431812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115376349090431812&amp;isPopup=true' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115376349090431812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115376349090431812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/get-out-of-way_24.html' title='Get Out Of The Way.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115322239839095175</id><published>2006-07-18T06:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-18T06:33:18.453-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And This Started When?</title><summary type='text'>It's like going to the doctor, who upon hearing your symptoms, is puzzled at your delay making the appointment.Israel has been bombing the shit out of Lebanon for five days now, and the government of the U.S. is now mobilizing... to send a cruise ship to pick up some of the 25,000 Americans still stranded there.I'm not up on the math, but I'm pretty sure one cruise ship is not going to make much </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115322239839095175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115322239839095175&amp;isPopup=true' title='135 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115322239839095175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115322239839095175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/and-this-started-when.html' title='And This Started When?'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>135</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115293266050869682</id><published>2006-07-14T22:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-14T22:04:20.590-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AP Hastert Story Not the Whole Story.</title><summary type='text'>While this may seem to set aside rumors that the condition is not as serious as it could be, think back to the number of times the media has mentioned Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert's diabetes.OK. Done thinking? You're just now finding out?The story does not mention that he is considered an "insulin diabetic" by those close to him, and that he is known to give himself a shot before binges on sweets. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115293266050869682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115293266050869682&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115293266050869682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115293266050869682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/ap-hastert-story-not-whole-story.html' title='AP Hastert Story Not the Whole Story.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115283545158530910</id><published>2006-07-13T19:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-13T19:04:11.586-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Precisely.</title><summary type='text'>I've already been notified that the link to the "Red Buttons With A Blonde Babe" photo is now working.Exactly. See what I mean?He's either having coffee with Ken Lay in the basement of the White House, or he's been killed.God Damn it.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115283545158530910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115283545158530910&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115283545158530910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115283545158530910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/precisely.html' title='Precisely.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115283507641870306</id><published>2006-07-13T18:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-13T18:57:56.446-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Fuck The Poseidon Adventure, Part II.</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, that's right. I said it.I'm bitter that Red Buttons, the immortal redhead Renaissance man of Vaudeville, born in 1840, is dead.Now I'll never know what happens to Gene Hackman in the sequel.God Damn it.Anybody who looks at the photo link here will see an important clue into his death, too, btw.The link is dead. Just like Red Buttons.God Damn it. Where does the madness stop?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115283507641870306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115283507641870306&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115283507641870306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115283507641870306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/fuck-poseidon-adventure-part-ii.html' title='Fuck The Poseidon Adventure, Part II.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115283475470842957</id><published>2006-07-13T18:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-13T18:52:34.736-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comedian Red Buttons Dead at 87.</title><summary type='text'>Another reason to drink.I thought this guy was going to live forever.The world is about to end.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115283475470842957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115283475470842957&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115283475470842957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115283475470842957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/comedian-red-buttons-dead-at-87.html' title='Comedian Red Buttons Dead at 87.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115283357365556885</id><published>2006-07-13T18:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-13T18:32:53.680-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hastert Hospitalized.</title><summary type='text'>For a grossly overweight diabetic who is known to give himself the odd insulin shot to ward off the after-effects of overeating and sweets binges, I'm not surprised at this.One other thing to consider: He would not be entitled to such care had he not entered "government service" as a Congressman.Oh, yes. And there's that other thing of Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert holding a position against regular </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115283357365556885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115283357365556885&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115283357365556885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115283357365556885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/hastert-hospitalized.html' title='Hastert Hospitalized.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115280166803454729</id><published>2006-07-13T09:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-13T09:41:08.683-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Diesel Smoke &amp; Mirrors.</title><summary type='text'>When I read the posts from a campaigner recently that they had been test-driving this great new Jeep Liberty Diesel model that gets such great mileage, it was the first I'd heard of it.Like many, I've been yearning for Diesel engines to make a comeback since GM thoroughly botched its Diesel strategy in the '80s. Diesel is a cleaner fuel, and the turbo models are probably the most efficient </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115280166803454729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115280166803454729&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115280166803454729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115280166803454729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/diesel-smoke-mirrors.html' title='Diesel Smoke &amp; Mirrors.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115279742193361866</id><published>2006-07-13T08:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-13T08:30:22.373-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Speaker Hastert Hails Rapture.</title><summary type='text'>How's that look in a headline?There are about 300 press releases in Hastert's multi-million dollar press operation's archive with the word "hail" in the headline.It just seems fitting that he would "hail" the end of the world as we know it, as it appears to be unfolding in the Middle East.At some point today or tomorrow, I'm counting on someone in the GOP to blame Bill Clinton for this. At about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115279742193361866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115279742193361866&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115279742193361866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115279742193361866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/speaker-hastert-hails-rapture.html' title='Speaker Hastert Hails Rapture.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115266263045688375</id><published>2006-07-11T19:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-11T19:03:50.486-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank Gog.</title><summary type='text'>The scourge of internet gambling is finally behind us!Anybody think the gambling lobby bought and paid for this legislation?Gee. I dunno.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115266263045688375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115266263045688375&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115266263045688375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115266263045688375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/thank-gog.html' title='Thank Gog.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115257748681355014</id><published>2006-07-10T19:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-10T19:24:46.880-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't Be Fooled.</title><summary type='text'>There is an old saying about the one who will suffer a fool.That was my immediate reaction to the story of Pete Hoekstra's story that the Bush administration may have broken the law in its pursuit of "the terrorists."Don't buy it for a minute. Since the days of Reagan, when it became sacrilege, above all, to speak ill of another Conservative. This is most likely just a ruse to pacify the voters </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115257748681355014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115257748681355014&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115257748681355014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115257748681355014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/dont-be-fooled.html' title='Don&apos;t Be Fooled.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115253739368729687</id><published>2006-07-10T08:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-10T08:16:33.806-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Diplomacy in the Bush II Era.</title><summary type='text'>Never mind the "legacy" he's trying to work on now. We have plenty of evidence of the legacy of this president who has taken advantage of every possible loophole to naked power and secrecy.And now we have this little bit of cheery news.Wonder how Poppy feels about that?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115253739368729687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115253739368729687&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115253739368729687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115253739368729687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/diplomacy-in-bush-ii-era.html' title='Diplomacy in the Bush II Era.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115233176444402704</id><published>2006-07-07T23:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-07T23:09:24.480-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Heh.</title><summary type='text'>This is very funny. Like I believe he's really laughing inside.Cocksucker.What sounds like "Prick" and starts out with the same sound as the word, "Prick?"Tom DeLay. Prick.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115233176444402704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115233176444402704&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115233176444402704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115233176444402704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/heh.html' title='Heh.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115227912091377234</id><published>2006-07-07T08:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-07T08:32:00.953-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Go Home!</title><summary type='text'>President Bush,Go home to Connecticut. Chicago does not like you.Your pal,HRC</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115227912091377234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115227912091377234&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115227912091377234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115227912091377234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/go-home.html' title='&lt;i&gt;Go Home!&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115223235917098514</id><published>2006-07-06T19:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-08T09:10:58.933-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just How Far?</title><summary type='text'>Just how far can a group of political neophytes go when given a little power? History (at least what I've seen during my tenure, at any rate) says pretty far.The difference here, of course, is bandwidth. Give them a "management" spot, and it's all over.All of a sudden, you have totalitarianism. Unbridled power. Shit!This was the result of my posts at SBC last week before I hurriedly packed and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115223235917098514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115223235917098514&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115223235917098514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115223235917098514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/just-how-far.html' title='Just How Far?'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115216322118327426</id><published>2006-07-06T14:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-06T14:21:36.963-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Footnote on Libel.</title><summary type='text'>Even though it falls on deaf ears and cannot penetrate the skulls of those for which this is intended, here is a bit of information for the folks who have told me that leaking certain details of John Laesch's alleged drinking problem (which I've been told only seems to become apparent when in the vicinity of bare-chested young women) is potentially libelous.The burden of proof is on the public </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115216322118327426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115216322118327426&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115216322118327426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115216322118327426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/footnote-on-libel.html' title='Footnote on Libel.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115216240077010533</id><published>2006-07-06T12:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-06T13:51:49.403-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"User Standards."</title><summary type='text'>Among the "found items" of late, lookie here what I got while I was out of town:From: "Carolyn Shannon" (chicagoliberal@gmail.com)To: "Steve Aldrich" (saldrich@gmail.com), (et al.)Subject: user standards on SB/CDate: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:27:52 -0500In the past few months there have been a number of false accusations posted on SB/C, and a number of unsubstantiated rumors.  Unfortunately for SB/C, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115216240077010533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115216240077010533&amp;isPopup=true' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115216240077010533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115216240077010533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/user-standards.html' title='&quot;User Standards.&quot;'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115216098081988697</id><published>2006-07-05T23:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-06T00:38:08.223-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, My Goodness.</title><summary type='text'>It seems "folks" over at SBC (link is now missing from my blog) are cumming (sic) up with their own definitions of libel again. My, oh, my.Even mental masturbation has its limits, though.I should also mention that the other software I use to track usage shows that the Hastert office has hit 50MO several times today (lookie here). Guess they know I know a couple things...Hi!!Well, before launching</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115216098081988697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115216098081988697&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115216098081988697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115216098081988697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/oh-my-goodness.html' title='Oh, My Goodness.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115214473322214475</id><published>2006-07-05T19:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-05T19:12:13.223-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Back in Black.</title><summary type='text'>What a wonderful Independence Day vacation.Just got back, and after checking mail already see that there are at least a couple of asses that need a good kicking.More later.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115214473322214475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115214473322214475&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115214473322214475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115214473322214475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/back-in-black.html' title='Back in Black.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115214465504177118</id><published>2006-07-05T18:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-05T19:10:55.083-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Going Nuclear.</title><summary type='text'>Will North Korea actually drive the U.S. back to the U.N.?Great question. But you have to wonder if the Bushies are serious when they use the argument that the "whole world" spoke out today against N. Korea.That's actually the purpose of the United Nations, which is why I have no problem with that response.But knowing this pack of unique assholes is another thing; I have a bigger problem with our</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115214465504177118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115214465504177118&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115214465504177118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115214465504177118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/07/going-nuclear.html' title='Going Nuclear.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115169007168252195</id><published>2006-06-30T12:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-30T12:54:31.730-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Liberal Excesses.</title><summary type='text'>The Independence Day Weekend approaches like a heat-seeking missile.And what better way to spend this hallowed holiday than by celebrating our tradition of "Liberal Excesses."For starters, here's how my next couple days are booked:• Observe, then perform, several abortions.• Attend a flag-burning party.• Celebrate the Destruction of Marriage As We Know It.• Try to figure out what the hell that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115169007168252195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115169007168252195&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115169007168252195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115169007168252195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/liberal-excesses.html' title='Liberal Excesses.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115168457268557439</id><published>2006-06-30T11:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-30T11:22:52.730-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No Taxation Without Representation!</title><summary type='text'>Remember that little bit from history? That's correct! We declared our independence from Fat King George and fought our own Revolution in 1776 on that very principle.What strikes me about all the news of the current King George's "signing statements" is that no one seems to have brought up the fact that he's essentially erasing the opinions of 538 elected lawmakers in Washington, officials whose </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115168457268557439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115168457268557439&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115168457268557439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115168457268557439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/no-taxation-without-representation.html' title='No Taxation Without Representation!'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115163778682259563</id><published>2006-06-30T08:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-30T08:20:20.996-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank You, Dope.</title><summary type='text'>Just spied the most beatiful -- and ápropos -- quote on the Inside Dope's marvelous new heading.Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.~Oscar WildeWell, that one needs to go somewhere on the old blog, now don't it?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115163778682259563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115163778682259563&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115163778682259563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115163778682259563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/thank-you-dope.html' title='Thank You, Dope.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115163721753123307</id><published>2006-06-29T22:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-29T22:13:37.563-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank God George Bush Is Our President.</title><summary type='text'>Osama Bin Laden has released yet another tape. Anybody else bothered by the fact that this guy has more fucking tapes out now than Pat Boone?Over the past weekend, I had the pleasure of seeing a friend of mine "smacked" down on the issue of whether or not 9/11 would have happened under Gore. Of all people, the most conservative member of our circle piped up, "Uh... no. Bush did nothing for nine </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115163721753123307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115163721753123307&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115163721753123307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115163721753123307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/thank-god-george-bush-is-our-president.html' title='Thank God George Bush Is Our President.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115160205122877563</id><published>2006-06-29T12:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-29T12:27:31.286-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Johnny Laptop."</title><summary type='text'>There are a couple of good reasons why a young fellow might be known as "Johnny Laptop."The first, obvious one, is that the fellow's name is "Johnny" (maybe Jon, Jonny, John, etc.). But the Laptop thing might be problematic.Maybe it's because he's always seen fiddling around with a laptop PC while working on the Kucinich campaign.Maybe it's because he's known among a few people on the Kucinich </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115160205122877563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115160205122877563&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115160205122877563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115160205122877563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/johnny-laptop.html' title='&quot;Johnny Laptop.&quot;'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115155623349947980</id><published>2006-06-28T23:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-29T11:50:50.683-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Inventing Fear.</title><summary type='text'>It was one thing when we were told (usually whenever there was bad news coming for the Bush administration) the terror alert system had been triggered, and we were under threat of imminent danger... well, we went to red alert or something.It is quite another, however, when there is a concerted effort to trick the nation into believing the news media, and especially the New York Times, is giving </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115155623349947980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115155623349947980&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115155623349947980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115155623349947980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/inventing-fear.html' title='Inventing Fear.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115155399090511770</id><published>2006-06-28T22:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T23:06:30.940-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Real-Live News Roundup.</title><summary type='text'>Hard as it is to believe, the slow news day I preached about earlier has changed. Of course, it's for the worse.Thank God George Bush Is Our President.Welcome, Rapture.We're Still Waiting For The "Good Science."No way should man has caused this, nor is it the fault of the U.S.You Want To Go Where?Are these guys fuckin' high? Of course, you know that NPR's funding will be cut. Just like Amtrak's.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115155399090511770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115155399090511770&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115155399090511770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115155399090511770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/real-live-news-roundup.html' title='Real-Live News Roundup.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115152330467780823</id><published>2006-06-28T14:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T14:35:04.723-05:00</updated><title type='text'>News Values.</title><summary type='text'>Not that I have a problem with penis pump stories in the back of the main news section, or the free use of clinical terms for the human anatomy in news headlines, like "Cocksucker Bites Dick Off of Alligator," or "Pussies Abound In New Disney Hit."It's obviously a slow news day when this shit gets churned to the top of the heap.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115152330467780823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115152330467780823&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115152330467780823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115152330467780823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/news-values.html' title='News Values.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115143186729903692</id><published>2006-06-27T12:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T13:11:07.356-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rush Limpbaugh.</title><summary type='text'>Jesus Crimony. How embarrassing is this?While there is a problem with this, based on the loudmouth's previous comments on-air about sex and matrimony, and his statements about the ads for these products (and how he does not need them), I would not even think of giving this hemorrhoidal asshole ammo for an invasion of privacy case.Just the same, serves this Monumental Cocksucker right.Anybody </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115143186729903692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115143186729903692&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115143186729903692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115143186729903692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/rush-limpbaugh.html' title='Rush Limpbaugh.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115142915292847080</id><published>2006-06-27T12:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T12:25:53.006-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Denny Hastert Doesn't (heart) NPR.</title><summary type='text'>From Marketplace last night:Since 1999 Speaker Dennis Hastert has returned to Waterfall Resort almost every year, according to the resort's staff. Last year he used almost $25,000 from his political action committee to pay for the trip. How he paid during the other years is unclear.It's possible that Speaker Hastert and Senator Lott financed their trips themselves. Marketplace asked the lawmakers</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115142915292847080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115142915292847080&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115142915292847080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115142915292847080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/denny-hastert-doesnt-heart-npr.html' title='Denny Hastert Doesn&apos;t (heart) NPR.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115142817561672361</id><published>2006-06-27T12:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T12:09:35.676-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Any Ideas, Anyone?</title><summary type='text'>Anyone have any ideas why Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert voted NO on requiring Federal employees to subject themselves to a random drug screening?I can think of two, and I know that I'm not imagining.OOPS! Almost gave it away!Go to it, smarties.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115142817561672361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115142817561672361&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115142817561672361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115142817561672361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/any-ideas-anyone.html' title='Any Ideas, Anyone?'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115127057600988739</id><published>2006-06-25T15:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-26T08:47:32.690-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Why General Motors is Full of Shit.</title><summary type='text'>When I read the news about GM's fall -- the loss of thousands of good paying jobs, the loss of worker's pensions, and all the rest of the bad news the company has heaped on the backs of blue-collar and middle-class America during my lifetime -- I honestly have to balance it with the rest of the ongoing saga of the mega-carmaker.This is a company that has only recently begun the process of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115127057600988739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115127057600988739&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115127057600988739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115127057600988739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/why-general-motors-is-full-of-shit.html' title='Why General Motors is Full of Shit.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115082335666884593</id><published>2006-06-20T11:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-20T12:09:17.076-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Send In The Clowns.</title><summary type='text'>One of the favorite old saws to rocket from the lips of Republicans today is "the Democrats have no plan."This is a familiar pattern with Republicans; keep saying it and it will become true. Of course, you and I know that's impossible. Nothing becomes true with repetition. Republicans simply play on the notion that if enough people begin to hear the same thing over and over again as the story is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115082335666884593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115082335666884593&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115082335666884593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115082335666884593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/send-in-clowns.html' title='Send In The Clowns.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115072325717218711</id><published>2006-06-19T08:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-19T08:20:57.206-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Your Federal Government In Action.</title><summary type='text'>Remember the "party of national security" bit that played so well among the throngs of morons in the last election cycle?Here's how well our Bushy-Fristy-Hastert government is keeping us safe.And again, another fine example.What was that line that Paul O'Neill used to describe Bush's cabinet meetings? A blind man in a room full of deaf people?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115072325717218711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115072325717218711&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115072325717218711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115072325717218711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/your-federal-government-in-action.html' title='Your Federal Government In Action.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115049714782818953</id><published>2006-06-16T17:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-16T17:35:47.130-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday Night Cock Pictures.</title><summary type='text'>For BuzzFlash visitors, this is what we tend to do around here.Because we're so fucking far out of the loop. And we're desperate.Other blogs do "Friday Cat Blogging."Well... They're pussies. We look at cocks of all stripes out here.And besides, Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert has been our congressman for 20 years.It's pretty fucked up. Really.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115049714782818953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115049714782818953&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115049714782818953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115049714782818953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/friday-night-cock-pictures.html' title='Friday Night Cock Pictures.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115049627898847265</id><published>2006-06-16T17:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-16T17:17:59.060-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What Democrats Should Have Done Today.</title><summary type='text'>Walked out. Simple.Sometimes, walking away is the best way to say, Fuck You.And in a stupid, political trap that says nothing more than "We spent a million dollars of taxpayer money today to hold a vote that traps the opposition party with the question: Are you with us or against us?" it should be a non-starter.Question for Alison: Why don't leadership people recommend this on "trap" votes like </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115049627898847265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115049627898847265&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115049627898847265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115049627898847265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-democrats-should-have-done-today.html' title='What Democrats Should Have Done Today.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115043095073351361</id><published>2006-06-15T23:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T23:09:10.766-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What No One Gets.</title><summary type='text'>What no one outside this area really gets is that it's not what Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert owns that's near the Parkway.It's what he owns that's  not in the path of the Parkway.This knife cuts in both directions. Go get it, Lynn. If you still have balls.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115043095073351361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115043095073351361&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115043095073351361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115043095073351361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-no-one-gets.html' title='What No One Gets.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115042622734233448</id><published>2006-06-15T21:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T21:50:27.390-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hastert Family Values.</title><summary type='text'>Since Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert now has his lawyers speaking for him whenever it becomes apparent that his dick has been run through the wringer again, I decided to seek the counsel of my own today before posting more about Tollgate Property.Here's what I am allowed to say. The rest is left to intrepid reporters and watchdogs to uncover and/or reveal the details, which are none too kind to Mr. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115042622734233448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115042622734233448&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115042622734233448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115042622734233448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/hastert-family-values.html' title='Hastert Family Values.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115037886967133038</id><published>2006-06-15T08:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T08:41:09.673-05:00</updated><title type='text'>An Open Letter to Governor Rod Blagojevich.</title><summary type='text'>Mr. Governor,Greetings again.I have asked you numerous times from this venue to halt Dennis Hastert's "Prairie Parkway" plan, which has now been moved forward by IDOT. All the while, I have been careful to avoid making this seem like a vendetta against the Speaker.While the rumors that Mr. Hastert and his business partners were involved in land trusts have for years been among the biggest open </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115037886967133038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115037886967133038&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115037886967133038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115037886967133038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/open-letter-to-governor-rod.html' title='An Open Letter to Governor Rod Blagojevich.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115037827323405360</id><published>2006-06-15T08:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T08:31:13.286-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Quiet Backroom Dealer?</title><summary type='text'>Don't ask John Boehner to bet on it.I was long curious about the "Tollgate Properties" item on Hastert's disclosures.Last year, when Don Hastert, Denny's uncle, passed away, I went to work on it.When I give you some of the details of how Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert came by this property in the first place, you will quickly see that this mild-mannered backroom dealer of quiet deals is one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115037827323405360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115037827323405360&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115037827323405360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115037827323405360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/quiet-backroom-dealer.html' title='Quiet Backroom Dealer?'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115037716052692174</id><published>2006-06-15T08:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T08:12:40.580-05:00</updated><title type='text'>RUSH: Tribune Nails Hastert On Land Grab.</title><summary type='text'>This morning's Chicago Tribune has some bad news for Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert and his land-grabbing partners, stating the facts of his profit for land along the route of the Hastert Highway.While Ron Bonjean poo-poos the notion that anything was going on, I found the Google search criteria on this visit curious as I checked the logs last night.Perhaps, of course, someone was just doing a little </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115037716052692174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115037716052692174&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115037716052692174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115037716052692174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/rush-tribune-nails-hastert-on-land.html' title='RUSH: Tribune Nails Hastert On Land Grab.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115037626229966552</id><published>2006-06-15T07:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T07:57:42.360-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Love.</title><summary type='text'>It is nothing but love that compells me to post this wonderful shot of chickenhawks Tony Snow and Dan Bartlett, both of whom appear to be on the verge of spraying vomit all over each other when they took their really cool helicopter ride.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115028914295580028</id><published>2006-06-14T07:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-14T07:45:43.026-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Denny Hastert's MO.</title><summary type='text'>The House is dripping with cynicism this morning after Denny Hastert's House Appropriations Committee Chairman yesterday approved a measure designed to be shot down on the House floor.Why in the world would the House Appropriations Committee pass a measure to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 (the first measure of its kind from House Republicans in a decade)?Because the House Appropriations </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115028914295580028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115028914295580028&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115028914295580028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115028914295580028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/denny-hasterts-mo.html' title='Denny Hastert&apos;s MO.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115028637318940063</id><published>2006-06-14T06:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-14T06:59:33.250-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gone, But Not Forgotten.</title><summary type='text'>Know that big, fat boost you got in your 401K this past statement, when you look at the reported earnings from Jan 1, 06?Well, kiss that goodbye.Matter of fact, we're headed back down to the scratch territory from Jan 1, 2000, really soon.The MBA President. Good for the economy.Quiet Backroom Dealer. Good for Congress. Gets things done.The Grownups Are Back.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115028637318940063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115028637318940063&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115028637318940063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115028637318940063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/gone-but-not-forgotten.html' title='Gone, But Not Forgotten.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115016766086317743</id><published>2006-06-12T21:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-12T22:01:00.866-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Denny Hastert (hearts) Merceneries.</title><summary type='text'>That's why the payment and details of the great works of professional merceneries in Iraq is being kept secret.To the tune of BILLIONS of your tax dollars. That's your money.Because we have a Congress that says that's OK.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115016766086317743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115016766086317743&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115016766086317743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115016766086317743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/denny-hastert-hearts-merceneries.html' title='Denny Hastert (hearts) Merceneries.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-115016744779739414</id><published>2006-06-12T21:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-12T21:57:27.850-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nightmares.</title><summary type='text'>Between my new store turning into a hellish nightmare of technical snafus this past week, blogger going into a suicidal spiral on multiple days, this story about a judge getting shot today and the Attorney General of the United States causing a mass evacuation of Florida,* What the Fuck is this World Coming To?*The last part is not yet verified.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/115016744779739414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=115016744779739414&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115016744779739414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/115016744779739414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/nightmares.html' title='Nightmares.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-114981636696460193</id><published>2006-06-08T20:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-08T20:26:06.980-05:00</updated><title type='text'>RIP Blogger.</title><summary type='text'>May have to give some thought to life and blogging while Blogger/Blogspot takes another bit of time off for some "unexpected maintenance."  See you later.  I hope. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/114981636696460193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=114981636696460193&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114981636696460193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114981636696460193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/rip-blogger.html' title='RIP Blogger.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-114981150285403408</id><published>2006-06-08T19:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-08T19:05:02.883-05:00</updated><title type='text'>In So Many Words.</title><summary type='text'>Vice President Dick "Dick" Cheney tells Sen. Arlen Specter to go fuck himself.Specter says he's going to get really mad, make a lot of press, then do nothing about it.This is a pair of assholes who were simply made for each other.I used to have a lot of respect for Specter, but he's been completely out of touch with these assholes, aiding and abetting the criminals every step of the way.What a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/114981150285403408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=114981150285403408&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114981150285403408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114981150285403408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/in-so-many-words.html' title='In So Many Words.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-114979252655115223</id><published>2006-06-08T13:22:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-08T13:48:46.603-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You Know What They Say.</title><summary type='text'>The only good motherfucker is a dead one.So here's to you, Zarkawi, or whatever your real name was. I'll have a big drink on you this evening and take a piss on this last and best image of you. (I'm liking this one quite a bit, too.)You know, I would really like to think that this will do something... anything good would be nice for a change... in Iraq, but I just doubt it.What we have to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/114979252655115223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=114979252655115223&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114979252655115223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114979252655115223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/you-know-what-they-say_08.html' title='You Know What They Say.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-114974423640441555</id><published>2006-06-08T00:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-08T00:23:56.440-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Schmuck.</title><summary type='text'>Fred Upton is Denny "J. Dennis" Hastert's Schmuck of the Month for June.Get this:Chief supporter Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., said the new fines were appropriate for getting "the filth and triple-X smut off the public airwaves." Does anybody even know what the fuck this freak is talking about?Freddy: This is triple-X.This is probably more like what you're talking about.Why is this more important </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/114974423640441555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=114974423640441555&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114974423640441555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114974423640441555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/schmuck.html' title='Schmuck.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-114974312053809021</id><published>2006-06-08T00:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-08T00:05:20.566-05:00</updated><title type='text'>At Least I'm Thinkin' About It...</title><summary type='text'>I'm seriously thinking about being a Bikini Strangler. Maybe just a Bikini Killer.Just so I can make the top story on Fox and MSNBC.I'm only thinking about this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/114974312053809021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=114974312053809021&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114974312053809021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114974312053809021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/at-least-im-thinkin-about-it.html' title='At Least I&apos;m Thinkin&apos; About It...'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-114974107418986777</id><published>2006-06-07T23:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-07T23:31:14.300-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blumenthal in Salon.</title><summary type='text'>You must read this compelling piece, describing the yin and yang of the Bush Sr. and Jr. relationship. Hard to believe.Bush Sr. asked general to replace Rumsfeld. Sr. is rebuffed by Jr.Wow.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/114974107418986777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=114974107418986777&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114974107418986777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114974107418986777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/blumenthal-in-salon.html' title='Blumenthal in Salon.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062513.post-114973909175503387</id><published>2006-06-07T22:58:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-07T23:01:16.580-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome, Department of Justice.</title><summary type='text'> From the logs, I can see the daily visits from our good friends at the Justice Department.Welcome!Say, have you heard the one about the criminal records check in the Hastert family?Too Funny!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/feeds/114973909175503387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15062513&amp;postID=114973909175503387&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114973909175503387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15062513/posts/default/114973909175503387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://50milesout.blogspot.com/2006/06/welcome-department-of-justice.html' title='Welcome, Department of Justice.'/><author><name>HRC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17511400732331052092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://builttobe.typepad.com/photos/screenfoto/phantom.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
