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Idiots, Redux #1

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Folks, let's talk about a menace creeping across the nation. It may already be in your town or province. You may know someone who has succumbed. You may have already fallen victim. I am talking, of course, of "premium vodkas." What is vodka? Well, vodka is a grain alcohol and it can be made with wheat or potatoes, or in a pinch, rice. Here's how wikipedia defines it: Vodka is one of the world's most popular distilled beverages. It is a liquid containing water, ethanol purified by distillation from a fermented substance such as grain or molasses, and an insignificant amount of other substances: impurities and possibly flavorings. Except for various types of flavorings, vodka is a colorless liquid. Vodka usually has an alcohol content of 35% to 50% by volume. The classic Russian and Polish vodka is 40% (USA 80 proof). This can be attributed to the Russian standards for vodka production introduced in 1894 by Alexander III from research undertaken by the Russian chemi...

Idiots

Bill O'Reilly has been spouting off recently that the Daily Kos website is a "hate speech" site, just like the KKK. The KKK, of course, is an organization that does not like blacks, jews, catholics, gays, or just about anyone who isn't an inbred cracker. Cracker. Its like saying "nigger" but for white people. And I think "cracker" is a good way of describing a white person who still, in the 21st century, believes in eugenics and the young Earth. Bill O'Reilly is a rich cracker with a TV show, but he is a cracker none the less. He may himself be a Catholic, but for their purposes he would find many a friendly ally in the ranks of the Ku Klux Klan. Here is an article in Esquire about a little museum some crackers built in Kentucky, a state I can only forgive its continued existence because it keeps the Jim Beam coming. James Dobson, a prominent conservative Christian spokesman, compares the Supreme Court to the Ku Klux Klan. Pat Robertson, anot...