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...Affirmative action is supposed to counter racism, but it uses racism," said Adam J. Wieczorek, a University of Michigan senior...
...Santa crawling down a chimney with a sack full of toys began to grate on my developing rationality. I enumerated a number of problems with the "Santa Hypothesis" ordered by degree of disquietude created: 1) The Logistical Problem: Too many houses existed to visit them all in one night. Counter-argument: Santa might have been able to slowdown or stop time. 2) The Production Problem: The availability of raw materials at the North Pole seemed fairly limited. Also, Santa Inc. did not seem like a viable business, what with all the pro bono work. Counter-argument: Santa could...
...memo (later brought to light via a Freedom Of Information Act request) in which he railed about Lennon and the danger he could cause the President's 1972 reelection campaign. The proposed solution? Revoke Lennon's visa. "If Lennon's visa is terminated it would be a strategy (sic) counter-measure." But, Thurmond noted, "caution must be taken with regard to the possible alienation of the so-called 18-year-old-vote if Lennon is expelled from the country...
...recount the votes in Florida until he wins the election. He maintains that many votes were not counted that would potentially propel him over Bush. Never mind the fact that there is a margin of error all across Florida--let's just look at heavily Democratic districts. Bush counters this by bringing the case to court. Gore files a counter-claim and all of a sudden a court will be deciding the next President of the United States...
...most recent display of bipartisanship and honor, Bush's lawyers are attempting to force a recount of the entire Miami-Dade county if the Florida Supreme Court rules that Gore's request for a manual recount of 14,000 disputed ballots is justified. If Bush can counter that over 1 million votes need to be manually recounted, there will not be enough time to count the votes before the electors must vote on Dec. 12--Bush will win by default. Pretty clever Dubya, a great way to win an election indeed. What was that you said about being "a uniter...