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Thu, Jan 29 2004

It Dung Get Any Better Than This

I somehow missed the story about the cow in India that swallowed a packet of diamonds. I loved the last line in the news article about folks gathering around to cheer every time the diamond trader recovered another diamond from a new cow pie. Just think about it. It's a perfect metaphor for election year dynamics in the U.S.

posted at: 07:55 | category: /Politics | link to this entry



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