From The Archives

My wife and I are both packrats, so from time to time we have to dig through our piles of random crap and throw a few things into “donate”, “ebay”, and “trash” piles. Among the items salvaged was this t-shirt I got from a thrift store back when you could still find cool stuff at thrift stores. As a little background, the Jenks in question is Jenks, Oklahoma, a tiny suburb of Tulsa which is, apparently, full of aryans.


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Another interesting find was these two political flyers which will one day help form the basis of my grand unifying theory of political activism. My hypothesis is that regardless of your ideology, involvement in an activist movement exponentially increases your reliance upon trite flyers and slightly-clever political theater. Exhibit A :

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On the back of the Clinton buck is a picture of the White House lawn with signs that say “The Suck Stops Here”, “Knee Pad Recycling Center”, and…

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Remember when people cared about that?


posted by greg on November 8, 2005 @ 8:36 am

5 comments

  1. I seriously thought that was Rip Taylor on the Clinton bill. Not even kidding.

    Comment by Briantologist — November 8, 2005 @ 10:25 am

  2. this has quickly become one of my favorite blogs after ezra klein linked to it one time. but i must say jenks is not a tiny suburb of tulsa. i work with someone from jenks, and you only need to look at the state’s 6A football results (the largest class) to find out how impressive jenks really is.

    Comment by james — November 8, 2005 @ 6:54 pm

  3. Ahhhh, In true Okie style, James has estimated the size of a city by the strength of their high school football team. You get it, my man. You get it.

    Comment by Erin — November 8, 2005 @ 8:16 pm

  4. Did the makers of these bills put traces of coke on the Bush 9-11 for authenticity?

    Comment by Epididymus — November 8, 2005 @ 8:28 pm

  5. But it wasn’t about sex! It was about Perjury!

    And since perjury’s no big deal now, I guess it wasn’t about anything. Well, except political advantage, and I’m sure they’re above that, too. They said so — why, they don’t even read the polls! The only polls that matter to them are the ones that say “Diebold” on them somewhere, and you can take that to the bank.

    Comment by Kip W — November 10, 2005 @ 9:13 am

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