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The list includes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>the bombing of U.S. Cole<\/li>\n<li>the decapitation of Daniel Pearl<\/li>\n<li>the planting of explosives that brought down WTC 7<\/li>\n<li>farting in the interrogation room &#8212; twice<\/li>\n<li>the bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia<\/li>\n<li>jump-starting Paris Hilton&#8217;s career<\/li>\n<li>the Democrats&#8217; strong showing in the November elections<\/li>\n<li>happy-slapping<\/li>\n<li>Abu-Ghraib (specifically: getting the Americans caught)<\/li>\n<li>Hurricane Katrina<\/li>\n<li>eye-boogers<\/li>\n<li>killing Anna Nicole Smith<\/li>\n<li>causing President Bush to appear stupid and clueless on TV<\/li>\n<li>the Hindenburg disaster<\/li>\n<li>pimples<\/li>\n<li>the estate tax<\/li>\n<li>the illusion of global warming (to scare hippies)<\/li>\n<li>the Oklahoma City bombing<\/li>\n<li>Watergate<\/li>\n<li>killing Jesus Christ (and Old Yeller)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ron Jeremy supplied an identical list, but he crossed out &#8220;Paris Hilton&#8221; and wrote &#8220;virneeral dizees&#8221;, then crossed that out and wrote &#8220;VD.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>******<\/p>\n<p>(Thanks to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog.html\">Claire Wolfe<\/a><\/strong> for the heads-up on this fine satire).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim O&#8217;Regan has the perfect response to the Establishment media&#8217;s groveling to the tortured confession and the redacted transcript out of Gitmo. 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