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                         And no, this isn't the Onion.
                                        
Hope and Change [1].

The election of Barack Obama was supposed to lead us out of confusion and
into the dawn of a new age, away from The Dark Days where Satire Was Dead
[2].

Darn it! The Real World™ isn't supposed to trump satire!

> So you have a former Weather Underground member who now is pro-military,
> throwing shoes at the anti-military Socialist Mayor, in a protest that
> would fall under the "community of sanctuary" protection if the protester
> still was a member of the Weather Underground and protesting against the
> Iraq war. Only in Ithaca.
> 

Via Instapundit [3], “Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Pro-Military Protestor Throws
Shoes At Socialist Mayor [4]”

Sigh.

[1] http://www.barackobama.com/
[2] http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784
[3] http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/68757/
[4] http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/02/pro-

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