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Brother, Can You Spare A Photo?

May 31, 2008 By jtdgarlic

It's a timely calling, to document just what condition America is in, as we rocket down the pathway to a new day (hopefully), with the Presidential elections coming this fall. Barry has been posting, for months, photos of deteriorating … [Read more...]

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And One More For The Road …

May 21, 2008 By jtdgarlic

MATTHEWS:  Well, here's the delegate count.  Senator Obama leads by 158 elected delegates.  He leads by 24 superdelegates.  NBC News has added 10 of Edwards' pledged delegates, as Chuck said, to Obama's total, based on … [Read more...]

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Ding Ho Reunion For Laz

May 3, 2008 By jtdgarlic

As Barry Crimmins put it, "Laz has been walloping the daylights out of leukemia, an unpaid, yet full-time endeavor. So the kids are putting on a couple of shows ..." Spearheaded by Tony V and Jimmy Tingle, Sunday evening (4 May, and a … [Read more...]

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Barry Crimmins Is Giving Away The Store!

April 14, 2008 By jtdgarlic

He also would have been, around this time, fresh off tours with people like Steven Wright, Billy Bragg and Jackson Browne. In October of that year, before the most memorable of the Clarence Thomas hearings had taken place, the Boston Baked … [Read more...]

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It’s A Hillarypalooza!

March 17, 2008 By jtdgarlic

We didn't, necessarily set out to do it, but the way our posting went yesterday, we ended creating a little Hillarypalooza! And rather then going three-consecutive days of single posts, we'll just link it so you can visit as you wish. So, … [Read more...]

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Last Nights’ Dress Boy Sticks His Neck Out

February 28, 2008 By jtdgarlic

Prediction   [Jonah Goldberg] "In the next few days, there will be a wave of liberals - Frank Rich comes particularly to mind - who will use WFB's memory to beat up on today's conservatives ..." Whoa!  ... Ya think so? Well, … [Read more...]

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Good Thing Frank Rich Doesn’t Work For MSNBC!

February 11, 2008 By jtdgarlic

"Like the scripted "Ask President Bush" sessions during the 2004 campaign, this town hall seemed to unfold in Stepford. The anodyne questions ("What else would you do to help take care of our veterans?") merely cued up laundry lists of … [Read more...]

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Bush Fatigue Alert – Monday’s SOTU

January 27, 2008 By jtdgarlic

I had been thinking about it, just vaguely, as this month as rolled on. Isn't it time for the SOTU? Last Thursday, Barry Crimmins also thought about it; "Take a look at the MSNBC Political Calendar JANUARY 2008 24 NBC Republican debate, … [Read more...]

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Best-of-Day! … Crimmins and Rich

January 21, 2008 By jtdgarlic

So, to kick it off, we turn to someone very familiar, and many times featured on the pages of The Garlic, satirist Barry Crimmins, who takes away the Best Line of the Day; "Either Giuliani is waiting for the heat to blow over concerning … [Read more...]

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Today’s Must Read: Al Giordano’s “Damn you, Barack Obama” … It Lays Out What We Are Seeing Now

January 8, 2008 By jtdgarlic

In a Crimmins post yesterday; To appreciate just how far ahead of the field, The Field's Al Giordano is, you have to go back and read his analysis of the current presidential race that he wrote for the Boston Phoenix approximately fifteen … [Read more...]

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