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Tag: The One

We're Number 7! We're Number 7!

By The Wizard of Laws, Section Multimedia
Posted on Wed Oct 21, 2009 at 04:07:16 PM EST
Tags: Enchanted Mitten, jobs, rankings, stimulus, The One, Tinkerbell (all tags)

Cross-posted in The Wizard of Laws

Oh boy, the figures are rolling in on The One's stimulus package and that unbelievable recovery we're in! And the Enchanted Mitten is number 7 in the latest rankings!

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Obama's Ruse

By The Wizard of Laws, Section News
Posted on Thu Sep 10, 2009 at 09:42:18 AM EST
Tags: carbolic smoke ball, health care, Obama, ruse, smoke, The One (all tags)

Cross-posted in The Wizard of Laws

One of the first cases we studied in law school was Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company. The "carbolic smoke ball" was a rubber ball with a tube attached. The ball was filled with carbolic acid. The user inserted the tube into his or her nose and squeezed the ball, releasing the enclosed vapors into the nose, causing the nose to run and the disease to be flushed away. What disease? The carbolic smoke ball was advertised to "positively cure" coughs, colds, catarrh, asthma, eroechitis, loss of voice, sore throat, "throat deafness," snoring, sore eyes, influenza, hay fever, headaches, croup, whooping cough, and neuralgia.

Last night, Americans were treated to a televised version of the carbolic smoke ball when The One took to the airwaves and delivered his "plan" for health care reform. Now that the tsunami of media gushing has subsided somewhat, let's take a look at some of The One's claims.

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