lamestream

[Jonathan Lighter]

A handful of Googlits for, yes, _Afgananistan_, back to last April.

A dyslexia thing, I guess.

Did I mention the woman in the post office a year or two ago who was
complaining about someone "yelling like a bananshee"?

Dyslexia doesn't explain that one.

JL




On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

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> A day or so after Sarah Palin warned (Saturday) "Don't believe what you
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> in the lamestream media," I noticed CNN had a map put up on the screen
> plainly marked with "PAKISTAN" and "AFGANANASTAN."
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> JL
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