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CRITICISM DESK: Posted in sequential order for now, but as people complain, this lack of order shall inevitably collaspe into something else. If Olivia Newton John were alive today and promoting this burgoening category she may be signin’ “Let’s get critical, critical, I want to get critical, lets get inter-critical…let me see your body ka-fetch!”…

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2003-12-14, Criticism. The Capture of Saddam Hussein and What follows:

The capture and arrest of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could not have come at a more crucial time for the Bush administration, who, since the suspect transference of the War on Terrorism from Afghanistan, the staging base of Osama Bin Laden’s fundamental terrorist group, to Iraq, the staging base of the future production of billions of barrels of oil a year, have been fighting an almost constantly decreasing morale in the American public, as well as the loss of confidence of dozens of important foreign allies.

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2003-11-13, Criticism. An apology for posting website statistics.:

An apology for posting website statistics. I was reading Beckmann’s newest, the anti-plagarism thing, for which the front-page box contains also a link to the complete web usage statistics for TOMARKEN.com. From the early days, TOMARKEN.com has purported a sensibility of “NO ZERO-SUM GAINS” and “NON-HEINOUS SELF PROMOTION”. I admit, I was nervous. What is the point of posting the web-site traffic statistics on the site itself? Is this heinous self-promotion? Are we bragging?

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2003-07-18, Criticism. Bonnaroo 2-Thousand & 2-An email tranmission:

Gosh!-rememba tha days when the Ice Cream man didn’t sell P-C-P? Is the jam-band culture as pure as its cracked up to be or have they all literally sold out to the capitalist in similar form to the Candy Man? I mean who’s programming these heads anyway? Whether you heard about it or not–YOU SHOULD HAVE! A true email transmission from Bonnaroo 2-thousand and 2

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2003-05-16, Adam K. Chorney. Hype vs. Buzz:

Who knew there was a difference between -Hype- and -Buzz-? Intervalist Adam K. Chorney does and can explain it for you here in Hype vs. Buzz
The question post object:Is tomarken -Hype- or -Buzz-?

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2003-01-20, Criticism. What’s the deal with dancing these days?:

No its not Seinfeld here, but the kid brings up a good point and specific enough hopefully not to make a mockery out of our beloved “CRITICISM”-submitted by Ben Zapp

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2002-10-24, F. Nick Michaels. One MO Senate Debate:

Oh Mel!…Sure, you were a mediocre governer at best, but if you wouldn’t have died so tragically days before your election in 2000, we either wouldn’t have had Attorney General Ashcroft becuase you would have lost, or maybe you would have won, but either way we would not been forced to live through One MO Senate Debate. BUT, you croked so now F. N. Michaels brings his vast debate scoring experience to decide who won this sham on the few merits the candidates offered.

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2002-10-17, F. Nick Michaels. Inspired by Sept. 11th:Commercialism and Jingoism:

I don’t know about you, I really don’t…but I am tired of hearing not only Sept. 11th, but especially the events of Sept. 11th. Maybe I’m not alone…but there is a reason for all of this you should know, Inspired by the events of Sept. 11th:Commercialism and Jingosim-submitted by F. Nick Michaels

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2002-10-05, Criticism. Civilian International Intellegence:Damaged, deaf & blind:

You may not know this but right now, your foriegn intellegence abroad-the International Press Crop. may all just be sipping wine, livin’ the life on their house boat on the Seine, tracking Christiane Amanpour to see where they’ll all go next. Is it their fault that most of America is not intelligent enough to know why they are hated?-submitted by Dan Beckmann

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2002-09-25, Criticism. In the Womb:

Ya tired of politics? Maybe ya think its the fart between the idea and something actually getting done? Well its a good thing that tomarken’s not a political website! So when we have something that you might say is political, rest assured, it always avoids the zero sum gain…garuanteed! In the Womb-submitted by intervalist, Mark G.Nugent

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2002-08-20, Criticism. Journalism School/Shmornalism School:

As I stand less than three weeks away from receiving my very own Masters in the Science of Journalism I am offered more proof that even the monuments can crumble. Journalism School/Shmornalism School-submitted by Daniel P. Beckmann

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