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By anamariecox | April 18, 2007 | +

Please keep your “have the same amount of experience” jokes to yourself and revel in the possibilities:

A ~~Hibatchi~~ Hibachi in every pot! High altitude tents covered by Medicare! Supreme Court justices determined by three-pointer contests! At the very least, I like to think they’d avoid stupid wars.

UPDATE: Thanks to Chris R. for the spell-check. As for Gilbert’s war against Duke, I said they wouldn’t start stupid wars. Anti-Duke crusades make perfect sense.

UPDATE: To the commenter that demanded a WizzNutzz shout-out, here you go. If anyone wants to ~~bribe~~ show their appreciation for a Swamplander, shirts can be sent care of the DC bureau. (I’m a women’s size medium.)

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