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I Become an American

by Alexander Cockburn

We'll come momentarily to Obama's discovery that it's not all fun being president, but first a bulletin on regime change for co-editor Cockburn. Though the U.S. Constitution seemingly blocks my path at this time, I have taken the first necessary step in my own quest for the White House by becoming a citizen of the United States at approximately 10 a.m. Pacific time, last Wednesday, June 17, in the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, Calif.

To my immediate left in the vast and splendid deco t ...

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Posted by: michael nola
Comment: #1
Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:51 PM

Mr Cockburn, your ancestor couldn't even begin to match the damage done to America by those people who not only service the corporate member, but swallow with evident satisfaction, those people we call politicians.

Posted by: james brereton
Comment: #2
Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:41 AM

Welcome Alexander to the American dream. You're coming and I'm considering leaving, or at least I was. I'll hang around and vote for you in 2012.

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