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A place to look for fact checking of the SOTU


Posted: Jan 28, 2010

This site gives a few others to check out the facts in O's speech last night.

 

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=176789

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Good site, BT! - Vikefan

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Good stuff, and it doesn't just pick on libs. I think a couple of the comments made by talk show or talk radio people were said or meant in jest but they were still called out on them.

I'll have to check this site out more when I have the time. Thanks for the link!

BTW, I'm curious about "backwards typist". Is there a reason behind the name? I crochet backward (the opposite way everyone else does). Since my Vikings, as I knew they would, let me down yet again, maybe I'll rename myself the "backwards crocheter"? LOL.

Answer to Vikefan - Backwards Typist

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I used that moniker because I sometimes type the wrong letters; i.e., I want to type an L and I'll do an S, etc. At the time I chose this moniker, I was doing it quite often.

I also used to crochet backwards. Used to frustrate my MIL. Haven't been able to crochet in years after a strange illness where I was unable to raise my arms over my head, muscle swelling, and constant pain 24/7. I still get an aching pain and some swelling if I try to crochet so I don't do it....and I miss it.

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