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The fragrance of hippie in the morning…

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>> Most obvious statement that still made it into a headline …

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THE JOYS OF BONNAROO: With years, and some counseling, he will remember the weekend fondly.

Drop 80,000 people onto 700 acres of hellishly hot, dust-soaked Tennessee farmland, and it could be Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. But it’s only the Bonnaroo music festival. True, there were no death fights in a cage à la Thunderdome. Maybe that’ll happen next year.

The crowd comes for the music — and whatever else, from nudity, to didgeridoos, to tie-dye, to pot, to, as Brit chanteuse Lily Allen put it during her concert, “fucking in tents, even if you have to do it with a guy with a small penis.” It must drive Republicans crazy that so much freedom is concentrated in one place.

Concert grounds designer Russ Bennett says, “All the bands are great. If you don’t like a band, it’s your taste. And the big bands” — the Police, Tool, the White Stripes, Wilco and Ziggy Marley were among the headliners — “are just the warm-up groups for the lesser-known bands.”

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I’m not quite sure where to begin with regard to Saturday evening at the ‘Roo. It featured three acts I was thrilled to be seeing at the festival, and none of them disappointed.

-Rich at Cable & Tweed went to Bonnaroo and has the pictures, MP3s and YouTube videos to prove it.

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You are a better father than I ever imagined you would be. You are good at so many things, but at being a father, you rock. Watching you with Audrey brings me so much joy. She adores you. I do too. We have the family I have always wanted.

-Angela at My Daily Struggle pays kind tribute to her husband with a list of things she appreciates about him, and some amazing photos.

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According to a Mason – Dixon poll conducted over the weekend, Fred Thompson has decisively won South Carolina’s conservative primary vote. Though he hasn’t formally announced his candidacy, former United States Senator Fred Thompson drew 25%, and America’s mayor polled in second at 21%.

-Seth Millican at Peach Pundit has an expansive definition of the word “decisively.” Thompson’s four-point lead was less than the poll’s margin of error. I guess Thompson’s sonorous voice makes everything he does seem decisive.

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