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Top 10 Silver Linings to the Republican Takeover

1. Never a shortage of news.

2. It can't get that much worse; then again, that's what we thought about the stock market.

3. Trips out of state for abortion make for nice vacation opportunity.

4. Prayer back in schools, which will, of course, solve all our problems.

5. Fewer species taking up room on the planet, more room for us.

6. Comedians never short on material, unless parody becomes completely redundant. Perhaps it already has.

7. Rise of the Green Party imminent. Not.

8. Talk radio will finally have to stop blaming Clinton for everything. Yeah, right.

9. We'll finally win the war on drugs.

10. We'll finally win the war on terrorism.

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