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   Phil said on 7/15/2008 @ 1:21pm PT: [Permalink]

   That “heart” of that river has enough energy being wasted to illuminate a pair of 6 volt street lamps. Perhaps I missed the point?!

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   Agent 99 said on 7/15/2008 @ 1:31pm PT: [Permalink]

   Breathtaking! Literally! We’ll be seeing you at the Oscars for this. 😛

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   Fay said on 7/15/2008 @ 2:08pm PT: [Permalink]

   Ooo — that was riverting!

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   NewConstitutionalConvention said on 7/15/2008 @ 2:09pm PT: [Permalink]

   All streams flow to the sea
   because it is lower than they are.
   Humility gives it its power.

   If you want to govern the people,
   you must place yourself below them.
   If you want to lead the people,
   you must learn how to follow them.

   -Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching ch.66 (S.Mitchell trans.)

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   David Lasagna said on 7/15/2008 @ 2:27pm PT: [Permalink]

   Dear Brad and Desi,
   Too many favorite parts to single out just one. A lot more action-packed than I’d anticipated. Brad’s ability to maintain a civil discourse even while being attacked by vicious guard dogs an astonishing and heroic display of equanimity. A welcome change from MSM puff pieces. They just don’t have the courage to cover something like this. Or the vision required to even notice a river that small. I cried all the way through.
   David Lasagna

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   Michele said on 7/15/2008 @ 2:27pm PT: [Permalink]

   Earth-shaking stuff, Brad! Huell Howser better watch his back.

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   Bamboo Harvester said on 7/15/2008 @ 2:29pm PT: [Permalink]

   Will there be a sequel ?

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   TomR said on 7/15/2008 @ 4:09pm PT: [Permalink]

   Thanks for the tour Brad. For your next documentary, I suggest the river up where corrupt Republicans and Democrats will get sent.

   – Tom

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   GWN said on 7/15/2008 @ 4:32pm PT: [Permalink]

   Reading the comments I thought, wow, this must be special.?? 🙂
   I must say you look much healthier than you did when you were “yellow and green”.

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    Bruce Sims said on 7/15/2008 @ 6:38pm PT: [Permalink]

    What to say? Top notch documentary; keep ’em coming.

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    Brad Friedman said on 7/15/2008 @ 8:17pm PT: [Permalink]

    Bamboo Harvester asked if there would be a sequel. Well, Depoe Bay (World’s Smallest Harbor) was just to the South of the “D” River, but we didn’t get greenlit for that project. The suits are killing me. Only interested in profits. You know how that goes…

    (Back into the woods!)

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    Shannon Williford said on 7/15/2008 @ 8:30pm PT: [Permalink]

    It must be hell having to deal with the corporate mentality of the boardroom there at Bradblog Central…
    What a man you are to satisfy the Board so as to keep doing this important documentary work…
    And kudos of course to Desi for using all the latest technology to get such accurate cinimatography.
    Mega-corporations being what they are, I hope you watch your back. You know there’s always some younger, prettier-faced cub blogger coming along trying to scramble past you to bring us the bigger stories.
    Maybe you could build an even bigger, more gigantic Bradblog World HQ, right on the banks of the mighty D. Maybe a pier going far out into the river, where you and your board can catch sharks…
    Well, at least you should make sure that the next river story includes a fishing segment.
    I like fish…

    shw

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    Linda said on 7/15/2008 @ 9:30pm PT: [Permalink]

    … that would be “the corporate mentality of the bored room there at Bradblog Central …”

    So you’re up in Oregon, eh?

    How about swingin’ on down to Nevada and puttin’ in an evening’s worth of “persuasion calls” to Reno-area Repubs who think the biggest issue facing America is that “we need to drill.”

    Believe me, you’d have A LOT to write about after three or four hours of talkin’ to people who can’t bring themselves to utter the name “Obama.”

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    Bamboo Harvester said on 7/16/2008 @ 7:57am PT: [Permalink]

    Stephanie Miller London Webcast Today 11:AM PT, 2:PM ET

    Hey Folks,
    Just a reminder that you can tune in to see Stephanie live at
    *”Politics & Pundits – The Influence of Talk Media on Elections and
    Democracy”* which is being presented at the United States Embassy in
    London this week, according to US state department sources. The event
    is organized by the Cultural Affairs section of U.S. Embassy, London ,
    in partnership with YouGovStone and media partner, the/ Financial
    Times/. The event will take place on July 16 from 6:00 p.m. 1800, GMT
    , 2PM ET, 11AM PT) in the auditorium of the U.S. Embassy, 24 Grosvenor
    Square , London , W1.

    The program will be webcast live on the internet via the websites of
    the Financial Times right here
    and the U.S. Embassy right here
    . The panel will take questions submitted by internet viewers (this
    could be YOU) So tune in. TEAM S.M.

    Links:

    http://london.usembassy.gov/webtv/

    http://www.ft.com/usdiscussion

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    Bamboo Harvester said on 7/16/2008 @ 8:01am PT: [Permalink]

    http://london.usembassy.gov/webtv/

    http://www.ft.com/usdiscussion

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    sunny steve said on 7/16/2008 @ 6:02pm PT: [Permalink]

    Uh, yeah, nice evasive move on the dog. We have a problem with feral chihuahuas here in Asheville.

    The boots and socks… nice shot near the end. Where can I buy same?

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    72dawg said on 7/21/2008 @ 11:39am PT: [Permalink]

    Hilarious. Definitely award quality. My Chihuahua wants to know if the little dog got an appearance fee. Other than that, she gave it a two dewclaws and a leg up.

    Hope you can get more of these documentaries through corporate.

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    Brad Friedman said on 7/21/2008 @ 5:59pm PT: [Permalink]

    Chihuahua got the same — no more, and no less — than the human participants in the film.

    No animals were harmed in the making of this documentary.

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    leftisbest said on 7/27/2008 @ 8:54pm PT: [Permalink]

    You goofballs! Too much fun is too good for you.
    I loved it!