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Mayor Fenty booted out

1) I already knew it four years ago I've read the various analysis about why DC Mayor Adrian Fenty got booted out of office by voters just four years after winning a landslide election., In addition to all of the other explanations, I'll add one that I have yet to read, but knew four years ago: He's an asshole. 2) Would they boo his kids, too? I was at Fenty's inauguration party back in 2006. People were protesting him that night. That's because he waited until after he won the primary in 2005 to announce that he was taking over the schools. A lot of the people who supported him would not have voted for him if he had mentioned he would take over the schools. So he lied his way into office anyway. Not the first to do so, I know. 3) Activists in DC want a listener I have mixed feelings about Fenty getting kicked out. Yes, he's an asshole, but then, he did some stuff as mayor that was pretty good. Such as taking over the schools (actuall

Fan Death homicide attempt?

the air conditioner is broken at work... my coworker located a fan, and pointed it directly at me--then closed the door when he left. is this an attempt on my life? Check out fan death , still one of my all-time favorite Web sites. I wonder, have there any been any attempts at killing someone through fan death? Such as, a wife closing the door and turning on the fan while her drunk husband slept. Or attempted fan death suicides? CJL