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    GregSamsaHamilton Nolan
    10/15/13 3:03pm

    I don't know, but can we do something about that picture? It's disconcerting and I'm not sure if it's offensive or not, but I feel I should be offended.

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      HubcapJennyGregSamsa
      10/15/13 3:16pm

      Yeah. What the hell's going on there?

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      TaserfaceGregSamsa
      10/15/13 3:23pm

      Maybe Hamilton thinks we should start calling lobbyists the "ridiculous and offensive Jewish stereotype stock photos". Maybe.

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    Johnny ChundersHamilton Nolan
    10/15/13 3:05pm

    I would like to note that I, as a practicing scientist, am a lobbyist. I write up proposals asking for the government to allocate resources for my interests. Unlike many other lobbyists, I spend the released money on microscopes and shit instead of yachts for rich people, but still.

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      ManchuCandidateJohnny Chunders
      10/15/13 3:09pm

      Your (sic) doing it wrong!

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      GregorMendelJohnny Chunders
      10/15/13 3:20pm

      Like an R01 is so morally superior. What do you think you're doing? Trying to advance human knowledge or some bs?

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    dvdoffHamilton Nolan
    10/15/13 3:00pm

    How about "Kneepad connoisseurs"?

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      John Boehnerdvdoff
      10/15/13 3:02pm

      comments end here, we can all go home now.

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    phunkshunHamilton Nolan
    10/15/13 3:16pm

    I don't know if you guys intended it, but that picture works pretty well as a Jewish stereotype.

    OOf!

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      Dolemitephunkshun
      10/15/13 3:37pm

      I like this one better (and it's topical!)

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    BigPlopsHamilton Nolan
    10/15/13 3:07pm

    I live & work in DC so I feel like the rename is perfect and don't get the "joke".

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      DVA1BigPlops
      10/15/13 5:19pm

      is this supposed to be snark?

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      BigPlopsDVA1
      10/15/13 6:11pm

      No, it's just that living in ground zero for representative associations where postings "government relations" positions are the norm and, stationed at the seat of federal power, the need for such roles, and their ultimate innocuousness, is blindingly obvious, this whole story warrants an "uh, ok".

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    Sean BrodyHamilton Nolan
    10/15/13 3:19pm

    They are like one of these -

    Would PTCTLOTH be too difficult an acronym to pronounce?

    Parasites That Control the Lives of Their Hosts

    http://io9.com/12-real-parasi…
    12 Real Parasites That Control the Lives of Their Hosts 12 Real Parasites That Control the Lives of Their Hosts 12 Real Parasites That Control the Lives of Their…

    Many parasites are satisfied with just living off of their hosts, while others decide their hosts… Read more Read more

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      Camel BeanHamilton Nolan
      10/15/13 3:01pm

      Fauxhemians.

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        StoneColdVajaynAustenHamilton Nolan
        10/15/13 3:02pm

        Foyerists.

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          ShroudofBoehnerStoneColdVajaynAusten
          10/15/13 3:43pm

          That's a win.

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          StoneColdVajaynAustenShroudofBoehner
          10/15/13 3:45pm

          i have clapped my hands together & said, "make it so"

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        blue-haired_lawyerHamilton Nolan
        10/15/13 3:04pm

        I vote for Ticks. It just takes what they are and shifts the first letter a few spaces to the right.

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          Hannibal the CannibalHamilton Nolan
          10/15/13 3:01pm

          Unsavory corporate influence on the political system. Not sure how well that works on a business card, though.

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