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Do Bears Have Knuckles?

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2004 8:45 AM

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From a story by Jonathan Chait in the July 26 New Republic: "Bush and his allies have been described as partisan or bear-knuckled…" If you've ever seen Yogi and Boo-Boo fight, you know what he means.

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books).

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  1. joe   21 years ago

    You can have my bear when y...oh God, get it off! Help! Mmmmphhhhhh!

  2. Ken   21 years ago

    But the important thing is can he spell potato?

  3. Fred Gillette   21 years ago

    It's a doggy-dog world out there.

  4. kevrob   21 years ago

    I hear that Ang Lee is doing a feature Yogi movie:

    Four Fingers of Death!

    Kevin

  5. Jeff   21 years ago

    Yogi & Boo Boo.
    If ever a cartoon promoted NAMBLA...

  6. Douglas Fletcher   21 years ago

    If you ever got mauled by a bear you'd probably wish it had knuckles.

  7. KipEsquire   21 years ago

    I think you need to reign that in...

  8. Madog   21 years ago

    Hay now, let's knot get awl worked up.

  9. Phil   21 years ago

    Are we witnessing the birth of an eggcorn?

  10. Malak   21 years ago

    Ranger Smith has hooked Yogi and Boo-Boo on pot. How else to explain their incessant cravings for pic-i-nic (sic) baskets? He's got a lot to answer for . . .

  11. Michael Moore   21 years ago

    What do you expect of people who want the right to bear arms?

  12. Mitch   21 years ago

    That is pretty lame, but the one that irritates me the most is when people write "rank-in-file members." I fought with a political scientist over this for days.

  13. .   21 years ago

    Ooooo. A spelling flame. Jacob is so edgy these days.

  14. Les Ismore   21 years ago

    I thought they were demanding the right to keep and arm bears.

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    Please check some information dedicated to loans loans http://www.fidelityfunding.net/ - Tons of interesdting stuff!!!

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