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If he had any semblence of decency he would just kill himself to save the entire planet the further disgust associated with his foul existance

Think Progress » Right-wing publications receive exclusive credentials to cover the Tea Party Convention. 2010

High quality thinkers avoid any semblence of making the mistake that a person's character is a substitute for his argument.

Why Not Wrestle With a Pig?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

What other “official reports” have these guys and this Board passed out as if they had some semblence of credibility?

Conference Board yanks ‘piracy’ reports 2009

Yet, the cost of NOT sacrificing her ... is to sacrifice the Doctor's integrity and any semblence of character continuity for Rose.

Is a grim, dark, nihilistic view of the future in SciFi...groundbreaking? rabid1st 2009

He has done nothing but screw up since he took office and we have a long way to go before we get him out of office and return this country to some semblence of sanity.

Obama did not order Van Jones' resignation, adviser says 2009

Had a similar but different situation, but was able to find some semblence of peace with this suggestion.

Ephemera | Her Bad Mother 2009

Remember how Pres George W. Bush's three words axis of evil 'disbanned and destroyed every semblence of compassion we had from the Arab world in 2002.

Congress overwhelmingly approves Iran resolutions 2009

Democrats are less organized, but simply because they have some semblence of dissent within their ranks makes me I trust them more.

'Party Loyalty Oath' would prevent Republicans from backing Crist 2010

They feel that being ‘preachy’ and shouting pieties gives them enough semblence of morality regardless of their actions or positions.

Think Progress » Vitter receives standing ovation at Southern Republican Leadership Conference. 2010

Ease of use has lead us into a false sense of how "the world owes me something", where we assume that because we feel some semblence of control in our lives, that we also feel a certain amount of ownership and the benefits that it provides.

Gil Laroya: The Legend of Social Responsibility 2010