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Over time, however, the endless war in Iraq began to play a role in natural selection. Only idiots signed up only idiots died. Back home, the average I.Q. soared.

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Ted Rall
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 26
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Journalist
Novelist
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Frederick Theodore Rall III
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