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Happy Birthday to Me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!....I turn 50 today. Happy birthday also to Jim Henley, who stubbornly remains a couple of years younger than me. And to Grover Norquist, who stubbornly remains a couple of years older than me. And to GOPAC chairman Michael Steele, who stubbornly remains exactly the same age as me. And to everyone else born on October 19th. Buy yourself a cake today!

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Happy birthday. And many more.

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Very Happy Birthday.

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Welcome to the 50's dude! Here's to joint aches, falling asleep earlier than one would like to admit, and being among the best educated, best experienced people on the planet. What we have left to give, needs to be given for the good. Here's to the good fight!

Happy Birthday, Kevin!!

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Kevin, Welcome to the half century club! I joined it back in July. And today is my 17th Wedding Anniversary. Gotten any AARP mailers yet? LOL

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Happy birthday to you, and to my youngest child, who is 22 today! Many more to both of you!

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Happy birthday, baby!

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Happy birthday, Kevin. 50 years is an important milestone to be celebrated, rather than feared. And if it makes you feel any better, I'll be there 18 months from today. Further, all four of my grandparents lived into their nineties; in fact, my paternal grandmother celebrated her 92nd birthday last month by going with friends and family to Las Vegas, and she's still going strong.

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Very Happy Birthday Mr. Drum & may you enjoy many more to come.

Thanks for doing what you do.

"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." - T.E. Lawrence

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Best wishes to a blogger who is sometimes infuriating but always well-reasoned and insightful. In particular, your views on middle class wages are welcomed, needed and have been spot-on over the years.

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Many Happy Returns.

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Happy Big 5-0!!!! Yep, you'll be getting an AARP subscription request any day now. I always wondered how they knew about everyone's 50th birthday...it's very creepy :)

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Happy Birtday to a fellow Octoberian. A fine month to born in. A fine month, indeed.

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Happy Birthday Kevin, I am glad your lifeclock was renewed and that there is no need for you to run from the Sandman.

Do you have any tips for the rest of us on how to make it through Carousel?

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Grover Norquist just stubbornly remains.

Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday!

I see the Trojans attempted to mark the occasion by scoring your age, but they overshot it a little. Oh well, it's the thought that counts, right?

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Looks like you have enough happiness to last you for the day; I'm wishing you a happy October 20th.

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Happy Birthday Kevin - today is also my birthday, although it's only 41 years for me. Nice to know I share my b-day with such a great guy!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...I'm an October birthday baby too...(well, not so much a baby)...perhaps that is why I LOVE FALL especially where it is beautiful in the southern tier of NYS! Now if I can only get to a place where I can open my eyes and see AMERICA turned around!! That's all I want for Christmas...

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Happy Birthday, Kevin!

max
['And many more!']

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Happy Birthday ---- and thanks for your cogent thoughtful discussions of the day's issues. I'm looking forward to many more years of reading your words.

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Good birthday wishes to you, Kevin. Enjoy your day with the family.

ps I'm stubbornly 10 months younger.

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Happy Birthday, Kevin Drum. I remember when you used to celebrate at CalPundit. I will, however, wait until tomorrow to buy my cake, as that is my real birthday (And Michelle Malkin's, too!)

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Happy Birthday. Maybe if everyone goes out and buys a cake today, the spending will fix the economy? No?
Well, anyway, mine is on the 28th. If you'd just waited it out a few more days, Kevin, you could have been a Scorpio. I want you to think about that.

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Happy Birthday Calpundit. I've been reading since the begging. Keep up the good fight!

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Drum. I turned 30 around 5am this morning.

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Happy! Happy!
Here's a toast to today and to all the birthdays to come!

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Happy B'day, then, Kevin!
More cake?

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Here on out, you start counting down, ok? Peace and happiness to you and your family.

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just remember, once you are over the hill... you pick up speed!!
Happy Birthday

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Congrats, Kevin. For your sake, I hope Inkblot and Domino aren't aware it's your birthday -- otherwise they might give you a dead bird or mouse as a present.

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Happy Birthday, Kevin! Rock on!

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Hi Kevin, Happy Birthday to you and me. My GF BTW is in charge of MJ's website redesign. Sorry you can't have her today--she's taking me to the Redskins' game today, followed game 7 of the ALCS. I'll take that over a cake any day :-)

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Happy Birthday! The next 10 years can be among the best. They certainly were for me ;-)
I'll have a piece of cake for you with dinner tonight!

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Hey Kevin,
You're now old enuf to back off on the frequency, but it's important that you keep doing birthdays, we'd be lost without you.

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Many Happy Returns of the day, Kevin. As they say, birthdays that end in zero are the most, um, sobering. For dinner, I recommend Muldoon's in Newport Beach. There's a band playing there tonight that will help with the celebration. My wife and I will be there, too: We'll buy you a drink. Cheers!

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Kevin, we're wishing you the happiest of birthdays! If I had your address I would send you some Uncle Bud's Cajun Fried Peanuts from north Alabama!

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Kevin,

You've long been a favorite read of mine. Thanks for all the great, thoughtful posts, and Happy Birthday.

Tom Hamill

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Congratulations and best wishes, Kevin!

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Congratulations, Kevin! My b-day today too [I'm well north of 50] - hope your next decade is as fulfilling as my 50's were!

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Happy Birthday!

And thanks for your calm & thoughtful analysis over these past crazy years. And of course, the catblogging!

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Happy Birthday, Pacifica Grad.
Dude, get out in the sun and
smile.

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Happy birthday! I hope Inkblot and Domino got you something nice ;-)

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Kevin Drum, Madonna, Rickey Henderson and me--the 1958 babies are the best!

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I don't care if it's your birthday or not, you young punk. You still got to get off my lawn.

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All the best to you, Kevin.

Give Domino and Inkblot extra squishy hugs on this special day.

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Happy Birthday. I'm almost 58 and have found this decade to be the happiest, most contented in my life so far.

Enjoy the love of your wife and cats. Do you have "human" children?

Let's all get together and win this one for all the 50 year olds so they can grow old peacefully!

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All the best for the second half of your life, Kevin! Here's hoping you have a much better birthday today than Michael Steele.
:D

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"I turned 30 around 5am this morning."
What a fate! :D
Happy Birthday to you too, Jack.

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Happy birthday, Kevin. Now you're a grown-up - good for you! Happy birthday, also, to my little brother, who turns 55 today.

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PARTY AT THE DRUM HOUSEHOLD!

Have a good one, Kevin!

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