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              “It's been tough. I'm unemployed, but I'm coping.”

> FREETOWN, Sierra Leone—
>  Losing your job, quitting school, going broke and moving back home with
> your mother after living abroad for years would be tough on anyone.
>
> It's even tougher when you're a former military dictator who once had the
> power to execute opponents at will.
>

Via InstaPundit [1], Ex-Dictator Broke, Living With Mom [2]

Reading this makes me feel better about not having a real job. At least I'm
not living in my parents' basement, sleeping till noon and wearing nothing
but a bathrobe …

Ahem …

[1] http://www.instapundit.com/archives/002536.php#002536
[2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60454-2002Jul25.html

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