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		<title>By: capital one account</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: annie</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://blaghdadcafe.com/?p=116

President Bush has strayed over the line separating Ã¢â‚¬Å“those who play footsies with dictatorsÃ¢â‚¬? and Ã¢â‚¬Å“those who actively aid their crimes against humanity.Ã¢â‚¬?

He needs to be impeached.

Evidence: Bush Speech to the U.N. Tuesday, September 21, 2004; 11:44 AM

Bush: Ã¢â‚¬Å“Both the American Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaim the equal value and dignity of every human lifeÃ¢â‚¬Â¦That dignity is dishonored by oppression, corruption, tyranny, bigotry, terrorism and all violence against the innocentÃ¢â‚¬Â¦Ã¢â‚¬?

MSNBC/Washington Post Article Saturday, June 4, 2005

Ã¢â‚¬Å“Uzbek security forces opened fire on crowds in Andijan that included anti-government demonstrators, Islamic militants and prisoners freed in a jail break.Ã¢â‚¬?

Ã¢â‚¬Å“U.S. officials are concerned that U.S.-trained military units might have participated in the Uzbekistan governmentÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s suppression of unrest in Andijan on May 13Ã¢â‚¬Â¦Ã¢â‚¬?

Ã¢â‚¬Å“An investigation would most likely show that Uzbekistan authorities Ã¢â‚¬Ëœused a level of force that was completely unjustified and they killed many innocent civilians,Ã¢â‚¬Ëœ said Sen. John E. Sununu (R-N.H.)Ã¢â‚¬Â¦Based on reports of U.S. Embassy officials there who gathered eyewitness accounts, Sununu believes between 500 to 1,000 people were killed in the unrest and that Uzbekistan Special Forces and regular security forces were involvedÃ¢â‚¬? in the killings Ã¢â‚¬Å“which (Republican Senator Lindsey) Graham called a Ã¢â‚¬Ëœmassacre.Ã¢â‚¬â„¢Ã¢â‚¬?

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, speaking for the President:

Ã¢â‚¬Å“When you look at the totality of what Uzbekistan has been doing, theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been a very valuable partner and ally in the global war on terrorÃ¢â‚¬Â¦Ã¢â‚¬?

President Bush at his Presidential Inauguration January 20,2004 :

Ã¢â‚¬Å“So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.Ã¢â‚¬?

Ã¢â‚¬Å“All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: the United States will no

Posted by: wanda at June 4, 2005 11:14 AM</description>
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<p>President Bush has strayed over the line separating Ã¢â‚¬Å“those who play footsies with dictatorsÃ¢â‚¬? and Ã¢â‚¬Å“those who actively aid their crimes against humanity.Ã¢â‚¬?</p>
<p>He needs to be impeached.</p>
<p>Evidence: Bush Speech to the U.N. Tuesday, September 21, 2004; 11:44 AM</p>
<p>Bush: Ã¢â‚¬Å“Both the American Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaim the equal value and dignity of every human lifeÃ¢â‚¬Â¦That dignity is dishonored by oppression, corruption, tyranny, bigotry, terrorism and all violence against the innocentÃ¢â‚¬Â¦Ã¢â‚¬?</p>
<p>MSNBC/Washington Post Article Saturday, June 4, 2005</p>
<p>Ã¢â‚¬Å“Uzbek security forces opened fire on crowds in Andijan that included anti-government demonstrators, Islamic militants and prisoners freed in a jail break.Ã¢â‚¬?</p>
<p>Ã¢â‚¬Å“U.S. officials are concerned that U.S.-trained military units might have participated in the Uzbekistan governmentÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s suppression of unrest in Andijan on May 13Ã¢â‚¬Â¦Ã¢â‚¬?</p>
<p>Ã¢â‚¬Å“An investigation would most likely show that Uzbekistan authorities Ã¢â‚¬Ëœused a level of force that was completely unjustified and they killed many innocent civilians,Ã¢â‚¬Ëœ said Sen. John E. Sununu (R-N.H.)Ã¢â‚¬Â¦Based on reports of U.S. Embassy officials there who gathered eyewitness accounts, Sununu believes between 500 to 1,000 people were killed in the unrest and that Uzbekistan Special Forces and regular security forces were involvedÃ¢â‚¬? in the killings Ã¢â‚¬Å“which (Republican Senator Lindsey) Graham called a Ã¢â‚¬Ëœmassacre.Ã¢â‚¬â„¢Ã¢â‚¬?</p>
<p>Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, speaking for the President:</p>
<p>Ã¢â‚¬Å“When you look at the totality of what Uzbekistan has been doing, theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been a very valuable partner and ally in the global war on terrorÃ¢â‚¬Â¦Ã¢â‚¬?</p>
<p>President Bush at his Presidential Inauguration January 20,2004 :</p>
<p>Ã¢â‚¬Å“So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.Ã¢â‚¬?</p>
<p>Ã¢â‚¬Å“All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: the United States will no</p>
<p>Posted by: wanda at June 4, 2005 11:14 AM<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=31673', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SJS</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/06/02/george-bushs-new-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-31002</link>
		<dc:creator>SJS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You assume that a majority of Americans did vote to keep the cretin in office Mike. I no longer make that assumption. No, that&#039;s not true. I never did make that assumption.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You assume that a majority of Americans did vote to keep the cretin in office Mike. I no longer make that assumption. No, that&#8217;s not true. I never did make that assumption.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=31002', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike,

I truly think a second reality has been created by the right-wing echo chamber/propaganda machine, one in which the outrage has been deftly redirected away from issues critical to our democracy and toward Michael Jackson, runaway brides and Terry Schiavo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike,</p>
<p>I truly think a second reality has been created by the right-wing echo chamber/propaganda machine, one in which the outrage has been deftly redirected away from issues critical to our democracy and toward Michael Jackson, runaway brides and Terry Schiavo.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=30995', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mike M</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/06/02/george-bushs-new-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-30983</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Certainly not the first asinine statement from King George and not the last. The question i keep asking and getting no response to is this; Just how frightening is it that a majority of Americans actually voted to keep this cretin in office? If I may,just one more question. How is it that nothing sticks to this guy? Where is the sustained outrage?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Certainly not the first asinine statement from King George and not the last. The question i keep asking and getting no response to is this; Just how frightening is it that a majority of Americans actually voted to keep this cretin in office? If I may,just one more question. How is it that nothing sticks to this guy? Where is the sustained outrage?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=30983', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Carlton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Carlton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>George Bush IS the back of horse!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>George Bush IS the back of horse!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=30747', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SJS</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/06/02/george-bushs-new-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-30490</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;friends donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t let friends... initiate police state round-ups of political activists&lt;/em&gt;

Are you saying we can&#039;t round up Grover Norquist, Ralph Reed, Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff, just to name a few, and all the other criminals hiding out in the Republican party? That really sucks. What if we promise not to torture them? Would it be okay then?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>friends donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t let friends&#8230; initiate police state round-ups of political activists</em></p>
<p>Are you saying we can&#8217;t round up Grover Norquist, Ralph Reed, Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff, just to name a few, and all the other criminals hiding out in the Republican party? That really sucks. What if we promise not to torture them? Would it be okay then?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=30490', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ron</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You wanna know what?

Geroge Bush doesn&#039;t know if he is afoot or horseback.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You wanna know what?</p>
<p>Geroge Bush doesn&#8217;t know if he is afoot or horseback.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=30485', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Susan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Osama bin Laden is Bushie&#039;s buddy too.
He&#039;s been on the run for over 1000 days and recieving dialysis somehow..
What? Does Bin Laden carry a dialysis machine with him everywhere he goes?
Uh, huh..
Osama Bin Laden is Bushie&#039;s buddy..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Osama bin Laden is Bushie&#8217;s buddy too.<br />
He&#8217;s been on the run for over 1000 days and recieving dialysis somehow..<br />
What? Does Bin Laden carry a dialysis machine with him everywhere he goes?<br />
Uh, huh..<br />
Osama Bin Laden is Bushie&#8217;s buddy..<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=30474', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dearkitty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 21:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>More on Bush and Karimov at http://dearkitty.modblog.com/core.mod?show=blogview&amp;blog_id=600913</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More on Bush and Karimov at <a href="http://dearkitty.modblog.com/core.mod?show=blogview&#038;blog_id=600913" rel="nofollow">http://dearkitty.modblog.com/core.mod?show=blogview&#038;blog_id=600913</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=30295', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The nTrain</title>
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		<dc:creator>The nTrain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 20:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Speaking of Dead People . . .&lt;/strong&gt;
	Bush breaks silence on our man in Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov.
	VAN DE HEI: Two questions about the consistency of a U.S. foreign policy thatÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s built on the foundation of spreading democracy and ending tyranny. One, how come you have not spoken out ab...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Speaking of Dead People . . .</strong><br />
	Bush breaks silence on our man in Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov.<br />
	VAN DE HEI: Two questions about the consistency of a U.S. foreign policy thatÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s built on the foundation of spreading democracy and ending tyranny. One, how come you have not spoken out ab&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=30270', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: spyder</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Come on.  Karimov is just the sort of role model Bush and Cox wishes they could be.  Lavishly corrupt, siphoning millions upon millions of dollars into their personal accounts through encouraging any and all buyers to feel free to do so, and protecting it all with whatever massacres are necessary.  Cox would love to be able to gun down like rabbits those pesky shareholders who complain about corporate malfeasence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Come on.  Karimov is just the sort of role model Bush and Cox wishes they could be.  Lavishly corrupt, siphoning millions upon millions of dollars into their personal accounts through encouraging any and all buyers to feel free to do so, and protecting it all with whatever massacres are necessary.  Cox would love to be able to gun down like rabbits those pesky shareholders who complain about corporate malfeasence.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=30250', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/06/02/george-bushs-new-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-30238</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds like Bush feels Karimov, like Putin, is his &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000120.htm&quot;&gt;soulmate:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;i&gt;&quot;I looked the man in the eye. I was able to get a sense of his soul. I knew that President Putin was a man with whom I could work.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;
- President George W. Bush, November 15, 2001


&lt;i&gt;&quot;A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there&#039;s no question about it.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;
- President George W. Bush, July 26, 2001.

&lt;i&gt;&quot;If this were a dictatorship, it&#039;d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I&#039;m the dictator.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;
- President-elect George W. Bush, December 18, 2000.

&lt;i&gt;&quot;You don&#039;t get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;
- Texas Governor George W. Bush, July 1998.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like Bush feels Karimov, like Putin, is his <b><a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000120.htm">soulmate:</a></b></p>
<p><i>&#8220;I looked the man in the eye. I was able to get a sense of his soul. I knew that President Putin was a man with whom I could work.&#8221;</i><br />
- President George W. Bush, November 15, 2001</p>
<p><i>&#8220;A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there&#8217;s no question about it.&#8221;</i><br />
- President George W. Bush, July 26, 2001.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;If this were a dictatorship, it&#8217;d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I&#8217;m the dictator.&#8221;</i><br />
- President-elect George W. Bush, December 18, 2000.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;You don&#8217;t get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier.&#8221;</i><br />
- Texas Governor George W. Bush, July 1998.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=30238', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Russ Ruszkowski</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/06/02/george-bushs-new-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-30223</link>
		<dc:creator>Russ Ruszkowski</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like the way he always says, &quot;...thanks for bringing that up...&quot; like he&#039;s been eagerly waiting for the opportunity to tell us his thoughts.  Yeah, right!</description>
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