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		<title>By: sperm swap</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-1953129</link>
		<dc:creator>sperm swap</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Parents have no right in spanking you - Or do they? That could be another persuasive speech topic</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Parents have no right in spanking you &#8211; Or do they? That could be another persuasive speech topic<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=1953129', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: phendimetrazine 35 mg</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-252958</link>
		<dc:creator>phendimetrazine 35 mg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2005 02:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Lucas Wideman</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-183665</link>
		<dc:creator>Lucas Wideman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;breast torture pictures&lt;/strong&gt;

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<p>Think Progress &raquo;&#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=183665', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: A New America</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-62247</link>
		<dc:creator>A New America</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Is George Bush giving up?&lt;/strong&gt;

But not only has George Bush failed to make our rail lines more secure, he still has no plan for making our rail lines more secure and actually wants to decrease their security.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Is George Bush giving up?</strong></p>
<p>But not only has George Bush failed to make our rail lines more secure, he still has no plan for making our rail lines more secure and actually wants to decrease their security.<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=62247', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: billy simmons</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-54525</link>
		<dc:creator>billy simmons</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2005 11:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i don&#039;t have all the soluteions but i think when you have all false statements and nothing but lies coming from the people in power, we have the worst problem of all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i don&#8217;t have all the soluteions but i think when you have all false statements and nothing but lies coming from the people in power, we have the worst problem of all.<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=54525', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: fake but accurate</title>
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		<dc:creator>fake but accurate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2005 05:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The notion of Ã¢â‚¬Å“voluntary measuresÃ¢â‚¬? to deal with a tough problem doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t really make me feel too good. 
jnlhnc

Well if spending more money on railway security would &quot;make you feel&quot; better well hell that&#039;s good enough for me, here&#039;s a blank check. The premise of this thread is, Bush hasn&#039;t spent enough money or moved hazmat traffic where the libs think he should have and they are trying to scare you with Madrid and now London&#039;s tragic mass transit bombings that have nothing to do with the report that was linked and will not be solved by throwing money at the problem. How about throwing some more money at border enforcement? Surveillance of terror suspects? Those things I could get behind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The notion of Ã¢â‚¬Å“voluntary measuresÃ¢â‚¬? to deal with a tough problem doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t really make me feel too good.<br />
jnlhnc</p>
<p>Well if spending more money on railway security would &#8220;make you feel&#8221; better well hell that&#8217;s good enough for me, here&#8217;s a blank check. The premise of this thread is, Bush hasn&#8217;t spent enough money or moved hazmat traffic where the libs think he should have and they are trying to scare you with Madrid and now London&#8217;s tragic mass transit bombings that have nothing to do with the report that was linked and will not be solved by throwing money at the problem. How about throwing some more money at border enforcement? Surveillance of terror suspects? Those things I could get behind.<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=53717', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jnlhnc</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-53678</link>
		<dc:creator>jnlhnc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2005 04:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The notion of &quot;voluntary measures&quot; to deal with a tough problem doesn&#039;t really make me feel too good.  Businesses exist to make money and their solutions tend to come from high falutin&#039; spreadsheets that weigh and measure and cipher out the nicest return, not the nicest &quot;measures.&quot;  

Public safety requires more than that spreadsheet provides.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The notion of &#8220;voluntary measures&#8221; to deal with a tough problem doesn&#8217;t really make me feel too good.  Businesses exist to make money and their solutions tend to come from high falutin&#8217; spreadsheets that weigh and measure and cipher out the nicest return, not the nicest &#8220;measures.&#8221;  </p>
<p>Public safety requires more than that spreadsheet provides.<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=53678', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Editors, American Federalist Journal</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Editors, American Federalist Journal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ex-hippie -- 
&quot;BushÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s stated policy is one of fighting them there so we donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t fight them here. His theory is that the terrorists are being drawn to Iraq, therefore they wonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t come here. The whole invasion is predicated on the notion that we are on the offensive, that we are wiping them out to prevent another attack.

Did his strategy work? &quot;

Uh, London is not &quot;here&quot;.  Sounds like you need to buy an atlas.

When did Bush say there would be no terrorist attacks ever again anywhere in the world? Put up or shut up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ex-hippie &#8212;<br />
&#8220;BushÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s stated policy is one of fighting them there so we donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t fight them here. His theory is that the terrorists are being drawn to Iraq, therefore they wonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t come here. The whole invasion is predicated on the notion that we are on the offensive, that we are wiping them out to prevent another attack.</p>
<p>Did his strategy work? &#8221;</p>
<p>Uh, London is not &#8220;here&#8221;.  Sounds like you need to buy an atlas.</p>
<p>When did Bush say there would be no terrorist attacks ever again anywhere in the world? Put up or shut up.<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=53514', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bowlrmark</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-52712</link>
		<dc:creator>Bowlrmark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Editors of the American Federalist Journal:
I laugh at your comment &quot;Why do so many on the left seem so incapable of telling the truth?&quot;  Just like the &quot;nuclear&quot; option, the neocon right has no ability to see both sides or distinguish between truth and fiction.  How else to explain &quot;we will be viewed as liberators&quot;, &quot;there are WMDs&quot; and the Swift Boat liars.  
Also, on government responsibility to protect its citizens, doesn&#039;t the Preamlbe to the Constitution state something about &quot;porovide for the common defense&quot;?  Or is that something else neocons like the Editors of the AFJ dismiss a la the Patriot Act?  It is the responsibility of gov&#039;t and private industry alike since there is a common good that can be derived by both.  
As usual, neocons cannot tell the truth, do not know the truth when they hear it, and continue to spew a vile form of thought, just like the tone of the Editors of AFJ.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Editors of the American Federalist Journal:<br />
I laugh at your comment &#8220;Why do so many on the left seem so incapable of telling the truth?&#8221;  Just like the &#8220;nuclear&#8221; option, the neocon right has no ability to see both sides or distinguish between truth and fiction.  How else to explain &#8220;we will be viewed as liberators&#8221;, &#8220;there are WMDs&#8221; and the Swift Boat liars.<br />
Also, on government responsibility to protect its citizens, doesn&#8217;t the Preamlbe to the Constitution state something about &#8220;porovide for the common defense&#8221;?  Or is that something else neocons like the Editors of the AFJ dismiss a la the Patriot Act?  It is the responsibility of gov&#8217;t and private industry alike since there is a common good that can be derived by both.<br />
As usual, neocons cannot tell the truth, do not know the truth when they hear it, and continue to spew a vile form of thought, just like the tone of the Editors of AFJ.<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=52712', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: fake but accurate</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-52626</link>
		<dc:creator>fake but accurate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From the report linked: &quot;September 11 transformed how the federal government conducted airline security. The same can&#039;t be said for March 11, 2004 and the string of train bombings that occurred in Madrid. There has been no wake-up call for rail security. *EXCEPT* for marginal improvements in physical security, there have been no major operational changes in response to the on-going risk of terrorist attacks against major cities and our national transportation infrastructure.&quot;

So this BS report invokes the Madrid bombings, then says nothing about passenger train safety? 

&quot;First and foremost, the federal government should approve the District of Columbia&#039;s rail and truck hazardous material or &quot;hazmat&quot; exclusion zone rather than continue to fight it. Second, it should undertake a national review and identify other major cities where similar re-routing options exist. Third, it should encourage localities to enact a broader set of physical security initiatives, particularly regarding railway sidings and private track hazardous material storage. Fourth, the country needs a genuine homeland security partnership, not a rivalry, one based on better communication, coordination and action. Finally, the federal government needs a comprehensive hazardous material strategy that looks at the supply and demand for hazardous materials and encourages changes in manufacturing and operating processes that should reduce the volume of toxic, explosive and lethal substances on the nation&#039;s railways.&quot;

First of all, most cities are built around railways and hazardous materials include the fuel you all use in your cars and natural gas to heat homes and operate many power plants. The idea you are going to remove hazardous materials from population centers is ludicrous. So shall we move all the gas stations to the country side? build new tracks around all our cities and move all our refineries? And when the cities grow shall we just move them again? This boils down to another case of &quot;Bush Derangement Syndrome&quot; and a greenie agenda masking itself as a strategy in the GWoT. You are clueless as usual.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the report linked: &#8220;September 11 transformed how the federal government conducted airline security. The same can&#8217;t be said for March 11, 2004 and the string of train bombings that occurred in Madrid. There has been no wake-up call for rail security. *EXCEPT* for marginal improvements in physical security, there have been no major operational changes in response to the on-going risk of terrorist attacks against major cities and our national transportation infrastructure.&#8221;</p>
<p>So this BS report invokes the Madrid bombings, then says nothing about passenger train safety? </p>
<p>&#8220;First and foremost, the federal government should approve the District of Columbia&#8217;s rail and truck hazardous material or &#8220;hazmat&#8221; exclusion zone rather than continue to fight it. Second, it should undertake a national review and identify other major cities where similar re-routing options exist. Third, it should encourage localities to enact a broader set of physical security initiatives, particularly regarding railway sidings and private track hazardous material storage. Fourth, the country needs a genuine homeland security partnership, not a rivalry, one based on better communication, coordination and action. Finally, the federal government needs a comprehensive hazardous material strategy that looks at the supply and demand for hazardous materials and encourages changes in manufacturing and operating processes that should reduce the volume of toxic, explosive and lethal substances on the nation&#8217;s railways.&#8221;</p>
<p>First of all, most cities are built around railways and hazardous materials include the fuel you all use in your cars and natural gas to heat homes and operate many power plants. The idea you are going to remove hazardous materials from population centers is ludicrous. So shall we move all the gas stations to the country side? build new tracks around all our cities and move all our refineries? And when the cities grow shall we just move them again? This boils down to another case of &#8220;Bush Derangement Syndrome&#8221; and a greenie agenda masking itself as a strategy in the GWoT. You are clueless as usual.<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=52626', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: fake but accurate</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-52575</link>
		<dc:creator>fake but accurate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nobody here is a rail travel expert, including you, so passing judgement on specific policies is pointless.
- hippy

So then you agree the premise of this whole thread is flawed because Think Progress is just complaining about a subject they know nothing about? The report sited is bitching about hazmat exclusion zones and TP tried in vain to link that to the London bombings. I&#039;m not qualified to discuss railway safety issues but you are qualified to criticize railway safety? So what is the correlation between hazmat exclusion zones and homicide bombers? If you think the feds and local law enforcement are not watching the nations railways, why don&#039;t you got out to the nearest railway and take some photos of the trains or act suspiciously near some tracks and you will find out how wrong you are. Trains hauling hazmat and military equipment are under surveillance, passenger lines are watched as well. I&#039;m just glad we agree Think Progress was just complaining to hear it&#039;s self complain, was not qualified to comment, and linked a report totally unrelated to homicide bombings of passenger trains out of ignorace of the subject: )</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nobody here is a rail travel expert, including you, so passing judgement on specific policies is pointless.<br />
- hippy</p>
<p>So then you agree the premise of this whole thread is flawed because Think Progress is just complaining about a subject they know nothing about? The report sited is bitching about hazmat exclusion zones and TP tried in vain to link that to the London bombings. I&#8217;m not qualified to discuss railway safety issues but you are qualified to criticize railway safety? So what is the correlation between hazmat exclusion zones and homicide bombers? If you think the feds and local law enforcement are not watching the nations railways, why don&#8217;t you got out to the nearest railway and take some photos of the trains or act suspiciously near some tracks and you will find out how wrong you are. Trains hauling hazmat and military equipment are under surveillance, passenger lines are watched as well. I&#8217;m just glad we agree Think Progress was just complaining to hear it&#8217;s self complain, was not qualified to comment, and linked a report totally unrelated to homicide bombings of passenger trains out of ignorace of the subject: )<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=52575', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: faccurate but ached</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-52505</link>
		<dc:creator>faccurate but ached</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have nothing to add of a factual nature. My head and ass both ache.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have nothing to add of a factual nature. My head and ass both ache.<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=52505', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gimper</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-52504</link>
		<dc:creator>Gimper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Win another one for the Gipper!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8497845/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Win another one for the Gipper!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8497845/" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8497845/</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=52504', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: cynical ex-hippie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-52403</link>
		<dc:creator>cynical ex-hippie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 03:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>laurelie, don&#039;t forget the classic: Make up whatever you say they said at some indeterminate point in the past, e.g. &quot;Liberals will never accept the fact...&quot; or &quot;Liberals are constantly saying...&quot;

It&#039;s really only a question of how long before reality intrudes and makes their disengeuous lies painfully apparent to everyone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>laurelie, don&#8217;t forget the classic: Make up whatever you say they said at some indeterminate point in the past, e.g. &#8220;Liberals will never accept the fact&#8230;&#8221; or &#8220;Liberals are constantly saying&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s really only a question of how long before reality intrudes and makes their disengeuous lies painfully apparent to everyone.<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=52403', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: cynical ex-hippie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-52402</link>
		<dc:creator>cynical ex-hippie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 03:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Does ex-hippie really believe Bush rail safety policy is responsible for an atack in London, or is this just another lame knee-jerk partisan cheap shot? *L* &quot;

AFter 9/11 Bush was charged with one thing: make sure it doesn&#039;t happen again. He accepted the task and chose a strategy to accomplish that. Ever since the invasion of Iraq any criticism of Bush&#039;s policy has been met with, &quot;It must be working -- we haven&#039;t been attacked again.&quot; Well, now we have. 

Bush&#039;s stated policy is one of fighting them there so we don&#039;t fight them here. His theory is that the terrorists are being drawn to Iraq, therefore they won&#039;t come here. The whole invasion is predicated on the notion that we are on the offensive, that we are wiping them out to prevent another attack.

Did his strategy work?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Does ex-hippie really believe Bush rail safety policy is responsible for an atack in London, or is this just another lame knee-jerk partisan cheap shot? *L* &#8221;</p>
<p>AFter 9/11 Bush was charged with one thing: make sure it doesn&#8217;t happen again. He accepted the task and chose a strategy to accomplish that. Ever since the invasion of Iraq any criticism of Bush&#8217;s policy has been met with, &#8220;It must be working &#8212; we haven&#8217;t been attacked again.&#8221; Well, now we have. </p>
<p>Bush&#8217;s stated policy is one of fighting them there so we don&#8217;t fight them here. His theory is that the terrorists are being drawn to Iraq, therefore they won&#8217;t come here. The whole invasion is predicated on the notion that we are on the offensive, that we are wiping them out to prevent another attack.</p>
<p>Did his strategy work?<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=52402', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: laurelei23</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-2/#comment-52399</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Eds at AFJ have just shown us all a classic conservative (neo-con, republican) debating tactic. 

1) Put words in your opponents&#039; mouth; rearrange or deliberately misinterpert what they say -- or just flat out lie.

2) attack your opponent for what YOU said he said. This way you never have to defend you position. Very few listeners are skilled debaters, they will accept whatever you say if it &quot;sounds sorta like&quot; what the other guy said.

See Susan above. She never stated that the first WTC bombing, Khobar Towers, Cole attacks, etc. were Bush&#039;s fault. But once the EDs put those words in her mouth, they can attack her endlessly for them -- and their mouth-breathing followers will cheer them for slamming another liberal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Eds at AFJ have just shown us all a classic conservative (neo-con, republican) debating tactic. </p>
<p>1) Put words in your opponents&#8217; mouth; rearrange or deliberately misinterpert what they say &#8212; or just flat out lie.</p>
<p>2) attack your opponent for what YOU said he said. This way you never have to defend you position. Very few listeners are skilled debaters, they will accept whatever you say if it &#8220;sounds sorta like&#8221; what the other guy said.</p>
<p>See Susan above. She never stated that the first WTC bombing, Khobar Towers, Cole attacks, etc. were Bush&#8217;s fault. But once the EDs put those words in her mouth, they can attack her endlessly for them &#8212; and their mouth-breathing followers will cheer them for slamming another liberal.<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=52399', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Infidelity sucks</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-1/#comment-52396</link>
		<dc:creator>Infidelity sucks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Current Numbers

http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1002</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Current Numbers</p>
<p><a href="http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1002" rel="nofollow">http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1002</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=52396', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Infidelity sucks</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-1/#comment-52395</link>
		<dc:creator>Infidelity sucks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Current numbers:

http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/




Look Poppy! I presidented all by myself!

Mission accomplished!</description>
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<p><a href="http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/" rel="nofollow">http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/</a></p>
<p>Look Poppy! I presidented all by myself!</p>
<p>Mission accomplished!<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=52395', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Infidelity sucks</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-1/#comment-52393</link>
		<dc:creator>Infidelity sucks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh yeah, and dumb enough to let 9/11 happen on his watchÃ¢â‚¬Â¦

Only Dumbya! Let Dumbya do it! Even Poppy wasn&#039;t that Dumb! He never took the bait! Until Maggie told him to grow a pair!




The 1993 World Trade Center bombing - Bush IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s fault. And Reagan&#039;s, too...
The 1996 Khobar Towers bombing - Bush IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s fault.
The 1998 African embassy bombings - Bush IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s fault.
The 2000 USS Cole attack - Bush IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s fault.


There, I fixed it for ya!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh yeah, and dumb enough to let 9/11 happen on his watchÃ¢â‚¬Â¦</p>
<p>Only Dumbya! Let Dumbya do it! Even Poppy wasn&#8217;t that Dumb! He never took the bait! Until Maggie told him to grow a pair!</p>
<p>The 1993 World Trade Center bombing &#8211; Bush IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s fault. And Reagan&#8217;s, too&#8230;<br />
The 1996 Khobar Towers bombing &#8211; Bush IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s fault.<br />
The 1998 African embassy bombings &#8211; Bush IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s fault.<br />
The 2000 USS Cole attack &#8211; Bush IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s fault.</p>
<p>There, I fixed it for ya!<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=52393', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Infidelity sucks</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/07/the-bush-record-on-rail-security/comment-page-1/#comment-52391</link>
		<dc:creator>Infidelity sucks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh yeah, and dumb enough to let it happen on his watch.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh yeah, and dumb enough to let it happen on his watch&#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=52391', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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