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		<title>By: Ubangi Gonzolas</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-966803</link>
		<dc:creator>Ubangi Gonzolas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does Jeb keep a Gimp in his baesment play room too? &quot;Bring out the Gimp!&quot; &quot;The Gimp&#039;s sleepin.&quot; &quot;Well wake him up!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does Jeb keep a Gimp in his baesment play room too? &#8220;Bring out the Gimp!&#8221; &#8220;The Gimp&#8217;s sleepin.&#8221; &#8220;Well wake him up!&#8221;<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=966803', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sam drew</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-464362</link>
		<dc:creator>sam drew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Kelly Clarkson</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-456498</link>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Clarkson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;WHOEVER WROTE THIS IS COMPLEtely - oops caps lock! - as I was saying... is completely INSAne! - oops caps lock again... how does my finger keep slippin to that button??? - but anyway who ever wrote this is COMPLEtely - oops caps lock again!! - INSAne! - oops caps lock (&lt;em&gt;again)- oopsie... anyway u heard me so just dont act like u didnt see what i just wrote!... BYe! - caps lock again sorry!!!!!! -&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>WHOEVER WROTE THIS IS COMPLEtely &#8211; oops caps lock! &#8211; as I was saying&#8230; is completely INSAne! &#8211; oops caps lock again&#8230; how does my finger keep slippin to that button??? &#8211; but anyway who ever wrote this is COMPLEtely &#8211; oops caps lock again!! &#8211; INSAne! &#8211; oops caps lock (<em>again)- oopsie&#8230; anyway u heard me so just dont act like u didnt see what i just wrote!&#8230; BYe! &#8211; caps lock again sorry!!!!!! -</em></strong><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=456498', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: A Marimban</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-330241</link>
		<dc:creator>A Marimban</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe we should send Jeb one of the shirts from the WestXylophone.com site.  They say:
&lt;a href=&quot;http://westxylophone.com/shop.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;My imaginary friend went to West Xylopyone and brought me back this shirt!&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe we should send Jeb one of the shirts from the WestXylophone.com site.  They say:<br />
<a href="http://westxylophone.com/shop.php" rel="nofollow">My imaginary friend went to West Xylopyone and brought me back this shirt!</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=330241', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hoodia</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-266883</link>
		<dc:creator>hoodia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: why</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-163353</link>
		<dc:creator>why</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 15:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>my dad&#039;s Chang can kick you dad&#039;s Chang&#039;s a$$</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>my dad&#8217;s Chang can kick you dad&#8217;s Chang&#8217;s a$$<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=163353', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Believer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Believer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Bush family members make Dan Quayle look really smart.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Bush family members make Dan Quayle look really smart.<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=153284', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Next thing you know, those idiot neocons will be claiming to rap with the ghosts of dead First Ladies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Next thing you know, those idiot neocons will be claiming to rap with the ghosts of dead First Ladies.<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=149704', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dtg</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-146312</link>
		<dc:creator>dtg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He isn&#039;t referring to an imaginary friend.  He&#039;s referring to a demon, an evil spirt that influences his life for evil including giving him political advice.  The demon was given to Jeb when he went through the ritual to join Skull &amp; Bones.  He isn&#039;t the only one.  It is quite alarming that a room full of people cheer about this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He isn&#8217;t referring to an imaginary friend.  He&#8217;s referring to a demon, an evil spirt that influences his life for evil including giving him political advice.  The demon was given to Jeb when he went through the ritual to join Skull &amp; Bones.  He isn&#8217;t the only one.  It is quite alarming that a room full of people cheer about this.<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=146312', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sniper</title>
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		<dc:creator>sniper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2005 07:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Uh, Jeb.....I have an &quot;imaginary friend&quot; too...his name is COCK-O the clown....wanna see his magic trick??? HE can make &quot;his sword&quot; disappear.....ready!!???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uh, Jeb&#8230;..I have an &#8220;imaginary friend&#8221; too&#8230;his name is COCK-O the clown&#8230;.wanna see his magic trick??? HE can make &#8220;his sword&#8221; disappear&#8230;..ready!!???<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=146106', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2005 07:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Zwack,

It&#039;s a reference to the traitor Chang who in star trek started a war because peace made the klingons weak.  It&#039;s related to the republican myth of the weak liberals - it&#039;s really just a way to say they believe they should be exploitative traitors - but we already knew that.

What they don&#039;t know is from a psychological standpoint the chang character was this way because he felt like a failure in the new world, and he was ruled by his own insecurities and shortcomings.  They actually picked the correct myth, for the wrong reasons, but the unlightened usually do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zwack,</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a reference to the traitor Chang who in star trek started a war because peace made the klingons weak.  It&#8217;s related to the republican myth of the weak liberals &#8211; it&#8217;s really just a way to say they believe they should be exploitative traitors &#8211; but we already knew that.</p>
<p>What they don&#8217;t know is from a psychological standpoint the chang character was this way because he felt like a failure in the new world, and he was ruled by his own insecurities and shortcomings.  They actually picked the correct myth, for the wrong reasons, but the unlightened usually do.<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=146101', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zwack</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-144667</link>
		<dc:creator>Zwack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bryan,
  I disagree.  I read the entire story (complete with reference to his father&#039;s tennis references to &quot;Chang&quot;) but his comments about his mystical warrior friend sound much more like him articulating a personal, spiritual belief.  

It doesn&#039;t sound like he&#039;s joking.  It doesn&#039;t sound like his father&#039;s Chang.  In fact, the only connection between this and his father&#039;s Chang is the name.  

If you have evidence that it is a family joke then please tell us.  If you have any thing other than supposition please let us know.

I didn&#039;t say he was crazy at any point.  I do find it scary that someone who believes in Chang is in a position of responsibility.

Z.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bryan,<br />
  I disagree.  I read the entire story (complete with reference to his father&#8217;s tennis references to &#8220;Chang&#8221;) but his comments about his mystical warrior friend sound much more like him articulating a personal, spiritual belief.  </p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t sound like he&#8217;s joking.  It doesn&#8217;t sound like his father&#8217;s Chang.  In fact, the only connection between this and his father&#8217;s Chang is the name.  </p>
<p>If you have evidence that it is a family joke then please tell us.  If you have any thing other than supposition please let us know.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t say he was crazy at any point.  I do find it scary that someone who believes in Chang is in a position of responsibility.</p>
<p>Z.<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=144667', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>my point Z, is that he should have said &quot;here&#039;s a story my father and my family joked around about. it was about a character named Chang.......&quot; basically this sounds like the Bush version of saying &#039;we&#039;ll open up a can of whoop-ass&#039;. 
Again my point being he should have explained the meaning behind it.
Yet we just sit back and assume somone is crazy. that makes about as much sense as Chang.


hey did everyone hear that the Bush family caused lighting, hurricanes and wizards to wreak havoc on us? wait until they unleash their pet dragon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>my point Z, is that he should have said &#8220;here&#8217;s a story my father and my family joked around about. it was about a character named Chang&#8230;&#8230;.&#8221; basically this sounds like the Bush version of saying &#8216;we&#8217;ll open up a can of whoop-ass&#8217;.<br />
Again my point being he should have explained the meaning behind it.<br />
Yet we just sit back and assume somone is crazy. that makes about as much sense as Chang.</p>
<p>hey did everyone hear that the Bush family caused lighting, hurricanes and wizards to wreak havoc on us? wait until they unleash their pet dragon.<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=144502', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zwack</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-143834</link>
		<dc:creator>Zwack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#212

Yes Bryan, I&#039;ve heard of Google, and I looked for information there... But I found no references to the Legendary Chang outside of this story.  If he was that legendary surely someone else would have mentioned him.

Z.</description>
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<p>Yes Bryan, I&#8217;ve heard of Google, and I looked for information there&#8230; But I found no references to the Legendary Chang outside of this story.  If he was that legendary surely someone else would have mentioned him.</p>
<p>Z.<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=143834', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>have you guys ever heard of Google??

it took 2 seconds to find out the meaning of this. 

&quot;In a 1989 Washington Post article on the politics of tennis, former President George H.W. Bush was quoted as threatening to &quot;unleash Chang&quot; as a means of intimidating other players.

The saying was apparently quite popular with Gov. Bush&#039;s father, and referred to a legendary warrior named Chang who was called upon to settle political disputes in Chinese dynasties of yore.

The phrase has evolved, under Gov. Jeb Bush&#039;s use, to mean the need to fix conflicts or disagreements over an issue. Faced with a stalemate, the governor apparently &quot;unleashes Chang&quot; as a rhetorical device, signaling it&#039;s time to stop arguing and start agreeing.&quot;

A bad reference? yes. should Jeb have explained the meaning? yes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>have you guys ever heard of Google??</p>
<p>it took 2 seconds to find out the meaning of this. </p>
<p>&#8220;In a 1989 Washington Post article on the politics of tennis, former President George H.W. Bush was quoted as threatening to &#8220;unleash Chang&#8221; as a means of intimidating other players.</p>
<p>The saying was apparently quite popular with Gov. Bush&#8217;s father, and referred to a legendary warrior named Chang who was called upon to settle political disputes in Chinese dynasties of yore.</p>
<p>The phrase has evolved, under Gov. Jeb Bush&#8217;s use, to mean the need to fix conflicts or disagreements over an issue. Faced with a stalemate, the governor apparently &#8220;unleashes Chang&#8221; as a rhetorical device, signaling it&#8217;s time to stop arguing and start agreeing.&#8221;</p>
<p>A bad reference? yes. should Jeb have explained the meaning? yes.<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=143771', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Meg</title>
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		<dc:creator>Meg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Clearly George isn&#039;t the only Bush boy to be hitting the schedule one narcotics.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clearly George isn&#8217;t the only Bush boy to be hitting the schedule one narcotics.<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=143762', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mixter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mixter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>THE POWER OF CHANG COMPELS YOU!

Mixter</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THE POWER OF CHANG COMPELS YOU!</p>
<p>Mixter<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=143704', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zwack</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zwack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What, they should just say &quot;Do You  swear to uphold the law, do your job well and be good?&quot; &quot;I do&quot;... That&#039;s nowhere near ceremonial enough.  

A good swearing in has to take at least an hour... 

It&#039;s like weddings, the actual &quot;meat&quot; of the wedding is the legal statement (nobody knows of any reason why not), the verbal contract &quot;I do&quot;, and the pronouncement.  The rest is just ceremony to pad a five minute rite (maximum) out to a &quot;more appropriate&quot; length.

Z.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What, they should just say &#8220;Do You  swear to uphold the law, do your job well and be good?&#8221; &#8220;I do&#8221;&#8230; That&#8217;s nowhere near ceremonial enough.  </p>
<p>A good swearing in has to take at least an hour&#8230; </p>
<p>It&#8217;s like weddings, the actual &#8220;meat&#8221; of the wedding is the legal statement (nobody knows of any reason why not), the verbal contract &#8220;I do&#8221;, and the pronouncement.  The rest is just ceremony to pad a five minute rite (maximum) out to a &#8220;more appropriate&#8221; length.</p>
<p>Z.<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=143530', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: foxeyes2</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-143506</link>
		<dc:creator>foxeyes2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep Jeb has been imbibng something potent.
But did anyone else notice the fact that it took an hour to swear the guy in? What were they doing that took so long? Man that is just messed up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep Jeb has been imbibng something potent.<br />
But did anyone else notice the fact that it took an hour to swear the guy in? What were they doing that took so long? Man that is just messed 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=143506', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MFA</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/20/jeb-bush-reveals/comment-page-5/#comment-143355</link>
		<dc:creator>MFA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I gather that Jeb&#039;s brother George has a similar &#039;friend&#039;, Eng, who advises him on waging war and responding to national emergencies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I gather that Jeb&#8217;s brother George has a similar &#8216;friend&#8217;, Eng, who advises him on waging war and responding to national emergencies.<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=143355', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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