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		<title>By: Free Cell Phone Ringtones</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/05/rumsfelds-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-383275</link>
		<dc:creator>Free Cell Phone Ringtones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;free cell phone ringtones...&lt;/strong&gt;

Let it ring: Cell Phone Ringtones...</description>
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<p>Let it ring: Cell Phone Ringtones&#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=383275', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: texas hold um</title>
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		<dc:creator>texas hold um</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;texas hold um&lt;/strong&gt;

texas hold um</description>
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<p>texas hold um<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=372551', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wedding ring</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/05/rumsfelds-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-363052</link>
		<dc:creator>wedding ring</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;wedding ring&lt;/strong&gt;

wedding rings</description>
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		<title>By: hair transplant surgery loss</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/05/rumsfelds-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-359919</link>
		<dc:creator>hair transplant surgery loss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;hair loss&lt;/strong&gt;

hair transplant and hair loss help</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>hair loss</strong></p>
<p>hair transplant and hair loss help<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=359919', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jennifer lopez</title>
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		<dc:creator>jennifer lopez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Jennifer Lopez&lt;/strong&gt;

jennifer lopez</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Jennifer Lopez</strong></p>
<p>jennifer lopez<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=345282', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: BILLC</title>
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		<dc:creator>BILLC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BREAKING NEWS:

ABC/ TIME MAG NEW POLL

 7 in 10 Iraqis say their own lives are going well, and nearly two-thirds expect things to improve in the year ahead.&lt;strong&gt;

You lost little liberal cowards are on the wrong side of history!&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BREAKING NEWS:</p>
<p>ABC/ TIME MAG NEW POLL</p>
<p> 7 in 10 Iraqis say their own lives are going well, and nearly two-thirds expect things to improve in the year ahead.<strong></p>
<p>You lost little liberal cowards are on the wrong side of history!</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=299142', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Julie Hanover</title>
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		<dc:creator>Julie Hanover</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 01:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay folks! So we can&#039;t seem to find the &lt;em&gt;yellow cake&lt;/em&gt;, are we still expecting to eat it?

We all know the whole admin is full of it. Yet, we seem to continue to expect some kinds of &quot;good&quot; from a very evil source. Comment by #93 is so right on!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay folks! So we can&#8217;t seem to find the <em>yellow cake</em>, are we still expecting to eat it?</p>
<p>We all know the whole admin is full of it. Yet, we seem to continue to expect some kinds of &#8220;good&#8221; from a very evil source. Comment by #93 is so right on!<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=293420', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Quicksand</title>
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		<dc:creator>Quicksand</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;â€œTo be responsible, one needs to stop defining success in Iraq as the absence of terrorist attacks,â€&lt;/em&gt;

Wait a minute... didn&#039;t this administration tell us we must go to Iraq because of the &quot;terrorist-threat&quot; that Iraq posed to the U.S.? (e.g. &lt;em&gt;Since 911, ...&lt;/em&gt; rhetoric.) Now we are just to stop defining sucess because of the increasing frequency of these attacks over the past year? 

So now, &lt;strong&gt;even&lt;/strong&gt; the biggest tertirary reason for being in Iraq, as well as this allegedstrength of this Admin (or republicans in general) we are just to disregared and still believe that they can fight an effective war on terror?

What&#039;s the Orwellian principle here? Yes, that&#039;s right : 
&lt;strong&gt;double-think.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>â€œTo be responsible, one needs to stop defining success in Iraq as the absence of terrorist attacks,â€</em></p>
<p>Wait a minute&#8230; didn&#8217;t this administration tell us we must go to Iraq because of the &#8220;terrorist-threat&#8221; that Iraq posed to the U.S.? (e.g. <em>Since 911, &#8230;</em> rhetoric.) Now we are just to stop defining sucess because of the increasing frequency of these attacks over the past year? </p>
<p>So now, <strong>even</strong> the biggest tertirary reason for being in Iraq, as well as this allegedstrength of this Admin (or republicans in general) we are just to disregared and still believe that they can fight an effective war on terror?</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the Orwellian principle here? Yes, that&#8217;s right :<br />
<strong>double-think.</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=281095', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: freedom is not free!</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/05/rumsfelds-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-281076</link>
		<dc:creator>freedom is not free!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;All I want for Christmas is to see Impeachment Proceedings Started! &lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: WORFEUS</title>
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		<dc:creator>WORFEUS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rummy used to like to scare us with doomsday scenarios of mushroom clouds over DC, courtesy of Saddam. 

Of course that was just a fairy tale. But here, let me see if I can scare Rummy.

Lets talk bin laden.

Actually I strongly suspect ain&#039;t bin laden in a while is in the disputed region, between India and Pakistan, known as Kashmir. 

If you recall back in early 2002, bin laden was suspected of having frostbite on his hands. It was believed he got this by climbing up above the snow line.

When you look at the globe it&#039;s clear that this would be a prime location for him to hold up. Thick dense jungle makes for poor quality satellite photos, constant fighting in the region makes it difficult to enter (US military is not permitted in without escort and jumping through a lot of hoops) and dangerous to send small forces. 

Al Qaeda is purported to flourish in this region, and loyal supporters of bin laden comprise a large percentage of the Pakistani population.

Now consider this doomsday scenario. 

Suppose bin laden and his army, move out from the Kashmir region and into Pakistan. There they rally loyal followers of bin laden, (purported to be over half the population)and overthrow the Pakistani army (or simply convince them to join them), and Musharraf and seize the Pakistani nuclear arsenal. 

Then we would have a ball game.

As I am sure you are aware, these missiles donâ€™t just threaten India, they threaten Israel. 

In fact, this was a common concern back in early 2003, and was discussed openly.
&lt;em&gt;
â€œThe CIA is clearly concerned about the very real possibility that an Islamic general could take over one day -and acquire control of the arsenalâ€.&lt;/em&gt; - The Independent â€“ April 10, 2003


But somehow that concern has been overshadowed, by this administrations insistence on protecting us from a country that had no nuclear arsenal, presented no real threat to anyone, and was â€œcontainedâ€ by international law and weapons inspections, not to mention the â€œno-flyâ€ zones. 

I guess President Bush should have just &lt;em&gt;â€œstayed the courseâ€. &lt;/em&gt;

But now we ignore real threats, countries that really threaten the US, with Nukes and massive armies, and we donâ€™t even bother looking for bin laden, because Bush is not concerned with capturing bin laden. 

Heâ€™s too busy talking tough, and looking tough, and acting tough, to actually â€œbeâ€ tough. 

An interesting note. Guess where Pakistan got their nuclear arsenal?

Thatâ€™s right, North Korea.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rummy used to like to scare us with doomsday scenarios of mushroom clouds over DC, courtesy of Saddam. </p>
<p>Of course that was just a fairy tale. But here, let me see if I can scare Rummy.</p>
<p>Lets talk bin laden.</p>
<p>Actually I strongly suspect ain&#8217;t bin laden in a while is in the disputed region, between India and Pakistan, known as Kashmir. </p>
<p>If you recall back in early 2002, bin laden was suspected of having frostbite on his hands. It was believed he got this by climbing up above the snow line.</p>
<p>When you look at the globe it&#8217;s clear that this would be a prime location for him to hold up. Thick dense jungle makes for poor quality satellite photos, constant fighting in the region makes it difficult to enter (US military is not permitted in without escort and jumping through a lot of hoops) and dangerous to send small forces. </p>
<p>Al Qaeda is purported to flourish in this region, and loyal supporters of bin laden comprise a large percentage of the Pakistani population.</p>
<p>Now consider this doomsday scenario. </p>
<p>Suppose bin laden and his army, move out from the Kashmir region and into Pakistan. There they rally loyal followers of bin laden, (purported to be over half the population)and overthrow the Pakistani army (or simply convince them to join them), and Musharraf and seize the Pakistani nuclear arsenal. </p>
<p>Then we would have a ball game.</p>
<p>As I am sure you are aware, these missiles donâ€™t just threaten India, they threaten Israel. </p>
<p>In fact, this was a common concern back in early 2003, and was discussed openly.<br />
<em><br />
â€œThe CIA is clearly concerned about the very real possibility that an Islamic general could take over one day -and acquire control of the arsenalâ€.</em> &#8211; The Independent â€“ April 10, 2003</p>
<p>But somehow that concern has been overshadowed, by this administrations insistence on protecting us from a country that had no nuclear arsenal, presented no real threat to anyone, and was â€œcontainedâ€ by international law and weapons inspections, not to mention the â€œno-flyâ€ zones. </p>
<p>I guess President Bush should have just <em>â€œstayed the courseâ€. </em></p>
<p>But now we ignore real threats, countries that really threaten the US, with Nukes and massive armies, and we donâ€™t even bother looking for bin laden, because Bush is not concerned with capturing bin laden. </p>
<p>Heâ€™s too busy talking tough, and looking tough, and acting tough, to actually â€œbeâ€ tough. </p>
<p>An interesting note. Guess where Pakistan got their nuclear arsenal?</p>
<p>Thatâ€™s right, North Korea.<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=279343', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tinylittledots.com â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢ tiny little dots â€¢â€¢â€¢ and other points of interest &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Seeing the War Through Rums&#8217; Colored Glasses, or&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Liberal Smartass</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/05/rumsfelds-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-279229</link>
		<dc:creator>Liberal Smartass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Classic Bushco logic.  

Terrorist are free to operate because we gave them freedom.

Our needlessly killed aren&#039;t even enough to register.

Isn&#039;t it all really the leberal  medias fault!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Classic Bushco logic.  </p>
<p>Terrorist are free to operate because we gave them freedom.</p>
<p>Our needlessly killed aren&#8217;t even enough to register.</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t it all really the leberal  medias fault!<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=279229', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: cleaner</title>
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		<dc:creator>cleaner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, we could scream.  But it won&#039;t help.  The man is deluding himself.  His actions will catch up with him.

If Democrats screwed up like he is, can you imagine how he would judge them?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, we could scream.  But it won&#8217;t help.  The man is deluding himself.  His actions will catch up with him.</p>
<p>If Democrats screwed up like he is, can you imagine how he would judge them?<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=279193', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bobbytoo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bobbytoo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>in other words what rummy cheney and el-busho is saying is &quot;stand aside while we plunder america on the pretext of irag-got it...I-RAG. Advise to rummy, take the rag and wipe the cr.p outa your mouth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>in other words what rummy cheney and el-busho is saying is &#8220;stand aside while we plunder america on the pretext of irag-got it&#8230;I-RAG. Advise to rummy, take the rag and wipe the cr.p outa your mouth.<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=278717', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: WORFEUS</title>
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		<dc:creator>WORFEUS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WORFEUS has an idea. 

Suppose if we had &quot;Rummy&quot; set up house in the Bagdhad Hilton until the war was over. I mean it. Send Rummy, Condie and Karl on over, and say to them, &quot;don&#039;t come back until the wars over&quot;. 

I mean if it&#039;s going soooo well, then why not? 


How much does anyone want to bet that the war would be over in a week?

I bet those three would suddenly be &lt;strong&gt;full&lt;/strong&gt; of new ideas on how to do it. I can hear it now.

 &lt;em&gt;&quot;Hey Condie, pass me that Murtha thing again, will ya?&quot;.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WORFEUS has an idea. </p>
<p>Suppose if we had &#8220;Rummy&#8221; set up house in the Bagdhad Hilton until the war was over. I mean it. Send Rummy, Condie and Karl on over, and say to them, &#8220;don&#8217;t come back until the wars over&#8221;. </p>
<p>I mean if it&#8217;s going soooo well, then why not? </p>
<p>How much does anyone want to bet that the war would be over in a week?</p>
<p>I bet those three would suddenly be <strong>full</strong> of new ideas on how to do it. I can hear it now.</p>
<p> <em>&#8220;Hey Condie, pass me that Murtha thing again, will ya?&#8221;.</em><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=278618', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SpudgeBoy</title>
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		<dc:creator>SpudgeBoy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Yep, itâ€™s a lot like Vietnam except that the useful idiots/Enemy Within were not the leaders of the Democratic Party. Now they are. One hopefully two differences though. In Vietnam we didnâ€™t win, the Filthy Left won that one. We will this time. And two; we didnâ€™t hang the traitors like Fonda and Kerry. Hopefully this time we will.&quot;

And trolling here also?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Yep, itâ€™s a lot like Vietnam except that the useful idiots/Enemy Within were not the leaders of the Democratic Party. Now they are. One hopefully two differences though. In Vietnam we didnâ€™t win, the Filthy Left won that one. We will this time. And two; we didnâ€™t hang the traitors like Fonda and Kerry. Hopefully this time we will.&#8221;</p>
<p>And trolling here also?<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=278606', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: I-RIGHT-I</title>
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		<dc:creator>I-RIGHT-I</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The old right-wing canard about having to pick up a Baghdad paper to read something positive about the war has proved as bogus and contrived as the reasons for invading Iraq in the first place. 

Suspicious over reports of actual progress in Iraq, the Los Angeles Times launched an investigation and was shocked to discover that the Pentagon had been paying the Iraqi media to publish articles that â€œwhile factually correct, presented a positive view of the conditions in Iraqâ€. As they descended further down the rabbit hole, the Times learned that many of the planted reports were penned by U.S. troops stationed in Iraq, most of whom donâ€™t even have journalism degrees and therefore cannot accurately describe the pointless futility of an illegal and immoral war for oil. According to the Times, the stories would often â€œpraise the efforts of U.S. and Iraqi troops, denounce terrorism and promote the country&#039;s reconstruction effortsâ€, a total contradiction what the Los Angeles Times has been printing for over two years.

I guess this will put to rest the radical rightâ€™s constant attacks on the integrity of the mainstream press. Say what you will about the New York Times, but you certainly couldnâ€™t pay the Old Gray Lady to write anything positive about the troops.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The old right-wing canard about having to pick up a Baghdad paper to read something positive about the war has proved as bogus and contrived as the reasons for invading Iraq in the first place. </p>
<p>Suspicious over reports of actual progress in Iraq, the Los Angeles Times launched an investigation and was shocked to discover that the Pentagon had been paying the Iraqi media to publish articles that â€œwhile factually correct, presented a positive view of the conditions in Iraqâ€. As they descended further down the rabbit hole, the Times learned that many of the planted reports were penned by U.S. troops stationed in Iraq, most of whom donâ€™t even have journalism degrees and therefore cannot accurately describe the pointless futility of an illegal and immoral war for oil. According to the Times, the stories would often â€œpraise the efforts of U.S. and Iraqi troops, denounce terrorism and promote the country&#8217;s reconstruction effortsâ€, a total contradiction what the Los Angeles Times has been printing for over two years.</p>
<p>I guess this will put to rest the radical rightâ€™s constant attacks on the integrity of the mainstream press. Say what you will about the New York Times, but you certainly couldnâ€™t pay the Old Gray Lady to write anything positive about the troops.</p>
<p><a href="http://blamebush.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">http://blamebush.typepad.com/</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=278473', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: I-RIGHT-I</title>
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		<dc:creator>I-RIGHT-I</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(SAN ANTONIO) -- Saying the &quot;idea that we&#039;re going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong,&quot; Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean predicted today that the Democratic Party will come together on a proposal to withdraw National Guard and Reserve troops immediately, and all US forces within two years. 

Dean made his comments in an interview on WOAI Radio in San Antonio. 

&quot;I&#039;ve seen this before in my life. This is the same situation we had in Vietnam.

&lt;b&gt;Yep, it&#039;s a lot like Vietnam except that the useful idiots/Enemy Within were not the leaders of the Democratic Party. Now they are. One hopefully two differences though. In Vietnam we didn&#039;t win, the Filthy Left won that one. We will this time. And two; we didn&#039;t hang the traitors like Fonda and Kerry. Hopefully this time we will. &lt;/b&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(SAN ANTONIO) &#8212; Saying the &#8220;idea that we&#8217;re going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong,&#8221; Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean predicted today that the Democratic Party will come together on a proposal to withdraw National Guard and Reserve troops immediately, and all US forces within two years. </p>
<p>Dean made his comments in an interview on WOAI Radio in San Antonio. </p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen this before in my life. This is the same situation we had in Vietnam.</p>
<p><b>Yep, it&#8217;s a lot like Vietnam except that the useful idiots/Enemy Within were not the leaders of the Democratic Party. Now they are. One hopefully two differences though. In Vietnam we didn&#8217;t win, the Filthy Left won that one. We will this time. And two; we didn&#8217;t hang the traitors like Fonda and Kerry. Hopefully this time we will. </b><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=278428', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TJM</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Randy, the Inspector General&#039;s reports will show you how some things in Iraq are going well and some poorly &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sigir.mil&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;. What is interesting about it, though is what it says about the pre-war planning to run the country. The October 2005 report,they&#039;re issued to Congress quarterly, is 113 pages. I&#039;ll summarize the pre-war planning part for you. There wasn&#039;t any.
If that report doesn&#039;t help, check out the State Department or the DoD both of which submit weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.
Rumsfeld should have been fired years ago, not for his policy failures but for the mere fact that he is an administrative incompetent.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Randy, the Inspector General&#8217;s reports will show you how some things in Iraq are going well and some poorly <a href="http://www.sigir.mil" rel="nofollow">. What is interesting about it, though is what it says about the pre-war planning to run the country. The October 2005 report,they&#8217;re issued to Congress quarterly, is 113 pages. I&#8217;ll summarize the pre-war planning part for you. There wasn&#8217;t any.<br />
If that report doesn&#8217;t help, check out the State Department or the DoD both of which submit weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.<br />
Rumsfeld should have been fired years ago, not for his policy failures but for the mere fact that he is an administrative incompetent.</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=278354', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jed</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So is this the new measurement for success in Iraq? If we&#039;re NOT throwing detainees to the lions, then we&#039;re doing ok? Jeebus, he is insane... Oh, and comment #78 is the funniest thing I&#039;ve read in a while. You nailed it Turtle.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So is this the new measurement for success in Iraq? If we&#8217;re NOT throwing detainees to the lions, then we&#8217;re doing ok? Jeebus, he is insane&#8230; Oh, and comment #78 is the funniest thing I&#8217;ve read in a while. You nailed it Turtle.<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=278314', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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