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		<title>By: angelgil</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/03/bush-distorts-democracy/comment-page-5/#comment-1497749</link>
		<dc:creator>angelgil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i&#039;m angelgil, who&#039;s been blessed by the lord God of israel, as from my
&quot;nde&#039;s&quot;. i&#039;ve created a website to cover some of my gifts from God:
angelgils-instant-healings.com, study them carefully and learn how to &quot;be healed&quot;, and &quot;forgiven&quot;; how to &quot;heal others&quot;, even as &quot;by remote&quot;; learn how to behold the &quot;past&quot;, &quot;present&quot;, and &quot;projected future&quot; and &quot;change some things&quot;, &quot;in advance&quot; of their &quot;actual occurances&quot;. now with these gifts you can &quot;ask God&quot; for that which is resonable, &quot;good&quot; , &quot;wise&quot; and &quot;honest&quot; things; you can ask him when he married adam and eve in the garden of eden, is that the way it is always to be, or not. you will discover that historically God has allow a &quot;man &quot;and&quot; more than one women&quot; to be &quot;married-joined&quot; by his love and power. &quot;never&quot; has God supported &quot;gay&quot;, nor &quot;lesbian&quot; marriage. in fact God had completely distroyed two cities, &quot;sodom&quot; and &quot;gamorah&quot; whom were practicing &quot;gay&quot;/&quot;lesbian&quot; life styles, insomuch that there is &quot;no trace&quot; of those cities today! why? to &quot;hide their wickedness&quot; from his sight. &quot;Good job&quot; God. so ye, whom debate the &quot;constitutionally of &quot;gay&quot;/&quot;lesbian&quot; marriage is a &quot;moot point&quot;. so drop it, or it&#039;ll drive youself crazy. you can pass 1,000 of laws for to &quot;support wickedness&quot;, but it will not change God&#039;s mind and will. for he cannot allow &quot;happiness&quot; to be disguised in  &quot;wickness&quot;, which will always cause grief, pain and sufferings. when we all are standing before god, for to be judged, you will see that ,i, angelgil have spoke the truth! be good and have &quot;eternal happiness&quot;-&quot;eternal joy&quot;! be bad and &quot;suffer the wrate of an indignant God&quot;! i do pray that you will pray
about this serious matter, and not get lost in the &quot;retetorec&quot; of the &quot;worldy&quot; lust, fames and fortunes. and &quot;lose your soul&quot;. amen. angelgil.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;m angelgil, who&#8217;s been blessed by the lord God of israel, as from my<br />
&#8220;nde&#8217;s&#8221;. i&#8217;ve created a website to cover some of my gifts from God:<br />
angelgils-instant-healings.com, study them carefully and learn how to &#8220;be healed&#8221;, and &#8220;forgiven&#8221;; how to &#8220;heal others&#8221;, even as &#8220;by remote&#8221;; learn how to behold the &#8220;past&#8221;, &#8220;present&#8221;, and &#8220;projected future&#8221; and &#8220;change some things&#8221;, &#8220;in advance&#8221; of their &#8220;actual occurances&#8221;. now with these gifts you can &#8220;ask God&#8221; for that which is resonable, &#8220;good&#8221; , &#8220;wise&#8221; and &#8220;honest&#8221; things; you can ask him when he married adam and eve in the garden of eden, is that the way it is always to be, or not. you will discover that historically God has allow a &#8220;man &#8220;and&#8221; more than one women&#8221; to be &#8220;married-joined&#8221; by his love and power. &#8220;never&#8221; has God supported &#8220;gay&#8221;, nor &#8220;lesbian&#8221; marriage. in fact God had completely distroyed two cities, &#8220;sodom&#8221; and &#8220;gamorah&#8221; whom were practicing &#8220;gay&#8221;/&#8221;lesbian&#8221; life styles, insomuch that there is &#8220;no trace&#8221; of those cities today! why? to &#8220;hide their wickedness&#8221; from his sight. &#8220;Good job&#8221; God. so ye, whom debate the &#8220;constitutionally of &#8220;gay&#8221;/&#8221;lesbian&#8221; marriage is a &#8220;moot point&#8221;. so drop it, or it&#8217;ll drive youself crazy. you can pass 1,000 of laws for to &#8220;support wickedness&#8221;, but it will not change God&#8217;s mind and will. for he cannot allow &#8220;happiness&#8221; to be disguised in  &#8220;wickness&#8221;, which will always cause grief, pain and sufferings. when we all are standing before god, for to be judged, you will see that ,i, angelgil have spoke the truth! be good and have &#8220;eternal happiness&#8221;-&#8221;eternal joy&#8221;! be bad and &#8220;suffer the wrate of an indignant God&#8221;! i do pray that you will pray<br />
about this serious matter, and not get lost in the &#8220;retetorec&#8221; of the &#8220;worldy&#8221; lust, fames and fortunes. and &#8220;lose your soul&#8221;. amen. angelgil.<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=1497749', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Rachel</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/03/bush-distorts-democracy/comment-page-5/#comment-643085</link>
		<dc:creator>Rachel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;distorts the meaning of democracy&quot; .... &quot;distorts the meaning of marriage&quot; .... It&#039;s all the same rhetoric. It&#039;s like Mad Libs. The sad part is that they&#039;ve somehow convinced so many people to believe in their empty rhetoric. And now with the help of Snow, people will be confused over what civil rights are. How can Democrats get more gut moral reactions from people in the polling booth when it comes to civil rights and the moral issue of equality?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;distorts the meaning of democracy&#8221; &#8230;. &#8220;distorts the meaning of marriage&#8221; &#8230;. It&#8217;s all the same rhetoric. It&#8217;s like Mad Libs. The sad part is that they&#8217;ve somehow convinced so many people to believe in their empty rhetoric. And now with the help of Snow, people will be confused over what civil rights are. How can Democrats get more gut moral reactions from people in the polling booth when it comes to civil rights and the moral issue of equality?<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=643085', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: soso</title>
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		<dc:creator>soso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Lora, who has 1 husaband, 4cats</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lora, who has 1 husaband, 4cats</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Break of Dawn,
I&#039;m not always so good at starting conversations--particularly in my current state of being upset about my friend.  I even had a dream last night about being in Oxford.  I know that has to do with him, as some years ago we realized we&#039;d be in England at the same time and got together in Oxford.
If you would like to start a conversation, you can try me at midori at mext.go.jp.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Break of Dawn,<br />
I&#8217;m not always so good at starting conversations&#8211;particularly in my current state of being upset about my friend.  I even had a dream last night about being in Oxford.  I know that has to do with him, as some years ago we realized we&#8217;d be in England at the same time and got together in Oxford.<br />
If you would like to start a conversation, you can try me at midori at mext.go.jp.<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=597247', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh na Faire</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/03/bush-distorts-democracy/comment-page-5/#comment-597175</link>
		<dc:creator>Briseadh na Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Iâ€™m a bit busy this week and also still a bit upset about my friend. Maybe Iâ€™ll contact you next week or later this month. Is there anything in particular you want to discuss with me soon? 

Comment by Lora â€” June 5, 2006 @ 10:15 am&lt;/em&gt;

Lora, nothing in particular. I&#039;m pretty eclectic. You just sound like the kind of person I would like to have as a friend. Speaking of which, such prayers as I am able to send to ease and comfort both you and your friend at this time of transition.

Peace and Blessings,

Briseadh na Faire

(Celtic for Break of Dawn)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Iâ€™m a bit busy this week and also still a bit upset about my friend. Maybe Iâ€™ll contact you next week or later this month. Is there anything in particular you want to discuss with me soon? </p>
<p>Comment by Lora â€” June 5, 2006 @ 10:15 am</em></p>
<p>Lora, nothing in particular. I&#8217;m pretty eclectic. You just sound like the kind of person I would like to have as a friend. Speaking of which, such prayers as I am able to send to ease and comfort both you and your friend at this time of transition.</p>
<p>Peace and Blessings,</p>
<p>Briseadh na Faire</p>
<p>(Celtic for Break of Dawn)<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=597175', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Courage Makes A Majority</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/03/bush-distorts-democracy/comment-page-5/#comment-596956</link>
		<dc:creator>Courage Makes A Majority</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Why Independents and Moderates must vote for Democrats...&lt;/strong&gt;

This is that idea that led me to blogging. It is the reason I feel the need to speak out. The middle of the political spectrum is usually the tipping point of an election, especially in polarized times when the...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Why Independents and Moderates must vote for Democrats&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>This is that idea that led me to blogging. It is the reason I feel the need to speak out. The middle of the political spectrum is usually the tipping point of an election, especially in polarized times when the&#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=596956', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Arne Langsetmo</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/03/bush-distorts-democracy/comment-page-5/#comment-595961</link>
		<dc:creator>Arne Langsetmo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The constitutional amendment doesn&#039;t put it in the &quot;hands of the people&quot; (and certainly not in the &quot;hands of the people most affected&quot;, that is to say, the actua; people that want to get married).  It defines marriage and says that no contrary laws (such as Massachussets&#039; or any other state that decides to allow gay marriage, even by referendum or legislative action) will be allowed to stand.

Cheers,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The constitutional amendment doesn&#8217;t put it in the &#8220;hands of the people&#8221; (and certainly not in the &#8220;hands of the people most affected&#8221;, that is to say, the actua; people that want to get married).  It defines marriage and says that no contrary laws (such as Massachussets&#8217; or any other state that decides to allow gay marriage, even by referendum or legislative action) will be allowed to stand.</p>
<p>Cheers,<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=595961', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>what a fag</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what a fag<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=595614', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>gorge bush is gay.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>gorge bush is gay.<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=595611', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow

are you new?

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this better pass!!&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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<p>are you new?</p>
<p>this better pass!!</p>
<p>this better pass!!<br />
this better pass!!</p>
<p>this better pass!!</p>
<p>this better pass!!</p>
<p>this better pass!!</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=595609', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lora</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Which languages are you proficient in? 

Comment by Briseadh na Faire 

To Briseadh na Faire 
I can work with Japanese, English and French.  If something easy, I can handle Spanish and Italian, too.  I can read some Chinese but don&#039;t speak it.
Actually, my friend who is dying is gay, and his problem is not AIDS--he was careful about that.  Although he didn&#039;t smoke, he developed lung cancer, which spread before he realized he was sick.  He himself has never had interest in marrying but he hates the religious right and doesn&#039;t mind seeing other gays get married an, thereby, upset the self-righteous Bible thumpers.
I&#039;m a bit busy this week and also still a bit upset about my friend.  Maybe I&#039;ll contact you next week or later this month.  Is there anything in particular you want to discuss with me soon?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Which languages are you proficient in? </p>
<p>Comment by Briseadh na Faire </p>
<p>To Briseadh na Faire<br />
I can work with Japanese, English and French.  If something easy, I can handle Spanish and Italian, too.  I can read some Chinese but don&#8217;t speak it.<br />
Actually, my friend who is dying is gay, and his problem is not AIDS&#8211;he was careful about that.  Although he didn&#8217;t smoke, he developed lung cancer, which spread before he realized he was sick.  He himself has never had interest in marrying but he hates the religious right and doesn&#8217;t mind seeing other gays get married an, thereby, upset the self-righteous Bible thumpers.<br />
I&#8217;m a bit busy this week and also still a bit upset about my friend.  Maybe I&#8217;ll contact you next week or later this month.  Is there anything in particular you want to discuss with me soon?<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=595437', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Matthew</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Check out DoubleSpeakshow for some alternative ideas the U.S. Senate could be debating instead of the gay bashing amendement.

&lt;strong&gt;http://www.doublespeakshow.com/2006/06/05/the-national-distraction-debate/ &lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out DoubleSpeakshow for some alternative ideas the U.S. Senate could be debating instead of the gay bashing amendement.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.doublespeakshow.com/2006/06/05/the-national-distraction-debate/" rel="nofollow">http://www.doublespeakshow.com/2006/06/05/the-national-distraction-debate/</a> </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=595423', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Just to be clear, my comment wasnâ€™t directed at youâ€¦it was just a general observation! 
Comment by WC â€” June 5, 2006 @ 9:42 am &lt;/em&gt;

I thought you knew that I am liberal, but wanted to clarify for those who didn&#039;t.  I already get enough &#039;junk mail&#039; from the 9/11 conspiracy crowd in here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Just to be clear, my comment wasnâ€™t directed at youâ€¦it was just a general observation!<br />
Comment by WC â€” June 5, 2006 @ 9:42 am </em></p>
<p>I thought you knew that I am liberal, but wanted to clarify for those who didn&#8217;t.  I already get enough &#8216;junk mail&#8217; from the 9/11 conspiracy crowd in here.<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=595408', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Just think about the federal governments paranoia over medicinal marijuana for one example. 
Comment by Briseadh na Faire â€” June 5, 2006 @ 9:28 am&lt;/em&gt; 

Which I think has ties to the fact that we have so many law enforcement agencies...  lowering of the bar so that they can all claim validity by showing how many folks they&#039;ve prosecuted.   It may not be the sole reason (which I didn&#039;t state), but you can&#039;t easily convince me that there isn&#039;t a correlation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Just think about the federal governments paranoia over medicinal marijuana for one example.<br />
Comment by Briseadh na Faire â€” June 5, 2006 @ 9:28 am</em> </p>
<p>Which I think has ties to the fact that we have so many law enforcement agencies&#8230;  lowering of the bar so that they can all claim validity by showing how many folks they&#8217;ve prosecuted.   It may not be the sole reason (which I didn&#8217;t state), but you can&#8217;t easily convince me that there isn&#8217;t a correlation.<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=595406', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: WC</title>
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		<dc:creator>WC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;I think itâ€™s interesting that the ones who say homosexuals choose to be gay generally say they did not make a choice to be heterosexual.

Comment by WC â€” June 3, 2006 @ 11:16 pm &lt;/em&gt;


&lt;em&gt;Except that I donâ€™t believe gay is a choice. I think they are gay just as much as I am straight. 

Comment by unbelievable â€” June 4, 2006 @ 12:35 am &lt;/em&gt;

Unb -

Just to be clear, my comment wasn&#039;t directed at you...it was just a general observation!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I think itâ€™s interesting that the ones who say homosexuals choose to be gay generally say they did not make a choice to be heterosexual.</p>
<p>Comment by WC â€” June 3, 2006 @ 11:16 pm </em></p>
<p><em>Except that I donâ€™t believe gay is a choice. I think they are gay just as much as I am straight. </p>
<p>Comment by unbelievable â€” June 4, 2006 @ 12:35 am </em></p>
<p>Unb -</p>
<p>Just to be clear, my comment wasn&#8217;t directed at you&#8230;it was just a general observation!<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=595391', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh na Faire</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/03/bush-distorts-democracy/comment-page-4/#comment-595349</link>
		<dc:creator>Briseadh na Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unbelieveable

&lt;em&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;whether our multiple and repetative amount of law enforcement agencies in this country were responsible for the overwhelming percentage of Americans behind bars.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

I don&#039;t think that&#039;s the reason. I don&#039;t have time to research the stats, but my guess is it has more to do with incarcerating people for petty drug crimes, i.e. possession of a small amount of drugs for personal use gets jail time. Just think about the federal governments paranoia over medicinal marijuana for one example.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unbelieveable</p>
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<blockquote><p>whether our multiple and repetative amount of law enforcement agencies in this country were responsible for the overwhelming percentage of Americans behind bars.</p></blockquote>
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<p>I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the reason. I don&#8217;t have time to research the stats, but my guess is it has more to do with incarcerating people for petty drug crimes, i.e. possession of a small amount of drugs for personal use gets jail time. Just think about the federal governments paranoia over medicinal marijuana for one example.<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=595349', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh na Faire</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/03/bush-distorts-democracy/comment-page-4/#comment-595337</link>
		<dc:creator>Briseadh na Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lora 


&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;Good luck on your bar exams.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Thank you.



&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt; What kind of attorney do you plan to be?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
A good one, hopefully :-)

Actually, I have a fair amount of electives in Labor Law, Advocacy and International Law/Human Rights. But as far as plans...I&#039;ll take it as it comes. The legal profession called me, and the right position will avail itself.

If you like, you can contact me off-board at myspammailbox at hotmail dot com.

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;As my schedule as a translator/interpreter &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Which languages are you proficient in?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lora </p>
<blockquote><p><em>Good luck on your bar exams.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<blockquote><p><em> What kind of attorney do you plan to be?</em></p></blockquote>
<p>A good one, hopefully :-)</p>
<p>Actually, I have a fair amount of electives in Labor Law, Advocacy and International Law/Human Rights. But as far as plans&#8230;I&#8217;ll take it as it comes. The legal profession called me, and the right position will avail itself.</p>
<p>If you like, you can contact me off-board at myspammailbox at hotmail dot com.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>As my schedule as a translator/interpreter </em></p></blockquote>
<p>Which languages are you proficient in?<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=595337', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/03/bush-distorts-democracy/comment-page-4/#comment-595228</link>
		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;And donâ€™t tell you did provide such information; Iâ€™ve looked, and you didnâ€™t, Liar. 
Comment by Lora (aka Liberal Lora) â€” June 5, 2006 @ 12:22 am &lt;/em&gt;

I&#039;m pretty sure that with each paycheck for trolling, he gets his talking point for the next period.  As a result he can&#039;t substantiate anything he utters.  Mostly because it&#039;s a load of crap.  

I never could get him to respond to a question I&#039;d asked as to whether our multiple and repetative amount of law enforcement agencies in this country were responsible for the overwhelming percentage of Americans behind bars.  Instead, he tried to make it an issue over who I had been referencing in my post when I spoke of the inspiration I had for that thought.  Just smoke, mirrors, and a lot of evasion...  Not an original thought or an ounce of critical thinking ability in his head.  No one would ever hire him as an attorney.  He can&#039;t argue...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>And donâ€™t tell you did provide such information; Iâ€™ve looked, and you didnâ€™t, Liar.<br />
Comment by Lora (aka Liberal Lora) â€” June 5, 2006 @ 12:22 am </em></p>
<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that with each paycheck for trolling, he gets his talking point for the next period.  As a result he can&#8217;t substantiate anything he utters.  Mostly because it&#8217;s a load of crap.  </p>
<p>I never could get him to respond to a question I&#8217;d asked as to whether our multiple and repetative amount of law enforcement agencies in this country were responsible for the overwhelming percentage of Americans behind bars.  Instead, he tried to make it an issue over who I had been referencing in my post when I spoke of the inspiration I had for that thought.  Just smoke, mirrors, and a lot of evasion&#8230;  Not an original thought or an ounce of critical thinking ability in his head.  No one would ever hire him as an attorney.  He can&#8217;t argue&#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=595228', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;SOON TO THE PROSECUTORS!!!! 
Comment by ANUSHEAD!!! â€” June 5, 2006 @ 6:36 am &lt;/em&gt;

Well, you deserve to be going.  I can only imagine for what you&#039;re charged...  Nothing that would surprise anyone really, the raving lunatic that you have been these last several weeks.  Enjoy your trial.  I image it&#039;s the last time you&#039;ll be around regular people for quite sometime.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>SOON TO THE PROSECUTORS!!!!<br />
Comment by ANUSHEAD!!! â€” June 5, 2006 @ 6:36 am </em></p>
<p>Well, you deserve to be going.  I can only imagine for what you&#8217;re charged&#8230;  Nothing that would surprise anyone really, the raving lunatic that you have been these last several weeks.  Enjoy your trial.  I image it&#8217;s the last time you&#8217;ll be around regular people for quite sometime.<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=595223', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lora (aka Liberal Lora)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lora (aka Liberal Lora)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Briseadh na Faire,
Good luck on your bar exams.  What kind of attorney do you plan to be?
Perhaps you recognize &quot;Lora&quot; as a Celtic name.  It is fairly common in Ireland, but most Americans have wanted to write it as &quot;Laura&quot; or they misread it as &quot;Lorna.&quot;
I don&#039;t have a legal background; but  the big love of my early 20s (college to graduate school) was a law student/ lawyer.  I also have  friends from college days as well as a cousin who are  attorneys.  I obviously don&#039;t recognize as much as you that&#039;s phony about Mighty&#039;s supposed lawyer background.  But first of all, he/she can&#039;t even spell common legal terms like &quot;breach&quot; (consistently comes out as &quot;breech&quot; in Mighty&#039;s postings) and his/her overall tone strikes me as much too vulgar to be a well-educated professional woman.
As my schedule as a translator/interpreter is sometimes very busy and sometimes not, I don&#039;t always have the time to read TP--let alone post on it.  Besides, I want to spend more time with a friend who has terminal cancer and isn&#039;t expected to last long.   Anyway, I suppose we&#039;ll both touch base when we can.
Again, good luck.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Briseadh na Faire,<br />
Good luck on your bar exams.  What kind of attorney do you plan to be?<br />
Perhaps you recognize &#8220;Lora&#8221; as a Celtic name.  It is fairly common in Ireland, but most Americans have wanted to write it as &#8220;Laura&#8221; or they misread it as &#8220;Lorna.&#8221;<br />
I don&#8217;t have a legal background; but  the big love of my early 20s (college to graduate school) was a law student/ lawyer.  I also have  friends from college days as well as a cousin who are  attorneys.  I obviously don&#8217;t recognize as much as you that&#8217;s phony about Mighty&#8217;s supposed lawyer background.  But first of all, he/she can&#8217;t even spell common legal terms like &#8220;breach&#8221; (consistently comes out as &#8220;breech&#8221; in Mighty&#8217;s postings) and his/her overall tone strikes me as much too vulgar to be a well-educated professional woman.<br />
As my schedule as a translator/interpreter is sometimes very busy and sometimes not, I don&#8217;t always have the time to read TP&#8211;let alone post on it.  Besides, I want to spend more time with a friend who has terminal cancer and isn&#8217;t expected to last long.   Anyway, I suppose we&#8217;ll both touch base when we can.<br />
Again, good luck.<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=594868', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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