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		<title>By: Iran &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Think Progress » Blog Archive » Iranian President Cracks Down On &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-2/#comment-4731920</link>
		<dc:creator>Iran &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Think Progress » Blog Archive » Iranian President Cracks Down On &#8230;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Tribuna Libre wrote an interesting post today on Think Progress &#194;&#187; Blog Archive &#194;&#187; Iranian President Cracks Down On &#8230; Here&#8217;s a quick excerptIran Arrests Bloggers; President Starts Own Blog… President Ahmadinejad’s first blog entry: “What’s this ‘irony’ thing I keep hearing about? [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Tribuna Libre wrote an interesting post today on Think Progress &Acirc;&raquo; Blog Archive &Acirc;&raquo; Iranian President Cracks Down On &#8230; Here&#8217;s a quick excerptIran Arrests Bloggers; President Starts Own Blog… President Ahmadinejad’s first blog entry: “What’s this ‘irony’ thing I keep hearing about? [...]<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=4731920', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jack Meihoff</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-2/#comment-883544</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Meihoff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi
Is this for real?
If you want to be a capo.. then you must also act lik e one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi<br />
Is this for real?<br />
If you want to be a capo.. then you must also act lik e one.<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=883544', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Iranian President Cracks Down On Citizen Blogging, Starts His Own &#8230; - Newsblaper - Blog Newspaper</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-2/#comment-756406</link>
		<dc:creator>Iranian President Cracks Down On Citizen Blogging, Starts His Own &#8230; - Newsblaper - Blog Newspaper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Iranian President Cracks Down On Citizen Blogging, Starts His Own &#8230;Think Progress,&#160;DC&#160;- Aug 14, 2006Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog. In his first post, Ahmadinejad described his humble origins and &#8230; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Iranian President Cracks Down On Citizen Blogging, Starts His Own &#8230;Think Progress,&nbsp;DC&nbsp;- Aug 14, 2006Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog. In his first post, Ahmadinejad described his humble origins and &#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=756406', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Global News Blog &#187; Iran - Iranian brothers file lawsuit in LA over 4 years of detention</title>
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		<dc:creator>Global News Blog &#187; Iran - Iranian brothers file lawsuit in LA over 4 years of detention</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Iranian President Cracks Down On Citizen Blogging, Starts His Own &#8230;Think Progress,&#160;DC&#160;- Aug 14, 2006Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog. In his first post, Ahmadinejad described his humble origins and &#8230; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Iranian President Cracks Down On Citizen Blogging, Starts His Own &#8230;Think Progress,&nbsp;DC&nbsp;- Aug 14, 2006Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog. In his first post, Ahmadinejad described his humble origins and &#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=735051', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Global News Blog &#187; Iran - Bush Administration Rejects Iranian, Syrian Victory Claims</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-2/#comment-734719</link>
		<dc:creator>Global News Blog &#187; Iran - Bush Administration Rejects Iranian, Syrian Victory Claims</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Iranian President Cracks Down On Citizen Blogging, Starts His Own &#8230;Think Progress,&#160;DC&#160;- Aug 14, 2006Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog. In his first post, Ahmadinejad described his humble origins and &#8230; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Iranian President Cracks Down On Citizen Blogging, Starts His Own &#8230;Think Progress,&nbsp;DC&nbsp;- Aug 14, 2006Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog. In his first post, Ahmadinejad described his humble origins and &#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=734719', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: PJ</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-2/#comment-730844</link>
		<dc:creator>PJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sunnis and the Shiites both want to create an Islamic empire and that starts with the destruction of Israel. 
Shiite Iran is arming itself with nuclear weapons I mean nuclear power for peaceful purposes. 
Remember they are the sane ones and the US can trust them like we did with those 66 American hostages back in &#039;79. Ask Jimmy he knows. We just need to love on them some more. They are trying to help President Bush too with his pronunciation of nuclear. They are really nice guys.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sunnis and the Shiites both want to create an Islamic empire and that starts with the destruction of Israel.<br />
Shiite Iran is arming itself with nuclear weapons I mean nuclear power for peaceful purposes.<br />
Remember they are the sane ones and the US can trust them like we did with those 66 American hostages back in &#8216;79. Ask Jimmy he knows. We just need to love on them some more. They are trying to help President Bush too with his pronunciation of nuclear. They are really nice guys.<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=730844', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Citizen Jake &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Everybody&#8217;s got a blog now</title>
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		<dc:creator>Citizen Jake &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Everybody&#8217;s got a blog now</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] (Via Think Progress)&#160; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] (Via Think Progress)&nbsp; [...]<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=730711', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: theswan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-2/#comment-729822</link>
		<dc:creator>theswan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This story will not seem so far-fetched and could happen right here when corporate heavy weights kills Net Neutrality.  And they can&#039;t wait either.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This story will not seem so far-fetched and could happen right here when corporate heavy weights kills Net Neutrality.  And they can&#8217;t wait either.<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=729822', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SUSA</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-728723</link>
		<dc:creator>SUSA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can you say &quot;fascism&quot; boys and girls?

Eliminate all opposing views.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can you say &#8220;fascism&#8221; boys and girls?</p>
<p>Eliminate all opposing views.<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=728723', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Red</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-728350</link>
		<dc:creator>Red</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ahmadinejad is George W. Bush with a beard.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahmadinejad is George W. Bush with a beard.<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=728350', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-728223</link>
		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PJ, I cannot find anything on that quote except on right wing sites (and half of them say it is about GW and half say it is about GHW).  So, can you prove your assertion?  And of course, if you do, can I rebut you with all of GW and Dan Quayle quotes?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PJ, I cannot find anything on that quote except on right wing sites (and half of them say it is about GW and half say it is about GHW).  So, can you prove your assertion?  And of course, if you do, can I rebut you with all of GW and Dan Quayle quotes?<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=728223', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: PJ</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-727962</link>
		<dc:creator>PJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are a clever one katy
Your pc skills are very impressive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are a clever one katy<br />
Your pc skills are very impressive.<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=727962', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-727720</link>
		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>uh... darn... blushing... guess that would be H.W....
but still, the rest is so bogus...everything you said is bogus...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>uh&#8230; darn&#8230; blushing&#8230; guess that would be H.W&#8230;.<br />
but still, the rest is so bogus&#8230;everything you said is bogus&#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=727720', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-727702</link>
		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey pj, bet you can&#039;t legitimately source that &quot;spots&quot; quote.

i took a few minutes to cool down (from mowing) and did some googling... on page 6 i found what looked promising with this:
&lt;em&gt;&quot;A zebra does not change its spots.&quot; - Al Gore, attacking &lt;strong&gt;President George Bush in 1992&lt;/strong&gt;. (Source: The Toronto Sun, 11/19/&lt;strong&gt;95&lt;/strong&gt;; May 13th page of the &quot;365 stupidest things ever said, 1999 Calendar.&quot; &lt;/em&gt;

ah hahahahahaha... president bush - 1992 ... ah hahahahahahaha...
A CALENDAR !!!  ah hahahahaha... hooooweeee...

ahhh... thanks, i needed that...

oh, and the toronto sun?
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.torontosun.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Local tabloid style newspaper.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey pj, bet you can&#8217;t legitimately source that &#8220;spots&#8221; quote.</p>
<p>i took a few minutes to cool down (from mowing) and did some googling&#8230; on page 6 i found what looked promising with this:<br />
<em>&#8220;A zebra does not change its spots.&#8221; &#8211; Al Gore, attacking <strong>President George Bush in 1992</strong>. (Source: The Toronto Sun, 11/19/<strong>95</strong>; May 13th page of the &#8220;365 stupidest things ever said, 1999 Calendar.&#8221; </em></p>
<p>ah hahahahahaha&#8230; president bush &#8211; 1992 &#8230; ah hahahahahahaha&#8230;<br />
A CALENDAR !!!  ah hahahahaha&#8230; hooooweeee&#8230;</p>
<p>ahhh&#8230; thanks, i needed that&#8230;</p>
<p>oh, and the toronto sun?<br />
<a href="http://www.torontosun.com/" rel="nofollow">Local tabloid style newspaper.</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=727702', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: PJ</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-727573</link>
		<dc:creator>PJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should thank Al Gore for inventing the Internet so he can blog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should thank Al Gore for inventing the Internet so he can blog.<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=727573', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: PJ</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-727520</link>
		<dc:creator>PJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here are quotes from the guy that should have won.

&quot;A zebra does not change its spots.&quot; - Al Gore, attacking President George Bush in 1992.

 
&quot;My first pledge will be to restore integrity to the White House. And I&#039;ll fire anyone who has lied to the American people or the United States Congress.&quot; 
(Source: Al Gore, in a February 2, 1988 presidential debate) 
Does this mean he&#039;d fire Clinton?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are quotes from the guy that should have won.</p>
<p>&#8220;A zebra does not change its spots.&#8221; &#8211; Al Gore, attacking President George Bush in 1992.</p>
<p>&#8220;My first pledge will be to restore integrity to the White House. And I&#8217;ll fire anyone who has lied to the American people or the United States Congress.&#8221;<br />
(Source: Al Gore, in a February 2, 1988 presidential debate)<br />
Does this mean he&#8217;d fire Clinton?<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=727520', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mr. Looper</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-727351</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Looper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;*******Now THIS sounds like the type of political rhetoric Progs LOVEâ€¦.Hmmmâ€¦humble beginnings, The United States is responsible for ALL global hatred, disease, greed, natural disaster, etcâ€¦â€¦ &quot;

Actually, it&#039;s what the imaginary liberals who live in the minds of Republicans love to hear.  The conservative&#039;s imaginary liberal friends are about the only people they&#039;ll try to argue with these days.  Both the &quot;trolls&quot; (or whatever you want to call them) on this thread have started their own discussions by telling the rest of us what we think.

That&#039;s the first rule of the Republican playbook &quot;Know your pretend enemy&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;*******Now THIS sounds like the type of political rhetoric Progs LOVEâ€¦.Hmmmâ€¦humble beginnings, The United States is responsible for ALL global hatred, disease, greed, natural disaster, etcâ€¦â€¦ &#8221;</p>
<p>Actually, it&#8217;s what the imaginary liberals who live in the minds of Republicans love to hear.  The conservative&#8217;s imaginary liberal friends are about the only people they&#8217;ll try to argue with these days.  Both the &#8220;trolls&#8221; (or whatever you want to call them) on this thread have started their own discussions by telling the rest of us what we think.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the first rule of the Republican playbook &#8220;Know your pretend enemy&#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=727351', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sam</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-727350</link>
		<dc:creator>sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.unbossed.com/index.php?itemid=1019

    The Bush Dyslexicon
    Observations on a National Disorder
    By Mark Crispin Miller;
    Norton &amp; Company; 2001

    As the Dyslexicon makes clear, this President would seem to be the most illiterate in US history. His is not the merely technical illiteracy of most Americans who, irrespective of their class or education, routinely make grammatical mistakes so slight that only pedants mind them: George W. Bush is so illiterate as to turn completely incoherent when he speaks without a script, or unless he thinks his every statement through so carefully beforehand that the effort empties out his face.

    ... His incapacity does not reflect one problem in particular, but several kinds of verbal defect. As Gail Sheehy has argued, the President may actually suffer from dyslexia. Surely that condition may explain his tendency to transpose words and to blurt out the opposite of what he means. It may also explain his frequent malapropisms (&#039;hostile&#039; for &#039;hostage,&#039; &#039;arbitrary&#039; for &#039;arbitration,&#039; &#039;preserve&#039; for &#039;persevere,&#039; &#039;cufflink&#039; for &#039;handcuff,&#039; etc.)</description>
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<p>    The Bush Dyslexicon<br />
    Observations on a National Disorder<br />
    By Mark Crispin Miller;<br />
    Norton &amp; Company; 2001</p>
<p>    As the Dyslexicon makes clear, this President would seem to be the most illiterate in US history. His is not the merely technical illiteracy of most Americans who, irrespective of their class or education, routinely make grammatical mistakes so slight that only pedants mind them: George W. Bush is so illiterate as to turn completely incoherent when he speaks without a script, or unless he thinks his every statement through so carefully beforehand that the effort empties out his face.</p>
<p>    &#8230; His incapacity does not reflect one problem in particular, but several kinds of verbal defect. As Gail Sheehy has argued, the President may actually suffer from dyslexia. Surely that condition may explain his tendency to transpose words and to blurt out the opposite of what he means. It may also explain his frequent malapropisms (&#8217;hostile&#8217; for &#8216;hostage,&#8217; &#8216;arbitrary&#8217; for &#8216;arbitration,&#8217; &#8216;preserve&#8217; for &#8216;persevere,&#8217; &#8216;cufflink&#8217; for &#8216;handcuff,&#8217; etc.)<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=727350', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Krazny</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-727339</link>
		<dc:creator>Krazny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow Santo Gndede is posting on the think fast thread under 3 or 4 different names, It has started to answer itself.

Whew, someone needs there meds.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow Santo Gndede is posting on the think fast thread under 3 or 4 different names, It has started to answer itself.</p>
<p>Whew, someone needs there meds.<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=727339', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sam</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-727330</link>
		<dc:creator>sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish Bush would blog. That would be entertainment!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish Bush would blog. That would be entertainment!<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=727330', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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