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	<title>Comments on: ISG Report: Bush Administration &#8216;Significantly Underreporting The Violence In Iraq&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Car Loans</title>
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		<dc:creator>Car Loans</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Car Loans&lt;/strong&gt;

If your brother demands a Mantachie , It is basic to recieve an} car loan in</description>
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<p>If your brother demands a Mantachie , It is basic to recieve an} car loan 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=4805120', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: real estate crash course</title>
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		<dc:creator>real estate crash course</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;real estate crash course&lt;/strong&gt;

Good post. I am looking into these issues on my blog.</description>
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<p>Good post. I am looking into these issues on my 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=4792948', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lebanese girls</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-4320482</link>
		<dc:creator>lebanese girls</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;lebanese girls&lt;/strong&gt;

Man i just love your blog, keep the cool posts comin..</description>
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<p>Man i just love your blog, keep the cool posts comin..<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=4320482', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Sam</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1953915</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I do not know how this administration can talk about progress if not only American troops continue to pay the price of Irak&#039;s democracy but also Irakis; Every day of Irak their is a bombing in Bagdad not to add othe cities.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do not know how this administration can talk about progress if not only American troops continue to pay the price of Irak&#8217;s democracy but also Irakis; Every day of Irak their is a bombing in Bagdad not to add othe cities.<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=1953915', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dangerous Intersection &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Violence in Iraq is systematically being under-reported</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dangerous Intersection &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Violence in Iraq is systematically being under-reported</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] This excerpt is discussed in this separate Think Progress post, which is based on this article from the Washington Post.   Bookmark to: [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Think Progress &#187; Laura Bush Slams Media For Ignoring Good News In Iraq</title>
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		<dc:creator>Think Progress &#187; Laura Bush Slams Media For Ignoring Good News In Iraq</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] The truth is that the Bush administration is systematically underreporting the amount of violence in Iraq. From the Iraq Study Group report, pg. 94-95: In addition, there is significant underreporting of the violence in Iraq. The standard for recording attacks acts as a filter to keep events out of reports and databases&#8230;For example, on one day in July 2006 there were 93 attacks or significant acts of violence reported. Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence. Good policy is difficult to make when information is systematically collected in a way that minimizes its discrepancy with policy goals. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] The truth is that the Bush administration is systematically underreporting the amount of violence in Iraq. From the Iraq Study Group report, pg. 94-95: In addition, there is significant underreporting of the violence in Iraq. The standard for recording attacks acts as a filter to keep events out of reports and databases&#8230;For example, on one day in July 2006 there were 93 attacks or significant acts of violence reported. Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence. Good policy is difficult to make when information is systematically collected in a way that minimizes its discrepancy with policy goals. [...]<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=1269932', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: little angie</title>
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		<dc:creator>little angie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why Americans Hate Democrats -- A Dialog 

Just because it is such a damned good piece of writing, the following is an exerpt from Jane Smiley&#039;s seminal piece in Slate Magazine:

The reason the Democrats have lost five of the last seven presidential elections is simple: A generation ago, the big capitalists, who have no morals, as we know, decided to make use of the religious right in their class war against the middle class and against the regulations that were protecting those whom they considered to be their rightful preyâ€”workers and consumers. The architects of this strategy knew perfectly well that they were exploiting, among other unsavory qualities, a long American habit of virulent racism, but they did it anyway, and we see the outcome nowâ€”Cheney is the capitalist arm and Bush is the religious arm. They know no boundaries or rules. They are predatory and resentful, amoral, avaricious, and arrogant. Lots of Americans like and admire them because lots of Americans, even those who don&#039;t share those same qualities, don&#039;t know which end is up. Can the Democrats appeal to such voters? Do they want to? The Republicans have sold their souls for power. Must everyone?

Progressives have only one course of action now: React quickly to every outrageâ€”red state types love to cheat and intimidate, so we have to assume the worst and call them on it every time. We have to give them more to think about than they can handleâ€”to always appeal to reason and common sense, and the law, even when they can&#039;t understand it and don&#039;t respond. They cannot be allowed to keep any secrets. Tens of millions of people didn&#039;t voteâ€”they are watching, too, and have to be shown that we are ready and willing to fight, and that the battle is worth fighting. And in addition, we have to remember that threats to democracy from the right always collapse. Whatever their short-term appeal, they are borne of hubris and hatred, and will destroy their purveyors in the end.

Although it originally appeared shortly after the last election, I think the article is so fundamentally honest and insightful that it bears dissemination until every American has read it. You can read the whole thing here.

http://www.slate.com/id/2109218/</description>
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<p>Just because it is such a damned good piece of writing, the following is an exerpt from Jane Smiley&#8217;s seminal piece in Slate Magazine:</p>
<p>The reason the Democrats have lost five of the last seven presidential elections is simple: A generation ago, the big capitalists, who have no morals, as we know, decided to make use of the religious right in their class war against the middle class and against the regulations that were protecting those whom they considered to be their rightful preyâ€”workers and consumers. The architects of this strategy knew perfectly well that they were exploiting, among other unsavory qualities, a long American habit of virulent racism, but they did it anyway, and we see the outcome nowâ€”Cheney is the capitalist arm and Bush is the religious arm. They know no boundaries or rules. They are predatory and resentful, amoral, avaricious, and arrogant. Lots of Americans like and admire them because lots of Americans, even those who don&#8217;t share those same qualities, don&#8217;t know which end is up. Can the Democrats appeal to such voters? Do they want to? The Republicans have sold their souls for power. Must everyone?</p>
<p>Progressives have only one course of action now: React quickly to every outrageâ€”red state types love to cheat and intimidate, so we have to assume the worst and call them on it every time. We have to give them more to think about than they can handleâ€”to always appeal to reason and common sense, and the law, even when they can&#8217;t understand it and don&#8217;t respond. They cannot be allowed to keep any secrets. Tens of millions of people didn&#8217;t voteâ€”they are watching, too, and have to be shown that we are ready and willing to fight, and that the battle is worth fighting. And in addition, we have to remember that threats to democracy from the right always collapse. Whatever their short-term appeal, they are borne of hubris and hatred, and will destroy their purveyors in the end.</p>
<p>Although it originally appeared shortly after the last election, I think the article is so fundamentally honest and insightful that it bears dissemination until every American has read it. You can read the whole thing here.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2109218/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slate.com/id/2109218/</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=1243800', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: BloodforOil</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1242725</link>
		<dc:creator>BloodforOil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ForTruth,

Sadly the media is not shoving this down Americas throat like they did Clintons schlong, that was in the news every night. Nothing about them reporting that they basically say what we knew all along, we need to secure the oil contracts, and this was not about them being able to pay for the war with profits from their oil, it&#039;s all about BP, Exxon and Haliburton.

If the Dems don&#039;t seriously investigate Nine Eleven, Haliburton &amp; Cheney ethics violations, and everything else, we&#039;re all F&#039;ed. The dems better walk the talk they gave us to get them there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ForTruth,</p>
<p>Sadly the media is not shoving this down Americas throat like they did Clintons schlong, that was in the news every night. Nothing about them reporting that they basically say what we knew all along, we need to secure the oil contracts, and this was not about them being able to pay for the war with profits from their oil, it&#8217;s all about BP, Exxon and Haliburton.</p>
<p>If the Dems don&#8217;t seriously investigate Nine Eleven, Haliburton &amp; Cheney ethics violations, and everything else, we&#8217;re all F&#8217;ed. The dems better walk the talk they gave us to get them there.<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=1242725', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ForTruth</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1242680</link>
		<dc:creator>ForTruth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seems like this ISG report just went in and exposed the truth. What does Karl think about all this? All the wordsmiths and &quot;truth&quot; engineers are being exposed for the lying, manipulating bastards they are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems like this ISG report just went in and exposed the truth. What does Karl think about all this? All the wordsmiths and &#8220;truth&#8221; engineers are being exposed for the lying, manipulating bastards they are.<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=1242680', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: USA</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1242567</link>
		<dc:creator>USA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh I almost forgot about he &quot;filter&quot;. Bush thinks the same way these rightwing bloggers do &quot;itâ€™s hard to tell it when you listen to the filter.&quot;

&quot;The Filter&quot;?  Gave it a cute little name too.

Yes conservatives believe real life is a filter that pagan Christan haters made up. These people are delusional beyond recognition. I guess they get to run around cross-eyed while people die because of them.  This world sucks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh I almost forgot about he &#8220;filter&#8221;. Bush thinks the same way these rightwing bloggers do &#8220;itâ€™s hard to tell it when you listen to the filter.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The Filter&#8221;?  Gave it a cute little name too.</p>
<p>Yes conservatives believe real life is a filter that pagan Christan haters made up. These people are delusional beyond recognition. I guess they get to run around cross-eyed while people die because of them.  This world sucks.<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=1242567', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: USA</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1242528</link>
		<dc:creator>USA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush sounds like every rightwing blogger I have seen, maybe a little more sane, but it&#039;s still there.

The media isn&#039;t reporting all the good things.  What nonsence.  Hear no evil see no evil is what these devils think.  And they are real devils.  If cars where exploding and burning everday in your city, what would you think is going on?

Retards: Those are our the enemies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush sounds like every rightwing blogger I have seen, maybe a little more sane, but it&#8217;s still there.</p>
<p>The media isn&#8217;t reporting all the good things.  What nonsence.  Hear no evil see no evil is what these devils think.  And they are real devils.  If cars where exploding and burning everday in your city, what would you think is going on?</p>
<p>Retards: Those are our the enemies.<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=1242528', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: BloodforOil</title>
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		<dc:creator>BloodforOil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If we had any doubts...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/troops-out-oil-companies_b_35816.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If we had any doubts&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/troops-out-oil-companies_b_35816.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/troops-out-oil-companies_b_35816.html</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=1242289', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1242024</link>
		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>caption contest:
Even after using the report, I still needed this much toilet paper this morning.</description>
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Even after using the report, I still needed this much toilet paper this morning.<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=1242024', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mikey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1241998</link>
		<dc:creator>Mikey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;underreporting violence â€œin order to suit the Bush administrationâ€™s policy goals&quot;

This wouldn&#039;t be the first time that facts are being fixed around the policy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;underreporting violence â€œin order to suit the Bush administrationâ€™s policy goals&#8221;</p>
<p>This wouldn&#8217;t be the first time that facts are being fixed around the policy.<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=1241998', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TerrytheTurtle</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1241990</link>
		<dc:creator>TerrytheTurtle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Caption Contest:

Chimpy: I was as surprised as anyone. I mean that Tom &#039;Six Months&#039; Fried-man wrote that &#039;World is Flat&#039; book. Now this ISG tells me that no, it&#039;s kind of round, like this.</description>
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<p>Chimpy: I was as surprised as anyone. I mean that Tom &#8216;Six Months&#8217; Fried-man wrote that &#8216;World is Flat&#8217; book. Now this ISG tells me that no, it&#8217;s kind of round, like 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=1241990', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ForTruth</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1241914</link>
		<dc:creator>ForTruth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even if the ISG report is used as buttwipe, its good to see things finally being said that folks here have been screaming about for years. Validation is a good thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even if the ISG report is used as buttwipe, its good to see things finally being said that folks here have been screaming about for years. Validation is a good thing.<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=1241914', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another example of the Bush/Cheney regime, aided and abetted by Rummy and his stooges in the Pentagon.
Yet, according to OLielly, Lintball and the rest, the media is too critical and too liberal -- it is this administration that is too secretive and too manipulative.  We have a press that squelches stories that are too harsh on Bush -- and today I heard a comment from an ISG member that the congress has been far too timid in challenging Bush&amp;Co -- so we have a press that doesn&#039;t act as the watchdog of government in its role as the fourth estate, but is complicit with them.  We have representatives in congress who are not only derelict in their duty to support and defend the Constitution and the people of America, but conspire to aid and abet the president in his fraudulent administration.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another example of the Bush/Cheney regime, aided and abetted by Rummy and his stooges in the Pentagon.<br />
Yet, according to OLielly, Lintball and the rest, the media is too critical and too liberal &#8212; it is this administration that is too secretive and too manipulative.  We have a press that squelches stories that are too harsh on Bush &#8212; and today I heard a comment from an ISG member that the congress has been far too timid in challenging Bush&amp;Co &#8212; so we have a press that doesn&#8217;t act as the watchdog of government in its role as the fourth estate, but is complicit with them.  We have representatives in congress who are not only derelict in their duty to support and defend the Constitution and the people of America, but conspire to aid and abet the president in his fraudulent administration.<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=1241724', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Manuel</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1241722</link>
		<dc:creator>Manuel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thinkprogress should backup its archive and keep it as the biggest record of goverment incompetence ever registered !!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thinkprogress should backup its archive and keep it as the biggest record of goverment incompetence ever registered !!!<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=1241722', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DallasNE</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1241721</link>
		<dc:creator>DallasNE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obviously, that deliberate underreporting helped the GOP in the last election. Truthful reporting probably would have resulted in another 8-10 House seats sliding into the Democratic column along with 1 more Senate seat.

On another subject.

John Murtha is right. Nothing new of substance is coming out of the ISG report.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/07/bush.blair/index.html

Here Bush is linking talks with Iran about Iraq to the nuclear issue in Iran. This is exactly what the ISG said NOT to do.

Next, Bush will blame the Iranians for not cooperating. Since Bush has placed roadblocks in the path we can&#039;t know whether Iran would cooperate regarding security conditions in Iraq or not.

This move isn&#039;t even putting lipstick on a pig. An offer that is 100% sure to fail is worse than no offer at all because it is an insult. We saw how Iran reacted to the insult that they were 1/3 of the axis of evil. It is like Bush wants to fail. Why else would he be acting so irresponsibly? Is he really that clueless? Oh, never mind on that last part.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obviously, that deliberate underreporting helped the GOP in the last election. Truthful reporting probably would have resulted in another 8-10 House seats sliding into the Democratic column along with 1 more Senate seat.</p>
<p>On another subject.</p>
<p>John Murtha is right. Nothing new of substance is coming out of the ISG report.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/07/bush.blair/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/07/bush.blair/index.html</a></p>
<p>Here Bush is linking talks with Iran about Iraq to the nuclear issue in Iran. This is exactly what the ISG said NOT to do.</p>
<p>Next, Bush will blame the Iranians for not cooperating. Since Bush has placed roadblocks in the path we can&#8217;t know whether Iran would cooperate regarding security conditions in Iraq or not.</p>
<p>This move isn&#8217;t even putting lipstick on a pig. An offer that is 100% sure to fail is worse than no offer at all because it is an insult. We saw how Iran reacted to the insult that they were 1/3 of the axis of evil. It is like Bush wants to fail. Why else would he be acting so irresponsibly? Is he really that clueless? Oh, never mind on that last part.<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=1241721', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tony snow</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/07/isg-underreporting-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1241672</link>
		<dc:creator>tony snow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>unknown,

i appreciate the question and the comment.  as our new speech-writer, a doctor nobelles, lets call him, has said:

&lt;blockquote&gt;The mysterious magic that he exerts on all who come in contact with him cannot alone explain his historic personality. There is more that makes us love and esteem him. Through all the ups and downs of George Bush&#039;s career, from the beginning of his political activity to the crowning of his career as he seized power, he has always remained the same: a person among people, a friend to his comrades, an eager supporter of every ability and talent. He is a pathfinder for those who devoted themselves to his idea, a man who conquered the hearts of his comrades in the midst of battle and never released them.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>unknown,</p>
<p>i appreciate the question and the comment.  as our new speech-writer, a doctor nobelles, lets call him, has said:</p>
<blockquote><p>The mysterious magic that he exerts on all who come in contact with him cannot alone explain his historic personality. There is more that makes us love and esteem him. Through all the ups and downs of George Bush&#8217;s career, from the beginning of his political activity to the crowning of his career as he seized power, he has always remained the same: a person among people, a friend to his comrades, an eager supporter of every ability and talent. He is a pathfinder for those who devoted themselves to his idea, a man who conquered the hearts of his comrades in the midst of battle and never released them.</p></blockquote>
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