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		<title>By: Bruce Gorton</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joanie Doe

Who kept on about &quot;With us or against us&quot;?

Who kept on saying &quot;Some people say&quot; when saying something nobody has actually said?

Who claimed Nancy Pelosi would destroy the country?

Tell me Joanie, who is dividing the country, some random blogger, or your intellectual equal in chief?</description>
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<p>Who kept on about &#8220;With us or against us&#8221;?</p>
<p>Who kept on saying &#8220;Some people say&#8221; when saying something nobody has actually said?</p>
<p>Who claimed Nancy Pelosi would destroy the country?</p>
<p>Tell me Joanie, who is dividing the country, some random blogger, or your intellectual equal in chief?<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=1542440', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Joanie Doe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joanie Doe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LIBERALS HATE TRUTH



Liberals never let facts get in the way of a good argument. That is just one of the undeniable truths of life that must be accepted by all conservatives. A recent posting on this web site from a chronic Bush hater called â€œbushisacrookâ€ offers up Wâ€™s â€œresumeâ€ and accomplishments as president. Unfortunately this posting was full of lies and half truths, witch is the typical basis for a liberal arguments. It would take to much space to address them all individually,
GEORGE W. BUSH RESUME
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

1. I attacked and took over two countries. Yes, this is what Bush did. Without being provoked, George Bush took it upon himself to attack and take over two countriesâ€¦.and we would like to apologize to Canada and Mexico.

2. I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the Treasury.
I shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history.
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 2-month period. I set the all-time record for the most foreclosures in a 12-month period. I set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market. Hey, did you hear? Weâ€™re bankrupt. I guess the Wall Street Journal missed that story, and for the record, the deficit, as a percentage of GDP, which is the only important measuring stick, is still lower than itâ€™s been in decades. (Itâ€™s called Economics 101. Take it. Learn It. Live It.) It is an economic fact that George Bush inherited a U.S. economy that was stalling and beginning to tumble and had to deal with a world that was in a death spiral from Germany to Japan. Then 9/11 wreaked havoc on the the economic center of the universeâ€¦.All in all, Iâ€™d say Bush has done a pretty good job protecting us from a Carter-like malaise. 

3. In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history. Any third grader probably understands that a president, never has a vacation. Ever. All they do is move the headquarters for the running of the free world from one location to another. If you call having constant, 24 hour, security presence and daily briefings from everyone who works for you a vacation, then youâ€™re right. ( What a bullshit complaint. I probably shouldnâ€™t even have acknowledged it.) 

4. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.
I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history. See Economy 101. And for the record, in the last 8 months nearly 1.5 million new jobs have been created, thanks to Bush tax cuts and economic policy. 

5. I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other president in US history. After Economics 101, check out Civics 102. Amending the constituion requires a super majority vote of both houses of congress, then ratification by the legislative branches of two thirds of the states. Itâ€™s a little harder than just a pen stroke. 

6. I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have. Are you starting to understand why school vouchers are so important. Apparently the person who posted this was not alive when Jimmy Carter was president. I remember gas rationing and the â€œodd/evenâ€ method of being told what day you could buy gas. If Bush would have emptied the national oil reserves the day he took office, it would be making it to the pump right about nowâ€¦.but then again, youâ€™d have to understand a little bit about how the oil industry works to get it. 

7. I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. Itâ€™s good to be the king. 

8. I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history. Thank you. And would the jackasses who kept us in those outdated, irrelevant treaties please stand up. 

9. Iâ€™ve made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history. How do you know? I mean, wouldnâ€™t the most secret and unaccountable presidency, still be a secretâ€¦.and unaccountable?

10. I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously go bankrupt. Again, the Wall Street Journal must be sleeping on the job to miss this one. 

11. I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world. No, that would be Bill Clinton. On two counts. The Enron and World Com debacles were at fever pitch under Clintonâ€¦.and do you recall under which administration Ken Lay and all his ilk were exposed and prosecuted?â€¦..

12. I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the world community. Okay take Economics first period, Civics second period and American History third period. Weâ€™ll leave the schedule open after lunch. 

13. I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. The United Nations rendered itself irrelevant by failing to do what it said it would and then actively try to thwart enforcement of itâ€™s own directives. By the way, you should also do some reading on the Oil For Food scandal that receives virtually no media attention in this country. The reason the U.N. fought against invading Iraq is because so many U.N. officials and world leaders were making so much money off Sadam being in power, to lose it would be unthinkable. 

At this point Iâ€™m just tired. If there were at least some factual basis to the remaining claims made by this crazed Bush hater I might enjoy the debate, but when an argument is based on lies, ignorance and willful distortionâ€¦there is no debate. In fact, there is nothing worthy of debate, a point I prove with a final challenge. 

Our visitor wrote; In a little over two years I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided that the US has been since the civil war. This is from the same write who called Bush a liar, a crook, a drunk, a deserter, a murderer and a moron. Whoâ€™s dividing the country?</description>
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<p>Liberals never let facts get in the way of a good argument. That is just one of the undeniable truths of life that must be accepted by all conservatives. A recent posting on this web site from a chronic Bush hater called â€œbushisacrookâ€ offers up Wâ€™s â€œresumeâ€ and accomplishments as president. Unfortunately this posting was full of lies and half truths, witch is the typical basis for a liberal arguments. It would take to much space to address them all individually,<br />
GEORGE W. BUSH RESUME<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:</p>
<p>1. I attacked and took over two countries. Yes, this is what Bush did. Without being provoked, George Bush took it upon himself to attack and take over two countriesâ€¦.and we would like to apologize to Canada and Mexico.</p>
<p>2. I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the Treasury.<br />
I shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history.<br />
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 2-month period. I set the all-time record for the most foreclosures in a 12-month period. I set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market. Hey, did you hear? Weâ€™re bankrupt. I guess the Wall Street Journal missed that story, and for the record, the deficit, as a percentage of GDP, which is the only important measuring stick, is still lower than itâ€™s been in decades. (Itâ€™s called Economics 101. Take it. Learn It. Live It.) It is an economic fact that George Bush inherited a U.S. economy that was stalling and beginning to tumble and had to deal with a world that was in a death spiral from Germany to Japan. Then 9/11 wreaked havoc on the the economic center of the universeâ€¦.All in all, Iâ€™d say Bush has done a pretty good job protecting us from a Carter-like malaise. </p>
<p>3. In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history. Any third grader probably understands that a president, never has a vacation. Ever. All they do is move the headquarters for the running of the free world from one location to another. If you call having constant, 24 hour, security presence and daily briefings from everyone who works for you a vacation, then youâ€™re right. ( What a bullshit complaint. I probably shouldnâ€™t even have acknowledged it.) </p>
<p>4. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.<br />
I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history. See Economy 101. And for the record, in the last 8 months nearly 1.5 million new jobs have been created, thanks to Bush tax cuts and economic policy. </p>
<p>5. I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other president in US history. After Economics 101, check out Civics 102. Amending the constituion requires a super majority vote of both houses of congress, then ratification by the legislative branches of two thirds of the states. Itâ€™s a little harder than just a pen stroke. </p>
<p>6. I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have. Are you starting to understand why school vouchers are so important. Apparently the person who posted this was not alive when Jimmy Carter was president. I remember gas rationing and the â€œodd/evenâ€ method of being told what day you could buy gas. If Bush would have emptied the national oil reserves the day he took office, it would be making it to the pump right about nowâ€¦.but then again, youâ€™d have to understand a little bit about how the oil industry works to get it. </p>
<p>7. I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. Itâ€™s good to be the king. </p>
<p>8. I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history. Thank you. And would the jackasses who kept us in those outdated, irrelevant treaties please stand up. </p>
<p>9. Iâ€™ve made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history. How do you know? I mean, wouldnâ€™t the most secret and unaccountable presidency, still be a secretâ€¦.and unaccountable?</p>
<p>10. I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously go bankrupt. Again, the Wall Street Journal must be sleeping on the job to miss this one. </p>
<p>11. I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world. No, that would be Bill Clinton. On two counts. The Enron and World Com debacles were at fever pitch under Clintonâ€¦.and do you recall under which administration Ken Lay and all his ilk were exposed and prosecuted?â€¦..</p>
<p>12. I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the world community. Okay take Economics first period, Civics second period and American History third period. Weâ€™ll leave the schedule open after lunch. </p>
<p>13. I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. The United Nations rendered itself irrelevant by failing to do what it said it would and then actively try to thwart enforcement of itâ€™s own directives. By the way, you should also do some reading on the Oil For Food scandal that receives virtually no media attention in this country. The reason the U.N. fought against invading Iraq is because so many U.N. officials and world leaders were making so much money off Sadam being in power, to lose it would be unthinkable. </p>
<p>At this point Iâ€™m just tired. If there were at least some factual basis to the remaining claims made by this crazed Bush hater I might enjoy the debate, but when an argument is based on lies, ignorance and willful distortionâ€¦there is no debate. In fact, there is nothing worthy of debate, a point I prove with a final challenge. </p>
<p>Our visitor wrote; In a little over two years I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided that the US has been since the civil war. This is from the same write who called Bush a liar, a crook, a drunk, a deserter, a murderer and a moron. Whoâ€™s dividing the country?<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=1539753', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tom baker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joanie&#039;s convinced me that it&#039;s sometimes OK to hit women. Luckily, this is a virtual forum, so I won&#039;t be in jail later today for giving her a fat lip - lucky her. Too bad we didn&#039;t live in the Regressive, anti-hippy America that Joanie and her 28%-er (THAT is a minority, Joanie, in case you didn&#039;t actually know what &quot;minority&quot; means) crowd long for, cause then I could beat her without fear of reprisal or prosecution, the way the Lord intended.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joanie&#8217;s convinced me that it&#8217;s sometimes OK to hit women. Luckily, this is a virtual forum, so I won&#8217;t be in jail later today for giving her a fat lip &#8211; lucky her. Too bad we didn&#8217;t live in the Regressive, anti-hippy America that Joanie and her 28%-er (THAT is a minority, Joanie, in case you didn&#8217;t actually know what &#8220;minority&#8221; means) crowd long for, cause then I could beat her without fear of reprisal or prosecution, the way the Lord intended.<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=1537986', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Liberal in New Mexico</title>
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		<dc:creator>Liberal in New Mexico</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>George Bush&#039;s incoherent comments are like his unimaginable blunderings. He really just does not get it; the ramifications and consequences of his words and actions. He is like a child in that respect. It is unfortunate for this country that he is a willfull child in desperate need of severe discipline and holds the highest office in the land. The nursery rhyme- &lt;strong&gt;Humpty-Dumpty&lt;/strong&gt;, comes to mind. I just hope that he doesn&#039;t break the country when he falls.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>George Bush&#8217;s incoherent comments are like his unimaginable blunderings. He really just does not get it; the ramifications and consequences of his words and actions. He is like a child in that respect. It is unfortunate for this country that he is a willfull child in desperate need of severe discipline and holds the highest office in the land. The nursery rhyme- <strong>Humpty-Dumpty</strong>, comes to mind. I just hope that he doesn&#8217;t break the country when he falls.<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=1537528', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: impeachcheneythenbush</title>
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		<dc:creator>impeachcheneythenbush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting article in yesterday&#039;s NYT (in their Mental Health section) regarding magical thinking.  While such thinking is normal, even among adults to a certain degree, it can be problematic.  And in Bush&#039;s case, his delusional thinking is resulting in the deaths of thousands of our own troop&#039;s deaths, and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens&#039; deaths.  &lt;strong&gt;He must be stopped.&lt;/strong&gt;

&quot;Those whose magical thoughts can blossom into full-blown delusion and psychosis appear to be a fundamentally different group in their own right, said Mark Lenzenweger, a professor of clinical science, neuroscience and cognitive psychology at Binghamton, part of the State University of New York. â€œThese are people for whom magical thinking is a central part of how they view the world,â€ not a vague sense of having special powers, he said. â€œWhereas with most people, if you were to confront them about their magical beliefs, they would back down.â€

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/health/psychology/23magic.html?em&amp;ex=1169787600&amp;en=37014d3d8e36bd57&amp;ei=5087%0A</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting article in yesterday&#8217;s NYT (in their Mental Health section) regarding magical thinking.  While such thinking is normal, even among adults to a certain degree, it can be problematic.  And in Bush&#8217;s case, his delusional thinking is resulting in the deaths of thousands of our own troop&#8217;s deaths, and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens&#8217; deaths.  <strong>He must be stopped.</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Those whose magical thoughts can blossom into full-blown delusion and psychosis appear to be a fundamentally different group in their own right, said Mark Lenzenweger, a professor of clinical science, neuroscience and cognitive psychology at Binghamton, part of the State University of New York. â€œThese are people for whom magical thinking is a central part of how they view the world,â€ not a vague sense of having special powers, he said. â€œWhereas with most people, if you were to confront them about their magical beliefs, they would back down.â€</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/health/psychology/23magic.html?em&amp;ex=1169787600&amp;en=37014d3d8e36bd57&amp;ei=5087" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/health/psychology/23magic.html?em&amp;ex=1169787600&amp;en=37014d3d8e36bd57&amp;ei=5087</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=1537504', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Xbot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Xbot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#83, etc...

Don&#039;t feed the trolls.

I did a bit of an experiment last week, and acted as a troll. I was surprised how many people reacted to me &#039;anti-lord sinner&#039; insults. They were meant to look horribly written, too.

We need a big post on this, TP.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#83, etc&#8230;</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t feed the trolls.</p>
<p>I did a bit of an experiment last week, and acted as a troll. I was surprised how many people reacted to me &#8216;anti-lord sinner&#8217; insults. They were meant to look horribly written, too.</p>
<p>We need a big post on this, TP.<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=1536988', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DallasNE</title>
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		<dc:creator>DallasNE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pelosi doesn&#039;t suffer fools lightly. Good for her. So far I think she has done an excellent job.

I haven&#039;t heard who came up with the idea to have Sen. Jim Webb deliver the Democratic response to the SOTU address but at the time it was announced I weighed in that this decision had Pelosi&#039;s fingerprints all over it.

Frankly, I don&#039;t know why Bush advisors hadn&#039;t pressed Bush the other two times to lean on his Generals to perform. In fact, I thought that was the primary duty of the Commander in Chief. But failed leadership comes easily to George W. Bush. Bush didn&#039;t press for action on Katrina either. Where does that stand today? Hint: total disarray.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pelosi doesn&#8217;t suffer fools lightly. Good for her. So far I think she has done an excellent job.</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t heard who came up with the idea to have Sen. Jim Webb deliver the Democratic response to the SOTU address but at the time it was announced I weighed in that this decision had Pelosi&#8217;s fingerprints all over it.</p>
<p>Frankly, I don&#8217;t know why Bush advisors hadn&#8217;t pressed Bush the other two times to lean on his Generals to perform. In fact, I thought that was the primary duty of the Commander in Chief. But failed leadership comes easily to George W. Bush. Bush didn&#8217;t press for action on Katrina either. Where does that stand today? Hint: total disarray.<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=1536906', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DieNowForPeace</title>
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		<dc:creator>DieNowForPeace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great, more childish rhetoric from the Idiot in the White House.

What a pathetic, little-minded &quot;man&quot;, just like his 28%-ers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great, more childish rhetoric from the Idiot in the White House.</p>
<p>What a pathetic, little-minded &#8220;man&#8221;, just like his 28%-ers.<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=1536758', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Technodaoist</title>
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		<dc:creator>Technodaoist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BWWWHAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Hey Joanie,

WE WON, YOU LOST!  GET OVER IT!!!

How&#039;s it feel to be in the minority?   How&#039;s it feel to know that no matter how hard you whine, beeyatch, and moan YOU ARE A LOSER.

In the electoral sense, at the very least...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BWWWHAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!</p>
<p>Hey Joanie,</p>
<p>WE WON, YOU LOST!  GET OVER IT!!!</p>
<p>How&#8217;s it feel to be in the minority?   How&#8217;s it feel to know that no matter how hard you whine, beeyatch, and moan YOU ARE A LOSER.</p>
<p>In the electoral sense, at the very least&#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=1536598', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tarazan</title>
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		<dc:creator>tarazan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nancy and the Democrats should keep their eyes on the other war about to happen,possibly with Iran....The Republicans lost the Congress after 12 years because they asked no questions and let the Iraq war go on without serious questioning and appropriate investigation on the motives. Nancy will not be a Speaker and the Democrats will be out of office in 2008 if another bigger war starts with Iran,while she and the Democrats stay silent. Just keep talking about the Iraq war is not enough,she and Democrats must not allowed these mistakes to be repeated in another bigger conflict if they have to survive the next elections or have a hope to regain the White House. Some Democrat candidates like Edwards Republican&#039;s Romney calling for war against Iran..Let&#039;s not get euphoric again and examine the facts...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nancy and the Democrats should keep their eyes on the other war about to happen,possibly with Iran&#8230;.The Republicans lost the Congress after 12 years because they asked no questions and let the Iraq war go on without serious questioning and appropriate investigation on the motives. Nancy will not be a Speaker and the Democrats will be out of office in 2008 if another bigger war starts with Iran,while she and the Democrats stay silent. Just keep talking about the Iraq war is not enough,she and Democrats must not allowed these mistakes to be repeated in another bigger conflict if they have to survive the next elections or have a hope to regain the White House. Some Democrat candidates like Edwards Republican&#8217;s Romney calling for war against Iran..Let&#8217;s not get euphoric again and examine the facts&#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=1536594', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Technodaoist</title>
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		<dc:creator>Technodaoist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OOoooooooooooh!

SNAP!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OOoooooooooooh!</p>
<p>SNAP!!!!<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=1536303', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dlet</title>
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		<dc:creator>dlet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;It is called a â€ TIN FOIL BODY WRAP â€
Comment by Joanie Doe &lt;/em&gt;

Funny thing is this may be the smartest thing Joanie has said this whole thread.  Imagine a group of peaceful protesters wrapped in tinfoil being zapped by a microwave ray gun.  Sparks everywhere and the heat would be reflected off.  Then the Gestap...I mean the police woul dhave to send in officers to break it up meaning they counldn&#039;t used the Rea gun anymore.  

She&#039;s still an idiot though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>It is called a â€ TIN FOIL BODY WRAP â€<br />
Comment by Joanie Doe </em></p>
<p>Funny thing is this may be the smartest thing Joanie has said this whole thread.  Imagine a group of peaceful protesters wrapped in tinfoil being zapped by a microwave ray gun.  Sparks everywhere and the heat would be reflected off.  Then the Gestap&#8230;I mean the police woul dhave to send in officers to break it up meaning they counldn&#8217;t used the Rea gun anymore.  </p>
<p>She&#8217;s still an idiot though.<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=1535992', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Hypocrisy Patrol</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hypocrisy Patrol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush&#039;s decision making is bordering on delusional and dangerous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush&#8217;s decision making is bordering on delusional and dangerous.<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=1535980', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh na Faire</title>
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		<dc:creator>Briseadh na Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;My points are out on the table.
Lets hear some real debate on this. 

Comment by Joanie Doe â€” January 26, 2007 @ 5:52 am&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/em&gt;


Debate is not possible because you have no &quot;points,&quot; only pointless smears.

But then, you probably think of yourself as a master-debater.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><br />
<blockquote>My points are out on the table.<br />
Lets hear some real debate on this. </p>
<p>Comment by Joanie Doe â€” January 26, 2007 @ 5:52 am</p></blockquote>
<p></em></p>
<p>Debate is not possible because you have no &#8220;points,&#8221; only pointless smears.</p>
<p>But then, you probably think of yourself as a master-debater.<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=1535912', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zimzone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zimzone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>â€œThey claim they own the portions of our brains that remember anything,â€ he said.
&lt;em&gt;From today&#039;s NYT, and why the Bush Government needs secrecy, disregarding normal protocol &amp; information exchange between both parties in a lawsuit connected to NSA illegal wiretaps.

&lt;/em&gt;Did you know that Bush owns everything your brain remembers?
Are you OK with that?
Do &#039;we&#039; own everything Bush remembers?&lt;em&gt;I know, rhetorical question!&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>â€œThey claim they own the portions of our brains that remember anything,â€ he said.<br />
<em>From today&#8217;s NYT, and why the Bush Government needs secrecy, disregarding normal protocol &amp; information exchange between both parties in a lawsuit connected to NSA illegal wiretaps.</p>
<p></em>Did you know that Bush owns everything your brain remembers?<br />
Are you OK with that?<br />
Do &#8216;we&#8217; own everything Bush remembers?<em>I know, rhetorical question!</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=1535908', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JTitor</title>
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		<dc:creator>JTitor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by Joanie Doe  - Your whole premiss is based on that this is a war of necessity-a threat. What we now know is that the American public was lied too going into the war. No threat, all threats contained...many greater threats in this world such as the original target...Osama. The war was mismanaged from the Pentegon, with Rumsfield not allowing an &quot;esculation&quot; to help our troops a year into it, because it would have been perceived as a sign of weakness. This is Nation Building and is not a conservative ideal, yet you still harp on it as if it is? If we are going to be the police of the world, then there are far more greater threats such as the loss of our own freedoms right here in America. Why don&#039;t you ever talk about that Rachel?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comment by Joanie Doe  &#8211; Your whole premiss is based on that this is a war of necessity-a threat. What we now know is that the American public was lied too going into the war. No threat, all threats contained&#8230;many greater threats in this world such as the original target&#8230;Osama. The war was mismanaged from the Pentegon, with Rumsfield not allowing an &#8220;esculation&#8221; to help our troops a year into it, because it would have been perceived as a sign of weakness. This is Nation Building and is not a conservative ideal, yet you still harp on it as if it is? If we are going to be the police of the world, then there are far more greater threats such as the loss of our own freedoms right here in America. Why don&#8217;t you ever talk about that Rachel?<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=1535800', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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