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	<title>Comments on: McCain backs Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell.</title>
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		<title>By: jake3988</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2160454</link>
		<dc:creator>jake3988</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can bet $20 that Mc Cain is gonna say the exact opposite in 48 hours.
Any wagers?
Comment by NakedEmperor â€” March 9, 2007 @ 9:19 pm

Hmm.  Its tempting.  But I&#039;ll decline.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can bet $20 that Mc Cain is gonna say the exact opposite in 48 hours.<br />
Any wagers?<br />
Comment by NakedEmperor â€” March 9, 2007 @ 9:19 pm</p>
<p>Hmm.  Its tempting.  But I&#8217;ll decline.<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=2160454', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McCain Says Military Gay Ban Working &#171; Bloggernista</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2159672</link>
		<dc:creator>McCain Says Military Gay Ban Working &#171; Bloggernista</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] his lesbian daughters pregnancy. Now, as the fine folks at Think Progress point, comes word that John McCain supports the Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell policy that bans openly gay soldiers in the [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] his lesbian daughters pregnancy. Now, as the fine folks at Think Progress point, comes word that John McCain supports the Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell policy that bans openly gay soldiers in the [...]<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=2159672', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JosephW</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2154351</link>
		<dc:creator>JosephW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shocker, I&#039;m lost by your comment that DADT can&#039;t work in a draft.  The hell it can.  In fact, it did during the last draft.  If a draftee says he&#039;s gay, then he&#039;s violated the second part of the act (the &quot;don&#039;t tell&quot; part).  The draft board or military service, if it takes ANY action by investigating, then it is in violation of the usually unmentioned part (&quot;don&#039;t pursue&quot;).  The simple fact is that the previous draft typically required formal investigation of a draftee&#039;s claim of being gay (normally by asking detailed question about sexual activities but also questioning family members, which was sometimes problematic if mom and dad hadn&#039;t been forewarned of the &quot;dodge&quot;).
Yes, there were gay men who made it through the draft and kept their sexual proclivities secret (or, as we now term it, &quot;on the down low&quot;), but these were also men who routinely didn&#039;t &quot;fit&quot; the &quot;gay profile&quot;--and, just as often, didn&#039;t try to dodge by bringing up the &quot;gay&quot; thing.  But, it should be noted that until the early 1990s, the formal military policy was that being gay was completely incompatible with military service, and ABSOLUTELY ANY suggestion or hint of possible homosexual activity by uniformed personnel (whether in uniform on active duty or civilian attire while on any official leave) was IMMEDIATELY investigated.  A draft will NOT end Don&#039;t Ask/Don&#039;t Tell/Don&#039;t Pursue.
The simple fact is that the US needs to fall in line with other nations&#039; military forces where being gay doesn&#039;t preclude military service.  Hell, the Israelis have allowed openly gay service members since 1993, the same year that &quot;Don&#039;t Ask/Don&#039;t Tell/Don&#039;t Pursue&quot; was foisted on this country by conservatives who (quite bizarrely) argued that gays would somehow infringe on straight service members&#039; privacy, even if most service members would argue they ever have a moment of privacy while on base or on maneuvers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shocker, I&#8217;m lost by your comment that DADT can&#8217;t work in a draft.  The hell it can.  In fact, it did during the last draft.  If a draftee says he&#8217;s gay, then he&#8217;s violated the second part of the act (the &#8220;don&#8217;t tell&#8221; part).  The draft board or military service, if it takes ANY action by investigating, then it is in violation of the usually unmentioned part (&#8221;don&#8217;t pursue&#8221;).  The simple fact is that the previous draft typically required formal investigation of a draftee&#8217;s claim of being gay (normally by asking detailed question about sexual activities but also questioning family members, which was sometimes problematic if mom and dad hadn&#8217;t been forewarned of the &#8220;dodge&#8221;).<br />
Yes, there were gay men who made it through the draft and kept their sexual proclivities secret (or, as we now term it, &#8220;on the down low&#8221;), but these were also men who routinely didn&#8217;t &#8220;fit&#8221; the &#8220;gay profile&#8221;&#8211;and, just as often, didn&#8217;t try to dodge by bringing up the &#8220;gay&#8221; thing.  But, it should be noted that until the early 1990s, the formal military policy was that being gay was completely incompatible with military service, and ABSOLUTELY ANY suggestion or hint of possible homosexual activity by uniformed personnel (whether in uniform on active duty or civilian attire while on any official leave) was IMMEDIATELY investigated.  A draft will NOT end Don&#8217;t Ask/Don&#8217;t Tell/Don&#8217;t Pursue.<br />
The simple fact is that the US needs to fall in line with other nations&#8217; military forces where being gay doesn&#8217;t preclude military service.  Hell, the Israelis have allowed openly gay service members since 1993, the same year that &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask/Don&#8217;t Tell/Don&#8217;t Pursue&#8221; was foisted on this country by conservatives who (quite bizarrely) argued that gays would somehow infringe on straight service members&#8217; privacy, even if most service members would argue they ever have a moment of privacy while on base or on maneuvers.<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=2154351', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Raymond Funamoto</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2145592</link>
		<dc:creator>Raymond Funamoto</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WATCH McPAIN FLIP-FLOP ONCE AGAIN AND REVERSE HIS POSITION ON DON&#039;T ASK--DON&#039;T TELL AS HIS POLLS PLUMMET--IT&#039;S A SURE THING THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN, AS SURE AS MY NAME IS BORIS KARLOFF(tm)--THIS IS A THRILLER(tm)!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WATCH McPAIN FLIP-FLOP ONCE AGAIN AND REVERSE HIS POSITION ON DON&#8217;T ASK&#8211;DON&#8217;T TELL AS HIS POLLS PLUMMET&#8211;IT&#8217;S A SURE THING THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN, AS SURE AS MY NAME IS BORIS KARLOFF(tm)&#8211;THIS IS A THRILLER(tm)!!!!!<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=2145592', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: R</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2143748</link>
		<dc:creator>R</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#43- I knew you were a lesbian from WAYYY back, you nasty, old bull-dyke! YIKES! No wonder your eyes fairly pop outta your head.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#43- I knew you were a lesbian from WAYYY back, you nasty, old bull-dyke! YIKES! No wonder your eyes fairly pop outta your head.<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=2143748', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Barbara Bush</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2143684</link>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Bush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gives the saying, &quot;cover my back&quot;, a whole new meaning. I&#039;m a gay veteran and don&#039;t need the likes of someone like McCain to tell me that I&#039;m OK, because he&#039;s not, with me. He&#039;s vague and indecisive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gives the saying, &#8220;cover my back&#8221;, a whole new meaning. I&#8217;m a gay veteran and don&#8217;t need the likes of someone like McCain to tell me that I&#8217;m OK, because he&#8217;s not, with me. He&#8217;s vague and indecisive.<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=2143684', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Yikes</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2143157</link>
		<dc:creator>Yikes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;the most professional, best trained, equipped and &lt;strong&gt;the bravest&lt;/strong&gt;.&quot;

Ouch, that slap in the face to those veterans from previous conflicts has got to hurt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;the most professional, best trained, equipped and <strong>the bravest</strong>.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ouch, that slap in the face to those veterans from previous conflicts has got to hurt.<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=2143157', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shocker</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2142176</link>
		<dc:creator>shocker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>DADT is one of the most absurd things I can think of. And that&#039;s saying something given the sheer volume of absurdities that are dumped on the American people and the world.

The stupidity of DADT makes it difficult for me to even discuss.
It should be obvious. 

I believe there could be draft coming and I predict there will be some talk from the administration about ending DADT.

BECAUSE IT CAN&#039;T WORK IN A DRAFT.

The hypocrisy and bigotry will be apparent (as usual). 
They will be willing to let gay people die for the country when they desperately need them for their war. But their not good enough to serve in peace time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DADT is one of the most absurd things I can think of. And that&#8217;s saying something given the sheer volume of absurdities that are dumped on the American people and the world.</p>
<p>The stupidity of DADT makes it difficult for me to even discuss.<br />
It should be obvious. </p>
<p>I believe there could be draft coming and I predict there will be some talk from the administration about ending DADT.</p>
<p>BECAUSE IT CAN&#8217;T WORK IN A DRAFT.</p>
<p>The hypocrisy and bigotry will be apparent (as usual).<br />
They will be willing to let gay people die for the country when they desperately need them for their war. But their not good enough to serve in peace time.<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=2142176', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ace</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2141902</link>
		<dc:creator>ace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Full Throttle to Armageddon:

It&#039;s Wild Cornered Animal Stage in this Grand Conspiracy, and there&#039;s no turning back for the co-conspirators.  Remember, &quot;their roots connect them&quot; - and if one turns, they may all turn, at the same time.  Libby sure did cement Judith Miller&#039;s status as a Globalist Tool with that not-so-subtle encoded message.

Bush is ramping up a full blown war escalation before your very eyes, and he thinks there&#039;s not a damn thing you or anyone else can do about it.  This is no &quot;surge,&quot; this is the beginning of an entirely new phase of warfare, the starter pistol for which will the the NEXT FALSE FLAG ATTACK (learn about the Gulf Of Tonkin and USS Liberty incidents)- JUST LIKE 9/11.

Cheney has ALREADY TOLD YOU that there WILL BE ANOTHER 9/11-TYPE ATACK, and that WHEN it comes, the immediate response will be to NUKE IRAN, regardless of any lack of evidence that they may or may not have been involved.

So there you have it.  The planned &quot;Retaliatory Response&quot; is already scripted, ready to launch.  All that is missing is the essential pretext, the tripwire.

Here&#039;s what&#039;s coming:

An Israeli submarine will launch a nuclear-tipped missile and sink a US aircraft carrier (which it has been proven might otherwise require 25 days to sink - absent the nuclear vaporization of 5,000 souls).  No shooting up the life rafts this time, and no evidence either.  

This misile will be said to have come from Iran, and the immediate response will be for Bush to declare this to be the equivalent of an attack on US soil.  The nuclear response will be over before Congress knows what happened.

Ariel Joseph Weinmann, a US Submariner, was arrested last spring on charges of espionage for turning over our top naval secrets to a foreign country - a case rivaling that of the Jonathan Pollard case.  Care to guess which country he was spying for?  Here&#039;s a hint...you&#039;ve never seen this story in the mainstream media.

Who will stop Cheney and Rockefeller?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Full Throttle to Armageddon:</p>
<p>It&#8217;s Wild Cornered Animal Stage in this Grand Conspiracy, and there&#8217;s no turning back for the co-conspirators.  Remember, &#8220;their roots connect them&#8221; &#8211; and if one turns, they may all turn, at the same time.  Libby sure did cement Judith Miller&#8217;s status as a Globalist Tool with that not-so-subtle encoded message.</p>
<p>Bush is ramping up a full blown war escalation before your very eyes, and he thinks there&#8217;s not a damn thing you or anyone else can do about it.  This is no &#8220;surge,&#8221; this is the beginning of an entirely new phase of warfare, the starter pistol for which will the the NEXT FALSE FLAG ATTACK (learn about the Gulf Of Tonkin and USS Liberty incidents)- JUST LIKE 9/11.</p>
<p>Cheney has ALREADY TOLD YOU that there WILL BE ANOTHER 9/11-TYPE ATACK, and that WHEN it comes, the immediate response will be to NUKE IRAN, regardless of any lack of evidence that they may or may not have been involved.</p>
<p>So there you have it.  The planned &#8220;Retaliatory Response&#8221; is already scripted, ready to launch.  All that is missing is the essential pretext, the tripwire.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s coming:</p>
<p>An Israeli submarine will launch a nuclear-tipped missile and sink a US aircraft carrier (which it has been proven might otherwise require 25 days to sink &#8211; absent the nuclear vaporization of 5,000 souls).  No shooting up the life rafts this time, and no evidence either.  </p>
<p>This misile will be said to have come from Iran, and the immediate response will be for Bush to declare this to be the equivalent of an attack on US soil.  The nuclear response will be over before Congress knows what happened.</p>
<p>Ariel Joseph Weinmann, a US Submariner, was arrested last spring on charges of espionage for turning over our top naval secrets to a foreign country &#8211; a case rivaling that of the Jonathan Pollard case.  Care to guess which country he was spying for?  Here&#8217;s a hint&#8230;you&#8217;ve never seen this story in the mainstream media.</p>
<p>Who will stop Cheney and Rockefeller?<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=2141902', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: theswan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2141849</link>
		<dc:creator>theswan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Know he is thinking like a clinton?  what&#039;s next?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Know he is thinking like a clinton?  what&#8217;s next?<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=2141849', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ace</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2140325</link>
		<dc:creator>ace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As spoken by Patrick Fitzgerald - in a dream:

â€œMr. Cheney, are you actually in the employ of Mr. David Rockefeller, directly under George HW Bush?â€

â€œWas 9/11 and all that has followed just part of Mr. Rockefellerâ€™s Globalist agenda?â€

â€œSince our invasion of Afghanistan, which was clearly planned well in advance of 9/11, the oil barrons have managed to secure their pipeline, and George HW Bush and his CIA are enjoying record opium production. Are we to believe that these are all just happy coincidences?â€

â€œThe day prior to 9/11, Donald Rumsfeld held a press conference to announce that his Comptroller, Dov Zakheim, had somehow lost track of some $2.3 TRILLION in DOD funds. Can you tell us whether those funds have been utilized to implement a military coup, the pretext for which occured the very next day, on 9/11 2001?â€

â€œMr. Cheney, what can you tell us about the SWIFT LUCK GREENS CONCENTRATION CAMP which was built by your former company, Halliburton, in your home state, Wyoming, adjacent to the Seminoe Reservoir south of Casper at these coordinates -

Latitude: 41.92
Longitude: -106.521944

Isnâ€™t this part of the civilian inmate labor program, in concert with DHS and the Army - in direct violation of the Posse Comitatus Act?â€</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As spoken by Patrick Fitzgerald &#8211; in a dream:</p>
<p>â€œMr. Cheney, are you actually in the employ of Mr. David Rockefeller, directly under George HW Bush?â€</p>
<p>â€œWas 9/11 and all that has followed just part of Mr. Rockefellerâ€™s Globalist agenda?â€</p>
<p>â€œSince our invasion of Afghanistan, which was clearly planned well in advance of 9/11, the oil barrons have managed to secure their pipeline, and George HW Bush and his CIA are enjoying record opium production. Are we to believe that these are all just happy coincidences?â€</p>
<p>â€œThe day prior to 9/11, Donald Rumsfeld held a press conference to announce that his Comptroller, Dov Zakheim, had somehow lost track of some $2.3 TRILLION in DOD funds. Can you tell us whether those funds have been utilized to implement a military coup, the pretext for which occured the very next day, on 9/11 2001?â€</p>
<p>â€œMr. Cheney, what can you tell us about the SWIFT LUCK GREENS CONCENTRATION CAMP which was built by your former company, Halliburton, in your home state, Wyoming, adjacent to the Seminoe Reservoir south of Casper at these coordinates -</p>
<p>Latitude: 41.92<br />
Longitude: -106.521944</p>
<p>Isnâ€™t this part of the civilian inmate labor program, in concert with DHS and the Army &#8211; in direct violation of the Posse Comitatus Act?â€<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=2140325', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ace</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2140278</link>
		<dc:creator>ace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Israeli Spying and 9/11 

Israel and 9/11: The disappearing story that&#039;s too hot to handle 



Part One



&quot;They may have known things they 
didn&#039;t tell us before September 11th&quot;


http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/61.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Israeli Spying and 9/11 </p>
<p>Israel and 9/11: The disappearing story that&#8217;s too hot to handle </p>
<p>Part One</p>
<p>&#8220;They may have known things they<br />
didn&#8217;t tell us before September 11th&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: USpace</title>
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		<dc:creator>USpace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Would some people rather have people be asked questions about their sexual preferences in a Military interview or while standing in line to sign up?  It is nobody&#039;s business, that  I believe is the point.


absurd thought -
God of the Universe wants
unlimited power...
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Would some people rather have people be asked questions about their sexual preferences in a Military interview or while standing in line to sign up?  It is nobody&#8217;s business, that  I believe is the point.</p>
<p>absurd thought -<br />
God of the Universe wants<br />
unlimited power&#8230;<br />
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		<title>By: ace</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2139698</link>
		<dc:creator>ace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why did Richard Armitage receive the high honor of knighthood from her Majesty, The Queen?  Why was John McCain the recent recipient of JINSA&#039;s highest honor - the annual Scoop Jackson Award?  Answer these questions, and other things start to make more sense.

McCain is merely a puppet on a string.  That thing growing out of the side of his face is his conscience, trying to escape his body.
McCain is being BLACKMAILED.  THEY ALL ARE.

So who is the puppeteer and what is the evidence being used against EVERY member of this administration and EVERY member of Congress?
Stop looking at individual comments, individual personalities and individual headlines.  Pull all the way back to 50,000 feet and take the entire picture into account, in context.  When you add up the entire list of things that &quot;just don&#039;t make logical sense,&quot; you&#039;re left with only one choice.  That is to change your own mind about right and wrong and fairness and morality - and then look again with fresh eyes.

Assuming that virtually everything you&#039;ve read or heard since 9/11 from the mainstream Department Of Propaganda is exactly the opposite of the truth brings you one hell of a lot closer to comprehending the entire GAME, in context.

The puppet master in this country is David Rockefeller.  There are others, but focus on him.

All of this talk about warantless wiretapping and the misuse of it.  What would you be able to do if you could wiretap EVERY conversation in America, and use it however you chose to?  Remember that it was revealed that AT&amp;T had illegally wiretapped on the Administration&#039;s behalf in the months prior to 9/11?  Remember that the Government&#039;s ABLE DANGER project (our best source of Bin Laden intelligence) was shut down in the months prior to 9/11?  Is it really more of a stretch to believe that illegal wiretaps led to this result, in order to protect the government&#039;s own planned 9/11 operation?  Notice the resurgence of AT&amp;T since 9/11? 

 Notice how they are buying up every other communications company?  Is it now GOVERNMENT OWNED?  Is this the government&#039;s vehicle for control of ALL FORMS of communication?

The entire agenda is set from above, and only those of low moral character, susceptible to blackmail, are allowed into the political charade.  AIPAC is the filter through which they must pass, and all must pay homage to AIPAC to retain their positions of power and influence, to which they are addicted.  The Abramoffs, Lewinskys, Gannons and others serve the useful function of assuring that every politician is subject to blackmail, to do the bidding of the puppet master.

It makes no sense that law makers don&#039;t read the laws they pass, right?  OK then, what DOES make sense?  What does make sense is that these new laws are written by those on the payroll of the puppet master (from outside of the government structure), and that those who would otherwise be in a position to prevent their implementation are not only powerless to do so, but have the clear understanding that they are there specifically turn a blind eye and allow their passage.  Bush&#039;s subsequent signing statements are merely the fine tuning at the end of the entire process - WHICH THEY ARE ALL IN ON.

THE BIG LIE is that we still have a Representative Republic.  We don&#039;t. We have the illusion of one.  Why do you think that the &quot;election cycle&quot; has been broadened such that it NEVER STOPS?  As soon as the most recent elections were decided, the Presidential yammering began (the very next day) - and the media&#039;s only job is to make you think that any of it matters.  It doesn&#039;t.  It&#039;s all an illusion to keep you occupied, your gaze focused on the illusionist&#039;s distraction (politics), while the real trick (divide and conquer) is played out by the other hand.

It&#039;s time view the world through new eyes.  Remove your moral compass and assume you are a power-hungry mad man who seeks to control every one and every thing.  You have EVERY RESOURCE IN THE WORLD at your disposal.  What methods would you use to control the entire game board, and most importantly, control the masses?

As long as the topic remains &quot;Politics,&quot; the puppet master win.  Rise above it people.  You&#039;re being GAMED.  You want to view the entire landscape in CONTEXT?

Read through this:  http://plungerspeaks.blogspot.com

See with new eyes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why did Richard Armitage receive the high honor of knighthood from her Majesty, The Queen?  Why was John McCain the recent recipient of JINSA&#8217;s highest honor &#8211; the annual Scoop Jackson Award?  Answer these questions, and other things start to make more sense.</p>
<p>McCain is merely a puppet on a string.  That thing growing out of the side of his face is his conscience, trying to escape his body.<br />
McCain is being BLACKMAILED.  THEY ALL ARE.</p>
<p>So who is the puppeteer and what is the evidence being used against EVERY member of this administration and EVERY member of Congress?<br />
Stop looking at individual comments, individual personalities and individual headlines.  Pull all the way back to 50,000 feet and take the entire picture into account, in context.  When you add up the entire list of things that &#8220;just don&#8217;t make logical sense,&#8221; you&#8217;re left with only one choice.  That is to change your own mind about right and wrong and fairness and morality &#8211; and then look again with fresh eyes.</p>
<p>Assuming that virtually everything you&#8217;ve read or heard since 9/11 from the mainstream Department Of Propaganda is exactly the opposite of the truth brings you one hell of a lot closer to comprehending the entire GAME, in context.</p>
<p>The puppet master in this country is David Rockefeller.  There are others, but focus on him.</p>
<p>All of this talk about warantless wiretapping and the misuse of it.  What would you be able to do if you could wiretap EVERY conversation in America, and use it however you chose to?  Remember that it was revealed that AT&amp;T had illegally wiretapped on the Administration&#8217;s behalf in the months prior to 9/11?  Remember that the Government&#8217;s ABLE DANGER project (our best source of Bin Laden intelligence) was shut down in the months prior to 9/11?  Is it really more of a stretch to believe that illegal wiretaps led to this result, in order to protect the government&#8217;s own planned 9/11 operation?  Notice the resurgence of AT&amp;T since 9/11? </p>
<p> Notice how they are buying up every other communications company?  Is it now GOVERNMENT OWNED?  Is this the government&#8217;s vehicle for control of ALL FORMS of communication?</p>
<p>The entire agenda is set from above, and only those of low moral character, susceptible to blackmail, are allowed into the political charade.  AIPAC is the filter through which they must pass, and all must pay homage to AIPAC to retain their positions of power and influence, to which they are addicted.  The Abramoffs, Lewinskys, Gannons and others serve the useful function of assuring that every politician is subject to blackmail, to do the bidding of the puppet master.</p>
<p>It makes no sense that law makers don&#8217;t read the laws they pass, right?  OK then, what DOES make sense?  What does make sense is that these new laws are written by those on the payroll of the puppet master (from outside of the government structure), and that those who would otherwise be in a position to prevent their implementation are not only powerless to do so, but have the clear understanding that they are there specifically turn a blind eye and allow their passage.  Bush&#8217;s subsequent signing statements are merely the fine tuning at the end of the entire process &#8211; WHICH THEY ARE ALL IN ON.</p>
<p>THE BIG LIE is that we still have a Representative Republic.  We don&#8217;t. We have the illusion of one.  Why do you think that the &#8220;election cycle&#8221; has been broadened such that it NEVER STOPS?  As soon as the most recent elections were decided, the Presidential yammering began (the very next day) &#8211; and the media&#8217;s only job is to make you think that any of it matters.  It doesn&#8217;t.  It&#8217;s all an illusion to keep you occupied, your gaze focused on the illusionist&#8217;s distraction (politics), while the real trick (divide and conquer) is played out by the other hand.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s time view the world through new eyes.  Remove your moral compass and assume you are a power-hungry mad man who seeks to control every one and every thing.  You have EVERY RESOURCE IN THE WORLD at your disposal.  What methods would you use to control the entire game board, and most importantly, control the masses?</p>
<p>As long as the topic remains &#8220;Politics,&#8221; the puppet master win.  Rise above it people.  You&#8217;re being GAMED.  You want to view the entire landscape in CONTEXT?</p>
<p>Read through this:  <a href="http://plungerspeaks.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://plungerspeaks.blogspot.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: troll alert</title>
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		<dc:creator>troll alert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#039;Don&#039;t ask,Don&#039;t tell&#039; is a good policy in the sense that those who &#039;tell&#039; have a good chance of getting fragged by a few of the red necks who have gravitated into the military.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Don&#8217;t ask,Don&#8217;t tell&#8217; is a good policy in the sense that those who &#8216;tell&#8217; have a good chance of getting fragged by a few of the red necks who have gravitated into the military.<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=2138717', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a Wisconsinite. I am extremely disappointed in Obey.
Comment by JPark

Frankly,  Wisconsin  needs to get  a different  democrat   to  replace him  next time,   or a RebumblingCon   might  take  his  seat.  I didn&#039;t  like what I saw.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a Wisconsinite. I am extremely disappointed in Obey.<br />
Comment by JPark</p>
<p>Frankly,  Wisconsin  needs to get  a different  democrat   to  replace him  next time,   or a RebumblingCon   might  take  his  seat.  I didn&#8217;t  like what I saw.<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=2137450', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mr. Evil</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr. Evil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can John McCain dumb himself down anymore than he already has? I think he may be shooting for a new Guinness World Record!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can John McCain dumb himself down anymore than he already has? I think he may be shooting for a new Guinness World Record!<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=2137133', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: GSD</title>
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		<dc:creator>GSD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Air Chief Marshal Sir Graham Eric Stirrup, GCB, AFC, DSc, FRAeS FCMI RAF (born 4 December 1949), commonly known as &lt;strong&gt;Sir Jock Stirrup&lt;/strong&gt;, is a senior Royal Air Force commander and the current British Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS).&lt;/em&gt;

Boy, I wonder if the UK has a don&#039;t ask/don&#039;t tell policy and just what does Sir Jock Stirrup think about it?

-GSD</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Air Chief Marshal Sir Graham Eric Stirrup, GCB, AFC, DSc, FRAeS FCMI RAF (born 4 December 1949), commonly known as <strong>Sir Jock Stirrup</strong>, is a senior Royal Air Force commander and the current British Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS).</em></p>
<p>Boy, I wonder if the UK has a don&#8217;t ask/don&#8217;t tell policy and just what does Sir Jock Stirrup think about it?</p>
<p>-GSD<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=2136310', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/mccain-backs-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-2136271</link>
		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Obey is mad cause he just doesnâ€™t want to admit that the ONLY way to stop the madness is to cut off the funding. Heâ€™s scared to stand up and do the right thing.&lt;/em&gt;

I am a Wisconsinite.  I am extremely disappointed in Obey.  He is not my Rep (Tammy Baldwin is...thankfully).  I have always respected Obey but this is too much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Obey is mad cause he just doesnâ€™t want to admit that the ONLY way to stop the madness is to cut off the funding. Heâ€™s scared to stand up and do the right thing.</em></p>
<p>I am a Wisconsinite.  I am extremely disappointed in Obey.  He is not my Rep (Tammy Baldwin is&#8230;thankfully).  I have always respected Obey but this is too much.<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=2136271', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BTW  Bill  Maher  interviewed  Major General Paul Eaton (retired)  tonight.   Hope  someone  got  it taped.   A  must see.  

 I got  the  impression  he was  really ticked  over  Walter  Reed.   He was  pointing fingers  at Rumsfeld,  Cheney,  Bush, and   the RubberStamp  Congress.

He  said  &quot;Thank God&quot; that   the Democrats won  in 2006,  now  they help  the  military get  out  of the  mess  they have  been put in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW  Bill  Maher  interviewed  Major General Paul Eaton (retired)  tonight.   Hope  someone  got  it taped.   A  must see.  </p>
<p> I got  the  impression  he was  really ticked  over  Walter  Reed.   He was  pointing fingers  at Rumsfeld,  Cheney,  Bush, and   the RubberStamp  Congress.</p>
<p>He  said  &#8220;Thank God&#8221; that   the Democrats won  in 2006,  now  they help  the  military get  out  of the  mess  they have  been put 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=2136252', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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