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	<title>Comments on: Pentagon Confirms: Bush Hyped False Iraq Deadline</title>
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		<title>By: walt</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-2/#comment-3761779</link>
		<dc:creator>walt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Say, if we win this war, then maybe the next thing is to try securing the Mexican border to keep terrorists out. Er, not that it&#039;s all open and useless or anything. Or that not only drugs get smuggled across the border, but anyone could bring nukes in if they paid the cartel enough money.  But this shouldn&#039;t bother El Presidente. No sir! Oil first!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Say, if we win this war, then maybe the next thing is to try securing the Mexican border to keep terrorists out. Er, not that it&#8217;s all open and useless or anything. Or that not only drugs get smuggled across the border, but anyone could bring nukes in if they paid the cartel enough money.  But this shouldn&#8217;t bother El Presidente. No sir! Oil first!<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=3761779', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sothy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-2/#comment-3761724</link>
		<dc:creator>sothy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>mirrors and distractions.  Like even if we &quot;won&quot; this war, terrorists could still attack us the same.  What a waste of money.  Noble cause but poorly executed -- and it is always the devil in the details.  A car can&#039;t go uphill without gas.  Oops, I forgot, we thought we were going to get lots of gas out of this war.  Guess not now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mirrors and distractions.  Like even if we &#8220;won&#8221; this war, terrorists could still attack us the same.  What a waste of money.  Noble cause but poorly executed &#8212; and it is always the devil in the details.  A car can&#8217;t go uphill without gas.  Oops, I forgot, we thought we were going to get lots of gas out of this war.  Guess not now.<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=3761724', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3761150</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you support the Republican Party you are either stupid or evil.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you support the Republican Party you are either stupid or evil.<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=3761150', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JS Mill</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3760549</link>
		<dc:creator>JS Mill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#46

Well, then I guess Bush had better sign that funding bill he&#039;ll get soon.  Wouldn&#039;t want the Pentagon to have to make any cuts in these important areas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#46</p>
<p>Well, then I guess Bush had better sign that funding bill he&#8217;ll get soon.  Wouldn&#8217;t want the Pentagon to have to make any cuts in these important areas.<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=3760549', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DoDworker</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3760362</link>
		<dc:creator>DoDworker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As an old DOD contractor I can tell you what some of those &quot;prudent measures&quot; are.  They will order cutbacks in training, purchasing training supplies and replacements.  A quick example is that instead of actually flying, Aviators in training will perform more classroom drills and/or have their graduation dates delayed.  Will things such as this have a direct effect on the folks in Iraq?  Not right away, but delays in obtaining new resources will have down-stream effects.  

We now return to the regularly scheduled chanting of &quot;bush the monkey-boy lied&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As an old DOD contractor I can tell you what some of those &#8220;prudent measures&#8221; are.  They will order cutbacks in training, purchasing training supplies and replacements.  A quick example is that instead of actually flying, Aviators in training will perform more classroom drills and/or have their graduation dates delayed.  Will things such as this have a direct effect on the folks in Iraq?  Not right away, but delays in obtaining new resources will have down-stream effects.  </p>
<p>We now return to the regularly scheduled chanting of &#8220;bush the monkey-boy lied&#8221;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3760362', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: herepes</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3760176</link>
		<dc:creator>herepes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A significant percentage of the commenters on this site are retarded.  Seriously. Retarded.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A significant percentage of the commenters on this site are retarded.  Seriously. Retarded.<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=3760176', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lektroid</title>
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		<dc:creator>lektroid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>not a lot of critical thinking going  on around here...
by your comments hyped equals lied...
I guess that&#039;s what the press wants you to believe, and by the temperature of this crowd it&#039;s what you want to believe.

There is an impact on the entire government the way Congress is handled this budget.  Every government agency is scratching and scraping to maintain operations.  Especially the Department of Defense engaged in two separate war fronts.   DOD, just like everybody else, is diverting spending to critical operations. Qaeda troops cannot feel an impact in Iraq and Afghanistan?  Sure, sometime in the next several months, this but the real impact is already hitting other noncritical programs.  Things like morale welfare and recreation notes the families back home are new weapons systems that keep that keep future kids alive.

But it appears this crowd just wants to hammer that lying point home rather than really evaluate factual information.  I&#039;m sure in 10 years when they look back and see that support programs were cut.  This same bunch of knuckleheads will complain that  Bush just let the soldiers down by not getting those things funded or letting them die out due to lack of funds.

Have fun bowing to the truth makers...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>not a lot of critical thinking going  on around here&#8230;<br />
by your comments hyped equals lied&#8230;<br />
I guess that&#8217;s what the press wants you to believe, and by the temperature of this crowd it&#8217;s what you want to believe.</p>
<p>There is an impact on the entire government the way Congress is handled this budget.  Every government agency is scratching and scraping to maintain operations.  Especially the Department of Defense engaged in two separate war fronts.   DOD, just like everybody else, is diverting spending to critical operations. Qaeda troops cannot feel an impact in Iraq and Afghanistan?  Sure, sometime in the next several months, this but the real impact is already hitting other noncritical programs.  Things like morale welfare and recreation notes the families back home are new weapons systems that keep that keep future kids alive.</p>
<p>But it appears this crowd just wants to hammer that lying point home rather than really evaluate factual information.  I&#8217;m sure in 10 years when they look back and see that support programs were cut.  This same bunch of knuckleheads will complain that  Bush just let the soldiers down by not getting those things funded or letting them die out due to lack of funds.</p>
<p>Have fun bowing to the truth makers&#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=3759838', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3759801</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How dare you attack Mr. President like this.

Very un-American of you all.

He is looking out for our best interest.

SO WHAT if he told us that Iraq had stockpiles of WMD and it wasn&#039;t true....

SO WHAT if he told us that Iraq and Al-queda were holding hands and it wasn&#039;t true....

SO WHAT if he told us about yellow cake uranium bought from Africa even after his intelligence told him otherwise....

SO WHAT if countless soldiers and civilians are dead based on the incorrect statements he lied to everyone about as listed above...

We need to fight the terrorists before they come over here and fight us in our towns!

The only way to do this is if we crown George Bush King of America.

All hail King George...

No but seriously, f*ck the administration.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How dare you attack Mr. President like this.</p>
<p>Very un-American of you all.</p>
<p>He is looking out for our best interest.</p>
<p>SO WHAT if he told us that Iraq had stockpiles of WMD and it wasn&#8217;t true&#8230;.</p>
<p>SO WHAT if he told us that Iraq and Al-queda were holding hands and it wasn&#8217;t true&#8230;.</p>
<p>SO WHAT if he told us about yellow cake uranium bought from Africa even after his intelligence told him otherwise&#8230;.</p>
<p>SO WHAT if countless soldiers and civilians are dead based on the incorrect statements he lied to everyone about as listed above&#8230;</p>
<p>We need to fight the terrorists before they come over here and fight us in our towns!</p>
<p>The only way to do this is if we crown George Bush King of America.</p>
<p>All hail King George&#8230;</p>
<p>No but seriously, f*ck the 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=3759801', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: walt</title>
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		<dc:creator>walt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, this is old news! You are attacking an honest man who is just trying to make you all safe! And we can do it by killing lots of foreigners, and preventing abortion, and disbanding the UN, and nuking Iran, and helping Israel kill Palestinians with weapons funded by your tax dollars, and ... er.. never mind.  Nothing to see here. Move along.  Let me spend what I wish.  Surge, yeah!!! God bless America.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, this is old news! You are attacking an honest man who is just trying to make you all safe! And we can do it by killing lots of foreigners, and preventing abortion, and disbanding the UN, and nuking Iran, and helping Israel kill Palestinians with weapons funded by your tax dollars, and &#8230; er.. never mind.  Nothing to see here. Move along.  Let me spend what I wish.  Surge, yeah!!! God bless America.<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=3759799', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Shalashaska</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3759789</link>
		<dc:creator>Shalashaska</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This story came out on March 30th, not exactly a very resonant news story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This story came out on March 30th, not exactly a very resonant news story.<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=3759789', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey mighty hermaphrodite/vennus whatever...

who are we liberals surrendering to? the sunni insurgents or the shia death squads? which ones are like hitler? please, run with the WWII methaphor.. uhm I mean metaphor... 

and can you please tell me which political groups in Iraq are our allies? you know, the ones who ARENT going to turn iraq into a shia islamic theocracy?
which ones are like uhm,... the british..or the russians, ? which poltical party are we supposed to be helping? im afraid my dumb liberal brain can&#039;t even begin to compare violence going on inside the borders of a single country with a history of centries of internal strife to a struggle against an invading empire...  who did the people in iraq who are like hitler invade again? im confused... was it those bad men who invaded iran? so Iran is like Poland right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey mighty hermaphrodite/vennus whatever&#8230;</p>
<p>who are we liberals surrendering to? the sunni insurgents or the shia death squads? which ones are like hitler? please, run with the WWII methaphor.. uhm I mean metaphor&#8230; </p>
<p>and can you please tell me which political groups in Iraq are our allies? you know, the ones who ARENT going to turn iraq into a shia islamic theocracy?<br />
which ones are like uhm,&#8230; the british..or the russians, ? which poltical party are we supposed to be helping? im afraid my dumb liberal brain can&#8217;t even begin to compare violence going on inside the borders of a single country with a history of centries of internal strife to a struggle against an invading empire&#8230;  who did the people in iraq who are like hitler invade again? im confused&#8230; was it those bad men who invaded iran? so Iran is like Poland right?<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=3759777', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: valiant venus</title>
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		<dc:creator>valiant venus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s a challenge for Sen. Harry &quot;the Defeatist&quot; Reid.  Please go back and list all the Republicans lawmakers who openly criticized The Allied war effort during the first six months in which we NEVER won a battle, were badly out-equipped and had a large part of our Navy decimated.

A friend and were talking today and he asked why the US was so hated worldwide.  I told him with &quot;leaders&quot; like Harry who seem to genuinely want US to lose - just to make Bush look worse....no wonder ....   
I will be waiting for &quot;Senator Surrender&#039;s&quot; reply.....and waiting ....and waiting.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a challenge for Sen. Harry &#8220;the Defeatist&#8221; Reid.  Please go back and list all the Republicans lawmakers who openly criticized The Allied war effort during the first six months in which we NEVER won a battle, were badly out-equipped and had a large part of our Navy decimated.</p>
<p>A friend and were talking today and he asked why the US was so hated worldwide.  I told him with &#8220;leaders&#8221; like Harry who seem to genuinely want US to lose &#8211; just to make Bush look worse&#8230;.no wonder &#8230;.<br />
I will be waiting for &#8220;Senator Surrender&#8217;s&#8221; reply&#8230;..and waiting &#8230;.and waiting&#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=3759506', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JTitor</title>
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		<dc:creator>JTitor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description># 31. Comment by Merlin - Good luck!

I have been saying the same thing for sometime and after reading Shadia Drury&#039;s book: Noble lies and perpetual war, have come to the same conclusions regarding NeoCons. I&#039;m sorry to say you won&#039;t get any responses in TP, or many other blogs for that matter. You start talking about Straussian/Machiavellian doctrine and eye glaze over as if it is some kind of conspiracy theory. Again, good luck!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p># 31. Comment by Merlin &#8211; Good luck!</p>
<p>I have been saying the same thing for sometime and after reading Shadia Drury&#8217;s book: Noble lies and perpetual war, have come to the same conclusions regarding NeoCons. I&#8217;m sorry to say you won&#8217;t get any responses in TP, or many other blogs for that matter. You start talking about Straussian/Machiavellian doctrine and eye glaze over as if it is some kind of conspiracy theory. Again, good luck!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3759457', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Merlin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Merlin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by Zimzone â€” April 19, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
with changes
&lt;strong&gt;B&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;rave&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;U&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;nbeatable&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;S&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;mart&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;H&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;oly&lt;/em&gt;

Trolls view


Apologies to Zimzone</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comment by Zimzone â€” April 19, 2007 @ 3:18 pm<br />
with changes<br />
<strong>B</strong><em>rave</em><br />
<strong>U</strong><em>nbeatable</em><br />
<strong>S</strong><em>mart</em><br />
<strong>H</strong><em>oly</em></p>
<p>Trolls view</p>
<p>Apologies to Zimzone<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=3759357', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Merlin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Merlin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by Peter â€” April 19, 2007 @ 3:43 pm

Hey trolls - how do you like being lied to?

He doesn&#039;t lie to trolls. He tells the truth. Just ask them.

I understand there is a lot of kool aid not being consumed these days.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comment by Peter â€” April 19, 2007 @ 3:43 pm</p>
<p>Hey trolls &#8211; how do you like being lied to?</p>
<p>He doesn&#8217;t lie to trolls. He tells the truth. Just ask them.</p>
<p>I understand there is a lot of kool aid not being consumed these days.<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=3759350', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bluedog49</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bluedog49</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You know, it only took one lie to brand Clinton as a liar. How many lies does Bush have to tell before our opinion makers call him a liar? This guy started lying in our faces the moment he took office. Remember his first challenge anybody? &quot;I will never apologize to the Chinese government,&quot; is what he said to us a few days before writing a letter to the Chinese government with not one but three apologies in it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know, it only took one lie to brand Clinton as a liar. How many lies does Bush have to tell before our opinion makers call him a liar? This guy started lying in our faces the moment he took office. Remember his first challenge anybody? &#8220;I will never apologize to the Chinese government,&#8221; is what he said to us a few days before writing a letter to the Chinese government with not one but three apologies in it.<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=3759321', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: keepinon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3759291</link>
		<dc:creator>keepinon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And STILL there are folks who actually give statements from this guy credibility!!  Amazing!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And STILL there are folks who actually give statements from this guy credibility!!  Amazing!<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=3759291', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Uncle Ho</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3759263</link>
		<dc:creator>Uncle Ho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is absolutely NOTHING that Bush has not hyped, cherry-picked, disassembled, exaggerate, mislead, fabricated, or just plain lied about. If Bush said that day is light, and night is dark, people would have to look out their windows to check.  Bush has a credibility gap larger than the Grand Canyon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is absolutely NOTHING that Bush has not hyped, cherry-picked, disassembled, exaggerate, mislead, fabricated, or just plain lied about. If Bush said that day is light, and night is dark, people would have to look out their windows to check.  Bush has a credibility gap larger than the Grand Canyon.<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=3759263', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Doctor Lee in Atlanta</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3759164</link>
		<dc:creator>Doctor Lee in Atlanta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lies on top of lies on top of lies...
From the start the entire Iraq disaster has been based on lies. Twisted intelligence, false stories, trumped up fears. Would anyone really expect anything different from this horrible, disgraceful executive branch of the US govt? I don&#039;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lies on top of lies on top of lies&#8230;<br />
From the start the entire Iraq disaster has been based on lies. Twisted intelligence, false stories, trumped up fears. Would anyone really expect anything different from this horrible, disgraceful executive branch of the US govt? I don&#8217;t.<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=3759164', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Merlin</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bush-iraq-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-3759135</link>
		<dc:creator>Merlin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is not Bush&#039;s lying that should be paid attention to at this point. That is a given. I take all the public assaults on reality (including the distortions, lying and arrogance etc.) by Bush and Cheney and their enablers as a desperate attempt to keep us from finding out what they are really up to. It is mostly about distraction. That is the best explanation I can see that explains all the &quot;stupid&quot; lying and general dissembling. In short, it is not stupidity at all.

It is the neo-con philosophy we need to look at. That is what is NOT looked at, or talked about, by us. That philosophy lies behind all they say and do. We get so tied up in their distractions we miss the magical slight of hand. It is the vision of Pax Americana supported by a Machiavellian agenda to achieve that goal, they want to hide. Look at the PNAC report and trace neo-con history back to the 70s. Nixon, even then, in an interview (sorry, can&#039;t find it) stated exactly what we are seeing today existed for him then! That Bush is above the law (in wartime) and can do as he wishes without fear of the law. And that explains the phony &quot;war in Iraq&quot; and the phony sham called by them, &quot;The war on terror.&quot; And it also shows why he must keep this &quot;war&quot; going, &quot;stupid statements&quot; and all. 

It is time to expose, and talk about, this &#039;quasi dictatorship in the making&#039; for what it is. A Strausian based philosophy using Machiavellian means to achieve total neocon control. This includes control of the Federal Judicial System, (think judicial appointments on all levels including the SCOTUS), absorbing the DOJ into the executive branch (as the current attorney scandle shows) creating a rule of law that is a tool of their own (The Patriot Act), control of the people through fear mongering (mushroom cloud threats and orange alerts) and survelience, and destroying the two party system by any means necessary (the attorney scandle once again, this time attacking Democratic office holders with phony voter fraud.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is not Bush&#8217;s lying that should be paid attention to at this point. That is a given. I take all the public assaults on reality (including the distortions, lying and arrogance etc.) by Bush and Cheney and their enablers as a desperate attempt to keep us from finding out what they are really up to. It is mostly about distraction. That is the best explanation I can see that explains all the &#8220;stupid&#8221; lying and general dissembling. In short, it is not stupidity at all.</p>
<p>It is the neo-con philosophy we need to look at. That is what is NOT looked at, or talked about, by us. That philosophy lies behind all they say and do. We get so tied up in their distractions we miss the magical slight of hand. It is the vision of Pax Americana supported by a Machiavellian agenda to achieve that goal, they want to hide. Look at the PNAC report and trace neo-con history back to the 70s. Nixon, even then, in an interview (sorry, can&#8217;t find it) stated exactly what we are seeing today existed for him then! That Bush is above the law (in wartime) and can do as he wishes without fear of the law. And that explains the phony &#8220;war in Iraq&#8221; and the phony sham called by them, &#8220;The war on terror.&#8221; And it also shows why he must keep this &#8220;war&#8221; going, &#8220;stupid statements&#8221; and all. </p>
<p>It is time to expose, and talk about, this &#8216;quasi dictatorship in the making&#8217; for what it is. A Strausian based philosophy using Machiavellian means to achieve total neocon control. This includes control of the Federal Judicial System, (think judicial appointments on all levels including the SCOTUS), absorbing the DOJ into the executive branch (as the current attorney scandle shows) creating a rule of law that is a tool of their own (The Patriot Act), control of the people through fear mongering (mushroom cloud threats and orange alerts) and survelience, and destroying the two party system by any means necessary (the attorney scandle once again, this time attacking Democratic office holders with phony voter fraud.<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=3759135', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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