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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775583</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>he screwed up and the â€œonlyâ€ option left to him to save face at all without just admitting complete failure was a slow escalation (thinking it would keep things from getting any worse) till he could get out of office and could then blame the next administration for failure.

Comment by Bjobotts #77

Right on the money...

...(pun EMPHATICALLY intended)...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>he screwed up and the â€œonlyâ€ option left to him to save face at all without just admitting complete failure was a slow escalation (thinking it would keep things from getting any worse) till he could get out of office and could then blame the next administration for failure.</p>
<p>Comment by Bjobotts #77</p>
<p>Right on the money&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;(pun EMPHATICALLY intended)&#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=3775583', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: USA</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775472</link>
		<dc:creator>USA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>â€˜two or three yearsâ€˜ for American and Iraqi forces to gain the upper hand in the war.â€

No army needs this much time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>â€˜two or three yearsâ€˜ for American and Iraqi forces to gain the upper hand in the war.â€</p>
<p>No army needs this much 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=3775472', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bjobotts</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775428</link>
		<dc:creator>Bjobotts</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hell yes. I&#039;ve been saying that since he announced the &quot;surge&quot;.  He sat down in the oval office and discussed with his advisors all of his options and realized then how badly he screwed up and the &quot;only&quot; option left to him to save face at all without just admitting complete failure was a slow escalation (thinking it would keep things from getting any worse) till he could get out of office and could then blame the next administration for failure. THERE WAS NO OTHER OPTION AVAILABLE OTHER THAN ADMIT COMPLETE FAILURE....so...da-da...the Surge (slow escalation). I call him and his cohorts traitors.  Their incompetent actions for political and corporate reasons are directly responsible for the deaths of all our troops
and over 600,000 Iraqis. It still continues because no one will admit to what they have done.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hell yes. I&#8217;ve been saying that since he announced the &#8220;surge&#8221;.  He sat down in the oval office and discussed with his advisors all of his options and realized then how badly he screwed up and the &#8220;only&#8221; option left to him to save face at all without just admitting complete failure was a slow escalation (thinking it would keep things from getting any worse) till he could get out of office and could then blame the next administration for failure. THERE WAS NO OTHER OPTION AVAILABLE OTHER THAN ADMIT COMPLETE FAILURE&#8230;.so&#8230;da-da&#8230;the Surge (slow escalation). I call him and his cohorts traitors.  Their incompetent actions for political and corporate reasons are directly responsible for the deaths of all our troops<br />
and over 600,000 Iraqis. It still continues because no one will admit to what they have done.<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=3775428', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tobey Tall</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775371</link>
		<dc:creator>Tobey Tall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>With 21 months left in office, most U.S. presidents would be looking at how to secure their legacy in the history books. But the venality and incompetence of this administration has already assured that George W. Bush won&#039;t leave any legacy at all. Just a huge mess to clean up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With 21 months left in office, most U.S. presidents would be looking at how to secure their legacy in the history books. But the venality and incompetence of this administration has already assured that George W. Bush won&#8217;t leave any legacy at all. Just a huge mess to clean up.<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=3775371', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kasinca</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775365</link>
		<dc:creator>kasinca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The GOP is so over!  Thank God!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The GOP is so over!  Thank God!<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=3775365', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: helenahandbasket</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775326</link>
		<dc:creator>helenahandbasket</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The &quot;surge&quot; in 2008 will be legions of voters ridding themselves of the fetid remains of a once viable g.o.p.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The &#8220;surge&#8221; in 2008 will be legions of voters ridding themselves of the fetid remains of a once viable g.o.p.<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=3775326', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pre-Amerikkkan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775319</link>
		<dc:creator>pre-Amerikkkan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>sure, no problem, all we have to do is add an amendment to the current bill that &lt;em&gt;specifically&lt;/em&gt; drafts all the children of EVERY SINGLE individual family that makes more than 1 million a year or owns stock in any war-based industry.

THEN i&#039;ll believe you that this is a JUST invasion (for oil).

If the wealthy want this war so bad, they must give some blood to the conflict.  If not, we get a draft, simple as that.  A draft with NO deferments. How else can we sustain a forever war?

The amendment should cover cheney&#039;s/feith&#039;s/rove&#039;s/hughe&#039;s/miers&#039;s/gonzalez&#039;s/goodling&#039;s/sampson&#039;s/wolfowitz&#039;s children, and any other draft age family members as well.  (these are just the ones i could think of in a minute of rage).  we can add the warmongering R&#039;s in congress and the warmongering presses relatives as well.  among all these entities we will have a committed fighting force, ay?

Unless they are willing to sacrifice for their own interests, why should joe and jane citizen shed one more drop of blood?  

it&#039;s only fair.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sure, no problem, all we have to do is add an amendment to the current bill that <em>specifically</em> drafts all the children of EVERY SINGLE individual family that makes more than 1 million a year or owns stock in any war-based industry.</p>
<p>THEN i&#8217;ll believe you that this is a JUST invasion (for oil).</p>
<p>If the wealthy want this war so bad, they must give some blood to the conflict.  If not, we get a draft, simple as that.  A draft with NO deferments. How else can we sustain a forever war?</p>
<p>The amendment should cover cheney&#8217;s/feith&#8217;s/rove&#8217;s/hughe&#8217;s/miers&#8217;s/gonzalez&#8217;s/goodling&#8217;s/sampson&#8217;s/wolfowitz&#8217;s children, and any other draft age family members as well.  (these are just the ones i could think of in a minute of rage).  we can add the warmongering R&#8217;s in congress and the warmongering presses relatives as well.  among all these entities we will have a committed fighting force, ay?</p>
<p>Unless they are willing to sacrifice for their own interests, why should joe and jane citizen shed one more drop of blood?  </p>
<p>it&#8217;s only fair.<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=3775319', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: goehl</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775314</link>
		<dc:creator>goehl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People have to die so Bush can preserve his vanity...Can&#039;t go down as a failed war president, can we Bush.... and some rape public cans wonder why we hate this president so much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People have to die so Bush can preserve his vanity&#8230;Can&#8217;t go down as a failed war president, can we Bush&#8230;. and some rape public cans wonder why we hate this president so 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=3775314', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jo-Ann</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775311</link>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course the plan all along is to string this war out so the Democrats will be stuck with ending it. Blood on Bush&#039;s hands doesn&#039;t seem to bother him. The brave folks that are cannon fodder aren&#039;t the Yalies or Skull and Bones crowd...totally expendible. If we had a draft of the rich kids, the war never would have happened.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course the plan all along is to string this war out so the Democrats will be stuck with ending it. Blood on Bush&#8217;s hands doesn&#8217;t seem to bother him. The brave folks that are cannon fodder aren&#8217;t the Yalies or Skull and Bones crowd&#8230;totally expendible. If we had a draft of the rich kids, the war never would have happened.<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=3775311', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775310</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Lennons_Xmas_song_remake_as_Happy_0428.html

check out this video.  

Bush is over.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Lennons_Xmas_song_remake_as_Happy_0428.html" rel="nofollow">http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Lennons_Xmas_song_remake_as_Happy_0428.html</a></p>
<p>check out this video.  </p>
<p>Bush is over.<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=3775310', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kasinca</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775299</link>
		<dc:creator>kasinca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now you see why the GOP has all the corruption...they know they will never be in power again so they are stealing and cheating as much as possible before the &#039;08 election.

Impeach the Chimp and Shooter!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now you see why the GOP has all the corruption&#8230;they know they will never be in power again so they are stealing and cheating as much as possible before the &#8216;08 election.</p>
<p>Impeach the Chimp and Shooter!<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=3775299', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pre-Amerikkkan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775294</link>
		<dc:creator>pre-Amerikkkan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>so, why are still sittin&#039; here typing?  WE were on the streets once, we have to do it in FORCE!  

even then , they won&#039;t listen to us or we be there in the first place!  still, how else to let them short of storming the wh and literally stage a revolution.

sounds desperate i realize, but this endless commenting is great but my spidey sense is tingling.

something is up and there&#039;s no good way to combat it as an individual.  even sex, drugs and rock and roll are not enough of a distraction.  hell, i don&#039;t even know how my beloved mariners are doing.  i think they might be at .500 as of last night, but i was trying to find some substantive NEWS and not watching baseball!

it does feel better to communicate but i&#039;m getting VERY antsy with no march to go to. 

how does one go about organizing one of those anyway?  and how do you support one that starts on one the west coast and marches to the door of the white house and lets them know what we really think?  and, and,  . .

frustration, anger, disbelief, a feeling of hopelessness, not a good combination.

we had a constitution and a positive sense of the law, we have a mutant monarchy and basically a lawless state.  we make a plan, make time to act.

what say?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so, why are still sittin&#8217; here typing?  WE were on the streets once, we have to do it in FORCE!  </p>
<p>even then , they won&#8217;t listen to us or we be there in the first place!  still, how else to let them short of storming the wh and literally stage a revolution.</p>
<p>sounds desperate i realize, but this endless commenting is great but my spidey sense is tingling.</p>
<p>something is up and there&#8217;s no good way to combat it as an individual.  even sex, drugs and rock and roll are not enough of a distraction.  hell, i don&#8217;t even know how my beloved mariners are doing.  i think they might be at .500 as of last night, but i was trying to find some substantive NEWS and not watching baseball!</p>
<p>it does feel better to communicate but i&#8217;m getting VERY antsy with no march to go to. </p>
<p>how does one go about organizing one of those anyway?  and how do you support one that starts on one the west coast and marches to the door of the white house and lets them know what we really think?  and, and,  . .</p>
<p>frustration, anger, disbelief, a feeling of hopelessness, not a good combination.</p>
<p>we had a constitution and a positive sense of the law, we have a mutant monarchy and basically a lawless state.  we make a plan, make time to act.</p>
<p>what say?<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=3775294', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tobey Tall</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775260</link>
		<dc:creator>Tobey Tall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;U.S. has lost global standing &lt;/b&gt;

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The United States has lost its global standing during George W. Bush&#039;s presidency and needs a Democratic commander in chief to restore America&#039;s place in the world, Democrats running for the White House said Saturday. 

&quot;We are today internationally and domestically a nation that is no longer a leader,&quot;

What their perception is that America is a bully and we only care about our short-term interests,&quot; Edwards said. &quot;The starting place is to end the bleeding sore that is the war in  Iraq

HERES SOME ADVICE SEND AT LEAST CHENEY TO JAIL AND WE MIGHT CONSIDER AMERICA BEING ON A PODIUM - UNLESS YOU CAN JAIL MASS MURDERING OIL THIEFS THEN STAY OFF THE PODIUM FOREVER INCLUDING DEMOCRATS</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>U.S. has lost global standing </b></p>
<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. &#8211; The United States has lost its global standing during George W. Bush&#8217;s presidency and needs a Democratic commander in chief to restore America&#8217;s place in the world, Democrats running for the White House said Saturday. </p>
<p>&#8220;We are today internationally and domestically a nation that is no longer a leader,&#8221;</p>
<p>What their perception is that America is a bully and we only care about our short-term interests,&#8221; Edwards said. &#8220;The starting place is to end the bleeding sore that is the war in  Iraq</p>
<p>HERES SOME ADVICE SEND AT LEAST CHENEY TO JAIL AND WE MIGHT CONSIDER AMERICA BEING ON A PODIUM &#8211; UNLESS YOU CAN JAIL MASS MURDERING OIL THIEFS THEN STAY OFF THE PODIUM FOREVER INCLUDING DEMOCRATS<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=3775260', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Karim</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775250</link>
		<dc:creator>Karim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is insane. I really have no idea what else to say.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is insane. I really have no idea what else to say.<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=3775250', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Rosencrantz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rosencrantz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush needs this war to continue until he is out of office.  He is desperate for a legacy and is banking his entire history on IRaq.  However, without any clue of what he is doing, he NEEDS somebody else to take the reigns.  

Bush knows if he pulls out now his entire presidency will be nothing but one aysmal failure after the other.  Which of course means his whole life was one failure after another.  BUT, if Bush can drag this into somebody else&#039;s term, I guarantee he will blame that person for failing Iraq.  Or, if the new President succeeds in Iraq, then Bush will take the credit.

The whole Bush presidency has been nothing but BS spin.  If there are less attacks in Iraq, it&#039;s because we&#039;re winning, but more attacks is also because we&#039;re winning.  The war itself is no different.   One way or another, Bush is going to desperately drag this war on so he can pass the buck and then either try taking credit or pointing the finger.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush needs this war to continue until he is out of office.  He is desperate for a legacy and is banking his entire history on IRaq.  However, without any clue of what he is doing, he NEEDS somebody else to take the reigns.  </p>
<p>Bush knows if he pulls out now his entire presidency will be nothing but one aysmal failure after the other.  Which of course means his whole life was one failure after another.  BUT, if Bush can drag this into somebody else&#8217;s term, I guarantee he will blame that person for failing Iraq.  Or, if the new President succeeds in Iraq, then Bush will take the credit.</p>
<p>The whole Bush presidency has been nothing but BS spin.  If there are less attacks in Iraq, it&#8217;s because we&#8217;re winning, but more attacks is also because we&#8217;re winning.  The war itself is no different.   One way or another, Bush is going to desperately drag this war on so he can pass the buck and then either try taking credit or pointing the finger.<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=3775236', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Randal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay Randal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush&#039;s surge will last till he leaves office. It is just about running out the clock and leaving the fiasco in the lap of the next president to deal with.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush&#8217;s surge will last till he leaves office. It is just about running out the clock and leaving the fiasco in the lap of the next president to deal with.<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=3775210', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775173</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The lower income Americans are sending their young to fight this war in disproportionate numbers to the rest of the populace.  
The wealthy are sacrificing nothing.
I like the idea of a war-tax to be applied to higher income Americans.

Sort of like a means-test-tax.  Those earning less than $XXX  would pay nothing, and the tax would increase according to income (not wages).

This is a variation of the payroll tax solution for social security.  Those earning more than $97,500 are not taxed at all on their higher wages.
Remove the cap, and tax all earned income.  The payout at the age of 68 would be means-tested; your social security income would be a minimum of $XXX, but the benefit for high income retirees would also be maxed out at a certain level.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The lower income Americans are sending their young to fight this war in disproportionate numbers to the rest of the populace.<br />
The wealthy are sacrificing nothing.<br />
I like the idea of a war-tax to be applied to higher income Americans.</p>
<p>Sort of like a means-test-tax.  Those earning less than $XXX  would pay nothing, and the tax would increase according to income (not wages).</p>
<p>This is a variation of the payroll tax solution for social security.  Those earning more than $97,500 are not taxed at all on their higher wages.<br />
Remove the cap, and tax all earned income.  The payout at the age of 68 would be means-tested; your social security income would be a minimum of $XXX, but the benefit for high income retirees would also be maxed out at a certain level.<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=3775173', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vinnie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775171</link>
		<dc:creator>Vinnie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jake,

How about you put Think Progress on your ignore list?  We won&#039;t mind.  Really!!

We can handle the truth.  It&#039;s annoying people like you that just come here to say inflamatory remarks that we can&#039;t handle.  It&#039;s really sad that you have to come to a site where people obviously don&#039;t like you and start arguments just to be the center of attention.  This site was much better while you were NOT posting.

PLEASE GO AWAY!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jake,</p>
<p>How about you put Think Progress on your ignore list?  We won&#8217;t mind.  Really!!</p>
<p>We can handle the truth.  It&#8217;s annoying people like you that just come here to say inflamatory remarks that we can&#8217;t handle.  It&#8217;s really sad that you have to come to a site where people obviously don&#8217;t like you and start arguments just to be the center of attention.  This site was much better while you were NOT posting.</p>
<p>PLEASE GO AWAY!!<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=3775171', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kasinca</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775166</link>
		<dc:creator>kasinca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Defund this war.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Defund this war.<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=3775166', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/28/escalation-odierno/comment-page-2/#comment-3775163</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He is a stubborn and arrogant man, ignorant of all things important to the leader of a world power.  
All of his life the born-with-a-silver-spoon boy-king has never had to earn anything through his own ability.  Everything he touched turned sour, and his father and/or his friends cleaned up the mess.  
He has created a colossal mess of epic proportions with huge ramifications worldwide due to his own unethical character.

When he began talking about a &quot;surge&quot; and then replacing generals who would not agree with the Bush&amp;Co plan, it was increasingly plain that he was going to leave the mess for his successor to clean up -- and certainly, laying the blame on the successor as well.  
Bush even declared publicly that we would still be in Iraq when he left office.
When a person reveals himself for what he is, it should be believed.  
The man should be impeached and removed from office, taking Cheney with him, at the soonest possible moment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He is a stubborn and arrogant man, ignorant of all things important to the leader of a world power.<br />
All of his life the born-with-a-silver-spoon boy-king has never had to earn anything through his own ability.  Everything he touched turned sour, and his father and/or his friends cleaned up the mess.<br />
He has created a colossal mess of epic proportions with huge ramifications worldwide due to his own unethical character.</p>
<p>When he began talking about a &#8220;surge&#8221; and then replacing generals who would not agree with the Bush&amp;Co plan, it was increasingly plain that he was going to leave the mess for his successor to clean up &#8212; and certainly, laying the blame on the successor as well.<br />
Bush even declared publicly that we would still be in Iraq when he left office.<br />
When a person reveals himself for what he is, it should be believed.<br />
The man should be impeached and removed from office, taking Cheney with him, at the soonest possible moment.<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=3775163', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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