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	<title>Comments on: Senate approves Iraq funding bill.</title>
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		<title>By: Campbell</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3840114</link>
		<dc:creator>Campbell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>le not agreeing with the Democrats&#039; vote on this issue, I think it&#039;s a shame the way no one is looking at  why they did what they did and what else is included in that bill.  First, if they had held up funds, the Reps would have made them out to be starving our poor soldiers.  Knowing they would have to eventually cave, they got us social service things the Reps had been holding denying the poor for a long time.  The Dems didn&#039;t desert us - they did what they could.  I&#039;m just ashamed of Hilary and Obama.  Their vote of no was such a political move because they knew the bill would pass.  This way they could look as if they disapproved, but they knew it was going through anyway.  What hor****.  But don&#039;t be upset with Jim Webb or the the others who voted no.  They were really expressing a true vote.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>le not agreeing with the Democrats&#8217; vote on this issue, I think it&#8217;s a shame the way no one is looking at  why they did what they did and what else is included in that bill.  First, if they had held up funds, the Reps would have made them out to be starving our poor soldiers.  Knowing they would have to eventually cave, they got us social service things the Reps had been holding denying the poor for a long time.  The Dems didn&#8217;t desert us &#8211; they did what they could.  I&#8217;m just ashamed of Hilary and Obama.  Their vote of no was such a political move because they knew the bill would pass.  This way they could look as if they disapproved, but they knew it was going through anyway.  What hor****.  But don&#8217;t be upset with Jim Webb or the the others who voted no.  They were really expressing a true vote.<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=3840114', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: E. Crawford</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3836520</link>
		<dc:creator>E. Crawford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re Comment 76: 
&quot;WTF?
Only 14 Democratic Senators voted against giving yet another $100 Billion to Bush...&quot;
Look again: only 10 of them were Democrats. Three were Republicans, and one an Independent.
All those phone calls I made to help get Jim Webb elected, and he caves in the Bush.
That was the last time I&#039;ll lift a funger - or cast a vote - for a Democra*.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re Comment 76:<br />
&#8220;WTF?<br />
Only 14 Democratic Senators voted against giving yet another $100 Billion to Bush&#8230;&#8221;<br />
Look again: only 10 of them were Democrats. Three were Republicans, and one an Independent.<br />
All those phone calls I made to help get Jim Webb elected, and he caves in the Bush.<br />
That was the last time I&#8217;ll lift a funger &#8211; or cast a vote &#8211; for a Democra*.<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=3836520', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Karim</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3823154</link>
		<dc:creator>Karim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 00:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is not why we voted for the Dems. Arrgh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is not why we voted for the Dems. Arrgh.<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=3823154', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mellis</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3822667</link>
		<dc:creator>mellis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...I&#039;ve never read Chomsky.  It&#039;s called common sense, and a minimum knowledge of history, a-hole.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;I&#8217;ve never read Chomsky.  It&#8217;s called common sense, and a minimum knowledge of history, a-hole.<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=3822667', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Flaco</title>
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		<dc:creator>Flaco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>F U mellis

U R good at regurgitating Chomsky.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>F U mellis</p>
<p>U R good at regurgitating Chomsky.<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=3822633', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mellis</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3822560</link>
		<dc:creator>mellis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>F-U Flaco. The only mullahs I fear are named cheneybushrice et al. Ever heard of the &quot;Cold War?&quot; Forty years of sweet profits for the MIC, all based on &quot;the balance of terror.&quot; These neocon psychopaths needed a new longterm scam so as to pillage our Treasury...and they have created it from A to Z.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>F-U Flaco. The only mullahs I fear are named cheneybushrice et al. Ever heard of the &#8220;Cold War?&#8221; Forty years of sweet profits for the MIC, all based on &#8220;the balance of terror.&#8221; These neocon psychopaths needed a new longterm scam so as to pillage our Treasury&#8230;and they have created it from A to Z.<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=3822560', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: HANNIPAL</title>
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		<dc:creator>HANNIPAL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>we
are
doomed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>we<br />
are<br />
doomed<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=3822539', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Flaco</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3822458</link>
		<dc:creator>Flaco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good morning,

The centrifuges are spinning in Iran again today,

Spinning, spinning, pulling out the uranium hexafloride with the 235 isotope,

Storing up death again today, 

To be used by the mullahs against the innocents in the name of allah,

As soon as they can unleash it.


I hope we have a plan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good morning,</p>
<p>The centrifuges are spinning in Iran again today,</p>
<p>Spinning, spinning, pulling out the uranium hexafloride with the 235 isotope,</p>
<p>Storing up death again today, </p>
<p>To be used by the mullahs against the innocents in the name of allah,</p>
<p>As soon as they can unleash it.</p>
<p>I hope we have a plan.<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=3822458', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Randy Boyd</title>
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		<dc:creator>Randy Boyd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It was disgusting watching the Senate vote last night. All of these pompus ass old white folks walking around the chamber, glad handing and back slapping each other. I guess they  didn&#039;t understand they had just voted to send at least 500 more US military personnel to their deaths. To these A-holes, it was just another night at the country club, have a few cocktails and drive home drunk. You make me ashamed to be an American. As of today I will not longer support the Democrats, color me as one pissed off independant!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was disgusting watching the Senate vote last night. All of these pompus ass old white folks walking around the chamber, glad handing and back slapping each other. I guess they  didn&#8217;t understand they had just voted to send at least 500 more US military personnel to their deaths. To these A-holes, it was just another night at the country club, have a few cocktails and drive home drunk. You make me ashamed to be an American. As of today I will not longer support the Democrats, color me as one pissed off independant!!<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=3822445', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: HANNIPAL</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3822432</link>
		<dc:creator>HANNIPAL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hope every democrat knew now how fake is politics in USA , they just act seriose in depates but in real world they would sell their own mothers to get political gains
I am so mad</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope every democrat knew now how fake is politics in USA , they just act seriose in depates but in real world they would sell their own mothers to get political gains<br />
I am so mad<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=3822432', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mellis</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3822281</link>
		<dc:creator>mellis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 16:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JUSTIFIED outrage, my fellow progressives....but why is nobody looking beyond the obvious? Could it be that our &quot;leadership&quot; did not cave to &quot;politics,&quot; but are being held hostage and hog-tied by bush/cheney/Rovian psychopathic blackmail we are unaware of? 

Just imagine the absolute worst case scenario these bushpigs could threaten to set in motion...and multiply that several hundred times. THIS is in fact what&#039;s really going on, I believe. 

The bushpigs are perfectly capable of threatening a WORST possible &quot;response&quot; to any frustration of their power ...at our expense and at the expense of our troops. Think about it. These people are EVIL, get real.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JUSTIFIED outrage, my fellow progressives&#8230;.but why is nobody looking beyond the obvious? Could it be that our &#8220;leadership&#8221; did not cave to &#8220;politics,&#8221; but are being held hostage and hog-tied by bush/cheney/Rovian psychopathic blackmail we are unaware of? </p>
<p>Just imagine the absolute worst case scenario these bushpigs could threaten to set in motion&#8230;and multiply that several hundred times. THIS is in fact what&#8217;s really going on, I believe. </p>
<p>The bushpigs are perfectly capable of threatening a WORST possible &#8220;response&#8221; to any frustration of their power &#8230;at our expense and at the expense of our troops. Think about it. These people are EVIL, get real.<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=3822281', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Eskwaya</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3822055</link>
		<dc:creator>Eskwaya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 14:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WTF?
Only 14 Democratic Senators voted against giving yet another $100 Billion to Bush to keep this war going?  And this is just a Supplemental Appropriations Bill.

Seriously, these people are Cowards and all of them must go!
Que Se Vayan Todos!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WTF?<br />
Only 14 Democratic Senators voted against giving yet another $100 Billion to Bush to keep this war going?  And this is just a Supplemental Appropriations Bill.</p>
<p>Seriously, these people are Cowards and all of them must go!<br />
Que Se Vayan Todos!<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=3822055', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lion</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3822030</link>
		<dc:creator>Lion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 14:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TO:   Ryan M. Smith
        Columbus, OH

I appauld your efforts, but you really need to take it one step further in action.   Gather up 30 individuals to write letters, email, or telephone his office as to WHY we MUST leave Iraq.  


Adding 30 Ohioans to respectively approach this Senator WILL have an impact in September.  Further, I would also ASK him why is was &quot;absent&quot; for the Feingold &amp; Reid Measure Bill, the day of the VOTE.  He was a NO SHOW!

I have found in other states that by adding 20 friends to the list it WILL make a difference.   Friends through:  schools, colleges, co-workers, doctors, dentists, places you purchase products from, your childrens organizations and clubs that you joined.  Thinking os &quot;selling&quot; girl scout cookies.  When you SHOW people what this war is costing them financially, through food and energy, people WILL get off their butts.

Also,  Senator Brown should be very motivated to End the Occupation relaitve to Ohio economics;  IE.  Jobs, Cost of Living Factors.

Good Luck,
All the Best To You and Yours,
The LION</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TO:   Ryan M. Smith<br />
        Columbus, OH</p>
<p>I appauld your efforts, but you really need to take it one step further in action.   Gather up 30 individuals to write letters, email, or telephone his office as to WHY we MUST leave Iraq.  </p>
<p>Adding 30 Ohioans to respectively approach this Senator WILL have an impact in September.  Further, I would also ASK him why is was &#8220;absent&#8221; for the Feingold &amp; Reid Measure Bill, the day of the VOTE.  He was a NO SHOW!</p>
<p>I have found in other states that by adding 20 friends to the list it WILL make a difference.   Friends through:  schools, colleges, co-workers, doctors, dentists, places you purchase products from, your childrens organizations and clubs that you joined.  Thinking os &#8220;selling&#8221; girl scout cookies.  When you SHOW people what this war is costing them financially, through food and energy, people WILL get off their butts.</p>
<p>Also,  Senator Brown should be very motivated to End the Occupation relaitve to Ohio economics;  IE.  Jobs, Cost of Living Factors.</p>
<p>Good Luck,<br />
All the Best To You and Yours,<br />
The LION<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=3822030', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith H.</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3822022</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith H.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 14:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, the blank check continues.
We knew it would all along.
I tell you . . .  ALL of this government is just a slide show.
The corporations are in contol, and have been.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, the blank check continues.<br />
We knew it would all along.<br />
I tell you . . .  ALL of this government is just a slide show.<br />
The corporations are in contol, and have been.<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=3822022', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lion</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3821981</link>
		<dc:creator>Lion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 14:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>May 24, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mr. President, this so-called compromise doesnâ€™t do nearly enough to end the war, and I intend to vote against it.

I support our troops.  Theyâ€™ve fought bravely and with great courage under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. 

But it was wrong for the President to send our troops to war without a plan to win the peace, and itâ€™s wrong for Congress to keep them in harmâ€™s way on the current failed course.

The best way to protect our troops is to bring this war to an end -- not to pour more American lives into the endless black hole our Iraq policy has become.  

Itâ€™s wrong for Congress to continue to defer to a presidential decision that we know is fatally flawed.

The American people know this war is wrong.  Itâ€™s wrong to abdicate our responsibility by allowing this war to drag on and on while our casualties mount higher and higher.

Here is Senator Kennedys Senate Floor Statement:

Great selection of words using &quot;logic&quot;.  And Kennedy realizes why he was voted back in office:   to extract us from Vietnam II  a.k.a.  Iraq.  Ready to DO his JOB that he was SENT to DO!!
All the best,
The LION

http://kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=74a03211-7b5d-4aba-87a3-4e1acad77178

The President was wrong to get us into this war, wrong to conduct it so poorly, wrong to ignore the views of the American people, and wrong to stubbornly refuse to sign legislation requiring a timetable for the orderly and responsible withdrawal of our combat troops from Iraq.

It is time to end the continuing tragic loss of American lives and begin to bring our soldiers home.  For the sake of our troops, we cannot repeat the mistakes of Vietnam and allow this war to drag on long after the American people know itâ€™s a profound mistake.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>May 24, 2007<br />
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p>Mr. President, this so-called compromise doesnâ€™t do nearly enough to end the war, and I intend to vote against it.</p>
<p>I support our troops.  Theyâ€™ve fought bravely and with great courage under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. </p>
<p>But it was wrong for the President to send our troops to war without a plan to win the peace, and itâ€™s wrong for Congress to keep them in harmâ€™s way on the current failed course.</p>
<p>The best way to protect our troops is to bring this war to an end &#8212; not to pour more American lives into the endless black hole our Iraq policy has become.  </p>
<p>Itâ€™s wrong for Congress to continue to defer to a presidential decision that we know is fatally flawed.</p>
<p>The American people know this war is wrong.  Itâ€™s wrong to abdicate our responsibility by allowing this war to drag on and on while our casualties mount higher and higher.</p>
<p>Here is Senator Kennedys Senate Floor Statement:</p>
<p>Great selection of words using &#8220;logic&#8221;.  And Kennedy realizes why he was voted back in office:   to extract us from Vietnam II  a.k.a.  Iraq.  Ready to DO his JOB that he was SENT to DO!!<br />
All the best,<br />
The LION</p>
<p><a href="http://kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=74a03211-7b5d-4aba-87a3-4e1acad77178" rel="nofollow">http://kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=74a03211-7b5d-4aba-87a3-4e1acad77178</a></p>
<p>The President was wrong to get us into this war, wrong to conduct it so poorly, wrong to ignore the views of the American people, and wrong to stubbornly refuse to sign legislation requiring a timetable for the orderly and responsible withdrawal of our combat troops from Iraq.</p>
<p>It is time to end the continuing tragic loss of American lives and begin to bring our soldiers home.  For the sake of our troops, we cannot repeat the mistakes of Vietnam and allow this war to drag on long after the American people know itâ€™s a profound mistake.<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=3821981', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dsincirlik vet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3821923</link>
		<dc:creator>dsincirlik vet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Their is a great vid on conservative ethics by Jonathan Heidt at theocracy.com.     What most of us libs don&#039;t bother to consider is that loyalty to the group and to the authority of the president is a very, very important moral value to conservatives.  So much so that they will have an instinctual, non-reasoned reaction to marching orders and talking points.  They can&#039;t help it.  We must find a way to include/decieve Repukes into actually pausing to look at the bigger picture.  How our actions will breed a bigger reaction that threatens the nation.  They need to understand the symbolic nature of a grassroots, non-Washington movement against the war.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Their is a great vid on conservative ethics by Jonathan Heidt at theocracy.com.     What most of us libs don&#8217;t bother to consider is that loyalty to the group and to the authority of the president is a very, very important moral value to conservatives.  So much so that they will have an instinctual, non-reasoned reaction to marching orders and talking points.  They can&#8217;t help it.  We must find a way to include/decieve Repukes into actually pausing to look at the bigger picture.  How our actions will breed a bigger reaction that threatens the nation.  They need to understand the symbolic nature of a grassroots, non-Washington movement against the 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=3821923', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: curmudgeon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3821901</link>
		<dc:creator>curmudgeon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 13:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps there are two reasons we rarely see this kind of reaction on the Repuke side of the aisle.  1) Many receive their marching orders from Faux News, forsaking all other sources of information.  By strict avoidance of any and all critical thinking, uniformity of thought becomes the predictable outcome.  Goebbels perfected this in the 1930s-1940s.  Today&#039;s wannabe Nazis have merely dusted off an old playbook.  2) The Repukes have rarely disappointed their fan club.  In fact, can anyone think of a single instance when they have gone so totally against the wishes of their followers?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps there are two reasons we rarely see this kind of reaction on the Repuke side of the aisle.  1) Many receive their marching orders from Faux News, forsaking all other sources of information.  By strict avoidance of any and all critical thinking, uniformity of thought becomes the predictable outcome.  Goebbels perfected this in the 1930s-1940s.  Today&#8217;s wannabe Nazis have merely dusted off an old playbook.  2) The Repukes have rarely disappointed their fan club.  In fact, can anyone think of a single instance when they have gone so totally against the wishes of their followers?<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=3821901', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lion</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3821892</link>
		<dc:creator>Lion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 13:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Senator Kerry executes strong arguments AGAINST funding the war.
He is one of the best debaters I have ever seen.  Further, relative to his own experience in Vietnam and objectively examing the Iraq Strategies, he does speak truth about failures on the ground! Eyes wide open for this Senator.

Yahoooooooooooo,
The LION


The link below is a copy of his Senate Floor Debate:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=385x31282</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Senator Kerry executes strong arguments AGAINST funding the war.<br />
He is one of the best debaters I have ever seen.  Further, relative to his own experience in Vietnam and objectively examing the Iraq Strategies, he does speak truth about failures on the ground! Eyes wide open for this Senator.</p>
<p>Yahoooooooooooo,<br />
The LION</p>
<p>The link below is a copy of his Senate Floor Debate:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=385x31282" rel="nofollow">http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=385&#215;31282</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3821892', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Juan C</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/24/senate-approves-iraq-funding-bill/comment-page-2/#comment-3821888</link>
		<dc:creator>Juan C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 13:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;they donâ€™t attack one another the instant things donâ€™t go their way.
Comment by Perry Logan &lt;/em&gt;

Thats because they dont have integrity. They are the &quot;yes, sir&quot; people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>they donâ€™t attack one another the instant things donâ€™t go their way.<br />
Comment by Perry Logan </em></p>
<p>Thats because they dont have integrity. They are the &#8220;yes, sir&#8221; people.<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=3821888', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lupeyg2</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lupeyg2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 13:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We can write letters (again).

Senator Brown,

Your Iraq funding vote can only be described as despicable.  How could you possibly doom our troops by allowing Bush et al. the funding to continue their ineptitude?  As long as you lay down in the face of King George, he will continue to bully you.  Are you afraid of looking like you do not support the troops?  I have news for you, supporting the troops is more than just providing funding.  It is about providing them with a plan and leadership and moral support.  What is going to change between now and September?  The plan certainly is not, the leadership certainly is not, and therefore, the morale could quite possibly suffer.  YOU need to provide the plan and the leadership and not allow it to be dictated by the Bush cabal.  Bush et al. have shown time and time again, whether it was by their lack of post â€œshock and aweâ€ planning, their continued lack of Iraq border security, or by their reactionary retaliations that they are either willfully dictating a failing plan in Iraq or they are incompetent; neither of which our military deserves.  It is time for you and the rest of Congress to stand up so that Bush can start standing down.  YOU are the makers of the laws, and you are the â€œdecidersâ€.  If Bush does not like that, well then tough, this is a democracy and we put you in office to see some accountability, especially in Iraq.  If you fail to step up to the plate, Iâ€™m sure we would be more than willing to find your replacement.

Thank you,
Ryan M. Smith
Columbus, OH</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We can write letters (again).</p>
<p>Senator Brown,</p>
<p>Your Iraq funding vote can only be described as despicable.  How could you possibly doom our troops by allowing Bush et al. the funding to continue their ineptitude?  As long as you lay down in the face of King George, he will continue to bully you.  Are you afraid of looking like you do not support the troops?  I have news for you, supporting the troops is more than just providing funding.  It is about providing them with a plan and leadership and moral support.  What is going to change between now and September?  The plan certainly is not, the leadership certainly is not, and therefore, the morale could quite possibly suffer.  YOU need to provide the plan and the leadership and not allow it to be dictated by the Bush cabal.  Bush et al. have shown time and time again, whether it was by their lack of post â€œshock and aweâ€ planning, their continued lack of Iraq border security, or by their reactionary retaliations that they are either willfully dictating a failing plan in Iraq or they are incompetent; neither of which our military deserves.  It is time for you and the rest of Congress to stand up so that Bush can start standing down.  YOU are the makers of the laws, and you are the â€œdecidersâ€.  If Bush does not like that, well then tough, this is a democracy and we put you in office to see some accountability, especially in Iraq.  If you fail to step up to the plate, Iâ€™m sure we would be more than willing to find your replacement.</p>
<p>Thank you,<br />
Ryan M. Smith<br />
Columbus, OH<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=3821876', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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