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	<title>Comments on: Bush Administration To &#8216;Skim Off Border Patrol Agents&#8217; For Duty In Iraq</title>
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		<title>By: thoughtcriminal</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3824891</link>
		<dc:creator>thoughtcriminal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 12:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;DynCorp â€œis offering $134,100 for a one-year stay, plus a $25,000 signing bonus,â€ a reported 70% pay raise. Further, â€œ[t]he first $90,000 in income is tax free, and housing and food are free.â€&lt;/em&gt;

If that&#039;s what they (DynCorp) are offering, how much is the government giving them??  $500k per?  I&#039;d like to see the figures there.   Do we forget that they are being paid with our (tax) money?!

Bleeding this country dry from every possible angle!  It&#039;s standard practice in empire building.. Weak republic, strong empire...  and it&#039;s getting gross.

How much blood and treasure will it require before we get pissed enough to storm the gates?  There are 300 million of us.  Only a few dozen of them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>DynCorp â€œis offering $134,100 for a one-year stay, plus a $25,000 signing bonus,â€ a reported 70% pay raise. Further, â€œ[t]he first $90,000 in income is tax free, and housing and food are free.â€</em></p>
<p>If that&#8217;s what they (DynCorp) are offering, how much is the government giving them??  $500k per?  I&#8217;d like to see the figures there.   Do we forget that they are being paid with our (tax) money?!</p>
<p>Bleeding this country dry from every possible angle!  It&#8217;s standard practice in empire building.. Weak republic, strong empire&#8230;  and it&#8217;s getting gross.</p>
<p>How much blood and treasure will it require before we get pissed enough to storm the gates?  There are 300 million of us.  Only a few dozen of them.<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=3824891', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3824686</link>
		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 03:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am all for skimming the Minutemen for cannonfodder.  Somehow, I don&#039;t think that is their idea.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am all for skimming the Minutemen for cannonfodder.  Somehow, I don&#8217;t think that is their idea.<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=3824686', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Shirley</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3823597</link>
		<dc:creator>Shirley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 14:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BRIBING MERCENARIES LAVISHLY TO KILL INNOCENT IRAQIS! Way to go GOP! If they gave such beneficent pay to regular civilian employess in the USA we probably wouldn&#039;t be having the gang warfare and skyrocketing murder rates we have...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BRIBING MERCENARIES LAVISHLY TO KILL INNOCENT IRAQIS! Way to go GOP! If they gave such beneficent pay to regular civilian employess in the USA we probably wouldn&#8217;t be having the gang warfare and skyrocketing murder rates we have&#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=3823597', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Randal</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3823333</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay Randal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 03:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush wants the Mexican border to remain wide-open, and unsecured, so drug traffickers can cross into US whenever they want and masses of migrant workers flooding in to keep US wages depressed for everyone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush wants the Mexican border to remain wide-open, and unsecured, so drug traffickers can cross into US whenever they want and masses of migrant workers flooding in to keep US wages depressed for everyone.<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=3823333', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: master of war</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3823216</link>
		<dc:creator>master of war</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 01:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Dear master of war - Cute site!! 
Comment by valiant venus â€” May 25, 2007 @ 8:08 pm&lt;/i&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Thanks dude.  I didn&#039;t think you would bother to look.  Appreciate the kind feedback!&lt;/b&gt;

Here I worked on this video for you:
http://www.youtube.com/?v=g0ELgFGd2fs

&lt;b&gt;I also worked on a few more pages, check this one out and tell me what you think :)&lt;/b&gt;

http://masters-of-war.org/deathculture2.html
I thought it might be a little risque to talk about the DU poisoning that will infect over 1,000,000 of our brave men and women in the armed services.  But since congress does not seem to care about bringing our troops home, I think it is time that people were honest about how things really are over there.  Vainly valient, if you got some pics of Depleated Uranium babies to add to the site let me know.

&lt;b&gt;Thanks again for your support.  It is only through teamwork that we will get our kids home.&lt;/b&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Dear master of war &#8211; Cute site!!<br />
Comment by valiant venus â€” May 25, 2007 @ 8:08 pm</i></p>
<p><b>Thanks dude.  I didn&#8217;t think you would bother to look.  Appreciate the kind feedback!</b></p>
<p>Here I worked on this video for you:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/?v=g0ELgFGd2fs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/?v=g0ELgFGd2fs</a></p>
<p><b>I also worked on a few more pages, check this one out and tell me what you think :)</b></p>
<p><a href="http://masters-of-war.org/deathculture2.html" rel="nofollow">http://masters-of-war.org/deathculture2.html</a><br />
I thought it might be a little risque to talk about the DU poisoning that will infect over 1,000,000 of our brave men and women in the armed services.  But since congress does not seem to care about bringing our troops home, I think it is time that people were honest about how things really are over there.  Vainly valient, if you got some pics of Depleated Uranium babies to add to the site let me know.</p>
<p><b>Thanks again for your support.  It is only through teamwork that we will get our kids home.</b><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=3823216', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Merlin</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3823215</link>
		<dc:creator>Merlin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 01:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#37 Comment by Patrick1 Troll Clone â€” May 25, 2007 @ 3:57 pm

&lt;em&gt;blah, blah, blahâ€¦libtardsâ€¦blah, blah, blahâ€¦surrenderâ€¦blah, blah, blahâ€¦moonbatsâ€¦blah, blah, blahâ€¦islamofacistsâ€¦blah, blah, blahâ€¦&lt;/em&gt;

And here is yet another brilliantly intelligent post by our new Iraq-private-army-volunteer, Pee1. Tell us Pee1 how did you come up with this amazing thought? Oh and when did you say you were shipping out? Can&#039;t be too soon you know! they need cannon fodder like you over there in a hurry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#37 Comment by Patrick1 Troll Clone â€” May 25, 2007 @ 3:57 pm</p>
<p><em>blah, blah, blahâ€¦libtardsâ€¦blah, blah, blahâ€¦surrenderâ€¦blah, blah, blahâ€¦moonbatsâ€¦blah, blah, blahâ€¦islamofacistsâ€¦blah, blah, blahâ€¦</em></p>
<p>And here is yet another brilliantly intelligent post by our new Iraq-private-army-volunteer, Pee1. Tell us Pee1 how did you come up with this amazing thought? Oh and when did you say you were shipping out? Can&#8217;t be too soon you know! they need cannon fodder like you over there in a hurry.<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=3823215', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ann</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3823146</link>
		<dc:creator>ann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 00:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How about if the Minutemen suck it up and go to Iraq instead?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about if the Minutemen suck it up and go to Iraq instead?<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=3823146', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3823136</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 00:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Spare no expense to protect...

...the oil pipeline...

...and various corporate cash cows...

...no bid, no oversight contracts...

...and the corrupt Iraqi puppet government...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spare no expense to protect&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;the oil pipeline&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;and various corporate cash cows&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;no bid, no oversight contracts&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;and the corrupt Iraqi puppet government&#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=3823136', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: valiant venus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3823119</link>
		<dc:creator>valiant venus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 00:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear master of war - Cute site!! Haven&#039;t seen that many conspiracy theories since....&quot;Conspiracy Theory&quot;.....You might ask Nurse Ratchett to adjust your meds......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear master of war &#8211; Cute site!! Haven&#8217;t seen that many conspiracy theories since&#8230;.&#8221;Conspiracy Theory&#8221;&#8230;..You might ask Nurse Ratchett to adjust your meds&#8230;&#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=3823119', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: good grief, charlie brown</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3823102</link>
		<dc:creator>good grief, charlie brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 00:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And this compares to our soldier&#039;s pay by a factor of how much?
And where does this company get all their money?
And how much did they contribute to political campaigns?
And who&#039;s sleeping with who?
And?
And?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And this compares to our soldier&#8217;s pay by a factor of how much?<br />
And where does this company get all their money?<br />
And how much did they contribute to political campaigns?<br />
And who&#8217;s sleeping with who?<br />
And?<br />
And?<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=3823102', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: David O.</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3823071</link>
		<dc:creator>David O.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 23:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oh. great.

Federal Law Enforcement Agents getting combat experience.  

GREAT plan, chimpy. 

F&#039;ing BRILLIANT.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oh. great.</p>
<p>Federal Law Enforcement Agents getting combat experience.  </p>
<p>GREAT plan, chimpy. </p>
<p>F&#8217;ing BRILLIANT.<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=3823071', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jimbo DUDE</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3823055</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimbo DUDE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 23:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>DYNCORP HAS TOTALLY BOUGHT OUT WASHINGTON
SO HAS HALLIBURTON DUDE

JIMBO STANDS STRONG.............................

A+ RATING OF SERVICE AT MCDONALDS FOR US REGARDING THE WORST
JUNK FOOD, UNFIT FOR HUMAN HEALTH

AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL SERVICES WE ALL SO DESPERATELY NEED
28% APPROVAL RATING = MORE THAN 200% THE FRIGGIN MINIMUM PASSING GRADE THAT IS DOUBLE F&#039;S

NOW AS EVERYONE KNOWS JIMBO DUDE ALWAYS SPEAKS THE TRUTH.....
ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY DUDE, UTMOST IMPECCIBLE ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY DUDE AND THE UTMOST HONESTY

AND WHAT JIMBO DUDE IS SAYING LOAD UP THE FRIGGIN SLAMMER WITH ANYONE MAKING FALSE CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO LIE THROUGH THEIR FRIGGIN  FALSE TEETH TO HIT THE ELF&#039;S POT DUDE AND BLANK CHECK 
DUDE.

NOW JIMBO DUDE FULLY UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT CORRUPTION IS
DUDE....  THEY AIN&#039;T YA FAIR WITH DUDE AND YA DUDETTE IS FAIR WITH 
YA DUDE.

WE HAVE BEEN BOUGHT OUT DUDE, FRIGGIN TOTALLY SOLD OUT.

NOW.   JIMBO DUDE DOESN&#039;T KNOW FOR SURE THAT&#039;S TRUE DUDE.... SO
NOW IT&#039;S TIME FOR JIMBO DUDE TO TAKE A CHILL PILL DUDE.....

AND THAT AIN&#039;T INCLUDING TOTALLY CORRUPTION DOWNIN NOTHING THAT IS RELATED TO PROHIBITION OR SMOKIN ANYTHING UP NOTHIN DUDE...

JIMBO DUDE IS TOTALLY HEAVENLY AWESOME DUDE AND TOTALLY SQUEEKY CLEAN DUDE.

I JUST CANNOT HELP IT I&#039;M SO HEAVENLY AWESOME AND TOTALLY COOL DUDE, SO COOL INFACT, OFTEN I BLOW PEOPLE AWAY DUDE.

ANYHOW  :)

TIME TO DO SOME CHILLIN DUDE :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DYNCORP HAS TOTALLY BOUGHT OUT WASHINGTON<br />
SO HAS HALLIBURTON DUDE</p>
<p>JIMBO STANDS STRONG&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p>A+ RATING OF SERVICE AT MCDONALDS FOR US REGARDING THE WORST<br />
JUNK FOOD, UNFIT FOR HUMAN HEALTH</p>
<p>AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL SERVICES WE ALL SO DESPERATELY NEED<br />
28% APPROVAL RATING = MORE THAN 200% THE FRIGGIN MINIMUM PASSING GRADE THAT IS DOUBLE F&#8217;S</p>
<p>NOW AS EVERYONE KNOWS JIMBO DUDE ALWAYS SPEAKS THE TRUTH&#8230;..<br />
ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY DUDE, UTMOST IMPECCIBLE ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY DUDE AND THE UTMOST HONESTY</p>
<p>AND WHAT JIMBO DUDE IS SAYING LOAD UP THE FRIGGIN SLAMMER WITH ANYONE MAKING FALSE CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO LIE THROUGH THEIR FRIGGIN  FALSE TEETH TO HIT THE ELF&#8217;S POT DUDE AND BLANK CHECK<br />
DUDE.</p>
<p>NOW JIMBO DUDE FULLY UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT CORRUPTION IS<br />
DUDE&#8230;.  THEY AIN&#8217;T YA FAIR WITH DUDE AND YA DUDETTE IS FAIR WITH<br />
YA DUDE.</p>
<p>WE HAVE BEEN BOUGHT OUT DUDE, FRIGGIN TOTALLY SOLD OUT.</p>
<p>NOW.   JIMBO DUDE DOESN&#8217;T KNOW FOR SURE THAT&#8217;S TRUE DUDE&#8230;. SO<br />
NOW IT&#8217;S TIME FOR JIMBO DUDE TO TAKE A CHILL PILL DUDE&#8230;..</p>
<p>AND THAT AIN&#8217;T INCLUDING TOTALLY CORRUPTION DOWNIN NOTHING THAT IS RELATED TO PROHIBITION OR SMOKIN ANYTHING UP NOTHIN DUDE&#8230;</p>
<p>JIMBO DUDE IS TOTALLY HEAVENLY AWESOME DUDE AND TOTALLY SQUEEKY CLEAN DUDE.</p>
<p>I JUST CANNOT HELP IT I&#8217;M SO HEAVENLY AWESOME AND TOTALLY COOL DUDE, SO COOL INFACT, OFTEN I BLOW PEOPLE AWAY DUDE.</p>
<p>ANYHOW  :)</p>
<p>TIME TO DO SOME CHILLIN DUDE :)<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=3823055', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tundra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tundra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 22:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;And our men and women in the military make $20,000 a year with maybe a $5,000 signing bonus and they have to pay $5 for their meals. &lt;/i&gt;

http://www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/pay/bp/paytables/fy2007_apr_basicpay.html

http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay/basic-allowance-for-subsistence</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>And our men and women in the military make $20,000 a year with maybe a $5,000 signing bonus and they have to pay $5 for their meals. </i></p>
<p><a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/pay/bp/paytables/fy2007_apr_basicpay.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/pay/bp/paytables/fy2007_apr_basicpay.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay/basic-allowance-for-subsistence" rel="nofollow">http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay/basic-allowance-for-subsistence</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=3823045', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Merlin</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3822921</link>
		<dc:creator>Merlin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 21:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#17 Comment by Patrick1 â€” May 25, 2007 @ 3:23 pm

&lt;em&gt;Only a sucker would sign up as an army soldier or a marine. Itâ€™s much more lucrative to be a mercenary. Thatâ€™s why I love this country.&lt;/em&gt;

My, my Pee1, I did not know you were now located over in Iraq! Hey folks, Pee1 is really doing something. Now don&#039;t make a fool out of me Pee1, you really are over there, aren&#039;t you????</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#17 Comment by Patrick1 â€” May 25, 2007 @ 3:23 pm</p>
<p><em>Only a sucker would sign up as an army soldier or a marine. Itâ€™s much more lucrative to be a mercenary. Thatâ€™s why I love this country.</em></p>
<p>My, my Pee1, I did not know you were now located over in Iraq! Hey folks, Pee1 is really doing something. Now don&#8217;t make a fool out of me Pee1, you really are over there, aren&#8217;t you????<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=3822921', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Katie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3822919</link>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 21:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;DynCorp â€œis offering $134,100 for a one-year stay, plus a $25,000 signing bonus,â€ a reported 70% pay raise. Further, â€œ[t]he first $90,000 in income is tax free, and housing and food are free.â€

And our men and women in the military make $20,000 a year with maybe a $5,000 signing bonus and they have to pay $5 for their meals.  

The one thing that the Democrats could have done in the emergency funding bill would have been to cut off any money that went to hiring mercenaries, i.e. Blackwater.  Actually, if Congress were to cut off all money to contractors in Iraq, the occupation would be over tomorrow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;DynCorp â€œis offering $134,100 for a one-year stay, plus a $25,000 signing bonus,â€ a reported 70% pay raise. Further, â€œ[t]he first $90,000 in income is tax free, and housing and food are free.â€</p>
<p>And our men and women in the military make $20,000 a year with maybe a $5,000 signing bonus and they have to pay $5 for their meals.  </p>
<p>The one thing that the Democrats could have done in the emergency funding bill would have been to cut off any money that went to hiring mercenaries, i.e. Blackwater.  Actually, if Congress were to cut off all money to contractors in Iraq, the occupation would be over tomorrow.<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=3822919', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Masters of War</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3822910</link>
		<dc:creator>Masters of War</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 21:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil&lt;/b&gt;
New York Times, Jan. 23, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/national/nationalspecial3/23code.html?ex=1107838800&amp;en=99185a9d16428e44&amp;ei=5070&amp;oref=login
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405F.shtml - free copy

Mr. Arkin, in the online supplement to his book (codenames.org/documents.html ), says the contingency plan, called JCS Conplan 0300-97, calls for &quot;special-mission units in extra-legal missions to combat terrorism in the United States&quot; based on top-secret orders that are managed by the military&#039;s Joint Staff. Mr. Arkin provided The New York Times with briefing slides prepared by the Northern Command, detailing the plan and outlining the military&#039;s preparations for the inauguration. Three senior Defense Department and Bush administration officials confirmed the existence of the plan and mission, but disputed Mr. Arkin&#039;s characterization of the mission as &quot;extra-legal.&quot;

&lt;b&gt;THE COMING WARS, by Seymour M. Hersch&lt;/b&gt;
The New Yorker, Jan. 24, 2005
http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/050124fa_fact

â€œThis is a war against terrorism, and Iraq is just one campaign. The Bush Administration is looking at this as a huge war zone,â€ the former high-level intelligence official told me. â€œNext, weâ€™re going to have the Iranian campaign.&quot; The President has signed a series of findings and executive orders authorizing secret commando groups and other Special Forces units to conduct covert operations against suspected terrorist targets in as many as ten nations in the Middle East and South Asia. â€œThe Pentagon doesnâ€™t feel obligated to report any of this to Congress,â€ the former high-level intelligence official said. â€œThey donâ€™t even call it â€˜covert opsâ€™â€”itâ€™s too close to the C.I.A. phrase. In their view, itâ€™s â€˜black reconnaissance.â€™ Theyâ€™re not even going to tell the cincsâ€â€”the regional American military commanders-in-chief.

&lt;b&gt;Free trade leaves world food in grip of global giants&lt;/b&gt; 
Guardian, Jan. 27, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalisation/story/0,7369,1399480,00.html

Global food companies are aggravating poverty in developing countries by dominating markets, buying up seed firms and forcing down prices for staple goods including tea, coffee, milk, bananas and wheat, according to a report to be launched today. Two companies dominate sales of half the world&#039;s bananas, three trade 85% of the world&#039;s tea, and one, Wal-mart, now controls 40% of Mexico&#039;s retail food sector. It also found that Monsanto controls 91% of the global GM seed market.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil</b><br />
New York Times, Jan. 23, 2005<br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/national/nationalspecial3/23code.html?ex=1107838800&amp;en=99185a9d16428e44&amp;ei=5070&amp;oref=login" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/national/nationalspecial3/23code.html?ex=1107838800&amp;en=99185a9d16428e44&amp;ei=5070&amp;oref=login</a><br />
<a href="http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405F.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405F.shtml</a> &#8211; free copy</p>
<p>Mr. Arkin, in the online supplement to his book (codenames.org/documents.html ), says the contingency plan, called JCS Conplan 0300-97, calls for &#8220;special-mission units in extra-legal missions to combat terrorism in the United States&#8221; based on top-secret orders that are managed by the military&#8217;s Joint Staff. Mr. Arkin provided The New York Times with briefing slides prepared by the Northern Command, detailing the plan and outlining the military&#8217;s preparations for the inauguration. Three senior Defense Department and Bush administration officials confirmed the existence of the plan and mission, but disputed Mr. Arkin&#8217;s characterization of the mission as &#8220;extra-legal.&#8221;</p>
<p><b>THE COMING WARS, by Seymour M. Hersch</b><br />
The New Yorker, Jan. 24, 2005<br />
<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/050124fa_fact" rel="nofollow">http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/050124fa_fact</a></p>
<p>â€œThis is a war against terrorism, and Iraq is just one campaign. The Bush Administration is looking at this as a huge war zone,â€ the former high-level intelligence official told me. â€œNext, weâ€™re going to have the Iranian campaign.&#8221; The President has signed a series of findings and executive orders authorizing secret commando groups and other Special Forces units to conduct covert operations against suspected terrorist targets in as many as ten nations in the Middle East and South Asia. â€œThe Pentagon doesnâ€™t feel obligated to report any of this to Congress,â€ the former high-level intelligence official said. â€œThey donâ€™t even call it â€˜covert opsâ€™â€”itâ€™s too close to the C.I.A. phrase. In their view, itâ€™s â€˜black reconnaissance.â€™ Theyâ€™re not even going to tell the cincsâ€â€”the regional American military commanders-in-chief.</p>
<p><b>Free trade leaves world food in grip of global giants</b><br />
Guardian, Jan. 27, 2005<br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalisation/story/0,7369,1399480,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalisation/story/0,7369,1399480,00.html</a></p>
<p>Global food companies are aggravating poverty in developing countries by dominating markets, buying up seed firms and forcing down prices for staple goods including tea, coffee, milk, bananas and wheat, according to a report to be launched today. Two companies dominate sales of half the world&#8217;s bananas, three trade 85% of the world&#8217;s tea, and one, Wal-mart, now controls 40% of Mexico&#8217;s retail food sector. It also found that Monsanto controls 91% of the global GM seed market.<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=3822910', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Loonie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3822896</link>
		<dc:creator>Loonie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 20:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps he can call upon the cub scouts for the next surge.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps he can call upon the cub scouts for the next surge.<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=3822896', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Heterodoxy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Heterodoxy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 20:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#11 Yet another b*tch slap of reality.  How is your colon looking today?


Lieberman Amdt No. 3034; To protect the American people from terrorist attacks by providing $8 billion in additional funds for homeland security government-wide, by restoring cuts to vital first responder programs in the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, by providing an additional $1.2 billion for first responders, $1.7 billion for the Coast Guard and port security, $150 million for chemical security, $1 billion for rail and transit security, $456 million for FEMA, $1 billion for health preparedness programs, and $752 million for aviation security. 
REJECTED by Republicans.

Menendez Amdt. No. 3054; To provide an additional $965 million to make our ports more secure by increasing port security grants, increasing inspections, improving existing programs, and increasing research and development, and to fully offset this additional funding by closing tax loopholes. 
REJECTED by Republicans.

Stabenow Amdt. No. 3056; To provide $5 billion for our emergency responders so that they can field effective and reliable interoperable communications equipment to respond to natural disasters, terrorist attacks and the public safety needs of America&#039;s communities and fully offset this by closing tax loopholes and collecting more from the tax gap. 
REJECTED by Republicans


http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_109_2.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#11 Yet another b*tch slap of reality.  How is your colon looking today?</p>
<p>Lieberman Amdt No. 3034; To protect the American people from terrorist attacks by providing $8 billion in additional funds for homeland security government-wide, by restoring cuts to vital first responder programs in the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, by providing an additional $1.2 billion for first responders, $1.7 billion for the Coast Guard and port security, $150 million for chemical security, $1 billion for rail and transit security, $456 million for FEMA, $1 billion for health preparedness programs, and $752 million for aviation security.<br />
REJECTED by Republicans.</p>
<p>Menendez Amdt. No. 3054; To provide an additional $965 million to make our ports more secure by increasing port security grants, increasing inspections, improving existing programs, and increasing research and development, and to fully offset this additional funding by closing tax loopholes.<br />
REJECTED by Republicans.</p>
<p>Stabenow Amdt. No. 3056; To provide $5 billion for our emergency responders so that they can field effective and reliable interoperable communications equipment to respond to natural disasters, terrorist attacks and the public safety needs of America&#8217;s communities and fully offset this by closing tax loopholes and collecting more from the tax gap.<br />
REJECTED by Republicans</p>
<p><a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_109_2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_109_2.htm</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=3822868', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Masters of War</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/border-patriol-to-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3822866</link>
		<dc:creator>Masters of War</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 20:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I suppose the logic is:

If we fight them there, we donâ€™t have to keep them from crossing the border here.
Comment by Art â€” May 25, 2007 @ 4:33 pm

After Seymore Hersh revealed that unchecked funding of Bush wars goes to fund Al-Qaeda in tripoli...

&lt;b&gt;The logic is: Keep the American people distracted as I lower defenses so that more terrorists can come here and blow something up.  This will give Bush the right to invoke the Continuity of Government where he becomes the supreme ruler of the world.&lt;/b&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suppose the logic is:</p>
<p>If we fight them there, we donâ€™t have to keep them from crossing the border here.<br />
Comment by Art â€” May 25, 2007 @ 4:33 pm</p>
<p>After Seymore Hersh revealed that unchecked funding of Bush wars goes to fund Al-Qaeda in tripoli&#8230;</p>
<p><b>The logic is: Keep the American people distracted as I lower defenses so that more terrorists can come here and blow something up.  This will give Bush the right to invoke the Continuity of Government where he becomes the supreme ruler of the world.</b><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=3822866', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Heterodoxy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 20:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#11 F.O.S. as usual

As you listened to Chimpy juke and lie to the American base know that for the last 3 years DEMS have been pushing for more border agents. Then Bush abandons 9.700 border agent increase last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF???!!!!!!

Bush budget scraps 9,790 border patrol agents 
President uses law&#039;s escape clause to drop funding for new homeland security force
Michael Hedges, Houston Chronicle

Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Washington -- The law signed by President Bush less than two months ago to add thousands of border patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border has crashed into the reality of Bush&#039;s austere federal budget proposal, officials said Tuesday. 

Officially approved by Bush on Dec. 17 after extensive bickering in Congress, the National Intelligence Reform Act included the requirement to add 10,000 border patrol agents in the five years beginning with 2006. Roughly 80 percent of the agents were to patrol the southern U.S. border from Texas to California , along which thousands of people cross into the United States illegally every year. 

But Bush&#039;s proposed 2006 budget, revealed Monday, funds only 210 new border agents

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/02/09/MNGOKB8 37T1.DTL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#11 F.O.S. as usual</p>
<p>As you listened to Chimpy juke and lie to the American base know that for the last 3 years DEMS have been pushing for more border agents. Then Bush abandons 9.700 border agent increase last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>WTF???!!!!!!</p>
<p>Bush budget scraps 9,790 border patrol agents<br />
President uses law&#8217;s escape clause to drop funding for new homeland security force<br />
Michael Hedges, Houston Chronicle</p>
<p>Wednesday, February 9, 2005</p>
<p>Washington &#8212; The law signed by President Bush less than two months ago to add thousands of border patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border has crashed into the reality of Bush&#8217;s austere federal budget proposal, officials said Tuesday. </p>
<p>Officially approved by Bush on Dec. 17 after extensive bickering in Congress, the National Intelligence Reform Act included the requirement to add 10,000 border patrol agents in the five years beginning with 2006. Roughly 80 percent of the agents were to patrol the southern U.S. border from Texas to California , along which thousands of people cross into the United States illegally every year. </p>
<p>But Bush&#8217;s proposed 2006 budget, revealed Monday, funds only 210 new border agents</p>
<p><a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/02/09/MNGOKB8" rel="nofollow">http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/02/09/MNGOKB8</a> 37T1.DTL<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=3822852', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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