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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822745</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Theres got to be a story there.
Comment by squegeebooo &lt;/em&gt;

I frickin&#039; hate clowns.  They creep me out, big time.  
My bumpersticker reads:  Can&#039;t sleep, clowns will eat me!

The horror!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Theres got to be a story there.<br />
Comment by squegeebooo </em></p>
<p>I frickin&#8217; hate clowns.  They creep me out, big time.<br />
My bumpersticker reads:  Can&#8217;t sleep, clowns will eat me!</p>
<p>The horror!!!!<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=3822745', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: squegeebooo</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822737</link>
		<dc:creator>squegeebooo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>DRxJ
&lt;em&gt;mmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeer!!!&lt;/em&gt;

Most evenings I test positive for IPA.

Zooey 
&lt;em&gt;clown horror &lt;/em&gt;

Theres got to be a story there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DRxJ<br />
<em>mmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeer!!!</em></p>
<p>Most evenings I test positive for IPA.</p>
<p>Zooey<br />
<em>clown horror </em></p>
<p>Theres got to be a story there.<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=3822737', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822722</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Well thats the other 1/2 the reason theyâ€™re so upset. To many words, and none of them about sports and/or hunting.
Comment by squegeebooo&lt;/em&gt;

Nope, just peace, love, dissent, clown horror -- all that happy crap.  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Well thats the other 1/2 the reason theyâ€™re so upset. To many words, and none of them about sports and/or hunting.<br />
Comment by squegeebooo</em></p>
<p>Nope, just peace, love, dissent, clown horror &#8212; all that happy crap.  :)<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=3822722', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DRxJ</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822719</link>
		<dc:creator>DRxJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Patrick1
Stealing beer again.

Thank makes even less sense than me
Comment by squegeebooo â€” May 25, 2007 @ 2:22 pm&lt;/em&gt;

That, and 1nut didn&#039;t ask a question. In fact, 1nut used a period instead of a question mark, which makes the post a statement.
Which I guess means Patrick1nut is in the process of stealing barley and hop beverages as we post, again.  And I guess the bumper stickers that Zooey alluded too is what reminded him to commit the crime.
I dunno.  It doesn&#039;t make sense, either. 
Unless he&#039;s cutting and pasting, Patrick1nut never succeeds at coherent sentences.
but....
mmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeer!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Patrick1<br />
Stealing beer again.</p>
<p>Thank makes even less sense than me<br />
Comment by squegeebooo â€” May 25, 2007 @ 2:22 pm</em></p>
<p>That, and 1nut didn&#8217;t ask a question. In fact, 1nut used a period instead of a question mark, which makes the post a statement.<br />
Which I guess means Patrick1nut is in the process of stealing barley and hop beverages as we post, again.  And I guess the bumper stickers that Zooey alluded too is what reminded him to commit the crime.<br />
I dunno.  It doesn&#8217;t make sense, either.<br />
Unless he&#8217;s cutting and pasting, Patrick1nut never succeeds at coherent sentences.<br />
but&#8230;.<br />
mmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeer!!!<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=3822719', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shane</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822712</link>
		<dc:creator>shane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The democratic nomination will be super-competitive, and I want a democratic candidate whoâ€™s obsessed with something other than money. Hillary is less smug, can quickly appeal to the South, and is your overrall democratic candidate. Hillary can be a good Commander-in-Chief as well, has good defense credentials.

Comment by CompTROLLER V-1

And you neocons have way more crap to use against Hillary in the general election.  That&#039;s why you&#039;d rather she&#039;s the candidate.  Don&#039;t act like your want the Democrat to win.  In the next post you&#039;re talking about Bush ruining YOUR Republican party.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The democratic nomination will be super-competitive, and I want a democratic candidate whoâ€™s obsessed with something other than money. Hillary is less smug, can quickly appeal to the South, and is your overrall democratic candidate. Hillary can be a good Commander-in-Chief as well, has good defense credentials.</p>
<p>Comment by CompTROLLER V-1</p>
<p>And you neocons have way more crap to use against Hillary in the general election.  That&#8217;s why you&#8217;d rather she&#8217;s the candidate.  Don&#8217;t act like your want the Democrat to win.  In the next post you&#8217;re talking about Bush ruining YOUR Republican party.<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=3822712', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822697</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I find it enormously funny that those who slam illegal&#039;s for being cheap labor  and taking American jobs are also those who love Wal-Mart for keeping prices low, so low that nearly everything they sell is made in China.  So what is it do you want the low prices that low wage jobs help create?  Or do you want the illegal&#039;s to go and make those jobs higher paying for good Americans such as yourself?  Why don&#039;t you just admit  that the Illegal alien issue has nothing to do with people being in our country illegally, and everything to do with those people possibly (most likely) having a political affiliation different than yours?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find it enormously funny that those who slam illegal&#8217;s for being cheap labor  and taking American jobs are also those who love Wal-Mart for keeping prices low, so low that nearly everything they sell is made in China.  So what is it do you want the low prices that low wage jobs help create?  Or do you want the illegal&#8217;s to go and make those jobs higher paying for good Americans such as yourself?  Why don&#8217;t you just admit  that the Illegal alien issue has nothing to do with people being in our country illegally, and everything to do with those people possibly (most likely) having a political affiliation different than yours?<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=3822697', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: squegeebooo</title>
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		<dc:creator>squegeebooo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Zooey 
&lt;em&gt;That bumpersticker would wrap clear around my car!&lt;/em&gt;

Well thats the other 1/2 the reason they&#039;re so upset.  To many words, and none of them about sports and/or hunting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zooey<br />
<em>That bumpersticker would wrap clear around my car!</em></p>
<p>Well thats the other 1/2 the reason they&#8217;re so upset.  To many words, and none of them about sports and/or hunting.<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=3822691', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822670</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Bumper stickers make wingnuts mad due to stolen beer? Does the bumper sticker say â€œhey, conservative hick in Idaho, remember that six-pack you canâ€™t find? Yah well I drank it, and it was tasty. Buy more so I can steal those also.â€ Because then it would make sense.
Comment by squegeebooo &lt;/em&gt;

That must be it.  :-D

That bumpersticker would wrap clear around my car!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Bumper stickers make wingnuts mad due to stolen beer? Does the bumper sticker say â€œhey, conservative hick in Idaho, remember that six-pack you canâ€™t find? Yah well I drank it, and it was tasty. Buy more so I can steal those also.â€ Because then it would make sense.<br />
Comment by squegeebooo </em></p>
<p>That must be it.  :-D</p>
<p>That bumpersticker would wrap clear around my car!<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=3822670', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Juan C</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822576</link>
		<dc:creator>Juan C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;And what do you mean by neocon?
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1&lt;/em&gt;

It is very unlikely for me to type that kind of word.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>And what do you mean by neocon?<br />
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1</em></p>
<p>It is very unlikely for me to type that kind of word.<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=3822576', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: squegeebooo</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822566</link>
		<dc:creator>squegeebooo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Patrick1 
&lt;em&gt;Stealing beer again.&lt;/em&gt;

Thank makes even less sense than me.  I mean the words I understand, and the sentence also.  But there appears to be a disconnect between your statement and Zoo&#039;s.

Bumper stickers make wingnuts mad due to stolen beer?  Does the bumper sticker say &quot;hey, conservative hick in Idaho, remember that six-pack you can&#039;t find?  Yah well I drank it, and it was tasty.  Buy more so I can steal those also.&quot;  Because then it would make sense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Patrick1<br />
<em>Stealing beer again.</em></p>
<p>Thank makes even less sense than me.  I mean the words I understand, and the sentence also.  But there appears to be a disconnect between your statement and Zoo&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Bumper stickers make wingnuts mad due to stolen beer?  Does the bumper sticker say &#8220;hey, conservative hick in Idaho, remember that six-pack you can&#8217;t find?  Yah well I drank it, and it was tasty.  Buy more so I can steal those also.&#8221;  Because then it would make sense.<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=3822566', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822565</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;#105 Stealing beer again.
Comment by Patrick1&lt;/em&gt;

Patrick, go buy some crack, you&#039;re starting to come down.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>#105 Stealing beer again.<br />
Comment by Patrick1</em></p>
<p>Patrick, go buy some crack, you&#8217;re starting to come down.<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=3822565', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Patrick1</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822550</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#105 Stealing beer again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#105 Stealing beer again.<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=3822550', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822522</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#104 - Squeegy

Nice one.  That&#039;s why I have my bumpersticker collection -- to piss off the wingnuts.  :-D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#104 &#8211; Squeegy</p>
<p>Nice one.  That&#8217;s why I have my bumpersticker collection &#8212; to piss off the wingnuts.  :-D<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=3822522', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: squegeebooo</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822478</link>
		<dc:creator>squegeebooo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Democratic consultant and Fox News commentator Bob Beckel is sporting a big shiner from a fistfight Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of a Giant supermarket in Bethesda.&lt;/strong&gt;

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402642.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Democratic consultant and Fox News commentator Bob Beckel is sporting a big shiner from a fistfight Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of a Giant supermarket in Bethesda.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402642.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402642.html</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=3822478', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Flaco</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822474</link>
		<dc:creator>Flaco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;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.&quot;


Lizard poster</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;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.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lizard poster<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=3822474', 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 17:40:54 +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=3822457', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Patrick1</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-3/#comment-3822392</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For many journalists, diplomats, and political activists, Amnesty International is considered to be a highly reliable and objective source of information and analysis on human rights around the world. But the halo that surrounds its reports and campaigns is beginning to fray, as the evidence of political bias and inaccuracy mounts.

Recently, the Economist, published in Britain, noted that &quot;an organisation which devotes more pages in its annual report to human-rights abuses in Britain and America than those in Belarus and Saudi Arabia cannot expect to escape doubters&#039; scrutiny.&quot; Other critics, including law professor at Harvard, Alan Dershowitz, and the U.S.-based Capital Research Center, have been more pointed, providing evidence of Amnesty&#039;s systematic bias and reports based largely on claims by carefully selected &quot;eyewitnesses&quot; in Colombia, Gaza, and Lebanon.

As Amnesty releases its annual report on human rights for 2006, amid highly choreographed public relations events, and repeating the familiar condemnations of Israel and America, NGO Monitor has also published a report on Amnesty&#039;s activities in the Middle East. The result is not a pretty picture for those clinging to the &quot;halo effect.&quot;

Using a detailed and sophisticated qualitative model for comparing relative resources devoted to the different countries, this report clearly shows that in 2006, Amnesty singled out Israel for condemnation of human rights to a far greater extent than Iran, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, Egypt, and other chronic abusers of human rights.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For many journalists, diplomats, and political activists, Amnesty International is considered to be a highly reliable and objective source of information and analysis on human rights around the world. But the halo that surrounds its reports and campaigns is beginning to fray, as the evidence of political bias and inaccuracy mounts.</p>
<p>Recently, the Economist, published in Britain, noted that &#8220;an organisation which devotes more pages in its annual report to human-rights abuses in Britain and America than those in Belarus and Saudi Arabia cannot expect to escape doubters&#8217; scrutiny.&#8221; Other critics, including law professor at Harvard, Alan Dershowitz, and the U.S.-based Capital Research Center, have been more pointed, providing evidence of Amnesty&#8217;s systematic bias and reports based largely on claims by carefully selected &#8220;eyewitnesses&#8221; in Colombia, Gaza, and Lebanon.</p>
<p>As Amnesty releases its annual report on human rights for 2006, amid highly choreographed public relations events, and repeating the familiar condemnations of Israel and America, NGO Monitor has also published a report on Amnesty&#8217;s activities in the Middle East. The result is not a pretty picture for those clinging to the &#8220;halo effect.&#8221;</p>
<p>Using a detailed and sophisticated qualitative model for comparing relative resources devoted to the different countries, this report clearly shows that in 2006, Amnesty singled out Israel for condemnation of human rights to a far greater extent than Iran, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, Egypt, and other chronic abusers of human rights.<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=3822392', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Alejandro</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alejandro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Senator Dick Durbin (D) IL voted to Fund the Iraq OccupationLast Night. How hypocritical he is. We found out weeks ago he KNEW the Iraq pre-war intelligence was phony. Rather than do the dignified thing and resign and inform the American People he kept his mouth shut. He begged our forgiveness. Then last night he votes to continue this illegal occupation.

Please let him have it: 1-202-224-2152

Comment by Larry from C â€” May 25, 2007 @ 9:08 am
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There was absolutely no need for him to resign.

Listen to Mike Gravel. He says that his old kerfluffle over the Pentagon Papers led to a law that says that any lawmaker can divulge ANY information to the public if he/she feels that the information would help the people make a decision about war, etc.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/5/8/22215/41665</description>
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<p>Senator Dick Durbin (D) IL voted to Fund the Iraq OccupationLast Night. How hypocritical he is. We found out weeks ago he KNEW the Iraq pre-war intelligence was phony. Rather than do the dignified thing and resign and inform the American People he kept his mouth shut. He begged our forgiveness. Then last night he votes to continue this illegal occupation.</p>
<p>Please let him have it: 1-202-224-2152</p>
<p>Comment by Larry from C â€” May 25, 2007 @ 9:08 am
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<p>There was absolutely no need for him to resign.</p>
<p>Listen to Mike Gravel. He says that his old kerfluffle over the Pentagon Papers led to a law that says that any lawmaker can divulge ANY information to the public if he/she feels that the information would help the people make a decision about war, etc.<br />
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/5/8/22215/41665" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/5/8/22215/41665</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=3822383', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Krazny</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-3822362</link>
		<dc:creator>Krazny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t agree that Hillary is a good choice, I think she has the capablilities to be president, however she is so hated by the right, that she would not appeal to moderates and independants within the conservative party.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t agree that Hillary is a good choice, I think she has the capablilities to be president, however she is so hated by the right, that she would not appeal to moderates and independants within the conservative party.<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=3822362', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tundra</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/25/thinkfast-may-25-2007/comment-page-2/#comment-3822358</link>
		<dc:creator>Tundra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;CompTROLLER V-1
Hillary is less smug, can quickly appeal to the South, and is your overrall democratic candidate. Hillary can be a good Commander-in-Chief as well, has good defense credentials.

Wait, what?

Comment by squegeebooo â€” May 25, 2007 @ 1:01 pm
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I wonder the same thing.... WHAT????

Who is using his ID?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>CompTROLLER V-1<br />
Hillary is less smug, can quickly appeal to the South, and is your overrall democratic candidate. Hillary can be a good Commander-in-Chief as well, has good defense credentials.</p>
<p>Wait, what?</p>
<p>Comment by squegeebooo â€” May 25, 2007 @ 1:01 pm<br />
</i></p>
<p>I wonder the same thing&#8230;. WHAT????</p>
<p>Who is using his ID?<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=3822358', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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