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	<title>Comments on: Why They Hate Us: Mexico/Miss Universe Edition</title>
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		<title>By: Hunter</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3842266</link>
		<dc:creator>Hunter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>by the way, Miss USA should have been in the Top 5.  She was beautiful and handled herself with class.  Yes, I am an American, but I truly think she deserved where she placed.  Miss Mexico did not deserve the Top 5.  Miss Angola, who was 6th, was absolutely beautiful also and probably should have done better.  I do, however, think that Miss Korea should have won.  She was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen - and would have made one of the best Miss Universe&#039;s in a long time.  Venezuela should have been runner up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by the way, Miss USA should have been in the Top 5.  She was beautiful and handled herself with class.  Yes, I am an American, but I truly think she deserved where she placed.  Miss Mexico did not deserve the Top 5.  Miss Angola, who was 6th, was absolutely beautiful also and probably should have done better.  I do, however, think that Miss Korea should have won.  She was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen &#8211; and would have made one of the best Miss Universe&#8217;s in a long time.  Venezuela should have been runner up.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3842266', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Hunter</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3842238</link>
		<dc:creator>Hunter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, this is the second time in recent history that this booing incidence has happened in Mexico City.  About 10 years ago, the pageant was held there and the classless Mexicans started booing when their ugly Miss Mexico did not make the Top 10.  Everytime Miss USA came on the stage, the booing was so loud you could not hear the music or interviews.  I think it is what gave Dick Clark a stroke.  Mexicans are low-life, classless scum.  I live in Texas where they have taken over.  If they hate USA so bad, they should go back home where they belong.  They can sit around and eat bean burritos and boo all day in polluted Mexico City!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, this is the second time in recent history that this booing incidence has happened in Mexico City.  About 10 years ago, the pageant was held there and the classless Mexicans started booing when their ugly Miss Mexico did not make the Top 10.  Everytime Miss USA came on the stage, the booing was so loud you could not hear the music or interviews.  I think it is what gave Dick Clark a stroke.  Mexicans are low-life, classless scum.  I live in Texas where they have taken over.  If they hate USA so bad, they should go back home where they belong.  They can sit around and eat bean burritos and boo all day in polluted Mexico City!<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=3842238', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jeffe</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3839629</link>
		<dc:creator>jeffe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m glad she said that she won&#039;t be going back soon.  Let&#039;s face it--it&#039;s a third world toilet of a country, so she won&#039;t be missing much.  There are so many civilized places in the world, why would anyone want to go there--unless they want dysentery?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad she said that she won&#8217;t be going back soon.  Let&#8217;s face it&#8211;it&#8217;s a third world toilet of a country, so she won&#8217;t be missing much.  There are so many civilized places in the world, why would anyone want to go there&#8211;unless they want dysentery?<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=3839629', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SCM</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3839314</link>
		<dc:creator>SCM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did we all see the same show?  I taped the show and just saw all the participations of Miss USA... she was generally booed only after she was chosen among the 5 finalists.

During the entire show, she had applauses while on stage...  even when she fell, she was CHEERED, yes CHEERED by the crowd!

Why was she booed?  It&#039;s pretty simple: she shouldn&#039;t be among the finalists?  Why?  There was no doubt that Korea, Japan, Brazil and Venezuela should be there, so only one spot was left...  The logic would say it would be for either Angola (beautiful girl with decent scores) or Mexico, the host country.  Why USA?  she didn&#039;t score that good and she fell, even her scores seemed little higher compared to other girls...

The crowd thought that it was unfair to have them in the last 5, and honestly looked like the judges put her there only because of the fact that Mr Trump/USA run the show.

I think that this situation was exaggerated by the media.  Tabloid alike reporters who want to put something else in the news so they can sell it.


* Could some people boo Miss USA at some point during the contest?  Yes, there&#039;s always ignorant people everywhere, no matter if it&#039;s Mexico, USA or Japan.

* Does Mexico hate the US?  NO.  Some Mexicans don&#039;t like the US as a country because of this country&#039;s way of pressure/ruling the rest of the world, but has nothing to do with the people.  If a person is nice, it will be treated nice in most places, no matter of your origin.

Don&#039;t make this issue a political think, I don&#039;t think it is like that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did we all see the same show?  I taped the show and just saw all the participations of Miss USA&#8230; she was generally booed only after she was chosen among the 5 finalists.</p>
<p>During the entire show, she had applauses while on stage&#8230;  even when she fell, she was CHEERED, yes CHEERED by the crowd!</p>
<p>Why was she booed?  It&#8217;s pretty simple: she shouldn&#8217;t be among the finalists?  Why?  There was no doubt that Korea, Japan, Brazil and Venezuela should be there, so only one spot was left&#8230;  The logic would say it would be for either Angola (beautiful girl with decent scores) or Mexico, the host country.  Why USA?  she didn&#8217;t score that good and she fell, even her scores seemed little higher compared to other girls&#8230;</p>
<p>The crowd thought that it was unfair to have them in the last 5, and honestly looked like the judges put her there only because of the fact that Mr Trump/USA run the show.</p>
<p>I think that this situation was exaggerated by the media.  Tabloid alike reporters who want to put something else in the news so they can sell it.</p>
<p>* Could some people boo Miss USA at some point during the contest?  Yes, there&#8217;s always ignorant people everywhere, no matter if it&#8217;s Mexico, USA or Japan.</p>
<p>* Does Mexico hate the US?  NO.  Some Mexicans don&#8217;t like the US as a country because of this country&#8217;s way of pressure/ruling the rest of the world, but has nothing to do with the people.  If a person is nice, it will be treated nice in most places, no matter of your origin.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t make this issue a political think, I don&#8217;t think it is like that.<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=3839314', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Buf</title>
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		<dc:creator>Buf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My friend was in Mexico City and they booed her for the entire 3 weeks the contestants were there.  During the national costume contest they booed and gave thumbs down the entire time she was on stage.  He said even momâ€™s with little kids were booingâ€¦.great way to teach your young how to act Mexico! Then during the telecast, they booed her from the moment she introduced herself until it was over.  It was dubbed over..besides the final question booing.  He said it was horrible the way the booed her all night, everyone was just there for a good time, it&#039;s a beauty pageant for goodness sake...it&#039;s not like she&#039; making foreign policy.  So they didn&#039;t boo her because she fell on her butt, they booed her the entire time she was in Mexico.  Iâ€™m not surprised she fell down she was probably mentally exhausted.  Great way to showcase your welcoming friendly country Mexico!  You finally have the world watching you, even it&#039;s for a pageant, and you act like a bunch of assholes.  Good job...vivo Mexico!  Hey listen...if you hate us so much that you can&#039;t even behave with a little dignity at a pageant....keep you asses over there!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My friend was in Mexico City and they booed her for the entire 3 weeks the contestants were there.  During the national costume contest they booed and gave thumbs down the entire time she was on stage.  He said even momâ€™s with little kids were booingâ€¦.great way to teach your young how to act Mexico! Then during the telecast, they booed her from the moment she introduced herself until it was over.  It was dubbed over..besides the final question booing.  He said it was horrible the way the booed her all night, everyone was just there for a good time, it&#8217;s a beauty pageant for goodness sake&#8230;it&#8217;s not like she&#8217; making foreign policy.  So they didn&#8217;t boo her because she fell on her butt, they booed her the entire time she was in Mexico.  Iâ€™m not surprised she fell down she was probably mentally exhausted.  Great way to showcase your welcoming friendly country Mexico!  You finally have the world watching you, even it&#8217;s for a pageant, and you act like a bunch of assholes.  Good job&#8230;vivo Mexico!  Hey listen&#8230;if you hate us so much that you can&#8217;t even behave with a little dignity at a pageant&#8230;.keep you asses over 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=3838015', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Soco</title>
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		<dc:creator>Soco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep, illegal immigration is a problem. Sounds like a terrorist to me...

&lt;em&gt;&quot;We have an aging white America ... They are dying ...We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him.&quot; Jose Angel Gutierrez, professor, University of Texas, Arlington and founder of the La Raza Unida political party&lt;/em&gt;

But my fellow liberals, taking the &quot;Establishment Liberal&quot; manufactured talking points, Orwellian indeed, and turns &quot;Illegal&quot; into &quot;undocumented&quot; and &quot;Immigration&quot; into a human rights issue.

A terrorist exist right here, in your midst, by his own admission, and advocates &quot;killing Gringo&quot; and you f#ckers welcome him and his like. AFAIK this is not &quot;Freedom of Speech&quot; and there are laws against this type of speech and Liberals and Conservatives are still tripping over themselves. If you said it you&#039;d be hauled off.

People against illegal immigration are advocating sending them back, people like Jose Angel Gutierrez are advocating pine boxes. Who is the racist?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, illegal immigration is a problem. Sounds like a terrorist to me&#8230;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;We have an aging white America &#8230; They are dying &#8230;We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him.&#8221; Jose Angel Gutierrez, professor, University of Texas, Arlington and founder of the La Raza Unida political party</em></p>
<p>But my fellow liberals, taking the &#8220;Establishment Liberal&#8221; manufactured talking points, Orwellian indeed, and turns &#8220;Illegal&#8221; into &#8220;undocumented&#8221; and &#8220;Immigration&#8221; into a human rights issue.</p>
<p>A terrorist exist right here, in your midst, by his own admission, and advocates &#8220;killing Gringo&#8221; and you f#ckers welcome him and his like. AFAIK this is not &#8220;Freedom of Speech&#8221; and there are laws against this type of speech and Liberals and Conservatives are still tripping over themselves. If you said it you&#8217;d be hauled off.</p>
<p>People against illegal immigration are advocating sending them back, people like Jose Angel Gutierrez are advocating pine boxes. Who is the racist?<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=3834044', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Rolman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rolman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 22:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>mexico is not a third world country and U.s CHICKS  SUCK</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mexico is not a third world country and U.s CHICKS  SUCK<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=3832797', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: m16</title>
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		<dc:creator>m16</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 16:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yeah i say scew mexico, stick to making taco&#039;s. i am so happy we are closing our borders &amp; rasing the visa fee&#039;s. take care of your own god dam country instead try to invade &amp; pollute ours. you guys got a big chunck of land but our to coruppt &amp; stupid to know what to do so you come to our country to feed off our shit. so boo all you want when the door swings shut. i hope it stays shut on your Ignorant asses for good. shouting Osma, that takes balls you dirty pieces of shit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yeah i say scew mexico, stick to making taco&#8217;s. i am so happy we are closing our borders &amp; rasing the visa fee&#8217;s. take care of your own god dam country instead try to invade &amp; pollute ours. you guys got a big chunck of land but our to coruppt &amp; stupid to know what to do so you come to our country to feed off our shit. so boo all you want when the door swings shut. i hope it stays shut on your Ignorant asses for good. shouting Osma, that takes balls you dirty pieces of shit.<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=3831719', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: klyde</title>
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		<dc:creator>klyde</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 13:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They weren&#039;t booing.  That was the local dialect saying &quot;FEED THAT WOMAN!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They weren&#8217;t booing.  That was the local dialect saying &#8220;FEED THAT WOMAN!&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3831339', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DMM</title>
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		<dc:creator>DMM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 13:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Mexicans were very rude to boo any contestant, whatsoever.

It is also very rude to force your way into another country, disobeying that country&#039;s immigration laws, and demand that you and your extended family receive free health care and education and that your children and all their future offspring automatically be U.S. citizens.

And it is especially rude when said illegal aliens come into this country from Mexico and murder and injure innocent elderly Americans, so that said aliens can steal cash and vehicles.  That&#039;s what happened in my hometown of Marengo, Illinois.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Mexicans were very rude to boo any contestant, whatsoever.</p>
<p>It is also very rude to force your way into another country, disobeying that country&#8217;s immigration laws, and demand that you and your extended family receive free health care and education and that your children and all their future offspring automatically be U.S. citizens.</p>
<p>And it is especially rude when said illegal aliens come into this country from Mexico and murder and injure innocent elderly Americans, so that said aliens can steal cash and vehicles.  That&#8217;s what happened in my hometown of Marengo, Illinois.<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=3831311', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lora</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 06:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>do you find it ironic that a pig-face, loud-mouth, schizo like Rosie is the poster child for the conspiracist(SIC) left? The women on the conservative side are not only easy-on-the-eyes,
Comment by Eric

I&#039;m not here to defend Rosie&#039;s looks, but Bay Buchanan, Mary Matalin, Melanie Morgan, Kate O&#039;Beirne, and Ann-thrax&#039;s protruding Adam&#039;s apple easy on the eyes, eh?  Well, I suppose you&#039;re entitled to your own taste.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>do you find it ironic that a pig-face, loud-mouth, schizo like Rosie is the poster child for the conspiracist(SIC) left? The women on the conservative side are not only easy-on-the-eyes,<br />
Comment by Eric</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not here to defend Rosie&#8217;s looks, but Bay Buchanan, Mary Matalin, Melanie Morgan, Kate O&#8217;Beirne, and Ann-thrax&#8217;s protruding Adam&#8217;s apple easy on the eyes, eh?  Well, I suppose you&#8217;re entitled to your own taste.<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=3831202', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 03:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Only up until 1942 after which point Stalin had moved all industry east into the Siberian hinterlands and ramped up production. By 1943 Stalin&#039;s Russia was producing the bulk of it&#039;s own war materials and was consistently beating the German Wehrmacht on the battlefield (Stalingrad, the Kursk salient, the liberation of Leningrad, etc). It was from 1943 onwards that the allies began to realise the awesome potential of the USSR and tensions arose amongst them.   



It wasn&#039;t the allies supplying limited arms and technology that caused this but Hitler. By invading and bruatalizing Russia Hitler breathed new life into Stalin&#039;s dictatorship. When the German army initially invaded Russia many people in different regions of the USSR greeted them as liberators. Their harsh rule caused the people to rally around Stalin who by this time had ended his purges and submereged his totalitarianism into an impassioned plea for the defense of &#039;mother Russia&#039;. Stalin personally organised the defense of Moscow and oversaw the movement of vital industry deep into Siberian territory. 

By 1943, when the USSR&#039;s Siberian factories were cranking out enough war materiel to supply themselves the worst thing a German soldier could be told was that he was being sent to the Eastern front. Millions of Germans were to die in the east in the most sustained, brutal fighting of the entire war (continuous head-to-head combat over a 4,000 km front from August 1941-until May of 1945 involving everything from tanks to bayonets). Prior to &#039;Operation Barbarossa&#039; the code name given to Germany&#039;s invasion of the USSR Hitler had believed that the the USSR was:

&#039;(R)otten from the inside out; one only has to kick at the door and the whole thing will fall apart&#039;

Like Napolean before him he underestimated Russia&#039;s resolve, it&#039;s icy winter and the capacity of it&#039;s it&#039;s people to endure, reorganise and strike back. 

It was the actions of Hitler&#039;s Germany - not FDR or his allies - that caused the rise of Stalin and the USSR. Like Japan&#039;s sneak attack at Pearl Harbour, Hitler&#039;s cruel excessive invasion of Russia didn&#039;t bring down a &#039;corrupt people&#039; but instead, awoke a sleeping giant.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only up until 1942 after which point Stalin had moved all industry east into the Siberian hinterlands and ramped up production. By 1943 Stalin&#8217;s Russia was producing the bulk of it&#8217;s own war materials and was consistently beating the German Wehrmacht on the battlefield (Stalingrad, the Kursk salient, the liberation of Leningrad, etc). It was from 1943 onwards that the allies began to realise the awesome potential of the USSR and tensions arose amongst them.   </p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t the allies supplying limited arms and technology that caused this but Hitler. By invading and bruatalizing Russia Hitler breathed new life into Stalin&#8217;s dictatorship. When the German army initially invaded Russia many people in different regions of the USSR greeted them as liberators. Their harsh rule caused the people to rally around Stalin who by this time had ended his purges and submereged his totalitarianism into an impassioned plea for the defense of &#8216;mother Russia&#8217;. Stalin personally organised the defense of Moscow and oversaw the movement of vital industry deep into Siberian territory. </p>
<p>By 1943, when the USSR&#8217;s Siberian factories were cranking out enough war materiel to supply themselves the worst thing a German soldier could be told was that he was being sent to the Eastern front. Millions of Germans were to die in the east in the most sustained, brutal fighting of the entire war (continuous head-to-head combat over a 4,000 km front from August 1941-until May of 1945 involving everything from tanks to bayonets). Prior to &#8216;Operation Barbarossa&#8217; the code name given to Germany&#8217;s invasion of the USSR Hitler had believed that the the USSR was:</p>
<p>&#8216;(R)otten from the inside out; one only has to kick at the door and the whole thing will fall apart&#8217;</p>
<p>Like Napolean before him he underestimated Russia&#8217;s resolve, it&#8217;s icy winter and the capacity of it&#8217;s it&#8217;s people to endure, reorganise and strike back. </p>
<p>It was the actions of Hitler&#8217;s Germany &#8211; not FDR or his allies &#8211; that caused the rise of Stalin and the USSR. Like Japan&#8217;s sneak attack at Pearl Harbour, Hitler&#8217;s cruel excessive invasion of Russia didn&#8217;t bring down a &#8216;corrupt people&#8217; but instead, awoke a sleeping giant.<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=3830942', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Deniz Yeter</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3830899</link>
		<dc:creator>Deniz Yeter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 03:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mexicans didn&#039;t love us when Clinton was in power because of NAFTA.

It&#039;s funny how NAFTA, CAFTA and other dangerous free trade agreements aren&#039;t talked about in here.

I&#039;m not a fan of Lou Dobbs but at least he talks about the corporate takeover of America by the elite.

Most of the time when it comes to free trade, Democrats and Republicans are just a two headed beast.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mexicans didn&#8217;t love us when Clinton was in power because of NAFTA.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s funny how NAFTA, CAFTA and other dangerous free trade agreements aren&#8217;t talked about in here.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not a fan of Lou Dobbs but at least he talks about the corporate takeover of America by the elite.</p>
<p>Most of the time when it comes to free trade, Democrats and Republicans are just a two headed beast.<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=3830899', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: I love Mexico</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3830845</link>
		<dc:creator>I love Mexico</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 02:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.robert-fisk.com/robert_elias_25sept2001.htm

Thanks to whoever posted that excellent resource!</description>
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<p>Thanks to whoever posted that excellent resource!<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=3830845', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ds</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3830777</link>
		<dc:creator>ds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 01:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Trump was out the next day claiming the booing was because Mexico doesn&#039;t like U.S. policies.  He&#039;s an idiot.

She fell and her butt and still made the top ten. That&#039;s ridiculous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trump was out the next day claiming the booing was because Mexico doesn&#8217;t like U.S. policies.  He&#8217;s an idiot.</p>
<p>She fell and her butt and still made the top ten. That&#8217;s ridiculous.<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=3830777', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Charlie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3830743</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 01:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and you think that THE PROBLEM IS MEXICO???
The whole world is against our foreign policy... couln&#039;t they have a point?
And by &quot;they&quot; I mean THE REST OF THE WORLD!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and you think that THE PROBLEM IS MEXICO???<br />
The whole world is against our foreign policy&#8230; couln&#8217;t they have a point?<br />
And by &#8220;they&#8221; I mean THE REST OF THE WORLD!<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=3830743', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Spudge_Boy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3830677</link>
		<dc:creator>Spudge_Boy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 00:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
Flash Gordon: Iâ€™m not a Republican so youâ€™re wrong twice.

Comment by Eric â€” May 30, 2007 @ 7:27 pm
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Oh boy, the old tired &quot;I an independent&quot; line.

You are not an independent you fu*king liar. You are just too ashamed to admit your true colors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>
Flash Gordon: Iâ€™m not a Republican so youâ€™re wrong twice.</p>
<p>Comment by Eric â€” May 30, 2007 @ 7:27 pm
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<p>Oh boy, the old tired &#8220;I an independent&#8221; line.</p>
<p>You are not an independent you fu*king liar. You are just too ashamed to admit your true colors.<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=3830677', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: cage free brown</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3830627</link>
		<dc:creator>cage free brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 23:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you know the drill. they stay good and mad over silly KRAP instead of talking about the stuff they don&#039;t want to talk about.

because, when they talk about the stuff they don&#039;t want to talk about they usually end up lying and stuff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you know the drill. they stay good and mad over silly KRAP instead of talking about the stuff they don&#8217;t want to talk about.</p>
<p>because, when they talk about the stuff they don&#8217;t want to talk about they usually end up lying and stuff.<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=3830627', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bluedog49</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3830626</link>
		<dc:creator>Bluedog49</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 23:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Eric: &quot;Flash Gordon: Iâ€™m not a Republican so youâ€™re wrong twice.&quot;

The weasly coward can&#039;t even admit the obvious. Eric, you&#039;re a member of the cult of Bush. Whether of not you call yourself a repub is irrelevant.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eric: &#8220;Flash Gordon: Iâ€™m not a Republican so youâ€™re wrong twice.&#8221;</p>
<p>The weasly coward can&#8217;t even admit the obvious. Eric, you&#8217;re a member of the cult of Bush. Whether of not you call yourself a repub is irrelevant.<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=3830626', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bluedog49</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/mexico-universe/comment-page-6/#comment-3830615</link>
		<dc:creator>Bluedog49</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 23:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Eric, you demand links from us and then donâ€™t provide any links for your own â€œstudy.â€ Youâ€™ll excuse me if I donâ€™t take your word for it. Again, hereâ€™s a link: http://www.tipponline.com/articles/00/ep110200.htm

I&#039;m waiting for a thoughtful response on just how an industry in which bosses support Bush by over a 2-1 margin could be considered a &quot;liberal&quot; industry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eric, you demand links from us and then donâ€™t provide any links for your own â€œstudy.â€ Youâ€™ll excuse me if I donâ€™t take your word for it. Again, hereâ€™s a link: <a href="http://www.tipponline.com/articles/00/ep110200.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.tipponline.com/articles/00/ep110200.htm</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m waiting for a thoughtful response on just how an industry in which bosses support Bush by over a 2-1 margin could be considered a &#8220;liberal&#8221; industry.<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=3830615', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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