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	<title>Comments on: Giuliani Signals Support For Second Escalation Of U.S. Forces To Iraq</title>
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		<title>By: bobby</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-3/#comment-3964073</link>
		<dc:creator>bobby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>for the love of god www.NOTGULIANI.COM</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>for the love of god <a href="http://www.NOTGULIANI.COM" rel="nofollow">http://www.NOTGULIANI.COM</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=3964073', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TopDollar</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-3/#comment-3933062</link>
		<dc:creator>TopDollar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A while back a comment was made that Guiliani would stay in Iraq until every drop of OIL was drained from the ground.  This incursion and the previous &quot; Desert Storm&quot; is all about KEEPING IRAQI OIL---IN THE GROUND.   Do you think it&#039;s a coincidence that Jim Baker, Bush &amp; Saudi family lawyer also advised this administration early -on in the occupation?

      Saddam has always been willing to flood the oil market which was the real reason behind Desert Storm and the subsequent embargo,  The UN was on the verge of lifting that embargo when the Bush&amp;co conveniently allowed 911 to happen with the help of mostly Saudi hijackers---not an Iraqi amoung them.   Sure this war is about oil but if the Saudis and Mobile/Exxon can make a lot more by selling LESS oil who would blame them?

       Just remember George Bush the elder as managing director of the Carlyle Group never stopped dealing with BINLADEN   Construction---sound familliar?   Well what the hell old family traditions are hard to give up, Prescott, the current presidents grandfather was censured in 1942 because the firm he managed was still doing business with the Nazis---after the US entered the war.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A while back a comment was made that Guiliani would stay in Iraq until every drop of OIL was drained from the ground.  This incursion and the previous &#8221; Desert Storm&#8221; is all about KEEPING IRAQI OIL&#8212;IN THE GROUND.   Do you think it&#8217;s a coincidence that Jim Baker, Bush &amp; Saudi family lawyer also advised this administration early -on in the occupation?</p>
<p>      Saddam has always been willing to flood the oil market which was the real reason behind Desert Storm and the subsequent embargo,  The UN was on the verge of lifting that embargo when the Bush&amp;co conveniently allowed 911 to happen with the help of mostly Saudi hijackers&#8212;not an Iraqi amoung them.   Sure this war is about oil but if the Saudis and Mobile/Exxon can make a lot more by selling LESS oil who would blame them?</p>
<p>       Just remember George Bush the elder as managing director of the Carlyle Group never stopped dealing with BINLADEN   Construction&#8212;sound familliar?   Well what the hell old family traditions are hard to give up, Prescott, the current presidents grandfather was censured in 1942 because the firm he managed was still doing business with the Nazis&#8212;after the US entered the war.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3933062', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TopDollar</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3933051</link>
		<dc:creator>TopDollar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A while back a comment was made that Guiliani would stay in Iraq until every drop of Iraqi oil was drained from the ground</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A while back a comment was made that Guiliani would stay in Iraq until every drop of Iraqi oil was drained from the ground<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=3933051', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Steph B</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3932412</link>
		<dc:creator>Steph B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RON PAUL 2008

www.ronpaul2008.com

He&#039;s got tons of support, and it&#039;s okay to jump on the bandwagon =0)</description>
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<p><a href="http://www.ronpaul2008.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ronpaul2008.com</a></p>
<p>He&#8217;s got tons of support, and it&#8217;s okay to jump on the bandwagon =0)<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=3932412', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bongdoper</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3930754</link>
		<dc:creator>Bongdoper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I mean, is this guya as dumb as the Chimp!? or what?  He says it&#039;s a good thing Lincoln ldidn&#039;t listen to popular opinion 1863, or he would have pulled out of the civil war... then he twists his &quot;logic&quot; all around and says it&#039;s a good thing they didn&#039;t have polls back then.  So, how does he know what the popular opinion would have been?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I mean, is this guya as dumb as the Chimp!? or what?  He says it&#8217;s a good thing Lincoln ldidn&#8217;t listen to popular opinion 1863, or he would have pulled out of the civil war&#8230; then he twists his &#8220;logic&#8221; all around and says it&#8217;s a good thing they didn&#8217;t have polls back then.  So, how does he know what the popular opinion would have been?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3930754', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Teresa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3930042</link>
		<dc:creator>Teresa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is another voting issue that needs to be addressed. In order that &quot;We the people&quot; get what we want,  We have to make sure that our voting power is not stolen, manipulated, high jacked because that is how the Ilite are doing it to us. The way it is set up now, Voting is just a pleasure given to us for satifaction. It isn&#039;t because our vote means anything.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is another voting issue that needs to be addressed. In order that &#8220;We the people&#8221; get what we want,  We have to make sure that our voting power is not stolen, manipulated, high jacked because that is how the Ilite are doing it to us. The way it is set up now, Voting is just a pleasure given to us for satifaction. It isn&#8217;t because our vote means anything.<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=3930042', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Desmond</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3929979</link>
		<dc:creator>Desmond</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Doesn&#039;t anyone realize that New York City &lt;strong&gt;WAS ATTACKED&lt;/strong&gt; under Guiliani&#039;s watch! That the United States &lt;strong&gt;WAS ATTACKED&lt;/strong&gt; under Bush&#039;s watch. Now they want to fight a war on terrorism...but they couldn&#039;t even prevent a terrorist attack!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doesn&#8217;t anyone realize that New York City <strong>WAS ATTACKED</strong> under Guiliani&#8217;s watch! That the United States <strong>WAS ATTACKED</strong> under Bush&#8217;s watch. Now they want to fight a war on terrorism&#8230;but they couldn&#8217;t even prevent a terrorist attack!<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=3929979', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: John Galt</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3929789</link>
		<dc:creator>John Galt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wake up.  Read all of these opinions from Politicians that are so far removed from the reality of what this &quot;war&quot; is about.  KBR, General Dynamics, Toifor; mega-corporations as far as the eye can see.  Drive out the gate in our ill-equipped humvee and wait to die - no end in sight.  180,000 contractors &#039;supporting&#039; the 160,000 warfighters?  How?  In what respect?  We work everyday, 12 hours, 24 hours, 36 hours, it is all relative.  I was once proud of my enlistment in this Army - now, I have no honor, we are engaged in something ignoble and fierce and the masses turn their blind eyes towards Paris Hilton.  Bring us home.  11 months in this mess with the perpetual fear that I will wake up to my third and fourth tour extensions.  Let this end; allow them to control their own destiny.  Bring us home.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wake up.  Read all of these opinions from Politicians that are so far removed from the reality of what this &#8220;war&#8221; is about.  KBR, General Dynamics, Toifor; mega-corporations as far as the eye can see.  Drive out the gate in our ill-equipped humvee and wait to die &#8211; no end in sight.  180,000 contractors &#8217;supporting&#8217; the 160,000 warfighters?  How?  In what respect?  We work everyday, 12 hours, 24 hours, 36 hours, it is all relative.  I was once proud of my enlistment in this Army &#8211; now, I have no honor, we are engaged in something ignoble and fierce and the masses turn their blind eyes towards Paris Hilton.  Bring us home.  11 months in this mess with the perpetual fear that I will wake up to my third and fourth tour extensions.  Let this end; allow them to control their own destiny.  Bring us home.<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=3929789', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: AR</title>
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		<dc:creator>AR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There you go! When nothing else works send more troops! Even though people inside Guliani&#039;s own party are calling for the troops to come home.  Obviously this is being used to stem the tide of defections from Bush&#039;s own party but  it&#039;s not going to work.  Guliani doesn&#039;t have any real pull with republican representatives and senators.  pathetic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There you go! When nothing else works send more troops! Even though people inside Guliani&#8217;s own party are calling for the troops to come home.  Obviously this is being used to stem the tide of defections from Bush&#8217;s own party but  it&#8217;s not going to work.  Guliani doesn&#8217;t have any real pull with republican representatives and senators.  pathetic.<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=3920475', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Duckman GR</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3865524</link>
		<dc:creator>Duckman GR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course if we could &quot;win&quot; with some more troops, anybody would be willing to support that notion.  But since there is no such thing as &quot;Winning&quot; in Iraq, that&#039;s a specious argument to begin with.

When I win the Lottery you can be sure that I&#039;ll give money to the poor, and fund some real progressive candidates across the country, and help some of my young co-workers get a good college education, and go solar etc etc etc.

But then again, I&#039;m pretty sure I&#039;m not going to win the lottery, so all that was just hot air, well, maybe warm air, lightly scented with Toms Spearmint Toothpaste, as opposed to pure bullshit hot air from rudy and his questioner.

And what Robert said at #89.  It&#039;s like those US Attorneys that DIDN&#039;T make Abu G&#039;s list, what the hell were they up to that kept them in good graces with this hideously corrupt administration?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course if we could &#8220;win&#8221; with some more troops, anybody would be willing to support that notion.  But since there is no such thing as &#8220;Winning&#8221; in Iraq, that&#8217;s a specious argument to begin with.</p>
<p>When I win the Lottery you can be sure that I&#8217;ll give money to the poor, and fund some real progressive candidates across the country, and help some of my young co-workers get a good college education, and go solar etc etc etc.</p>
<p>But then again, I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;m not going to win the lottery, so all that was just hot air, well, maybe warm air, lightly scented with Toms Spearmint Toothpaste, as opposed to pure bullshit hot air from rudy and his questioner.</p>
<p>And what Robert said at #89.  It&#8217;s like those US Attorneys that DIDN&#8217;T make Abu G&#8217;s list, what the hell were they up to that kept them in good graces with this hideously corrupt administration?<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=3865524', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: cuthean</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3862092</link>
		<dc:creator>cuthean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>bought and paid for by &quot;jews&quot; and married to a cross-eyed jewess who cant recall how many times she was married.....another blackmailed idiot put on the menu by jews.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>bought and paid for by &#8220;jews&#8221; and married to a cross-eyed jewess who cant recall how many times she was married&#8230;..another blackmailed idiot put on the menu by jews.<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=3862092', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ken Evans</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3861722</link>
		<dc:creator>Ken Evans</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RON PAUL IN 2008 !!!!&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RON PAUL IN 2008 !!!!<strong></strong><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=3861722', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Robert VanCott</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3860983</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert VanCott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At the end of the video clip, Mr  Giuliani says &quot;if Lincoln payed attention to polls....I guess they didn&#039;t have polls back then&quot;, well duh!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the end of the video clip, Mr  Giuliani says &#8220;if Lincoln payed attention to polls&#8230;.I guess they didn&#8217;t have polls back then&#8221;, well duh!<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=3860983', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jackie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3860930</link>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rudy with no military experience as when the country needed him he wouldn&#039;t serve now has all the answers to military action.  Rudy will bring back Rummy as he will follow the Bush policy of stay the course.  Yes invade Iran and North Korea that just how dumb Rudy is.  Now the only experience Rudy brings is how to get a new wife while cheating on the one you have.  Plus cross dressing and dealing with the Mob will be brought to the White House.  Mitt is scared to serve in the military to so he had his rich Daddy get him out of becoming a real man.  But the money will buy what ever he needs even votes.  Bush never became a man because his Daddy protected the drunk.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rudy with no military experience as when the country needed him he wouldn&#8217;t serve now has all the answers to military action.  Rudy will bring back Rummy as he will follow the Bush policy of stay the course.  Yes invade Iran and North Korea that just how dumb Rudy is.  Now the only experience Rudy brings is how to get a new wife while cheating on the one you have.  Plus cross dressing and dealing with the Mob will be brought to the White House.  Mitt is scared to serve in the military to so he had his rich Daddy get him out of becoming a real man.  But the money will buy what ever he needs even votes.  Bush never became a man because his Daddy protected the drunk.<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=3860930', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: elemgee</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3860902</link>
		<dc:creator>elemgee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Wow.  It never occurred to me that Rudy Guiliani was a war mongering power freak.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Wow.  It never occurred to me that Rudy Guiliani was a war mongering power freak.</strong><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=3860902', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Robert M.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert M.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don&#039;t have time to read through all the comments.

I found rudy&#039;s statement quite astounding: &quot;Hey, you know, leadership is about sometimes doing the things you know are right.â€

I tend to believe that leadership is about always doing the things you know that are right, especially when for convenience sake, you&#039;re tempted to do otherwise.

Rudy, however, prefers to qualify his stand on this issue. And it leaves me wondering what he isn&#039;t saying: 
What is leadership about the rest of the time? 
Is leadership about sometimes doing the things you know are wrong? 
Or the things that you know are illegal? 
Or how about doing the things you know will benefit the wealthy while injuring the poor?

A definition for corruption could be: Using one&#039;s position of power or authority for personal gain; being open to graft and bribery; bypassing legal requirements to benefit one&#039;s friends or associates.

And this sounds like it has become business as usual for mr. guiliani.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t have time to read through all the comments.</p>
<p>I found rudy&#8217;s statement quite astounding: &#8220;Hey, you know, leadership is about sometimes doing the things you know are right.â€</p>
<p>I tend to believe that leadership is about always doing the things you know that are right, especially when for convenience sake, you&#8217;re tempted to do otherwise.</p>
<p>Rudy, however, prefers to qualify his stand on this issue. And it leaves me wondering what he isn&#8217;t saying:<br />
What is leadership about the rest of the time?<br />
Is leadership about sometimes doing the things you know are wrong?<br />
Or the things that you know are illegal?<br />
Or how about doing the things you know will benefit the wealthy while injuring the poor?</p>
<p>A definition for corruption could be: Using one&#8217;s position of power or authority for personal gain; being open to graft and bribery; bypassing legal requirements to benefit one&#8217;s friends or associates.</p>
<p>And this sounds like it has become business as usual for mr. guiliani.<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=3860559', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
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		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CBJIM

Have you served? Have you looked your fellow man in the eye, and blown his head off? Have corrupt, incompetent, politicians made you a murderer? Have you graduated from high school? Have you ever voted?

If you can answer those questions, in the affirmative,  you may have something to add to this conversation.

Until then, all we can do is choose between evils. Unless you&#039;re willing, and able, to lead the revolution; STFU!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CBJIM</p>
<p>Have you served? Have you looked your fellow man in the eye, and blown his head off? Have corrupt, incompetent, politicians made you a murderer? Have you graduated from high school? Have you ever voted?</p>
<p>If you can answer those questions, in the affirmative,  you may have something to add to this conversation.</p>
<p>Until then, all we can do is choose between evils. Unless you&#8217;re willing, and able, to lead the revolution; STFU!<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=3860441', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith H.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Keith H.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m really not understanding why &lt;i&gt;anything&lt;/i&gt; this guy says is important.
Am I missing something ?
If I&#039;m not mistaken he&#039;s a former Mayor.
Just how is it that he goes from being a former Mayor to someone who has an important opinion related to the Iraq invasion ?
I would imagine that he has about the same military experience as Junior Bush or his Uncle Dick.
It has to be rather difficult to talk intelligently on a subject that YOU DON&#039;T KNOW A DAMN THING ABOUT .

Give him a broom and put him to sweeping the alleys of his former city.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m really not understanding why <i>anything</i> this guy says is important.<br />
Am I missing something ?<br />
If I&#8217;m not mistaken he&#8217;s a former Mayor.<br />
Just how is it that he goes from being a former Mayor to someone who has an important opinion related to the Iraq invasion ?<br />
I would imagine that he has about the same military experience as Junior Bush or his Uncle Dick.<br />
It has to be rather difficult to talk intelligently on a subject that YOU DON&#8217;T KNOW A DAMN THING ABOUT .</p>
<p>Give him a broom and put him to sweeping the alleys of his former 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=3860395', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: deport neocon filth</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/giuliani-escalation/comment-page-2/#comment-3860387</link>
		<dc:creator>deport neocon filth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>when fruity rudy grabs his gloves, purse and gun, then boards the plane to baghdad, then he&#039;ll have some credibility</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>when fruity rudy grabs his gloves, purse and gun, then boards the plane to baghdad, then he&#8217;ll have some credibility<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=3860387', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CBJ sounds an awful lot like Mr. Pee.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CBJ sounds an awful lot like Mr. Pee.<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=3860360', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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