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	<title>Comments on: Ted Stevens&#8217; $84 million &#8216;ferry to nowhere.&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097715</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Being the longest serving Republican Senator in history has itâ€™s perks, I guess.

Comment by makuyk00 â€” September 30, 2007 @ 8:47 am

Right, he&#039;ll get a corner cell w/ a view...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being the longest serving Republican Senator in history has itâ€™s perks, I guess.</p>
<p>Comment by makuyk00 â€” September 30, 2007 @ 8:47 am</p>
<p>Right, he&#8217;ll get a corner cell w/ a view&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4097715', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: makuyk00</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097607</link>
		<dc:creator>makuyk00</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He&#039;ll never go to prison- Ted&#039;s been around long enough to get dirt on everybody.  Mark my words.  I mean, have you seen any mainstream media stories about his inappropriate relationship with VECO, or that a guy charged with bribery admitted to paying him off?  Nope.

Being the longest serving Republican Senator in history has it&#039;s perks, I guess.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He&#8217;ll never go to prison- Ted&#8217;s been around long enough to get dirt on everybody.  Mark my words.  I mean, have you seen any mainstream media stories about his inappropriate relationship with VECO, or that a guy charged with bribery admitted to paying him off?  Nope.</p>
<p>Being the longest serving Republican Senator in history has it&#8217;s perks, I guess.<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=4097607', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tombaker</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097539</link>
		<dc:creator>tombaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve heard prison can be especially tough on a man Stevens&#039; age.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve heard prison can be especially tough on a man Stevens&#8217; age.<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=4097539', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097502</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Geez, you still here?  All by yer lonesome?

Ya need ta git a life, Li&#039;l Feller...  ya been stompin&#039; around here, makin&#039; silly squeaking noises, all by yerself fer hrs now.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA... what... a... chump... ;-D!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Geez, you still here?  All by yer lonesome?</p>
<p>Ya need ta git a life, Li&#8217;l Feller&#8230;  ya been stompin&#8217; around here, makin&#8217; silly squeaking noises, all by yerself fer hrs now.</p>
<p>BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA&#8230; what&#8230; a&#8230; chump&#8230; ;-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=4097502', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: makuyk00</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097477</link>
		<dc:creator>makuyk00</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You bore me, Gus.  Take it easy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You bore me, Gus.  Take it easy.<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=4097477', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097456</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s that high-pitched chattering noise in here?  Sounds like... mebbe a small rodent... a hamster?  Must have got its balls caught in a wringer, and it can&#039;t get loose...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s that high-pitched chattering noise in here?  Sounds like&#8230; mebbe a small rodent&#8230; a hamster?  Must have got its balls caught in a wringer, and it can&#8217;t get loose&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4097456', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: makuyk00</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097450</link>
		<dc:creator>makuyk00</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seriously, now, you might want to lay off the inappropriate punctuation.  I heard it can be bad for your help...

What are you, some 16 year old somewhere?  Because if you&#039;re not, you must be channeling some deep-seated need to disparage others from your childhood or something.

Some kind of daddy issues, methinks?

Keep it coming, chump.  I can do this alllll night.  Toro!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seriously, now, you might want to lay off the inappropriate punctuation.  I heard it can be bad for your help&#8230;</p>
<p>What are you, some 16 year old somewhere?  Because if you&#8217;re not, you must be channeling some deep-seated need to disparage others from your childhood or something.</p>
<p>Some kind of daddy issues, methinks?</p>
<p>Keep it coming, chump.  I can do this alllll night.  Toro!<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=4097450', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097445</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Man, I thought sumpin&#039; smelled bad in here.  Mommie tellya she&quot;s thru changin&#039; ya?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Man, I thought sumpin&#8217; smelled bad in here.  Mommie tellya she&#8221;s thru changin&#8217; ya?<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=4097445', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: makuyk00</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097419</link>
		<dc:creator>makuyk00</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Boy, I didn&#039;t think I&#039;d get to see that charming overdone brogue of yours again.

Astound us some more with a heapin&#039; helpin&#039; o&#039; dat humor o&#039; yurz!  You&#039;re so qwazy!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boy, I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d get to see that charming overdone brogue of yours again.</p>
<p>Astound us some more with a heapin&#8217; helpin&#8217; o&#8217; dat humor o&#8217; yurz!  You&#8217;re so qwazy!<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=4097419', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097349</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dance, monkey. Dance!

Comment by makuyk00 â€” September 29, 2007 @ 9:20 pm
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Hmmm... ya seem to have had an &#039;accident&quot;.  Time ta go home &#039;n have yer &quot;mommie&quot; change ya...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dance, monkey. Dance!</p>
<p>Comment by makuyk00 â€” September 29, 2007 @ 9:20 pm<br />
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<p>Hmmm&#8230; ya seem to have had an &#8216;accident&#8221;.  Time ta go home &#8216;n have yer &#8220;mommie&#8221; change ya&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4097349', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: makuyk00</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-2/#comment-4097342</link>
		<dc:creator>makuyk00</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Boy, I am so glad you glommed onto me on my first Think Progress post comments, Republic.  Your insightful, Tales-from-the-Crypt-esque pigeon English, your amazing way of getting to the core of an issue- it&#039;s clear you are a political powerhouse, not some trolling wiener who&#039;s pencil neck would be quite vulnerable if he pried himself away from flitting about screwing up everyone&#039;s day online.

Any more profound thoughts?  Entertain us with your zany abbreviated words and wacky hilarity!  More insults!  Come on, you can do it!

Dance, monkey.  Dance!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boy, I am so glad you glommed onto me on my first Think Progress post comments, Republic.  Your insightful, Tales-from-the-Crypt-esque pigeon English, your amazing way of getting to the core of an issue- it&#8217;s clear you are a political powerhouse, not some trolling wiener who&#8217;s pencil neck would be quite vulnerable if he pried himself away from flitting about screwing up everyone&#8217;s day online.</p>
<p>Any more profound thoughts?  Entertain us with your zany abbreviated words and wacky hilarity!  More insults!  Come on, you can do it!</p>
<p>Dance, monkey.  Dance!<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=4097342', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-4097324</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That was the point above, and I was determined to ram it through Republicâ€™s tediousness at all cost, even though the conversation is lost now.

Comment by makuyk00 â€” September 29, 2007 @ 7:13 pm

Good Lord, you&#039;re a pathetic, obnoxious fool.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That was the point above, and I was determined to ram it through Republicâ€™s tediousness at all cost, even though the conversation is lost now.</p>
<p>Comment by makuyk00 â€” September 29, 2007 @ 7:13 pm</p>
<p>Good Lord, you&#8217;re a pathetic, obnoxious fool.<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=4097324', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: makuyk00</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-4097206</link>
		<dc:creator>makuyk00</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Stupid- mebbe you like to push da buttons, and have no real value in any discussion whatsoever.

Twit.

Anyhow, ignoring the explosively &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_tollens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;logical fallacies&lt;/a&gt; presented above, I do think there will be no war in Iran, and that the Bushies are simply using the threat of force to leverage a settlement of some kind.  After all, Iran does have the largest army in the world- even with air power it would be 100 times harder than Iraq has been, and would surely engulf the entire Middle East into a regional war.

That was the point above, and I was determined to ram it through Republic&#039;s tediousness at all cost, even though the conversation is lost now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Stupid- mebbe you like to push da buttons, and have no real value in any discussion whatsoever.</p>
<p>Twit.</p>
<p>Anyhow, ignoring the explosively <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_tollens" rel="nofollow">logical fallacies</a> presented above, I do think there will be no war in Iran, and that the Bushies are simply using the threat of force to leverage a settlement of some kind.  After all, Iran does have the largest army in the world- even with air power it would be 100 times harder than Iraq has been, and would surely engulf the entire Middle East into a regional war.</p>
<p>That was the point above, and I was determined to ram it through Republic&#8217;s tediousness at all cost, even though the conversation is lost now.<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=4097206', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-4097102</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At least, thatâ€™s what found when I search â€œmuslim moslemâ€ in google.

Comment by anonymousryan â€” September 29, 2007 @ 3:22 pm

Next time you do that, Ryan, make sure to copy and paste the whole doc, and not just the part that selectively makes your point.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At least, thatâ€™s what found when I search â€œmuslim moslemâ€ in google.</p>
<p>Comment by anonymousryan â€” September 29, 2007 @ 3:22 pm</p>
<p>Next time you do that, Ryan, make sure to copy and paste the whole doc, and not just the part that selectively makes your point.<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=4097102', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-4097097</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>our choiceâ€¦ what was the expression you used? Jerk off.

Comment by makuyk00 â€” September 29, 2007 @ 3:42 pm

And I can see you&#039;re busy at it.  Jesus, yer a vile little twit.

Again, I urge you to contact the American Moslem Association immediately and thell them they&#039;re spelling their own name wrong.

Here&#039;s the rest of the text Ryan selectively quoted.

According to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, &quot;Moslem and Muslim are basically two different spellings for the same word.&quot; But the seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam. Whereas for most English speakers, the two words are synonymous in meaning, the Arabic roots of the two words are very different. A Muslim in Arabic means &quot;one who gives himself to God,&quot; and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means &quot;one who is evil and unjust&quot; when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.

For others, this spelling differentiation is merely a linguistic matter, with the two spellings a result of variation in transliteration methods. Both Moslem and Muslim are used as nouns. But some writers use Moslem when the word is employed as an adjective.

Journalists switched to Muslim from Moslem in recent years under pressure from Islamic groups. But the use of the word Moslem has not entirely ceased. Established institutions which used the older form of the name have been reluctant to change. The American Moslem Foundation is still the American Moslem Foundation (much as the NAACP is still the NAACP--the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The journal The Moslem World--published by the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut--is still The Moslem World.

http://www.nysun.com/article/4040?page_no=3

Personally, I could care less.  I have no more use for Moslems than I do Christians at this point in my life.

As for what I meant, if you hadn&#039;t delivered your own load of &quot;Moronic snark&quot;, I&#039;d explain, but at this point, I&#039;m jes&#039; gonna tell ya ta keep on doin&#039; what yer doin&#039; - j*rkin&#039; off, &#039;cause clearly yer so good at it.

Enjoy yerself... hey, mebbe yer buddy &quot;Ryan&quot; will want ta &quot;play&quot; w/ ya!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>our choiceâ€¦ what was the expression you used? Jerk off.</p>
<p>Comment by makuyk00 â€” September 29, 2007 @ 3:42 pm</p>
<p>And I can see you&#8217;re busy at it.  Jesus, yer a vile little twit.</p>
<p>Again, I urge you to contact the American Moslem Association immediately and thell them they&#8217;re spelling their own name wrong.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the rest of the text Ryan selectively quoted.</p>
<p>According to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, &#8220;Moslem and Muslim are basically two different spellings for the same word.&#8221; But the seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam. Whereas for most English speakers, the two words are synonymous in meaning, the Arabic roots of the two words are very different. A Muslim in Arabic means &#8220;one who gives himself to God,&#8221; and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means &#8220;one who is evil and unjust&#8221; when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.</p>
<p>For others, this spelling differentiation is merely a linguistic matter, with the two spellings a result of variation in transliteration methods. Both Moslem and Muslim are used as nouns. But some writers use Moslem when the word is employed as an adjective.</p>
<p>Journalists switched to Muslim from Moslem in recent years under pressure from Islamic groups. But the use of the word Moslem has not entirely ceased. Established institutions which used the older form of the name have been reluctant to change. The American Moslem Foundation is still the American Moslem Foundation (much as the NAACP is still the NAACP&#8211;the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The journal The Moslem World&#8211;published by the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut&#8211;is still The Moslem World.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/4040?page_no=3" rel="nofollow">http://www.nysun.com/article/4040?page_no=3</a></p>
<p>Personally, I could care less.  I have no more use for Moslems than I do Christians at this point in my life.</p>
<p>As for what I meant, if you hadn&#8217;t delivered your own load of &#8220;Moronic snark&#8221;, I&#8217;d explain, but at this point, I&#8217;m jes&#8217; gonna tell ya ta keep on doin&#8217; what yer doin&#8217; &#8211; j*rkin&#8217; off, &#8217;cause clearly yer so good at it.</p>
<p>Enjoy yerself&#8230; hey, mebbe yer buddy &#8220;Ryan&#8221; will want ta &#8220;play&#8221; w/ ya!<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=4097097', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: makuyk00</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-4097080</link>
		<dc:creator>makuyk00</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stupidity;

Again I ask; what was your point?  I said that the saber-rattling about Iran is similar to the war games the U.S. started near North Korea prior to making a breakthrough in negotiations (meaning, reversing course and following the Clinton game plan, of course.)

You said these two situations were different because Iran is MOSLEM (correction noted, as was the logically fallacious argument- thanks to Ryan for the further clarification) and has oil.

This statement does not make any sense, that&#039;s why I asked for you to qualify your comments.

Feel like doing that or just pouring out more of your moronic snark?  Do you know how to use that pulsating wad of flesh behind your eyes, or would you rather continue to sound foolish and uninformed, so the rest of us can laugh at you?

By the way, if you wish to trade insults I&#039;m great at that.  If you wish to back up your inane, supposedly contradictory but completely illogical statements, maybe then we can have some rational discourse.

Your choice... what was the expression you used?  Jerk off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stupidity;</p>
<p>Again I ask; what was your point?  I said that the saber-rattling about Iran is similar to the war games the U.S. started near North Korea prior to making a breakthrough in negotiations (meaning, reversing course and following the Clinton game plan, of course.)</p>
<p>You said these two situations were different because Iran is MOSLEM (correction noted, as was the logically fallacious argument- thanks to Ryan for the further clarification) and has oil.</p>
<p>This statement does not make any sense, that&#8217;s why I asked for you to qualify your comments.</p>
<p>Feel like doing that or just pouring out more of your moronic snark?  Do you know how to use that pulsating wad of flesh behind your eyes, or would you rather continue to sound foolish and uninformed, so the rest of us can laugh at you?</p>
<p>By the way, if you wish to trade insults I&#8217;m great at that.  If you wish to back up your inane, supposedly contradictory but completely illogical statements, maybe then we can have some rational discourse.</p>
<p>Your choice&#8230; what was the expression you used?  Jerk off.<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=4097080', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: anonymousryan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-4097037</link>
		<dc:creator>anonymousryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;As far as what I meant, if youâ€™re so F-inâ€™ self important yet cainâ€™t unnerstaind the word â€œMoslemâ€â€¦ Iâ€™m not sure ta tell yaâ€¦&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;i&gt;A Muslim in Arabic means &quot;one who gives himself to God,&quot; and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means &quot;one who is evil and unjust&quot; when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.&lt;/i&gt;

Moslem is an outdated term, but much as the NAACP still uses the outdated &quot;colored people&quot; the AMF uses &quot;moslem&quot; because it was established before a major push by English/Arab speakers to change the accepted pronunciation/spelling.

At least, that&#039;s what &lt;i&gt;found&lt;/i&gt; when I search &quot;muslim moslem&quot; in google.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><i>As far as what I meant, if youâ€™re so F-inâ€™ self important yet cainâ€™t unnerstaind the word â€œMoslemâ€â€¦ Iâ€™m not sure ta tell yaâ€¦</i></p></blockquote>
<p><i>A Muslim in Arabic means &#8220;one who gives himself to God,&#8221; and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means &#8220;one who is evil and unjust&#8221; when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.</i></p>
<p>Moslem is an outdated term, but much as the NAACP still uses the outdated &#8220;colored people&#8221; the AMF uses &#8220;moslem&#8221; because it was established before a major push by English/Arab speakers to change the accepted pronunciation/spelling.</p>
<p>At least, that&#8217;s what <i>found</i> when I search &#8220;muslim moslem&#8221; in google.<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=4097037', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-4096953</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Getting two out of six letters wrong in one of the most tossed-around words lately is quite a feat.

Comment by makuyk00 â€” September 29, 2007 @ 12:48 pm

When you type &quot;Moslem&quot; into Google, you only get... well you can read, can&#039;t you?

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,780,000 for moslem [definition]

Here are TWO of those hits...

American Moslem Foundation
Non-profit religious and educational institution. Provides background and membership information.
www.oz.net/~msarram/ - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Moslem - definition of Moslem by the Free Online Dictionary ...
Definition of Moslem in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of Moslem. What does Moslem mean? Moslem synonyms, Moslem antonyms. Information about Moslem in the ...

www.thefreedictionary.com/Moslem - 34k - Cached - Similar pages

It would appear the American MOSLEM Association is spelling its own name wrong.  Damn... you better contact them FAST and let them know.

As far as what I meant, if you&#039;re so F-in&#039; self important yet cain&#039;t unnerstaind the word &quot;Moslem&quot;... I&#039;m not sure ta tell ya...

You make this waaaay toooo easy, ya j*rkoff...

Aptly named?  Welcome home!!!! Ya jes&#039; proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you were born ta be a citizen of tha Republic!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Getting two out of six letters wrong in one of the most tossed-around words lately is quite a feat.</p>
<p>Comment by makuyk00 â€” September 29, 2007 @ 12:48 pm</p>
<p>When you type &#8220;Moslem&#8221; into Google, you only get&#8230; well you can read, can&#8217;t you?</p>
<p>Results 1 &#8211; 10 of about 1,780,000 for moslem [definition]</p>
<p>Here are TWO of those hits&#8230;</p>
<p>American Moslem Foundation<br />
Non-profit religious and educational institution. Provides background and membership information.<br />
<a href="http://www.oz.net/~msarram/" rel="nofollow">http://www.oz.net/~msarram/</a> &#8211; 7k &#8211; Cached &#8211; Similar pages</p>
<p>Moslem &#8211; definition of Moslem by the Free Online Dictionary &#8230;<br />
Definition of Moslem in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of Moslem. What does Moslem mean? Moslem synonyms, Moslem antonyms. Information about Moslem in the &#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Moslem" rel="nofollow">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Moslem</a> &#8211; 34k &#8211; Cached &#8211; Similar pages</p>
<p>It would appear the American MOSLEM Association is spelling its own name wrong.  Damn&#8230; you better contact them FAST and let them know.</p>
<p>As far as what I meant, if you&#8217;re so F-in&#8217; self important yet cain&#8217;t unnerstaind the word &#8220;Moslem&#8221;&#8230; I&#8217;m not sure ta tell ya&#8230;</p>
<p>You make this waaaay toooo easy, ya j*rkoff&#8230;</p>
<p>Aptly named?  Welcome home!!!! Ya jes&#8217; proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you were born ta be a citizen of tha Republic!<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=4096953', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: makuyk00</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-4096878</link>
		<dc:creator>makuyk00</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To the aptly-named &quot;The Republic of Stupidity&quot;; firstly, it&#039;s Muslim, not Moslem.  Getting two out of six letters wrong in one of the most tossed-around words lately is quite a feat.

Secondly, what is your point?  North Korea is run by a far-more menacing dictator, definitely batshit insane, with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_total_troops&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;fourth largest military in the world&lt;/a&gt; and nuclear weapons in-hand.  Does the fact that one is religious and one is not make any difference at all?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To the aptly-named &#8220;The Republic of Stupidity&#8221;; firstly, it&#8217;s Muslim, not Moslem.  Getting two out of six letters wrong in one of the most tossed-around words lately is quite a feat.</p>
<p>Secondly, what is your point?  North Korea is run by a far-more menacing dictator, definitely batshit insane, with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_total_troops" rel="nofollow">fourth largest military in the world</a> and nuclear weapons in-hand.  Does the fact that one is religious and one is not make any difference at all?<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=4096878', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: curmudgeon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/ted-stevens-84-million-ferry-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-4096860</link>
		<dc:creator>curmudgeon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why use federal tax dollars for such a self-serving project (don&#039;t his family members still own property that would appreciate significantly if this went through)?

Since Stevens and his buddies are such fans of privatization, why doesn&#039;t he just gather them all together and pass the hat, and the consortium could finance and  develop the ferry system themselves, and then use tolls to pay for it?  Isn&#039;t that exactly how privatization is supposed to work?

If for some reason Stevens decides that this is not an option, and he has to hold his nose, asking for governmental (i.e., tax dollar) assistance, then he can sell it to the idiots in Alaska who voted him into office in the first place.  

If he can convince them to elect him as their U. S. Senator, then asking them to pay money out of their own pockets for this ferry system should be an exceedingly simple matter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why use federal tax dollars for such a self-serving project (don&#8217;t his family members still own property that would appreciate significantly if this went through)?</p>
<p>Since Stevens and his buddies are such fans of privatization, why doesn&#8217;t he just gather them all together and pass the hat, and the consortium could finance and  develop the ferry system themselves, and then use tolls to pay for it?  Isn&#8217;t that exactly how privatization is supposed to work?</p>
<p>If for some reason Stevens decides that this is not an option, and he has to hold his nose, asking for governmental (i.e., tax dollar) assistance, then he can sell it to the idiots in Alaska who voted him into office in the first place.  </p>
<p>If he can convince them to elect him as their U. S. Senator, then asking them to pay money out of their own pockets for this ferry system should be an exceedingly simple matter.<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=4096860', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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