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	<title>Comments on: Brooks: Bush&#8217;s &#8216;Body Language&#8217; Means He Won&#8217;t Attack Iran</title>
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		<title>By: DallasNE</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/27/david-brooks-body-language/comment-page-2/#comment-4136569</link>
		<dc:creator>DallasNE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#53 - Thanks for the link on polling.

I found the following one the most interesting.

&quot;Based on what you have heard or read, do you think that the government of Iran is or is not providing weapons and other support to the insurgents who are fighting the U.S. troops in Iraq?&quot;
 
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 10/12-14/07  82   13      4 


Perhaps the inclusion of &quot;other support&quot; skews this but we have been provided no proof whatsoever of direct support. Once they attempted to provide the smoking gun of Iranian involvement only to find that the weapons used came from a facility near Basra. Another time the General in charge of the area just south of Baghdad said that there were 50 Iranians operating in the area. A good General would have gone after them rather than just whine about it. Obviously, an awful lot of people are confusing this speculation with proof. Can&#039;t fool me again, my ass.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#53 &#8211; Thanks for the link on polling.</p>
<p>I found the following one the most interesting.</p>
<p>&#8220;Based on what you have heard or read, do you think that the government of Iran is or is not providing weapons and other support to the insurgents who are fighting the U.S. troops in Iraq?&#8221;</p>
<p>      .</p>
<p>                     Is Is Not Unsure  .</p>
<p>                       %   %       %  .</p>
<p> 10/12-14/07  82   13      4 </p>
<p>Perhaps the inclusion of &#8220;other support&#8221; skews this but we have been provided no proof whatsoever of direct support. Once they attempted to provide the smoking gun of Iranian involvement only to find that the weapons used came from a facility near Basra. Another time the General in charge of the area just south of Baghdad said that there were 50 Iranians operating in the area. A good General would have gone after them rather than just whine about it. Obviously, an awful lot of people are confusing this speculation with proof. Can&#8217;t fool me again, my ass.<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=4136569', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hterrya</title>
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		<dc:creator>hterrya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder exactly &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;which&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; of the current corrupt, criminal president&#039;s body parts Media Putz (http://mediaputz.com/07/07/putz0712.html) Brooks was watching to come to the&lt;strong&gt; &quot;scientific&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; conclusion that &lt;strong&gt;&quot;...if you look at his body language, ...he has no inclination to launch a military action.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;  

Sen. Larry Craig could probably tell us.  
&lt;strong&gt;{:-)&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder exactly <em><strong>which</strong></em> of the current corrupt, criminal president&#8217;s body parts Media Putz (<a href="http://mediaputz.com/07/07/putz0712.html" rel="nofollow">http://mediaputz.com/07/07/putz0712.html</a>) Brooks was watching to come to the<strong> &#8220;scientific&#8221;</strong> conclusion that <strong>&#8220;&#8230;if you look at his body language, &#8230;he has no inclination to launch a military action.&#8221;</strong>  </p>
<p>Sen. Larry Craig could probably tell us.<br />
<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=4136304', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/27/david-brooks-body-language/comment-page-2/#comment-4136298</link>
		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oops... wrong thread... i&#039;ll try it there...
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oops&#8230; wrong thread&#8230; i&#8217;ll try it there&#8230;<br />
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/27/david-brooks-body-language/comment-page-2/#comment-4136297</link>
		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TIMES and TELEGRAPH - both murdoch properties...
...

i knew i&#039;d read something somewhere... this is one story:

&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Iraq news blackout: how the press spent its summer vacation&lt;/strong&gt;
by Eric Boehlert
[...]
The media&#039;s coverage from Iraq has naturally ebbed and flowed over the four-and-a-half years since the invasion. And escalating security concerns in Iraq have made it both more difficult and more expensive for news organization to operate there.

But the pullback we&#039;ve seen this summer, the chronic dearth of on-the-ground reporting, likely marks a new low of the entire campaign. It&#039;s gotten to the point where even monstrous acts of destruction cannot wake the press from its self-induced slumber.
[...]
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200709050002&lt;/em&gt;

although, i wouldn&#039;t hesitate to make a bet that it&#039;s NOT &quot;self-induced&quot;...
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TIMES and TELEGRAPH &#8211; both murdoch properties&#8230;<br />
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<p>i knew i&#8217;d read something somewhere&#8230; this is one story:</p>
<p><em><strong>The Iraq news blackout: how the press spent its summer vacation</strong><br />
by Eric Boehlert<br />
[...]<br />
The media&#8217;s coverage from Iraq has naturally ebbed and flowed over the four-and-a-half years since the invasion. And escalating security concerns in Iraq have made it both more difficult and more expensive for news organization to operate there.</p>
<p>But the pullback we&#8217;ve seen this summer, the chronic dearth of on-the-ground reporting, likely marks a new low of the entire campaign. It&#8217;s gotten to the point where even monstrous acts of destruction cannot wake the press from its self-induced slumber.<br />
[...]<br />
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/columns/200709050002" rel="nofollow">http://mediamatters.org/columns/200709050002</a></em></p>
<p>although, i wouldn&#8217;t hesitate to make a bet that it&#8217;s NOT &#8220;self-induced&#8221;&#8230;<br />
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		<title>By: gooderservice</title>
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		<dc:creator>gooderservice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been saying that republicans have mystical powers.  Here&#039;s yet another example:  Brooks can read body language and know its meaning.   Bush can look into Putin&#039;s eyes and see his soul.  McCain can look into Putin&#039;s eyes and see, as he states the letters, K-G-B.  

I feel I haven&#039;t been properly educated.  No one has ever taught me to read body language to definitively know the meaning of a person&#039;s gesticulations, nor have I been taught to look into someone&#039;s eyes and know for a fact what their intent is.  Public education is a disgrace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been saying that republicans have mystical powers.  Here&#8217;s yet another example:  Brooks can read body language and know its meaning.   Bush can look into Putin&#8217;s eyes and see his soul.  McCain can look into Putin&#8217;s eyes and see, as he states the letters, K-G-B.  </p>
<p>I feel I haven&#8217;t been properly educated.  No one has ever taught me to read body language to definitively know the meaning of a person&#8217;s gesticulations, nor have I been taught to look into someone&#8217;s eyes and know for a fact what their intent is.  Public education is a disgrace.<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=4136282', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: had enough</title>
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		<dc:creator>had enough</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why is it we have to sit on pins and needles evaluating every move this pathetic moron does wondering if he is going to blow up another country?  What ever happened to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;WE the People&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.. We don&#039;t matter?  Pelosi has been out there stating &lt;strong&gt;Bush can not invade Iran without Congress&#039;s consent&lt;/strong&gt;... so that does not matter either?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is it we have to sit on pins and needles evaluating every move this pathetic moron does wondering if he is going to blow up another country?  What ever happened to <strong><em>WE the People</em></strong>.. We don&#8217;t matter?  Pelosi has been out there stating <strong>Bush can not invade Iran without Congress&#8217;s consent</strong>&#8230; so that does not matter either?<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=4136280', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MapleStreet</title>
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		<dc:creator>MapleStreet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A sociopath can lie without showing the corresponding body language.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A sociopath can lie without showing the corresponding body language.<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=4136279', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dixie blood</title>
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		<dc:creator>dixie blood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;If Brooks sucked any harder his head would cave in!

Comment by bronco214 â€” October 27, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
&lt;/em&gt;

&lt;b&gt;And GW Botch&#039;s ballz would be flying out of his ears!!&lt;/b&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>If Brooks sucked any harder his head would cave in!</p>
<p>Comment by bronco214 â€” October 27, 2007 @ 6:29 pm<br />
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<p><b>And GW Botch&#8217;s ballz would be flying out of his ears!!</b><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4136235', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bronco214</title>
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		<dc:creator>bronco214</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Brooks sucked any harder his head would cave in!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Brooks sucked any harder his head would cave in!<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=4136226', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: drtichy</title>
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		<dc:creator>drtichy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>His body language doesn&#039;t tell us anything. It&#039;s when he is reading that we get his messages (because when he is not reading just speaking on his own, it&#039;s an undescribable tragedy!)

But I don&#039;t think the &quot;nucolar bomb&quot; is going to be used... Unles there is a confusion between the right and left hands... or some Ob-Gyn starts loving the patients too much around the country.... In such a case, it would be advisable to flee to the &quot;Austrian Continent&quot;... because just being in a ranch in the &quot;State of Taxes&quot; wouldn&#039;t be safe enough... Anyways, it will all be OK at the end, because men can definitely co-exist with fish...

Oh my!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>His body language doesn&#8217;t tell us anything. It&#8217;s when he is reading that we get his messages (because when he is not reading just speaking on his own, it&#8217;s an undescribable tragedy!)</p>
<p>But I don&#8217;t think the &#8220;nucolar bomb&#8221; is going to be used&#8230; Unles there is a confusion between the right and left hands&#8230; or some Ob-Gyn starts loving the patients too much around the country&#8230;. In such a case, it would be advisable to flee to the &#8220;Austrian Continent&#8221;&#8230; because just being in a ranch in the &#8220;State of Taxes&#8221; wouldn&#8217;t be safe enough&#8230; Anyways, it will all be OK at the end, because men can definitely co-exist with fish&#8230;</p>
<p>Oh my!!<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=4136225', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, David 
Your track record on politics is not too great - I doubt you are any better on reading body language.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, David<br />
Your track record on politics is not too great &#8211; I doubt you are any better on reading body language.<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=4136216', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TRDaggett</title>
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		<dc:creator>TRDaggett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&quot;He is preparing the way for the next administration to have some means to deal with the situation. He believes in the diplomacy.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

After watching the recent show detailing how this administration totally screwed up our dealings with Iran, I&#039;d have to say that Bush did a &#039;Heck of a Job&#039; &quot;preparing the way for the next administration&quot;.

How the heck could anyone read Bush&#039;s &#039;body language&#039; anyway?
Except maybe for an editor/artist at Mad Magazine.

Bush &amp; Alfred E. Newman, separated at birth?

&quot;What, me worry?&quot; Doh!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>&#8220;He is preparing the way for the next administration to have some means to deal with the situation. He believes in the diplomacy.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>After watching the recent show detailing how this administration totally screwed up our dealings with Iran, I&#8217;d have to say that Bush did a &#8216;Heck of a Job&#8217; &#8220;preparing the way for the next administration&#8221;.</p>
<p>How the heck could anyone read Bush&#8217;s &#8216;body language&#8217; anyway?<br />
Except maybe for an editor/artist at Mad Magazine.</p>
<p>Bush &amp; Alfred E. Newman, separated at birth?</p>
<p>&#8220;What, me worry?&#8221; Doh!<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=4136203', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor Samsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>David Brooks is a runner-up for the title of &quot;Dumbest man on the face of the planet&quot;. 

It&#039;s too bad Douglas Feith won by a nose. Better luck next time, David.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David Brooks is a runner-up for the title of &#8220;Dumbest man on the face of the planet&#8221;. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s too bad Douglas Feith won by a nose. Better luck next time, David.<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=4136161', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dixie blood</title>
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		<dc:creator>dixie blood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;I have a bad feeling there wonâ€™t be one.

Comment by pete â€” October 27, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
&lt;/em&gt;

Marshall law is on the way. When you&#039;ve committed the crimes these a$$holes have you cannot allow a &quot;regime change&quot; (free election) otherwise lots of RePugniScums are going to prison for a very long time. And I think some RePugniScums should swing from a rope. The sooner the better!!! Start with Dick(head) Cheney!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I have a bad feeling there wonâ€™t be one.</p>
<p>Comment by pete â€” October 27, 2007 @ 12:02 pm<br />
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<p>Marshall law is on the way. When you&#8217;ve committed the crimes these a$$holes have you cannot allow a &#8220;regime change&#8221; (free election) otherwise lots of RePugniScums are going to prison for a very long time. And I think some RePugniScums should swing from a rope. The sooner the better!!! Start with Dick(head) Cheney!!<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=4136154', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nooooâ€¦.my COMMENT was simply political, since the topic of this thread is whether or not a strike will occur. I think politics will heavily affect the decision to do it or not.

Comment by Keltoi at Night â€” October 27, 2007 @ 1:33 pm

So your &quot;COMMENT&quot; was simply political... yer full of Cheney.

Talk about smug and disingenuous...  your &quot;comment&quot; doesn&#039;t reflect your concerns, and once you state  your &quot;real concerns&quot;, what???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nooooâ€¦.my COMMENT was simply political, since the topic of this thread is whether or not a strike will occur. I think politics will heavily affect the decision to do it or not.</p>
<p>Comment by Keltoi at Night â€” October 27, 2007 @ 1:33 pm</p>
<p>So your &#8220;COMMENT&#8221; was simply political&#8230; yer full of Cheney.</p>
<p>Talk about smug and disingenuous&#8230;  your &#8220;comment&#8221; doesn&#8217;t reflect your concerns, and once you state  your &#8220;real concerns&#8221;, what???<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=4136148', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith H.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Keith H.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tell me when the concept of &#039;the President can declare war whenever he feels like it&#039; came to be.
I can&#039;t help but think this b.s. is just more &#039;be afraid . . be very afraid&#039;.

It&#039;s just that this time, they want us to be afraid of who they call our President and what he might do.

Setting up to further the b.s. by saying &#039;well, the President didn&#039;t declare war (even though he isn&#039;t capable of doing so), so he must be a great leader and President&#039;. As if that will somehow make Iraq disappear.
They really think we are all as half-witted as their puppet in chief.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tell me when the concept of &#8216;the President can declare war whenever he feels like it&#8217; came to be.<br />
I can&#8217;t help but think this b.s. is just more &#8216;be afraid . . be very afraid&#8217;.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s just that this time, they want us to be afraid of who they call our President and what he might do.</p>
<p>Setting up to further the b.s. by saying &#8216;well, the President didn&#8217;t declare war (even though he isn&#8217;t capable of doing so), so he must be a great leader and President&#8217;. As if that will somehow make Iraq disappear.<br />
They really think we are all as half-witted as their puppet in chief.<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=4136145', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bilbobaggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/27/david-brooks-body-language/comment-page-2/#comment-4136142</link>
		<dc:creator>bilbobaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got to wondering about polls about Iran and found this page:

http://www.pollingreport.com/iran.htm

What I find frightening is how many people actually think that Iran is actively involved in Iraq even though we have been shown no &lt;strong&gt;poof&lt;/strong&gt;.  I guess that shows that catapulting the propaganda works.  Since that&#039;s all the public has read in the MSM and most people don&#039;t bother to question whether or not they are being told the truth, the propaganda works just fine.

On the other hand, the first part of the poll says that more people oppose military action against Iran in the middle of October than they did earlier.  I would be very interested to see how that poll would go today.  My bet is that the number of people who oppose military action will be up, not down.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got to wondering about polls about Iran and found this page:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pollingreport.com/iran.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.pollingreport.com/iran.htm</a></p>
<p>What I find frightening is how many people actually think that Iran is actively involved in Iraq even though we have been shown no <strong>poof</strong>.  I guess that shows that catapulting the propaganda works.  Since that&#8217;s all the public has read in the MSM and most people don&#8217;t bother to question whether or not they are being told the truth, the propaganda works just fine.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the first part of the poll says that more people oppose military action against Iran in the middle of October than they did earlier.  I would be very interested to see how that poll would go today.  My bet is that the number of people who oppose military action will be up, not down.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4136142', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bilbobaggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>bilbobaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;i think brooks is right. russia has put a stop to an attack on iranâ€¦
Comment by Freakaloin &lt;/em&gt;

Where did you get that?  I listened to the interview and Brooks said nothing about Russia putting a stop to an attack on Iran.  But I do agree that Russia and China aligning themselves with Iran is making the Bush Crime family think twice.

Did anyone else notice where Brooks implied that Iran is responsible for a majority of the deaths in Iraq?  That is Bush&#039;s new message.  AQI wasn&#039;t working so now we have solved the AQI problem and Iran is the new boogy man.  But, what about Saudi Arabia and all the assistance they are giving to the Sunnis?  Why does the MSM totally ignore that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>i think brooks is right. russia has put a stop to an attack on iranâ€¦<br />
Comment by Freakaloin </em></p>
<p>Where did you get that?  I listened to the interview and Brooks said nothing about Russia putting a stop to an attack on Iran.  But I do agree that Russia and China aligning themselves with Iran is making the Bush Crime family think twice.</p>
<p>Did anyone else notice where Brooks implied that Iran is responsible for a majority of the deaths in Iraq?  That is Bush&#8217;s new message.  AQI wasn&#8217;t working so now we have solved the AQI problem and Iran is the new boogy man.  But, what about Saudi Arabia and all the assistance they are giving to the Sunnis?  Why does the MSM totally ignore 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=4136139', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bilbobaggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>bilbobaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Brooksâ€™s comments to Jim Lehrer are maddening, frustrating, depressing.&lt;/em&gt;

What is even more depressing isi that Jim Lehrer let him get away with it.  Admittedly they didn&#039;t show the whole interview but I think if Lehrer had called him on his baseless statements, they would have put it on the video.  Jim Lehrer used to be a good journalist.  Why is he standing down like so many others and allowing this government to control the message?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Brooksâ€™s comments to Jim Lehrer are maddening, frustrating, depressing.</em></p>
<p>What is even more depressing isi that Jim Lehrer let him get away with it.  Admittedly they didn&#8217;t show the whole interview but I think if Lehrer had called him on his baseless statements, they would have put it on the video.  Jim Lehrer used to be a good journalist.  Why is he standing down like so many others and allowing this government to control the message?<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=4136138', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Freakaloin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freakaloin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i think brooks is right. russia has put a stop to an attack on iran...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i think brooks is right. russia has put a stop to an attack on iran&#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=4136131', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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