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		<title>By: rockyroad</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/blackwater-putting-the-mercy-back-in-mercenary/comment-page-2/#comment-4140916</link>
		<dc:creator>rockyroad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ooh . . . shouldn&#039;t have said &quot;blow&quot; . . . Know how hard you have tried to kick that habit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ooh . . . shouldn&#8217;t have said &#8220;blow&#8221; . . . Know how hard you have tried to kick that habit.<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=4140916', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: rockyroad</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/blackwater-putting-the-mercy-back-in-mercenary/comment-page-2/#comment-4140911</link>
		<dc:creator>rockyroad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That would be:

What&#039;s a career not Shat&#039;s.

Point being that Blackwater is even willing to sacrifice its own, eat its children so to speak, in order to screw the world, literally.

Prince . . . You seem like a decent guy . . . but you are treading in dangerous territory.  For better or worse, I suspect that your days are numbered.

Mercenaries have never thrived.  The USA was fairly well founded upon fears that mercenaries posed a particularly threatening problem for a free people.  Your business modes is antitheticatical to our democracy.  Our forefathers thought that through the Constitution, they had insulated and protected us from the likes of you.  We weren&#039;t sure.  General Eisenhower recognized the problem and warned against the military industrial complex.  Both the fears of our forefathers and General Eisenhower have been realized under Bush . . . a draft dodger and his cohorts, also beneficiaries of deferrments who have never experienced battle.  They should read Flags of Our Fathers and imagine the impact of having your best friend&#039;s head rolling down your back before sending another soldier into a disasterous war.  These twits have no idea.  Dub&#039;ya, send your daughters to Iraq and then tell us how worthwhile this battle for oil is.  Meanwhile, blow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That would be:</p>
<p>What&#8217;s a career not Shat&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Point being that Blackwater is even willing to sacrifice its own, eat its children so to speak, in order to screw the world, literally.</p>
<p>Prince . . . You seem like a decent guy . . . but you are treading in dangerous territory.  For better or worse, I suspect that your days are numbered.</p>
<p>Mercenaries have never thrived.  The USA was fairly well founded upon fears that mercenaries posed a particularly threatening problem for a free people.  Your business modes is antitheticatical to our democracy.  Our forefathers thought that through the Constitution, they had insulated and protected us from the likes of you.  We weren&#8217;t sure.  General Eisenhower recognized the problem and warned against the military industrial complex.  Both the fears of our forefathers and General Eisenhower have been realized under Bush . . . a draft dodger and his cohorts, also beneficiaries of deferrments who have never experienced battle.  They should read Flags of Our Fathers and imagine the impact of having your best friend&#8217;s head rolling down your back before sending another soldier into a disasterous war.  These twits have no idea.  Dub&#8217;ya, send your daughters to Iraq and then tell us how worthwhile this battle for oil is.  Meanwhile, blow.<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=4140911', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: rockyroad</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/blackwater-putting-the-mercy-back-in-mercenary/comment-page-2/#comment-4140908</link>
		<dc:creator>rockyroad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My Pink Butt

Stick a sparkly &quot;pink&quot; woman in front of your nasty murdering ass.

Any such woman with 20 years experience should realize that this will be the end of her career.

But what&#039;s a career?  Blackwater drowns lives.  Shat&#039;s a career in the grand scheme of waterboarding, murdering civilians and just mayhem run amok?

You guys are going to hell.

I&#039;m not even a bible beating Christian, but I know that:

You guys are hell bent on taking the shortcut to hell.

Color it pink . . .</description>
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<p>Stick a sparkly &#8220;pink&#8221; woman in front of your nasty murdering ass.</p>
<p>Any such woman with 20 years experience should realize that this will be the end of her career.</p>
<p>But what&#8217;s a career?  Blackwater drowns lives.  Shat&#8217;s a career in the grand scheme of waterboarding, murdering civilians and just mayhem run amok?</p>
<p>You guys are going to hell.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not even a bible beating Christian, but I know that:</p>
<p>You guys are hell bent on taking the shortcut to hell.</p>
<p>Color it pink . . .<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=4140908', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upright left</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/blackwater-putting-the-mercy-back-in-mercenary/comment-page-2/#comment-4139814</link>
		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>expand your vocabulary!

inÂ·cesÂ·tuÂ·ous [â€¦] â€“adjective
[â€¦]
3. being so close or intimate as to prevent proper functioning: an incestuous relationship between organized crime and government.
.

fits, donâ€™t itâ€¦
.

Comment by katy â€” October 30, 2007 @ 7:38 pm

So you agree that it was just meant to make it sound worse by use of that word rather than the more commonly used &quot;nepotism.&quot;   ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>expand your vocabulary!</p>
<p>inÂ·cesÂ·tuÂ·ous [â€¦] â€“adjective<br />
[â€¦]<br />
3. being so close or intimate as to prevent proper functioning: an incestuous relationship between organized crime and government.<br />
.</p>
<p>fits, donâ€™t itâ€¦<br />
.</p>
<p>Comment by katy â€” October 30, 2007 @ 7:38 pm</p>
<p>So you agree that it was just meant to make it sound worse by use of that word rather than the more commonly used &#8220;nepotism.&#8221;   ;)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4139814', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/blackwater-putting-the-mercy-back-in-mercenary/comment-page-2/#comment-4139371</link>
		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>expand your vocabulary!

&lt;em&gt;inÂ·cesÂ·tuÂ·ous    [...]  â€“adjective
[...]
3.	being so close or intimate as to prevent proper functioning: an incestuous relationship between organized crime and government.&lt;/em&gt;
.

fits, don&#039;t it...
.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>expand your vocabulary!</p>
<p><em>inÂ·cesÂ·tuÂ·ous    [...]  â€“adjective<br />
[...]<br />
3.	being so close or intimate as to prevent proper functioning: an incestuous relationship between organized crime and government.</em><br />
.</p>
<p>fits, don&#8217;t it&#8230;<br />
.<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=4139371', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TRDaggett</title>
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		<dc:creator>TRDaggett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>49  sorry, is=are.. I should really re-read before posting. Where&#039;s my coffee IV?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>49  sorry, is=are.. I should really re-read before posting. Where&#8217;s my coffee IV?<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=4139133', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TRDaggett</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/blackwater-putting-the-mercy-back-in-mercenary/comment-page-1/#comment-4139062</link>
		<dc:creator>TRDaggett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blackwater edition pistol, no sights, no safety, and as TMM said a hair trigger. You got that right!

What really sucks is that there are so many &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; employees working for Blackwater and the other private security firms who are lumped in with the loose cannons. As usual it&#039;s the faulty leadership (and owners) that have set the bar so low and is backed up by the administration. This kind of blatant disregard has only gotten this far because it been condoned and possibly encouraged.

Just remember, there are some decent honorable people working private security in Iraq (unless the decent ones were weeded out in some malevolent vetting process).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blackwater edition pistol, no sights, no safety, and as TMM said a hair trigger. You got that right!</p>
<p>What really sucks is that there are so many <em>good</em> employees working for Blackwater and the other private security firms who are lumped in with the loose cannons. As usual it&#8217;s the faulty leadership (and owners) that have set the bar so low and is backed up by the administration. This kind of blatant disregard has only gotten this far because it been condoned and possibly encouraged.</p>
<p>Just remember, there are some decent honorable people working private security in Iraq (unless the decent ones were weeded out in some malevolent vetting process).<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=4139062', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upright left</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/30/blackwater-putting-the-mercy-back-in-mercenary/comment-page-1/#comment-4138926</link>
		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;said that her job is â€œto put the mercy back in mercenary.â€

hahahahah! wowâ€¦.yet another butchery of the english language thanks to some rightwing retard.
Comment by Chocolate Jesus â€” October 30, 2007 @ 11:48 am


Is that any way to talk about those silly pink ladies? ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;said that her job is â€œto put the mercy back in mercenary.â€</p>
<p>hahahahah! wowâ€¦.yet another butchery of the english language thanks to some rightwing retard.<br />
Comment by Chocolate Jesus â€” October 30, 2007 @ 11:48 am</p>
<p>Is that any way to talk about those silly pink ladies? ;)<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=4138926', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upright left</title>
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		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is so incestuous in Washington, Erik Princeâ€™s wife is Jeb Bushâ€™s sister-in-law. Cheneyâ€™s daughters all have high paying jobs in government departments. Talk about being on the dole. 

And Bush begrudges insurance for the working poor children, go figure.

Comment by texaslady â€” October 30, 2007 @ 12:15 pm

I hope you are referring to nepotism and just trying to make it sound worse than it is by calling it incest.  It&#039;s not limited to Republicans, nor is it new. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is so incestuous in Washington, Erik Princeâ€™s wife is Jeb Bushâ€™s sister-in-law. Cheneyâ€™s daughters all have high paying jobs in government departments. Talk about being on the dole. </p>
<p>And Bush begrudges insurance for the working poor children, go figure.</p>
<p>Comment by texaslady â€” October 30, 2007 @ 12:15 pm</p>
<p>I hope you are referring to nepotism and just trying to make it sound worse than it is by calling it incest.  It&#8217;s not limited to Republicans, nor is it new. ;)<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=4138912', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: espo</title>
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		<dc:creator>espo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;i love code pink.&lt;/strong&gt;

with the conservative-controlled media, this is what it now takes to get air-time.

awesome...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>i love code pink.</strong></p>
<p>with the conservative-controlled media, this is what it now takes to get air-time.</p>
<p>awesome&#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=4138785', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TripMaster Monkey</title>
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		<dc:creator>TripMaster Monkey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE III:&lt;/strong&gt; Noah Shachtman discovers the marketing of the â€œBlackwater Special Editionâ€ pistol. &lt;/i&gt;

Features of the â€œBlackwater Special Editionâ€ pistol include:

&lt;blockquote&gt;* Extra rugged construction - ideal for pistol-whipping!

* New micro-bead coating does not retain fingerprints, and makes cleanup of blood and gore a snap!

* Hair-trigger assures you&#039;ll get off your shot before the danger is even &lt;i&gt;apparent&lt;/i&gt;!

* Removable trigger guard makes the carnage that much faster!

* Weapon comes already converted to full-auto - because we know you don&#039;t have the time or energy to squeeze the trigger for every single round!

* New patent-pending fast-release magazine lets you reload up to 40% faster (because let&#039;s face it...you&#039;re going to be doing a whole lot of reloading, given the hair trigger and full auto features)!

* Removable sights make drawing your Blackwater Special Edition that much faster...and be honest...you don&#039;t really &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; all that much &lt;em&gt;aiming&lt;/em&gt;, now do you?

* NEW in this edition, because you demanded it!  Useless safety mechanism now replaced with MP3 player, so you can rock out to your death metal in style as you waste those filthy ragheads!&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Don&#039;t wait!  Send in the box tops from 10 MREs, along with $6.99 S&amp;H ($6.67 CAD) to get your very own â€œBlackwater Special Editionâ€ pistol!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i><strong>UPDATE III:</strong> Noah Shachtman discovers the marketing of the â€œBlackwater Special Editionâ€ pistol. </i></p>
<p>Features of the â€œBlackwater Special Editionâ€ pistol include:</p>
<blockquote><p>* Extra rugged construction &#8211; ideal for pistol-whipping!</p>
<p>* New micro-bead coating does not retain fingerprints, and makes cleanup of blood and gore a snap!</p>
<p>* Hair-trigger assures you&#8217;ll get off your shot before the danger is even <i>apparent</i>!</p>
<p>* Removable trigger guard makes the carnage that much faster!</p>
<p>* Weapon comes already converted to full-auto &#8211; because we know you don&#8217;t have the time or energy to squeeze the trigger for every single round!</p>
<p>* New patent-pending fast-release magazine lets you reload up to 40% faster (because let&#8217;s face it&#8230;you&#8217;re going to be doing a whole lot of reloading, given the hair trigger and full auto features)!</p>
<p>* Removable sights make drawing your Blackwater Special Edition that much faster&#8230;and be honest&#8230;you don&#8217;t really <i>do</i> all that much <em>aiming</em>, now do you?</p>
<p>* NEW in this edition, because you demanded it!  Useless safety mechanism now replaced with MP3 player, so you can rock out to your death metal in style as you waste those filthy ragheads!</p></blockquote>
<p>Don&#8217;t wait!  Send in the box tops from 10 MREs, along with $6.99 S&amp;H ($6.67 CAD) to get your very own â€œBlackwater Special Editionâ€ pistol!<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=4138644', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nffcnnr</title>
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		<dc:creator>nffcnnr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i got &quot;pinked.&quot; Well done, Code Pink. My hat&#039;s off to you. i would like to see more of this type of civil disobedience. The outbursts during proceedings on Capitol Hill are tiresome, and do little to help the  cause.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i got &#8220;pinked.&#8221; Well done, Code Pink. My hat&#8217;s off to you. i would like to see more of this type of civil disobedience. The outbursts during proceedings on Capitol Hill are tiresome, and do little to help the  cause.<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=4138628', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oh it was a hoax by evil Code Pink... next thing you know they&#039;ll be forging uranium documents!

I still say our slogan contest should continue and be submitted to Blackwater!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oh it was a hoax by evil Code Pink&#8230; next thing you know they&#8217;ll be forging uranium documents!</p>
<p>I still say our slogan contest should continue and be submitted to Blackwater!<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=4138589', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Proud American Liberal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Proud American Liberal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>her job is â€œto put the mercy back in mercenary.â€ 

Mercenary = hired killer

Where is the mercy in that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>her job is â€œto put the mercy back in mercenary.â€ </p>
<p>Mercenary = hired killer</p>
<p>Where is the mercy in 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=4138578', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sherifffruitfly</title>
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		<dc:creator>sherifffruitfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have you learned your lesson about drudgico yet?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you learned your lesson about drudgico yet?<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=4138575', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: texaslady</title>
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		<dc:creator>texaslady</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#36  There is so much money behind the players in the Bush/Cheney dictatorship.  If you have time and can take a look at how many millionaire billionaires all put money into this bunch.  And how can the average public combat that much money and power?  

It amazes me tho that these people want to live on this planet and where do they think they will go when it has been destroyed by war?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#36  There is so much money behind the players in the Bush/Cheney dictatorship.  If you have time and can take a look at how many millionaire billionaires all put money into this bunch.  And how can the average public combat that much money and power?  </p>
<p>It amazes me tho that these people want to live on this planet and where do they think they will go when it has been destroyed by 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=4138567', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Pete Bogs</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pete Bogs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>we&#039;ve been punk&#039;d!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>we&#8217;ve been punk&#8217;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=4138561', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;and now sheâ€™s threatening to have
&gt; Blackwater employees shoot somebody 

NO WAY! An organization that counter-sued families of their dead employees for 10 million dollars for having the audacity to try and hold them accountable for thier actions? Say it ain&#039;t so.


Am I the only person that gets the serious, serious creeps looking at Prince? THis guy is radiating some multi-generational, methulsian negative energy, big time...personally, my own perception is he&#039;s more of a malevolent entity thatn those of the bigger players..the only one thats even come close to creeping me out that much is cheney</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;and now sheâ€™s threatening to have<br />
&gt; Blackwater employees shoot somebody </p>
<p>NO WAY! An organization that counter-sued families of their dead employees for 10 million dollars for having the audacity to try and hold them accountable for thier actions? Say it ain&#8217;t so.</p>
<p>Am I the only person that gets the serious, serious creeps looking at Prince? THis guy is radiating some multi-generational, methulsian negative energy, big time&#8230;personally, my own perception is he&#8217;s more of a malevolent entity thatn those of the bigger players..the only one thats even come close to creeping me out that much is 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=4138554', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BLACKWATER&lt;/strong&gt;

â€œWeâ€™re here for your protection. No, really.â€

Comment by TripMaster Monkey â€” October 30, 2007 @ 11:58 am&lt;/em&gt;


hehe
good  one...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>BLACKWATER</strong></p>
<p>â€œWeâ€™re here for your protection. No, really.â€</p>
<p>Comment by TripMaster Monkey â€” October 30, 2007 @ 11:58 am</em></p>
<p>hehe<br />
good  one&#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=4138544', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dumb_Fox</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dumb_Fox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Blackwater, putting the â€œgunâ€ back in argumentâ€¦

Comment by The Republic of Stupidity â€” October 30, 2007 @ 12:15 pm&lt;/em&gt;

Take a bow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Blackwater, putting the â€œgunâ€ back in argumentâ€¦</p>
<p>Comment by The Republic of Stupidity â€” October 30, 2007 @ 12:15 pm</em></p>
<p>Take a bow.<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=4138535', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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