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	<title>Comments on: Pentagon Backtracks On Naval Confrontation With Iran, Says Threat May Not Have Come From Iranians</title>
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		<title>By: michaefl</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/iran-gunboats/comment-page-4/#comment-4225889</link>
		<dc:creator>michaefl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are there hints of the explosion of the Maine in Havana harbor or the questionable Gulf of Tonkin attack?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are there hints of the explosion of the Maine in Havana harbor or the questionable Gulf of Tonkin attack?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4225889', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Matt Royal</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/iran-gunboats/comment-page-3/#comment-4225252</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Royal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The tenor of this conversation amazes me.  Why do all of you want to assume that we are the bad guys in this?  

Why are your minds so closed to the possibility that we could be doing the right thing?

Why do you possess such a sense of guilt for perceived wrongs?  Why not assume that you/we are not guilty of being evil?

Open your minds people!  Open your minds...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The tenor of this conversation amazes me.  Why do all of you want to assume that we are the bad guys in this?  </p>
<p>Why are your minds so closed to the possibility that we could be doing the right thing?</p>
<p>Why do you possess such a sense of guilt for perceived wrongs?  Why not assume that you/we are not guilty of being evil?</p>
<p>Open your minds people!  Open your minds&#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=4225252', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: martianbeauty</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/iran-gunboats/comment-page-3/#comment-4224368</link>
		<dc:creator>martianbeauty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Suicide ?? Why wear LIFE JACKETS ?????</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Suicide ?? Why wear LIFE JACKETS ?????<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=4224368', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/iran-gunboats/comment-page-3/#comment-4224360</link>
		<dc:creator>bs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush will do ANYTHING to trump up another Tonkin Gulf incident to gin up the long-desired war with Iran the neocons want.

Comment by Uncle Ho â€” January 10, 2008 @ 2:41 pm


perfectly said........and it&#039;s going to happen........and if hitlary(clinton) gets in she will make it happen. the first step to prove that is when she signed the paper to deem iran as a terrorist state</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush will do ANYTHING to trump up another Tonkin Gulf incident to gin up the long-desired war with Iran the neocons want.</p>
<p>Comment by Uncle Ho â€” January 10, 2008 @ 2:41 pm</p>
<p>perfectly said&#8230;&#8230;..and it&#8217;s going to happen&#8230;&#8230;..and if hitlary(clinton) gets in she will make it happen. the first step to prove that is when she signed the paper to deem iran as a terrorist state<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=4224360', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: coonbug</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/iran-gunboats/comment-page-3/#comment-4224235</link>
		<dc:creator>coonbug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron Paul at the Republican Debate last night was RIGHT.  The rest of the candidates on the stage just ACCEPTED without investigating, that it was IRAN that threatened us.

Just imagine if they had their finger on the trigger?

Coonsey&#039;s View
www.freewebs.com/coonsey/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Paul at the Republican Debate last night was RIGHT.  The rest of the candidates on the stage just ACCEPTED without investigating, that it was IRAN that threatened us.</p>
<p>Just imagine if they had their finger on the trigger?</p>
<p>Coonsey&#8217;s View<br />
<a href="http://www.freewebs.com/coonsey/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freewebs.com/coonsey/</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4224235', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: williamf</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/iran-gunboats/comment-page-3/#comment-4224163</link>
		<dc:creator>williamf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is not the government men and women should be asked to die for.  The government is riddled with clowns and fakers, liars, and restroom pickup scum.  The story is classic Gulf of Tonkin stuff which occurred when LBJ was the President.  His resume&#039; was not pretty either.  Yet, we keep putting these people in office and it&#039;s because money runs the entire machine.  The money goes to the best possibility for making profits go higher and laws go away.  Until this changes we are going to have little children in the oval office instead of grown ups...and children will play.  Problematic of course is the fact that while playing they get people, our people, killed and maimed.  Then they dummy it all up with some bullshit story to make it all better.  This latest from the Pentagon has Cheney&#039;s signature all over it but hey, I could be wrong.  Either way it makes our military establishment look like a bunch of idiots and takes our country down another notch in the eyes of the world.  Aren&#039;t false reports or collusion to make a false government reports crimes?  I&#039;m just askin&#039; is all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is not the government men and women should be asked to die for.  The government is riddled with clowns and fakers, liars, and restroom pickup scum.  The story is classic Gulf of Tonkin stuff which occurred when LBJ was the President.  His resume&#8217; was not pretty either.  Yet, we keep putting these people in office and it&#8217;s because money runs the entire machine.  The money goes to the best possibility for making profits go higher and laws go away.  Until this changes we are going to have little children in the oval office instead of grown ups&#8230;and children will play.  Problematic of course is the fact that while playing they get people, our people, killed and maimed.  Then they dummy it all up with some bullshit story to make it all better.  This latest from the Pentagon has Cheney&#8217;s signature all over it but hey, I could be wrong.  Either way it makes our military establishment look like a bunch of idiots and takes our country down another notch in the eyes of the world.  Aren&#8217;t false reports or collusion to make a false government reports crimes?  I&#8217;m just askin&#8217; is 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=4224163', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bernarda</title>
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		<dc:creator>bernarda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First of all, Bush can&#039;t remember the difference between territorial and international waters.

Second, how many warships does Iran have off the coast of the U.S.?

Third, Bush and company are lying warmongering war criminals.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all, Bush can&#8217;t remember the difference between territorial and international waters.</p>
<p>Second, how many warships does Iran have off the coast of the U.S.?</p>
<p>Third, Bush and company are lying warmongering war criminals.<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=4224157', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: woodguy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/iran-gunboats/comment-page-3/#comment-4224130</link>
		<dc:creator>woodguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know who the voice is. The Penatgon hired the guy who does â€œApuâ€ (the Quik-E-Mart owner) on the Simpsons. 

Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda â€” January 10, 2008 @ 4:23 pm

I knew Iâ€™d heard that voice somewhere.

Comment by BARTLEBEE â€” January 10, 2008 @ 4:34 pm

I say it&#039;s the opening scene from &quot;Miami Vice&quot; spliced with some dialogue of Boris and Natatia of &quot;Rocky the flying squirrel&quot; thrown in for good measure.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know who the voice is. The Penatgon hired the guy who does â€œApuâ€ (the Quik-E-Mart owner) on the Simpsons. </p>
<p>Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda â€” January 10, 2008 @ 4:23 pm</p>
<p>I knew Iâ€™d heard that voice somewhere.</p>
<p>Comment by BARTLEBEE â€” January 10, 2008 @ 4:34 pm</p>
<p>I say it&#8217;s the opening scene from &#8220;Miami Vice&#8221; spliced with some dialogue of Boris and Natatia of &#8220;Rocky the flying squirrel&#8221; thrown in for good measure.<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=4224130', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sacopenapa</title>
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		<dc:creator>sacopenapa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CHECK YOUTUBE: JOHN PILGER WAR ON DEMOCRACY and STEALING A NATION.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CHECK YOUTUBE: JOHN PILGER WAR ON DEMOCRACY and STEALING A NATION.<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=4224097', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lefty Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lefty Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>another enormous embarrassment for the US military on the world stage.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>another enormous embarrassment for the US military on the world stage.<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=4224089', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Brain From Planet Arous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brain From Planet Arous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;As if this was new. Empire America has itâ€™s beginnings in the Korean War.

Comment by Namtillaku â€” January 10, 2008 @ 2:52 pm&lt;/em&gt;

A few years before. In 1947, former Nazis were spirited over here through Operation Paperclip, and one &quot;Great Achievement&quot; was placing them in high positions in the newly formed CIA.

Remember this.....JFK di not want to escalate Vietnam, but the Military Industrial Complex did. 9 months after his assassination, we are in a 10 year shooting war with North Vietnam. The Military Industrial Complex are the biggest F..ups perhaps in the history of the planet.

Here are the Knotheads at Freerepublic on the fabrication by the US with Iranian boats. The usual crap.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951519/posts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951519/posts</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>As if this was new. Empire America has itâ€™s beginnings in the Korean War.</p>
<p>Comment by Namtillaku â€” January 10, 2008 @ 2:52 pm</em></p>
<p>A few years before. In 1947, former Nazis were spirited over here through Operation Paperclip, and one &#8220;Great Achievement&#8221; was placing them in high positions in the newly formed CIA.</p>
<p>Remember this&#8230;..JFK di not want to escalate Vietnam, but the Military Industrial Complex did. 9 months after his assassination, we are in a 10 year shooting war with North Vietnam. The Military Industrial Complex are the biggest F..ups perhaps in the history of the planet.</p>
<p>Here are the Knotheads at Freerepublic on the fabrication by the US with Iranian boats. The usual crap.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951519/posts" rel="nofollow"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951519/posts" rel="nofollow">http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951519/posts</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4224038', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ditch Mitch KY</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ditch Mitch KY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Today 1/10/08 was a red-letter day for the Bush Administration:

1.  The US Navy was forced to admit that the report about Iranian ships confronting the US at the Strait of Hormuz was inaccurate.  In other words, it was total bullshit and may well have pushed Sen. John McWar to victory in NH.  &lt;strong&gt;WHO&lt;/strong&gt; will be held responsible for this bogus report?  Bush?  Cheney?  Rice?  Hadley?  Gates?

No one.

2.   The US dropped 40,000 lbs. of bombs on a Baghdad neighborhood, in a ten-minute barrage.  Wait -- the Bush Neo-Con Team says the &quot;Surge&quot; is a marvelous success.  Sure.  Things are going so well that we must bomb the hell out of innocent civilians in Baghdad?  Mitch McConnell, McCain, and all GOP candidates  support the &quot;Surge.&quot;  &lt;strong&gt;Who&lt;/strong&gt; will call for an investigation into this excessive use of force on a civilian population (40,000 lbs. of bombs)?  

No one.  

Heckuva Job, Bushie.  
Who will be held responsible?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today 1/10/08 was a red-letter day for the Bush Administration:</p>
<p>1.  The US Navy was forced to admit that the report about Iranian ships confronting the US at the Strait of Hormuz was inaccurate.  In other words, it was total bullshit and may well have pushed Sen. John McWar to victory in NH.  <strong>WHO</strong> will be held responsible for this bogus report?  Bush?  Cheney?  Rice?  Hadley?  Gates?</p>
<p>No one.</p>
<p>2.   The US dropped 40,000 lbs. of bombs on a Baghdad neighborhood, in a ten-minute barrage.  Wait &#8212; the Bush Neo-Con Team says the &#8220;Surge&#8221; is a marvelous success.  Sure.  Things are going so well that we must bomb the hell out of innocent civilians in Baghdad?  Mitch McConnell, McCain, and all GOP candidates  support the &#8220;Surge.&#8221;  <strong>Who</strong> will call for an investigation into this excessive use of force on a civilian population (40,000 lbs. of bombs)?  </p>
<p>No one.  </p>
<p>Heckuva Job, Bushie.<br />
Who will be held responsible?<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=4223915', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lefty Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lefty Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You have got to be kidding me?!?!? How far will you nuts go to justify fascism? Wow. Unbelievable. I shake my head in utter sadness at how deluded you are in justifying this behaviorâ€¦

Comment by JT â€” January 10, 2008 @ 5:41 pm

Well, at least we don&#039;t vote for fascism, as all you Bush fellators have done. And keep shaking your head, your mother will hear the rattling and find you yet...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have got to be kidding me?!?!? How far will you nuts go to justify fascism? Wow. Unbelievable. I shake my head in utter sadness at how deluded you are in justifying this behaviorâ€¦</p>
<p>Comment by JT â€” January 10, 2008 @ 5:41 pm</p>
<p>Well, at least we don&#8217;t vote for fascism, as all you Bush fellators have done. And keep shaking your head, your mother will hear the rattling and find you yet&#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=4223908', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
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		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Iran airs its version of encounter with U.S. ships&lt;/strong&gt;
CNN International - 2 hours ago

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran on Thursday released video of its naval forces interacting with U.S. coalition warships in the Persian Gulf region -- but unlike video from the Pentagon, it did not show a threatening exchange.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/10/iran.boats/#cnnSTCText&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>Iran airs its version of encounter with U.S. ships</strong><br />
CNN International &#8211; 2 hours ago</p>
<p>TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) &#8212; Iran on Thursday released video of its naval forces interacting with U.S. coalition warships in the Persian Gulf region &#8212; but unlike video from the Pentagon, it did not show a threatening exchange.<br />
[...]<br />
<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/10/iran.boats/#cnnSTCText" rel="nofollow">http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/10/iran.boats/#cnnSTCText</a></em><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=4223904', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Nevar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nevar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Told ya, didn&#039;t I?&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Told ya, didn&#8217;t I?</em><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=4223900', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hanshiro</title>
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		<dc:creator>hanshiro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Pretending the proof isnâ€™t there is no more effective then closing your eyes so others canâ€™t find you in the dark.
Comment by hanshiro â€” January 10, 2008 @ 6:13 pm

LMAO, I may borrow that some time

Comment by Wayne â€” January 10, 2008 @ 6:43 pm&lt;/em&gt;

That&#039;s paraphrased from an old Bill Cosby joke about his daughter trying to hide from him by closing her eyes so &lt;em&gt;he&lt;/em&gt; couldn&#039;t see &lt;em&gt;her.&lt;/em&gt; :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Pretending the proof isnâ€™t there is no more effective then closing your eyes so others canâ€™t find you in the dark.<br />
Comment by hanshiro â€” January 10, 2008 @ 6:13 pm</p>
<p>LMAO, I may borrow that some time</p>
<p>Comment by Wayne â€” January 10, 2008 @ 6:43 pm</em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s paraphrased from an old Bill Cosby joke about his daughter trying to hide from him by closing her eyes so <em>he</em> couldn&#8217;t see <em>her.</em> :-)<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=4223896', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/iran-gunboats/comment-page-3/#comment-4223891</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pretending the proof isnâ€™t there is no more effective then closing your eyes so others canâ€™t find you in the dark.
Comment by hanshiro â€” January 10, 2008 @ 6:13 pm


LMAO,  I  may  borrow  that  some  time</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pretending the proof isnâ€™t there is no more effective then closing your eyes so others canâ€™t find you in the dark.<br />
Comment by hanshiro â€” January 10, 2008 @ 6:13 pm</p>
<p>LMAO,  I  may  borrow  that  some  time<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=4223891', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hanshiro</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/iran-gunboats/comment-page-3/#comment-4223879</link>
		<dc:creator>hanshiro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;So, Hanshiro cannot factually support his claim, and uses a novel defense of â€œpoeticâ€ translation to justify a former embassy-siege crook/mass-murdererâ€™s words.Comment by JT â€” January 10, 2008 @ 5:41 pm&lt;/em&gt;

No JT...Several people, including me, have already posted links to glowingly demonstrate your superior ignorance. Pretending the proof isn&#039;t there is no more effective then closing your eyes so others can&#039;t find you in the dark.

Yer a Huckabee voter, aintcha?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>So, Hanshiro cannot factually support his claim, and uses a novel defense of â€œpoeticâ€ translation to justify a former embassy-siege crook/mass-murdererâ€™s words.Comment by JT â€” January 10, 2008 @ 5:41 pm</em></p>
<p>No JT&#8230;Several people, including me, have already posted links to glowingly demonstrate your superior ignorance. Pretending the proof isn&#8217;t there is no more effective then closing your eyes so others can&#8217;t find you in the dark.</p>
<p>Yer a Huckabee voter, aintcha?<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=4223879', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hanshiro</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;How do you reconcile your freedom of speech with living in a fascist regime? Given to hyperbole, are we?â€¦ Grow up.

Comment by JT â€” January 10, 2008 @ 5:44 pm&lt;/em&gt;

Because when free speech does impact president Shortbus or his ilk directly, he &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; remove civil liberties, like forcing people to sign loyalty oaths for &quot;rallies&quot; paid for by taxpayers, and detaining protesters and fencing them into &quot;protest zones&quot; to keep them out of view. Then there&#039;re churches who spoke out against the war suddenly finding themselves the targets of IRS investigations, or Homeland security abusing their position.

Lest we forget Rev. Lennox Yearwood getting tackled and having his leg broken for wanting to listen to Petreaus&#039; testimony while wearing a button that said, &quot;I love the people of Iraq.&quot;

JT, claiming the horsesh*t that you do doesn&#039;t make it true...and your bumpkin histrionics doesn&#039;t make you sound more credible, just more desperate to blame non-republicans for something; even if you have to invent the scenario out of thin air in which to hang Limbaugh and Hannity mythology.

Or, mis-represent plain english to suit your fantasies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>How do you reconcile your freedom of speech with living in a fascist regime? Given to hyperbole, are we?â€¦ Grow up.</p>
<p>Comment by JT â€” January 10, 2008 @ 5:44 pm</em></p>
<p>Because when free speech does impact president Shortbus or his ilk directly, he <em>does</em> remove civil liberties, like forcing people to sign loyalty oaths for &#8220;rallies&#8221; paid for by taxpayers, and detaining protesters and fencing them into &#8220;protest zones&#8221; to keep them out of view. Then there&#8217;re churches who spoke out against the war suddenly finding themselves the targets of IRS investigations, or Homeland security abusing their position.</p>
<p>Lest we forget Rev. Lennox Yearwood getting tackled and having his leg broken for wanting to listen to Petreaus&#8217; testimony while wearing a button that said, &#8220;I love the people of Iraq.&#8221;</p>
<p>JT, claiming the horsesh*t that you do doesn&#8217;t make it true&#8230;and your bumpkin histrionics doesn&#8217;t make you sound more credible, just more desperate to blame non-republicans for something; even if you have to invent the scenario out of thin air in which to hang Limbaugh and Hannity mythology.</p>
<p>Or, mis-represent plain english to suit your fantasies.<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=4223878', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/iran-gunboats/comment-page-3/#comment-4223875</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>sorry for being so late to this:

&lt;em&gt;katy; I probably shouldnâ€™t ask, but Iâ€™ll bite. WTF is a Parodyll?
Comment by Uncle Ho @ 5:08 pm&lt;/em&gt;

it&#039;s daryll... daryll is a parody... daryll the parodyll
(somebody else here coined that term - i forgot to write it down)

&lt;em&gt;Someone Parodying Daryll?
Comment by BARTLEBEE â€” January 10, 2008 @ 5:12 pm&lt;/em&gt;

or that, too...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sorry for being so late to this:</p>
<p><em>katy; I probably shouldnâ€™t ask, but Iâ€™ll bite. WTF is a Parodyll?<br />
Comment by Uncle Ho @ 5:08 pm</em></p>
<p>it&#8217;s daryll&#8230; daryll is a parody&#8230; daryll the parodyll<br />
(somebody else here coined that term &#8211; i forgot to write it down)</p>
<p><em>Someone Parodying Daryll?<br />
Comment by BARTLEBEE â€” January 10, 2008 @ 5:12 pm</em></p>
<p>or that, too&#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=4223875', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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