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	<title>Comments on: Bush Issues Signing Statement On Defense Act, Waiving Ban On Permanent Bases In Iraq</title>
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		<title>By: LTJ</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4249102</link>
		<dc:creator>LTJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding #131 from druter and his critique of America:

Granted there&#039;s plenty wrong with the USA these days.  But, I&#039;m wondering where exactly &#039;druter&#039; is from?  Could it be Great Britain or one of her colonies?  If so, then your house is also built with enough glass that you might be careful with stones.
Who elects your Prime Minister - not a direct vote of the people is it?  Sort of based on the majority in your House of Common(er)s in a de facto sort of way, but technically isn&#039;t the PM appointed by your Sovereign (i.e. your King or Queen)?  And, then there&#039;s your House of Lords (how are they elected?).  In the US we may be ruled by the rich in many instances (like most countries) but we have managed to avoid allowing anyone to rule over us, or consider themselves our &quot;Lords&quot;, based only on their DNA.  I won&#039;t even get into England and its history of extracting wealth from its many colonies.  

Despite all of that, I actually like the English and their culture a great deal.  I would even say that Great Britain is one of the greatest countries in the world, in many ways.   I only object to such claims of clear superiority over the USA in matters of democracy.

Lastly, please know that many of us in American were quite strongly opposed to the War on Iraq from Day One.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding #131 from druter and his critique of America:</p>
<p>Granted there&#8217;s plenty wrong with the USA these days.  But, I&#8217;m wondering where exactly &#8216;druter&#8217; is from?  Could it be Great Britain or one of her colonies?  If so, then your house is also built with enough glass that you might be careful with stones.<br />
Who elects your Prime Minister &#8211; not a direct vote of the people is it?  Sort of based on the majority in your House of Common(er)s in a de facto sort of way, but technically isn&#8217;t the PM appointed by your Sovereign (i.e. your King or Queen)?  And, then there&#8217;s your House of Lords (how are they elected?).  In the US we may be ruled by the rich in many instances (like most countries) but we have managed to avoid allowing anyone to rule over us, or consider themselves our &#8220;Lords&#8221;, based only on their DNA.  I won&#8217;t even get into England and its history of extracting wealth from its many colonies.  </p>
<p>Despite all of that, I actually like the English and their culture a great deal.  I would even say that Great Britain is one of the greatest countries in the world, in many ways.   I only object to such claims of clear superiority over the USA in matters of democracy.</p>
<p>Lastly, please know that many of us in American were quite strongly opposed to the War on Iraq from Day One.<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=4249102', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: LTJ</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4248995</link>
		<dc:creator>LTJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congress should start including a statement in each bill, stating that any additional text added to subvert the meaning of a passed bill will be considered as having been added in &quot;Contempt of Congress&quot; and the President (or anyone) adding such text can be subject to arrest and/or impeachment.   [Fight Fire with Fire.]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congress should start including a statement in each bill, stating that any additional text added to subvert the meaning of a passed bill will be considered as having been added in &#8220;Contempt of Congress&#8221; and the President (or anyone) adding such text can be subject to arrest and/or impeachment.   [Fight Fire with Fire.]<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=4248995', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Alan MacDonald</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4248585</link>
		<dc:creator>Alan MacDonald</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This friggin arrogant punk thinks he&#039;s a dictator in a corporate imperialist police-state.

Let&#039;s treat him as such --- like they did Mussolini.

That would demonstrate real &#039;purple thumbs&#039; for democracy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This friggin arrogant punk thinks he&#8217;s a dictator in a corporate imperialist police-state.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s treat him as such &#8212; like they did Mussolini.</p>
<p>That would demonstrate real &#8216;purple thumbs&#8217; for democracy<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=4248585', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: druter</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4248501</link>
		<dc:creator>druter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lol this is really funny, you guys still think you&#039;re a democracy and act out in righteous indignation when your leader stops pretending he&#039;s anything but a corporate lackey.  You are an oligarchy, and always have been, your founding fathers stole your country from the natives like every nation in north, central, and south America. They then proceeded to build your country on slavery, and then didn&#039;t think enough of the average American (read white men) to allow you elect your own leader (college of the electorate anyone).  All of you were probably lined up to shout down what few neigh sayers who argued against the 2003 invasion.  When the rest of the world said, hey no weapons of mass destruction, no reason to invade, you reacted in anger - how dare we question your right to run rampant over the world  like you owned the place (freedom fries anyone).  And when it was proven  there were no nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons in Iraq you leader just kind of shrugged his shoulder glossed over that GLARING fact and said well we&#039;re here now so we might as well make the best of it, did you riot in the streets , no you stood around and said somebody better do something about it and went back to your starbucks and SUV&#039;s.  When the democrats came to power and put up a pathetic show of trying to stop your leader did you rail against them and say you are supposed to reflect the public sentiment, no you shrugged your shoulders and went back to your big macs and American Idols. when your leader systematically disassembled the right you supposedly had enshrined, did you flood the streets in mass protest, no you shrugged  your shoulders and said damn well next elections things will be different and went back to your i pods and Britney gossip.  What tyranny exists in your country, the same one that has always been there from the very start, so stop acting so shocked now</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lol this is really funny, you guys still think you&#8217;re a democracy and act out in righteous indignation when your leader stops pretending he&#8217;s anything but a corporate lackey.  You are an oligarchy, and always have been, your founding fathers stole your country from the natives like every nation in north, central, and south America. They then proceeded to build your country on slavery, and then didn&#8217;t think enough of the average American (read white men) to allow you elect your own leader (college of the electorate anyone).  All of you were probably lined up to shout down what few neigh sayers who argued against the 2003 invasion.  When the rest of the world said, hey no weapons of mass destruction, no reason to invade, you reacted in anger &#8211; how dare we question your right to run rampant over the world  like you owned the place (freedom fries anyone).  And when it was proven  there were no nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons in Iraq you leader just kind of shrugged his shoulder glossed over that GLARING fact and said well we&#8217;re here now so we might as well make the best of it, did you riot in the streets , no you stood around and said somebody better do something about it and went back to your starbucks and SUV&#8217;s.  When the democrats came to power and put up a pathetic show of trying to stop your leader did you rail against them and say you are supposed to reflect the public sentiment, no you shrugged your shoulders and went back to your big macs and American Idols. when your leader systematically disassembled the right you supposedly had enshrined, did you flood the streets in mass protest, no you shrugged  your shoulders and said damn well next elections things will be different and went back to your i pods and Britney gossip.  What tyranny exists in your country, the same one that has always been there from the very start, so stop acting so shocked 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=4248501', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Republicae</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4248433</link>
		<dc:creator>Republicae</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As long as we continue to elect men who are inclined to the lust for power and authority to inhabit the high office of the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency then we will continue to suffer under their misguided leadership and the consequences of their actions. 

Domestic traitors, in the guise of our own representatives, and agents of our own government, with insidious and malevolent intent, seek to corrupt and subvert this Nation and undermine the very foundations upon which this Nation was founded.

Those within this Administration have cut asunder the obligations of their office through secret intrigues, instituting legislations contrary to our Constitutional Order, as well as circumventing and openly ignoring the very Law of the Land.

Those within this Administration have derived their political principles and power from foreign and corporate influences, exerting powers unseen in efforts to ruin our Republic, laying it prostrate as they discard our original institutions, instead of adhering to the uniform Constitutional Order of our Nation.

Those within this government no longer view their power as emanating from the consent of the People, nor do they view themselves as dependent upon the People to subscribe to the will of the People. The politicians have sought to persuade the People that their government is the arbitrary engrossment of all power, and the granter of all rights, yet they have long forgotten that this government is the sole property of the People, and the People alone. 

When the People find themselves set upon by a government, which no longer abides by the Law of The Land, by the Contract between the government of consent and the consent of the governed, then it is the undoubted Right and Duty to throw off that bond and assert their Natural and Unabridged Right of Liberty. The question arises then; do the People have sufficient power and strength to maintain their ground in defending their Just Rights against their oppressors? In the present circumstances, that ability can be called into doubt due to the overwhelming forces of the government, which would be called to bear against the People and the Rights of the People.

Nevertheless, it is Our Indispensable Duty, if there are no other means of redress, to renounce all submission to the government that seeks to oppress us and to enter into the Compact of Freedom with those of like mind and heart to defend this Nation against those who would seek to destroy the very foundations upon which this government was founded. It is much easier to turn aside from any responsibility that Our Liberty requires of us and allow the sense of the ruin and destruction that those in power would bring upon those who stand for Freedom and the Restoration of this National Republic however, it is nevertheless important that there are some who are willing to make the sacrifices necessary to secure that which has been lost over the decades. Should it not concern each of us to stand fast in Liberty and to strive to gain victory over every aspect of tyranny that now plagues this Nation?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As long as we continue to elect men who are inclined to the lust for power and authority to inhabit the high office of the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency then we will continue to suffer under their misguided leadership and the consequences of their actions. </p>
<p>Domestic traitors, in the guise of our own representatives, and agents of our own government, with insidious and malevolent intent, seek to corrupt and subvert this Nation and undermine the very foundations upon which this Nation was founded.</p>
<p>Those within this Administration have cut asunder the obligations of their office through secret intrigues, instituting legislations contrary to our Constitutional Order, as well as circumventing and openly ignoring the very Law of the Land.</p>
<p>Those within this Administration have derived their political principles and power from foreign and corporate influences, exerting powers unseen in efforts to ruin our Republic, laying it prostrate as they discard our original institutions, instead of adhering to the uniform Constitutional Order of our Nation.</p>
<p>Those within this government no longer view their power as emanating from the consent of the People, nor do they view themselves as dependent upon the People to subscribe to the will of the People. The politicians have sought to persuade the People that their government is the arbitrary engrossment of all power, and the granter of all rights, yet they have long forgotten that this government is the sole property of the People, and the People alone. </p>
<p>When the People find themselves set upon by a government, which no longer abides by the Law of The Land, by the Contract between the government of consent and the consent of the governed, then it is the undoubted Right and Duty to throw off that bond and assert their Natural and Unabridged Right of Liberty. The question arises then; do the People have sufficient power and strength to maintain their ground in defending their Just Rights against their oppressors? In the present circumstances, that ability can be called into doubt due to the overwhelming forces of the government, which would be called to bear against the People and the Rights of the People.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, it is Our Indispensable Duty, if there are no other means of redress, to renounce all submission to the government that seeks to oppress us and to enter into the Compact of Freedom with those of like mind and heart to defend this Nation against those who would seek to destroy the very foundations upon which this government was founded. It is much easier to turn aside from any responsibility that Our Liberty requires of us and allow the sense of the ruin and destruction that those in power would bring upon those who stand for Freedom and the Restoration of this National Republic however, it is nevertheless important that there are some who are willing to make the sacrifices necessary to secure that which has been lost over the decades. Should it not concern each of us to stand fast in Liberty and to strive to gain victory over every aspect of tyranny that now plagues this 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=4248433', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: scuby</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4248431</link>
		<dc:creator>scuby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who wants to bet that on Jan. 21st, 2009, the Supreme Court will determine that signing statements are unconstitutional?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who wants to bet that on Jan. 21st, 2009, the Supreme Court will determine that signing statements are unconstitutional?<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=4248431', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jeffzee732</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4248374</link>
		<dc:creator>jeffzee732</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So when will Congress find itself some balls and take the Administration to the Supreme Court about &quot;signing statements?&quot; Since when can a President choose what laws to uphold and which to not?? If Congress doesn&#039;t have any standing on this issue to take the Admin to court, then who does??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So when will Congress find itself some balls and take the Administration to the Supreme Court about &#8220;signing statements?&#8221; Since when can a President choose what laws to uphold and which to not?? If Congress doesn&#8217;t have any standing on this issue to take the Admin to court, then who does??<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=4248374', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: christopher wiwi</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4248332</link>
		<dc:creator>christopher wiwi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Typical bushco  move .Here ye oh here ye the bushco oligarchy is in full stride until the end ,no lame duck here.For all you bushco noecons i say to you, you put this authortarian fascist son of a %$#^&amp; in office  and look what he`s done to AMERICA.Every thing that was good and righteous about AMERICA he has destoyed without regard to our soldiers,the poor without health care,the middle class whose job went to Mexico and China and so on and so forth.I say to all my fellow progressives out lok up and study about High Crimes and misdemeanors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Typical bushco  move .Here ye oh here ye the bushco oligarchy is in full stride until the end ,no lame duck here.For all you bushco noecons i say to you, you put this authortarian fascist son of a %$#^&amp; in office  and look what he`s done to AMERICA.Every thing that was good and righteous about AMERICA he has destoyed without regard to our soldiers,the poor without health care,the middle class whose job went to Mexico and China and so on and so forth.I say to all my fellow progressives out lok up and study about High Crimes and misdemeanors.<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=4248332', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tgood</title>
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		<dc:creator>tgood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Long before Bush ever ran for president, he ran one of the nastiest campaigns for senator in Texas history . Trust me, that&#039;s saying a lot. The only two jobs he had prior to that were, Texas oilman, financed by his family and a bust, never found a drop of oil. His father&#039;s friends then put him in charge of the Texas Rangers baseball team--he nearly bankrupted that. Then, for some unfathomable reason, Texans elected him governor.

Bush crossed the aisles to work with Democrats--the few days that he was actually in Texas. Just as he does since being President, he handed the work to underlings and was off flying around the country. 

I remember begging people to please realize that Bush left Texas teetering on bankruptcy, with massive numbers of his &quot;laws&quot; having to be rolled back to prevent that. He held open the border door and the flood of illegal aliens and the impact on local economies has continued to worsen since he left. 

Not only was he placed into office by the Supreme Court, people went on to re-elect him. Makes you wonder just how worthless the Constitution was to those Americans who voted for him --twice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Long before Bush ever ran for president, he ran one of the nastiest campaigns for senator in Texas history . Trust me, that&#8217;s saying a lot. The only two jobs he had prior to that were, Texas oilman, financed by his family and a bust, never found a drop of oil. His father&#8217;s friends then put him in charge of the Texas Rangers baseball team&#8211;he nearly bankrupted that. Then, for some unfathomable reason, Texans elected him governor.</p>
<p>Bush crossed the aisles to work with Democrats&#8211;the few days that he was actually in Texas. Just as he does since being President, he handed the work to underlings and was off flying around the country. </p>
<p>I remember begging people to please realize that Bush left Texas teetering on bankruptcy, with massive numbers of his &#8220;laws&#8221; having to be rolled back to prevent that. He held open the border door and the flood of illegal aliens and the impact on local economies has continued to worsen since he left. </p>
<p>Not only was he placed into office by the Supreme Court, people went on to re-elect him. Makes you wonder just how worthless the Constitution was to those Americans who voted for him &#8211;twice.<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=4248320', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bonobobozo</title>
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		<dc:creator>bonobobozo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It looks like this fellow will escape scot-free, all his crimes swept under the rug.  After a few years of rehab and the Repugs singing his praises he will be probably be considered the best president ever.  But to me, he will always be King George the Turd.  or King George the tard.

Stop George-the-turd now!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It looks like this fellow will escape scot-free, all his crimes swept under the rug.  After a few years of rehab and the Repugs singing his praises he will be probably be considered the best president ever.  But to me, he will always be King George the Turd.  or King George the tard.</p>
<p>Stop George-the-turd 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=4248295', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: gus smith</title>
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		<dc:creator>gus smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why is the president allowed to conduct official business &quot;quietly&quot;?  Especially through the use of signing statements - his equivalent of naa naa naa.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is the president allowed to conduct official business &#8220;quietly&#8221;?  Especially through the use of signing statements &#8211; his equivalent of naa naa naa.<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=4248217', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SayNoToShrubBoy</title>
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		<dc:creator>SayNoToShrubBoy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just another in a long line of Shrub Boy crap.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just another in a long line of Shrub Boy crap.<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=4248097', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Theresa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Does anybody know where these signing statements reside? 

I mean, instead of waiting and hoping that TP or some other blog or media outlet publishes them, where do they go to get published, where we can go and look them up?

Comment by Jackie Morgan â€” January 30, 2008 @ 12:59 am&lt;/em&gt;

Here&#039;s where the signing statements go after being signed. The site is up-to-date and includes the one we&#039;re discussing.

http://www.coherentbabble.com/signingstatements/signstateann.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Does anybody know where these signing statements reside? </p>
<p>I mean, instead of waiting and hoping that TP or some other blog or media outlet publishes them, where do they go to get published, where we can go and look them up?</p>
<p>Comment by Jackie Morgan â€” January 30, 2008 @ 12:59 am</em></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s where the signing statements go after being signed. The site is up-to-date and includes the one we&#8217;re discussing.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.coherentbabble.com/signingstatements/signstateann.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coherentbabble.com/signingstatements/signstateann.htm</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=4248002', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stewball</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4247983</link>
		<dc:creator>stewball</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and er uh anyone expected in the final months of this dictators rule he would do any less?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and er uh anyone expected in the final months of this dictators rule he would do any less?<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=4247983', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RFIDemocracy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4247978</link>
		<dc:creator>RFIDemocracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What is the difference whether or not signing statements are given any legal weight when their is essentially no more than a pretense of Congressional oversight? 
Its not as though its ever going to be tested in court.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is the difference whether or not signing statements are given any legal weight when their is essentially no more than a pretense of Congressional oversight?<br />
Its not as though its ever going to be tested in court.<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=4247978', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sacopenapa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4247937</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THOSE ANIMALS OF THIS CRIMINAL ADMINISTRATION END UP JUST LIKE MUSSOLINI DID. WAR CRIMINALS! WAR CRIMINAL! HAGUE 2009!!!!&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THOSE ANIMALS OF THIS CRIMINAL ADMINISTRATION END UP JUST LIKE MUSSOLINI DID. WAR CRIMINALS! WAR CRIMINAL! HAGUE 2009!!!!</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: Jackie Morgan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4247919</link>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Morgan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does anybody know where these signing statements reside?  

I mean, instead of waiting and hoping that TP or some other blog or media outlet publishes them, where do they go to get published, where we can go and look them up?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does anybody know where these signing statements reside?  </p>
<p>I mean, instead of waiting and hoping that TP or some other blog or media outlet publishes them, where do they go to get published, where we can go and look them up?<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=4247919', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Moderation</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/comment-page-3/#comment-4247889</link>
		<dc:creator>Moderation</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow.  The look on Bush&#039;s face in the photograph above just says it all, doesn&#039;t it?  That is the look of a man drunk with power, who is certain he has gotten away with grave crimes he will never face punishment for.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow.  The look on Bush&#8217;s face in the photograph above just says it all, doesn&#8217;t it?  That is the look of a man drunk with power, who is certain he has gotten away with grave crimes he will never face punishment for.<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=4247889', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Sabyen91</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, nice and constructive, JPV.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, nice and constructive, JPV.<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=4247837', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPV</title>
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		<dc:creator>JPV</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Americans are too FAT, LAZY and STUPID to do anything to fix the problem.

The only thing that Americans are any good at is cranking up their credit card debt.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Americans are too FAT, LAZY and STUPID to do anything to fix the problem.</p>
<p>The only thing that Americans are any good at is cranking up their credit card debt.</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=4247812', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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