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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/04/thinkfast-march-4-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-4288618</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;as if george bush or the mexican government is allied with every

person who crosses the border..cant even finish all my sentences</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;as if george bush or the mexican government is allied with every</p>
<p>person who crosses the border..cant even finish all my sentences<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=4288618', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/04/thinkfast-march-4-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-4288611</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good Golly is a moron. Even Dick &quot;Saddam is building nukes&quot; Cheney doesnt have the incredulity to suggest the radical Sunni Al Queda and the Shia Iranian government are allies...the shem posts some links talking about how someone in al queder crossed the iranian border, and this is his/her argument for them being allies..as if george bush or the mexican government is allied with every.

Good golly, if Al Queda and Iran are truly allies, why havent we ever heard Dick Cheney using that connection when he makes his many arguments for attacking Iran

also, im wondering if you believe there are ANY of america&#039;s enemies who don&#039;t like one another?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good Golly is a moron. Even Dick &#8220;Saddam is building nukes&#8221; Cheney doesnt have the incredulity to suggest the radical Sunni Al Queda and the Shia Iranian government are allies&#8230;the shem posts some links talking about how someone in al queder crossed the iranian border, and this is his/her argument for them being allies..as if george bush or the mexican government is allied with every.</p>
<p>Good golly, if Al Queda and Iran are truly allies, why havent we ever heard Dick Cheney using that connection when he makes his many arguments for attacking Iran</p>
<p>also, im wondering if you believe there are ANY of america&#8217;s enemies who don&#8217;t like one another?<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=4288611', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/04/thinkfast-march-4-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-4288345</link>
		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>well, jeremy, i&#039;m not sure how helpful THAT was...
...

in the meantime:

&lt;em&gt;Uribe Seeks Chavez Charges at International Court (Update1) 
By Joshua Goodman

March 4 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia&#039;s President Alvaro Uribe said he&#039;ll seek charges at an international tribunal against Venezuela&#039;s President Hugo Chavez for sponsoring terrorism.

``I&#039;ll present to the International Criminal Court charges against Hugo Chavez for financing and sponsoring genocide,&#039;&#039; said Uribe, on Caracol Radio, after a meeting with a former rebel-held hostage in Bogota.
[...]
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&amp;sid=aIAvhvhWsqMQ&amp;refer=latin_america&lt;/em&gt;

and duby has proclaimed that &quot;we&quot;, the U.S., will stand with columbia...
well, of course we will... drugs is good business...
but i&#039;m sure the columbian neighbors are shaking in their boots...
...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well, jeremy, i&#8217;m not sure how helpful THAT was&#8230;<br />
&#8230;</p>
<p>in the meantime:</p>
<p><em>Uribe Seeks Chavez Charges at International Court (Update1)<br />
By Joshua Goodman</p>
<p>March 4 (Bloomberg) &#8212; Colombia&#8217;s President Alvaro Uribe said he&#8217;ll seek charges at an international tribunal against Venezuela&#8217;s President Hugo Chavez for sponsoring terrorism.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll present to the International Criminal Court charges against Hugo Chavez for financing and sponsoring genocide,&#8221; said Uribe, on Caracol Radio, after a meeting with a former rebel-held hostage in Bogota.<br />
[...]<br />
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&amp;sid=aIAvhvhWsqMQ&amp;refer=latin_america" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&amp;sid=aIAvhvhWsqMQ&amp;refer=latin_america</a></em></p>
<p>and duby has proclaimed that &#8220;we&#8221;, the U.S., will stand with columbia&#8230;<br />
well, of course we will&#8230; drugs is good business&#8230;<br />
but i&#8217;m sure the columbian neighbors are shaking in their boots&#8230;<br />
&#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=4288345', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jeremy in Denver</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/04/thinkfast-march-4-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-4288083</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy in Denver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>bilbo proved himself to me a while back that he&#039;s too easily blinded by his ideology (yaknow, turning down someone&#039;s &#039;let&#039;s agree to disagree on this&#039; is a BIG part of what is wrong with society today, and since bilbo went that route, he&#039;s no better than good_golly in my eyes)

All the bile in the political system today is a big reason why the Neocons are taking over.   Both Clinton and Obama are light-years better than McCain, but little differences in ideologies and mindset makes shills scream that they&#039;re not going to vote for &#039;insert name of candidate here&#039;.  Of course, you&#039;re free to vote for and not vote for whoever you want, but this independent looking in sees a simple factor:   United You Will Stand, Divided You Will Fall.   This is EXACTLY what the Neocons want.  They know they can&#039;t stand against the united force of the US population, but if they can keep you all at each others throats, then well, in 2009 when McCain gets sworn in, I&#039;ll shake my head and continue my preparations for leaving the whole arguing lot of ya behind.

PS:  THis is not directed to those who accept differences in opinions, but instead, to those who scream &quot;I&#039;m right and anyone who disagrees with me is stupid&#124;insensitive&#124;racist&#124;sexist&#124;a communist&#124;a terrorist lover&#124;a Bush lover&#124;etc!&quot;

You all know who you are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>bilbo proved himself to me a while back that he&#8217;s too easily blinded by his ideology (yaknow, turning down someone&#8217;s &#8216;let&#8217;s agree to disagree on this&#8217; is a BIG part of what is wrong with society today, and since bilbo went that route, he&#8217;s no better than good_golly in my eyes)</p>
<p>All the bile in the political system today is a big reason why the Neocons are taking over.   Both Clinton and Obama are light-years better than McCain, but little differences in ideologies and mindset makes shills scream that they&#8217;re not going to vote for &#8216;insert name of candidate here&#8217;.  Of course, you&#8217;re free to vote for and not vote for whoever you want, but this independent looking in sees a simple factor:   United You Will Stand, Divided You Will Fall.   This is EXACTLY what the Neocons want.  They know they can&#8217;t stand against the united force of the US population, but if they can keep you all at each others throats, then well, in 2009 when McCain gets sworn in, I&#8217;ll shake my head and continue my preparations for leaving the whole arguing lot of ya behind.</p>
<p>PS:  THis is not directed to those who accept differences in opinions, but instead, to those who scream &#8220;I&#8217;m right and anyone who disagrees with me is stupid|insensitive|racist|sexist|a communist|a terrorist lover|a Bush lover|etc!&#8221;</p>
<p>You all know who you are.<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=4288083', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/04/thinkfast-march-4-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-4288001</link>
		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just a note on today&#039;s primaries.

If Clinton wins Ohio 55/45, she only picks up a net of 18 or so delegates.

If she wins Texas by 52/48 (latest polling average, give or take a percent) she picks up a net 9 delegates.

Even a &#039;victory&#039; would be symbolic in both races, as she isn&#039;t going to significantly dent Obama&#039;s 100+ delegate lead.

Add Pennsylvania in, with a 53/47 split for Clinton, and she picks up 11 more.

She&#039;s toast.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a note on today&#8217;s primaries.</p>
<p>If Clinton wins Ohio 55/45, she only picks up a net of 18 or so delegates.</p>
<p>If she wins Texas by 52/48 (latest polling average, give or take a percent) she picks up a net 9 delegates.</p>
<p>Even a &#8216;victory&#8217; would be symbolic in both races, as she isn&#8217;t going to significantly dent Obama&#8217;s 100+ delegate lead.</p>
<p>Add Pennsylvania in, with a 53/47 split for Clinton, and she picks up 11 more.</p>
<p>She&#8217;s toast.<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=4288001', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: zuch</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/04/thinkfast-march-4-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-4287962</link>
		<dc:creator>zuch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Commenting on the climate change deniers conference in New York City, Princeton University geosciences professor Michael Oppenheimer said that climate skeptics â€œhave to get together to talk to each other, because nobody else is talking to them.â€&lt;/i&gt;

That would be:  &quot;... have to get together to &lt;i&gt;listen&lt;/i&gt; to themselves and each other, because nobody else is bothering to listen to them....&quot;

Just to be clear about it.

Cheers,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Commenting on the climate change deniers conference in New York City, Princeton University geosciences professor Michael Oppenheimer said that climate skeptics â€œhave to get together to talk to each other, because nobody else is talking to them.â€</i></p>
<p>That would be:  &#8220;&#8230; have to get together to <i>listen</i> to themselves and each other, because nobody else is bothering to listen to them&#8230;.&#8221;</p>
<p>Just to be clear about it.</p>
<p>Cheers,<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=4287962', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Your reading comprehension needs some work. I said that Iran had provided support for al Qaeda, both before and after the election of Ahmadinejad, and provided you with links to at least a dozen articles supporting this statement. Read.
Comment by good_golly â€” March 4, 2008 @ 10:20 am&lt;/em&gt;

Fact.  Iran  was in a state of war with  the Taliban and Al Qaeda  when the US  invaded.  Al Qaeda  was fighting Iran at the border  and made several suicide bomb  attacks  inside Iran. Iran was supporting the  rebels fighting the Taliban.

Fact. Iran  offered  to help  with  fighting Al Qaeda, Bush  refused talks

Fact.  Iran  has arrested  Al Qaeda operatives  trying to slip  from Pakistan ( our  supposed  friends )  through Iran  into Iraq.

Fact. Iran  is mostly Shiite,  the Taliban  and  Al Qaeda  are Sunni.   Both factions have been at each others throats  for  centuries.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Your reading comprehension needs some work. I said that Iran had provided support for al Qaeda, both before and after the election of Ahmadinejad, and provided you with links to at least a dozen articles supporting this statement. Read.<br />
Comment by good_golly â€” March 4, 2008 @ 10:20 am</em></p>
<p>Fact.  Iran  was in a state of war with  the Taliban and Al Qaeda  when the US  invaded.  Al Qaeda  was fighting Iran at the border  and made several suicide bomb  attacks  inside Iran. Iran was supporting the  rebels fighting the Taliban.</p>
<p>Fact. Iran  offered  to help  with  fighting Al Qaeda, Bush  refused talks</p>
<p>Fact.  Iran  has arrested  Al Qaeda operatives  trying to slip  from Pakistan ( our  supposed  friends )  through Iran  into Iraq.</p>
<p>Fact. Iran  is mostly Shiite,  the Taliban  and  Al Qaeda  are Sunni.   Both factions have been at each others throats  for  centuries.<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=4287958', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: zuch</title>
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		<dc:creator>zuch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Right-wing radio host Melanie Morgan â€” who once called for the editor of The New York Times to be â€œsent to the gas chamberâ€ â€” has been fired from her job at KSFO 560 AM, but will continue her World Net Daily column.&lt;/i&gt;

Oh, boo, hoo, hoo....  &quot;Press censorship!  &lt;b&gt;Censorship!&lt;/b&gt;, I tellya!!!&quot;

Maybe she can go back to gambling the slots in Reno and make her money (or lose it) the red-blooded Amur&#039;kun Way.....

Cheers,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Right-wing radio host Melanie Morgan â€” who once called for the editor of The New York Times to be â€œsent to the gas chamberâ€ â€” has been fired from her job at KSFO 560 AM, but will continue her World Net Daily column.</i></p>
<p>Oh, boo, hoo, hoo&#8230;.  &#8220;Press censorship!  <b>Censorship!</b>, I tellya!!!&#8221;</p>
<p>Maybe she can go back to gambling the slots in Reno and make her money (or lose it) the red-blooded Amur&#8217;kun Way&#8230;..</p>
<p>Cheers,<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=4287950', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/04/thinkfast-march-4-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-4287940</link>
		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Iâ€™m not much of a poll watcher

Comment by good_golly â€” March 4, 2008 @ 10:25 am&lt;/em&gt;

Gigi lies again. How many off-topic posts has she made, cherry-picking the one poll that shows John McCain leading Obama, or showing whatever point she wants to buttress?

Gig claims to be &quot;not much of a poll watcher&quot; because she wants to be like Dumbya, who values ignorance, and she wants to insinuate that liberals ARE &quot;poll watchers&quot; and are therefore weak and incapable of forming their own opinions.

Truth is, Gigi wouldn&#039;t have anything to post if she didn&#039;t get her talking points in her email.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Iâ€™m not much of a poll watcher</p>
<p>Comment by good_golly â€” March 4, 2008 @ 10:25 am</em></p>
<p>Gigi lies again. How many off-topic posts has she made, cherry-picking the one poll that shows John McCain leading Obama, or showing whatever point she wants to buttress?</p>
<p>Gig claims to be &#8220;not much of a poll watcher&#8221; because she wants to be like Dumbya, who values ignorance, and she wants to insinuate that liberals ARE &#8220;poll watchers&#8221; and are therefore weak and incapable of forming their own opinions.</p>
<p>Truth is, Gigi wouldn&#8217;t have anything to post if she didn&#8217;t get her talking points in her email.<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=4287940', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
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		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The idiot still has no pin&lt;/strong&gt;

Submitted by SEDER on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 9:37pm.

Does this make him unpatriotic and a hypocrite?&lt;/em&gt;

http://samsedershow.com/node/2566</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>The idiot still has no pin</strong></p>
<p>Submitted by SEDER on Sun, 03/02/2008 &#8211; 9:37pm.</p>
<p>Does this make him unpatriotic and a hypocrite?</em></p>
<p><a href="http://samsedershow.com/node/2566" rel="nofollow">http://samsedershow.com/node/2566</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=4287906', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bluestocking</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bluestocking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Impeachment proceedings will also send a strong signal to the international community that the American people are not represented by dictator Bush. If we admonish our own for lying and corruption, then we can exonerate ourselves in the eyes of the rest of the world.

If this fails to occur, we are doomed and will one day be overtaken by a coalition of those who see us as â€œevilâ€. -- Satirev

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Exactly.  I&#039;ve seen several posts on various message boards in recent months written by people from other countries basically saying &quot;WHY are you people letting Bush get away with this and WHY aren&#039;t you doing more to stop him?&quot; -- and they have a point, because it can be plausibly argued that silence and passivity in a free country such as ours is supposed to be is equivalent to giving implicit consent and that complacency is complicity.  This country was founded on the idea that governmental leaders have a responsibility to the people and should be afraid of the people instead of the other way around -- and frankly, I think our Founding Fathers would be both ashamed and disgusted if they could see what we&#039;ve allowed ourselves to become and how much we&#039;ve taken their sacrifices for granted.  These were people who, if they had lost their bid for independence, could quite easily been taken back to England to face charges of treason -- and who, if they had been convicted, would quite possibly have been subjected to the usual penalty for treason, which was drawing and quartering!  Just because some people insist on being like the sheep in George Orwell&#039;s &lt;em&gt;Animal Farm&lt;/em&gt; and bleating &quot;Republicans good, Democrats ba-a-a-ad!&quot; doesn&#039;t make that true and doesn&#039;t mean that people have to listen.  Just because we&#039;re the most powerful nation on the planet doesn&#039;t necessarily mean that we own the place, that we are entitled to do whatever we want, and that everyone else is irrelevant.  Throughout history, there are many examples of nations which have gone down that same path -- and every last one of them has in the end lost most of the power and influence they once had (such as the British empire) or been eliminated completely, sometimes violently.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Impeachment proceedings will also send a strong signal to the international community that the American people are not represented by dictator Bush. If we admonish our own for lying and corruption, then we can exonerate ourselves in the eyes of the rest of the world.</p>
<p>If this fails to occur, we are doomed and will one day be overtaken by a coalition of those who see us as â€œevilâ€. &#8212; Satirev</p>
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<p>Exactly.  I&#8217;ve seen several posts on various message boards in recent months written by people from other countries basically saying &#8220;WHY are you people letting Bush get away with this and WHY aren&#8217;t you doing more to stop him?&#8221; &#8212; and they have a point, because it can be plausibly argued that silence and passivity in a free country such as ours is supposed to be is equivalent to giving implicit consent and that complacency is complicity.  This country was founded on the idea that governmental leaders have a responsibility to the people and should be afraid of the people instead of the other way around &#8212; and frankly, I think our Founding Fathers would be both ashamed and disgusted if they could see what we&#8217;ve allowed ourselves to become and how much we&#8217;ve taken their sacrifices for granted.  These were people who, if they had lost their bid for independence, could quite easily been taken back to England to face charges of treason &#8212; and who, if they had been convicted, would quite possibly have been subjected to the usual penalty for treason, which was drawing and quartering!  Just because some people insist on being like the sheep in George Orwell&#8217;s <em>Animal Farm</em> and bleating &#8220;Republicans good, Democrats ba-a-a-ad!&#8221; doesn&#8217;t make that true and doesn&#8217;t mean that people have to listen.  Just because we&#8217;re the most powerful nation on the planet doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean that we own the place, that we are entitled to do whatever we want, and that everyone else is irrelevant.  Throughout history, there are many examples of nations which have gone down that same path &#8212; and every last one of them has in the end lost most of the power and influence they once had (such as the British empire) or been eliminated completely, sometimes violently.<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=4287828', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>vie C&amp;L blog roundup - very entertaining:

&lt;em&gt;Politits: Make mine a double standard.&lt;/em&gt;
[...]
&lt;em&gt;So, here&#039;s a question of the day......tell me in comments......what&#039;s your favorite Republican hypocrisy or double standard?&lt;/em&gt;

http://politits.blogspot.com/2008/03/question-of-day-make-mine-double.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>vie C&amp;L blog roundup &#8211; very entertaining:</p>
<p><em>Politits: Make mine a double standard.</em><br />
[...]<br />
<em>So, here&#8217;s a question of the day&#8230;&#8230;tell me in comments&#8230;&#8230;what&#8217;s your favorite Republican hypocrisy or double standard?</em></p>
<p><a href="http://politits.blogspot.com/2008/03/question-of-day-make-mine-double.html" rel="nofollow">http://politits.blogspot.com/2008/03/question-of-day-make-mine-double.html</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=4287827', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>who is Good Golly more scared of? Obama or Clinton?

Comment by hellinabucket â€” March 4, 2008 @ 10:04 am

His own shadow?  The 3rd graders who point and laugh at him in the park?

That little Chihuahua down the block?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>who is Good Golly more scared of? Obama or Clinton?</p>
<p>Comment by hellinabucket â€” March 4, 2008 @ 10:04 am</p>
<p>His own shadow?  The 3rd graders who point and laugh at him in the park?</p>
<p>That little Chihuahua down the block?<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=4287825', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has anyone explained to you that McCain was in the military and actually served, but neither Clinton nor Obama ever served?

Comment by good_golly â€” March 4, 2008 @ 10:28 am

Not quite sure what this razor-sharp retort has to do w/ the original comment, but hey, yer a troll... you can&#039;t and don&#039;t make sense.

So if yer not in &quot;Mummy&#039;s basement&quot;, does that mean you live in the garage?  Or in the the crawl space?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has anyone explained to you that McCain was in the military and actually served, but neither Clinton nor Obama ever served?</p>
<p>Comment by good_golly â€” March 4, 2008 @ 10:28 am</p>
<p>Not quite sure what this razor-sharp retort has to do w/ the original comment, but hey, yer a troll&#8230; you can&#8217;t and don&#8217;t make sense.</p>
<p>So if yer not in &#8220;Mummy&#8217;s basement&#8221;, does that mean you live in the garage?  Or in the the crawl space?<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=4287824', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Nevar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>**smacks forehead**

Comment by Zooey

I suppose &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; should have caught &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; one...
instead of thinking Satire V was another star system.......</description>
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<p>Comment by Zooey</p>
<p>I suppose <em>I</em> should have caught <em>that</em> one&#8230;<br />
instead of thinking Satire V was another star system&#8230;&#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=4287821', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: theswan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Condi is soo off the mark or is just plain lying to protect a phoney bush peace policy. 
American proposals are mired in an IPAC  propaganda that distorts any peaceful solution to this problem.  
Iran is not the road block to peace, America is.  
If we were schooled in the realities of the middle east, people would have a much different view of the situation.  
America lives in the dark.  And W and Condi want to keep it that way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Condi is soo off the mark or is just plain lying to protect a phoney bush peace policy.<br />
American proposals are mired in an IPAC  propaganda that distorts any peaceful solution to this problem.<br />
Iran is not the road block to peace, America is.<br />
If we were schooled in the realities of the middle east, people would have a much different view of the situation.<br />
America lives in the dark.  And W and Condi want to keep it that way.<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=4287817', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: toasterhead</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Impeachment proceedings will also send a strong signal to the international community that the american people are not represented by dictator Bush. 

Comment by satirev â€” March 4, 2008 @ 11:15 am&lt;/i&gt;

I think the international community already knows this.  In all the places I&#039;ve travelled, people seemed to be well aware that Bush does not represent me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Impeachment proceedings will also send a strong signal to the international community that the american people are not represented by dictator Bush. </p>
<p>Comment by satirev â€” March 4, 2008 @ 11:15 am</i></p>
<p>I think the international community already knows this.  In all the places I&#8217;ve travelled, people seemed to be well aware that Bush does not represent me.<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=4287816', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by missmolly â€” March 4, 2008 @ 11:15 am

Of course!!  

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<p>Of course!!  </p>
<p>**smacks forehead**<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=4287814', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: barfly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;So, because bilbo isnâ€™t as cynical as some... that is a bad thing? He has a point. If you canâ€™t trust a Constitutional Scholar to make things right with the â€˜Unitary Executiveâ€™ you might as well scrap the whole system. Our country is finished.&lt;/i&gt;

Comment by Sabyen91 
  
A &quot;constitutional scholar&quot; and a politician, who will do the right thing, if circumstances permit.  And bilbo has a cynical streak a mile wide - I&#039;m surprised you missed it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>So, because bilbo isnâ€™t as cynical as some&#8230; that is a bad thing? He has a point. If you canâ€™t trust a Constitutional Scholar to make things right with the â€˜Unitary Executiveâ€™ you might as well scrap the whole system. Our country is finished.</i></p>
<p>Comment by Sabyen91 </p>
<p>A &#8220;constitutional scholar&#8221; and a politician, who will do the right thing, if circumstances permit.  And bilbo has a cynical streak a mile wide &#8211; I&#8217;m surprised you missed it.<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=4287808', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: missmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>missmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by satirev â€” March 4, 2008 @ 11:11 am

&#039;Zat you, Veritas?</description>
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<p>&#8216;Zat you, Veritas?<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=4287794', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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