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	<title>Comments on: Bush to host Iraq ally Saakashvili during war protests.</title>
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		<title>By: Doc Rock</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doc Rock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why don&#039;t they fly off to Mosul for lunch and a stroll through a bazaar?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why don&#8217;t they fly off to Mosul for lunch and a stroll through a bazaar?<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=4330438', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: skfk</title>
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		<dc:creator>skfk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You guys need to update the &quot;Coalition of the Defeated&quot; page. South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun has been term-limited out of office. (Under the current Korean Constitution, Presidents can only serve a single five-year term.) Opposition party candidate Lee Myung-Bak won the election, and he has been sworn in as the new president on February 25.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You guys need to update the &#8220;Coalition of the Defeated&#8221; page. South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun has been term-limited out of office. (Under the current Korean Constitution, Presidents can only serve a single five-year term.) Opposition party candidate Lee Myung-Bak won the election, and he has been sworn in as the new president on February 25.<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=4328454', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/bush-to-host-iraq-ally-saakashvili-during-war-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-4328130</link>
		<dc:creator>JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As bleak as this sounds, sounds like Saakashvili picked the wrong authoritarian horse to back.  He should have made nice with Putin, which he didn&#039;t.  

Russia is emerging as a major player again, and Bush and the US are the laughing stock of the world.  But then, Saakashvili was educated in America.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As bleak as this sounds, sounds like Saakashvili picked the wrong authoritarian horse to back.  He should have made nice with Putin, which he didn&#8217;t.  </p>
<p>Russia is emerging as a major player again, and Bush and the US are the laughing stock of the world.  But then, Saakashvili was educated in America.<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=4328130', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/bush-to-host-iraq-ally-saakashvili-during-war-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-4328102</link>
		<dc:creator>JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This may be obvious, but does Bush know he&#039;s seeing the President of the country Georgia, not the state?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This may be obvious, but does Bush know he&#8217;s seeing the President of the country Georgia, not the 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=4328102', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/bush-to-host-iraq-ally-saakashvili-during-war-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-4328092</link>
		<dc:creator>JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;his popularity has plunged, and his government has been accused of authoritarianism and criticized for failing to ease poverty.&quot;

Who is that?  Bush or Saakashvili?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;his popularity has plunged, and his government has been accused of authoritarianism and criticized for failing to ease poverty.&#8221;</p>
<p>Who is that?  Bush or Saakashvili?<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=4328092', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Themanoncecared Says:
March 17th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

Its about the later consequences of the Government structure your ideas create!

What is this and what does it mean?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Themanoncecared Says:<br />
March 17th, 2008 at 6:00 pm</p>
<p>Its about the later consequences of the Government structure your ideas create!</p>
<p>What is this and what does it mean?<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=4328000', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;People domestic and international do not die in large numbers because of a progressive agenda in America. You cannot say that about the republican agenda….sorry…stick to facts…..you are the party of death….not progressives.&lt;/em&gt;
This is the part of post#13 that you quoted from me and I stand behind it.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>People domestic and international do not die in large numbers because of a progressive agenda in America. You cannot say that about the republican agenda….sorry…stick to facts…..you are the party of death….not progressives.</em><br />
This is the part of post#13 that you quoted from me and I stand behind it&#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=4327920', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>re post #13

&lt;blockquote&gt;Themanoncecared Says:
Its not about your good intentions now. Its about the later consequences of the Government structure your ideas create!&lt;/blockquote&gt;

The republicans have had total control of our government for 7 years now and they have failed miserably and proven the point I made in post #13.  How can you in your worst nighmares see the democrats doing worse?  

You critize an imaginary scenario that you have no reason to believe will come to pass.  Democrats have outperformed republicans on every issue including defense since the beginning of time.

You dare say at this point in time that de-regulation is a grand idea.....look at the sub-prime meltdown....look at the S&amp;L corruption scandal that resulted from the last repub that thought de-regulation was a grand idea.....shall I mention hoover and the buzzword of the 20&#039;s....it was &quot;de-regulation&quot;

Yes, we will hold corporations responsible.  Just as we will try to repair the broken health care system that you and your ilk want to run on a system of capitalism on one end but you don&#039;t want anyone suing them if they cause a death through negligence......that must stop.  You can&#039;t have socialism for corporatins and capitalism for citizens.

I could go on for hours but you need to think about it and try to be reasonable for once in your life instead of just spouting bullshit that doesn&#039;t really make any sense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>re post #13</p>
<blockquote><p>Themanoncecared Says:<br />
Its not about your good intentions now. Its about the later consequences of the Government structure your ideas create!</p></blockquote>
<p>The republicans have had total control of our government for 7 years now and they have failed miserably and proven the point I made in post #13.  How can you in your worst nighmares see the democrats doing worse?  </p>
<p>You critize an imaginary scenario that you have no reason to believe will come to pass.  Democrats have outperformed republicans on every issue including defense since the beginning of time.</p>
<p>You dare say at this point in time that de-regulation is a grand idea&#8230;..look at the sub-prime meltdown&#8230;.look at the S&amp;L corruption scandal that resulted from the last repub that thought de-regulation was a grand idea&#8230;..shall I mention hoover and the buzzword of the 20&#8217;s&#8230;.it was &#8220;de-regulation&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes, we will hold corporations responsible.  Just as we will try to repair the broken health care system that you and your ilk want to run on a system of capitalism on one end but you don&#8217;t want anyone suing them if they cause a death through negligence&#8230;&#8230;that must stop.  You can&#8217;t have socialism for corporatins and capitalism for citizens.</p>
<p>I could go on for hours but you need to think about it and try to be reasonable for once in your life instead of just spouting bullshit that doesn&#8217;t really make any sense.<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=4327910', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Badmoodman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Badmoodman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush probably wonders how Gen. John Shalikashvili of the Joint Chiefs came to be president of Georgia. But then &lt;em&gt;president of Georgia&lt;/em&gt; will confound and confuse Bush too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush probably wonders how Gen. John Shalikashvili of the Joint Chiefs came to be president of Georgia. But then <em>president of Georgia</em> will confound and confuse Bush too.<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=4327864', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: flavorino</title>
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		<dc:creator>flavorino</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would suggest to the people who march that they post videos of the events because the mainstream media likes to pretend that these events and marches don&#039;t happen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would suggest to the people who march that they post videos of the events because the mainstream media likes to pretend that these events and marches don&#8217;t happen.<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=4327824', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: rastaman</title>
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		<dc:creator>rastaman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;that should help Georgian relations with Iraq down the road.

i am sure that the Iraqis won&#039;t soon forget how their neighbor to the north colluded with the infidels.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>that should help Georgian relations with Iraq down the road.</p>
<p>i am sure that the Iraqis won&#8217;t soon forget how their neighbor to the north colluded with the infidels.</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=4327768', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: WaltTheMan</title>
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		<dc:creator>WaltTheMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Next thing that we know, Babs will dump him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Next thing that we know, Babs will dump him.<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=4327748', 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, 18 Mar 2008 01:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;... trying to master the pronunciation of the Georgian Leader’s name...&quot;

Sa..sasskatoonie??&quot;

Nope...

Sa...sarsparilla?&quot;

No, Sir.  Try again...

Sa... sa... sakatamatos?&quot;

Better, Sir.  That one was almost good enough...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230; trying to master the pronunciation of the Georgian Leader’s name&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Sa..sasskatoonie??&#8221;</p>
<p>Nope&#8230;</p>
<p>Sa&#8230;sarsparilla?&#8221;</p>
<p>No, Sir.  Try again&#8230;</p>
<p>Sa&#8230; sa&#8230; sakatamatos?&#8221;</p>
<p>Better, Sir.  That one was almost good enough&#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=4327738', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tombaker</title>
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		<dc:creator>tombaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The President has remained in relative isolation the last few days, trying to master the pronunciation of the Georgian Leader&#039;s name.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The President has remained in relative isolation the last few days, trying to master the pronunciation of the Georgian Leader&#8217;s name.<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=4327690', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tarazan</title>
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		<dc:creator>tarazan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Saakashvilli probably knows that he is here to to give boost to Bush&#039;s war. Saaka... knows that he is one of the few leaders left to play a &#039;cheerleader&#039;.
Saakashvili also knows that his country Georgia is no player in world affairs. 
He wants few millions dollars help from Bush for his poor country, a country that depends on foreign assistance.
So what Saaka...got to lose? the better he performs, the bigger the check.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saakashvilli probably knows that he is here to to give boost to Bush&#8217;s war. Saaka&#8230; knows that he is one of the few leaders left to play a &#8216;cheerleader&#8217;.<br />
Saakashvili also knows that his country Georgia is no player in world affairs.<br />
He wants few millions dollars help from Bush for his poor country, a country that depends on foreign assistance.<br />
So what Saaka&#8230;got to lose? the better he performs, the bigger the check.<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=4327572', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lebowski</title>
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		<dc:creator>lebowski</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and congress is enabling the occupation by being a coalition of the milling (around)...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and congress is enabling the occupation by being a coalition of the milling (around)&#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=4327570', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lebowski</title>
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		<dc:creator>lebowski</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>... all loudly and pig ignorantly supported by a coalition of th shilling...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230; all loudly and pig ignorantly supported by a coalition of th shilling&#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=4327554', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: OleHippieChick</title>
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		<dc:creator>OleHippieChick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chip visits Block. Another MANdate guy.

&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;The Americans should know that Saakashvili does not represent the Georgian people,&quot; Gachechiladze told the crowd. &quot;The Georgian people are represented by all of you.&quot;

The opposition claims Saakashvili&#039;s camp relied on fraud to reach the 50 percent threshold needed for outright victory. They want him to face a runoff against Gachechiladze, who won about 25 percent of the vote, according to official results.

Since he was first elected in 2004, 40-year-old Saakashvili, a U.S.-educated lawyer, has helped transform Georgia into a country with a growing economy and aspirations of joining the European Union as well as NATO.

But his popularity has plunged, and his government has been accused of authoritarianism and criticized for failing to ease poverty.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chip visits Block. Another MANdate guy.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Americans should know that Saakashvili does not represent the Georgian people,&#8221; Gachechiladze told the crowd. &#8220;The Georgian people are represented by all of you.&#8221;</p>
<p>The opposition claims Saakashvili&#8217;s camp relied on fraud to reach the 50 percent threshold needed for outright victory. They want him to face a runoff against Gachechiladze, who won about 25 percent of the vote, according to official results.</p>
<p>Since he was first elected in 2004, 40-year-old Saakashvili, a U.S.-educated lawyer, has helped transform Georgia into a country with a growing economy and aspirations of joining the European Union as well as NATO.</p>
<p>But his popularity has plunged, and his government has been accused of authoritarianism and criticized for failing to ease poverty.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/16/news/Georgia-Opposition.php" rel="nofollow"></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=4327510', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>or Coalition of the Killing</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>or Coalition of the Killing<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=4327384', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stormkrow</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/bush-to-host-iraq-ally-saakashvili-during-war-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-4327378</link>
		<dc:creator>stormkrow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s now a Coalition of the Billing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s now a Coalition of the Billing.<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=4327378', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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