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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nope. C&#039;mon Tracist, you can do this all by yourself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope. C&#8217;mon Tracist, you can do this all by yourself.<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=5034438', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s the matter Tracist5?  Don&#039;t want to take a swing at typical racist comment #3?  Step up to the plate.  I think you will knock this one out of the park.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s the matter Tracist5?  Don&#8217;t want to take a swing at typical racist comment #3?  Step up to the plate.  I think you will knock this one out of the park.<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=5034008', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tracist5,

You already have two strikes against you.  Don&#039;t you want to whiff a third time on your own?  C&#039;mon, you&#039;ve already exposed yourself as an overt racist.  I think you can come up with declaration #3.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tracist5,</p>
<p>You already have two strikes against you.  Don&#8217;t you want to whiff a third time on your own?  C&#8217;mon, you&#8217;ve already exposed yourself as an overt racist.  I think you can come up with declaration #3.<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=5033642', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Tracy5 Says: 

Oh and BTW one of by best friends is black...&lt;/em&gt;

Oh Tracy, that&#039;s strike two.  Two of the three most common  statements by racists are:

I don&#039;t see color

and 

One of by best friends is black.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Tracy5 Says: </p>
<p>Oh and BTW one of by best friends is black&#8230;</em></p>
<p>Oh Tracy, that&#8217;s strike two.  Two of the three most common  statements by racists are:</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t see color</p>
<p>and </p>
<p>One of by best friends is black.<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=5033284', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Tracy5 Says: 

So why does it matter to you that they are?&lt;/em&gt;

It doesn&#039;t.  I just don&#039;t pretend that I can&#039;t see what color they are.

Oh, and I guarantee you there isn&#039;t a black person on the planet who would pretend that he/she doesn&#039;t notice how white you are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Tracy5 Says: </p>
<p>So why does it matter to you that they are?</em></p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t.  I just don&#8217;t pretend that I can&#8217;t see what color they are.</p>
<p>Oh, and I guarantee you there isn&#8217;t a black person on the planet who would pretend that he/she doesn&#8217;t notice how white 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=5033082', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s a secret Tracy.  Only you racists claim to be blind to a person&#039;s skin color.

Here&#039;s another secret.  Black people aren&#039;t stupid.  They know you can see that they are black.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a secret Tracy.  Only you racists claim to be blind to a person&#8217;s skin color.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s another secret.  Black people aren&#8217;t stupid.  They know you can see that they are black.<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=5033010', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In Texas they also say, &quot;Let&#039;s tie that black man to the back of my pickup truck, and we&#039;ll drag him down the highway.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Texas they also say, &#8220;Let&#8217;s tie that black man to the back of my pickup truck, and we&#8217;ll drag him down the highway.&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5032816', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: LibertyLover</title>
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		<dc:creator>LibertyLover</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As they say in Texas: &quot; This is like locking the barn door after the horse done left the barn.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As they say in Texas: &#8221; This is like locking the barn door after the horse done left the barn.&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5032706', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s true Ralph.  His incredible political X-ray vision must be compensation for his unfortunate color blindness.

&lt;em&gt;CodeZombie Says:

When I look at Obama...I do not see him as a black man&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s true Ralph.  His incredible political X-ray vision must be compensation for his unfortunate color blindness.</p>
<p><em>CodeZombie Says:</p>
<p>When I look at Obama&#8230;I do not see him as a black man</em><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5032302', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
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		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent point, shoeless. I guess when nature takes away one ability, she compensates by enhancing another.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent point, shoeless. I guess when nature takes away one ability, she compensates by enhancing 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=5032260', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;ralph the wonder llama Says: 

CodeZombie clearly has some anger issues as well as perceptual and cognitive difficulties.&lt;/em&gt;

Sure, but he does have the amazing ability to discern a person&#039;s political philosophy by merely looking at them.  Wish I could do that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>ralph the wonder llama Says: </p>
<p>CodeZombie clearly has some anger issues as well as perceptual and cognitive difficulties.</em></p>
<p>Sure, but he does have the amazing ability to discern a person&#8217;s political philosophy by merely looking at them.  Wish I could do that.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5032202', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
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		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;frobozz Says:

CodeZombie,
Sorry you feel that way. I hope you can find a more positive attitude.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Well said.

CodeZombie clearly has some anger issues as well as perceptual and cognitive difficulties. Let&#039;s all hope he can get some help.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>frobozz Says:</p>
<p>CodeZombie,<br />
Sorry you feel that way. I hope you can find a more positive attitude.</p></blockquote>
<p>Well said.</p>
<p>CodeZombie clearly has some anger issues as well as perceptual and cognitive difficulties. Let&#8217;s all hope he can get some help.<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=5032172', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;CodeZombie Says:

When I look at Obama and what he stands for I do not see him as a black man - I see him as a communist.&lt;/em&gt;

That is some talent you have.  I could never tell the difference.  What does a communist look like?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>CodeZombie Says:</p>
<p>When I look at Obama and what he stands for I do not see him as a black man &#8211; I see him as a communist.</em></p>
<p>That is some talent you have.  I could never tell the difference.  What does a communist look like?<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=5032170', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: frobozz</title>
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		<dc:creator>frobozz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CodeZombie,
Sorry you feel that way. I hope you can find a more positive attitude.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CodeZombie,<br />
Sorry you feel that way. I hope you can find a more positive attitude.<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=5032128', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: CodeZombie</title>
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		<dc:creator>CodeZombie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;ralph the wonder llama Says: 
Y’know, stupidity is just as dangerous as racism. Seeing Obama as a communist is even less defensible than seeing him as a black man. Unless, of course, you don’t really know what “communist” means.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Sorry I said &quot;communist&quot;.  Does &quot;socialist&quot; sound any better?  Obama wants to increase taxes on the wealthy because it isn&#039;t fair that they have more money than other people.  He wants to increase the taxes on all of the evil corporations, especially the oil companies, because they make too much money.  He doesn&#039;t want to do these things so much to increase revenue for the government but because he feels its the &quot;fair thing to do&quot;.  Never mind that raising taxes on corporations could cause massive layoffs.  Never mind that threatening to impose windfall profit taxes will probably cause the oil companies to produce less oil (unfortunately, both candidates are supporting this idea).  Sorry, but since when is it a crime for one person to have more money than another person?  I&#039;m not a rich person by any stretch of the imagination but I work hard and I would like to think that when or if I ever do manage to become rich, to break into the &quot;upper class&quot;, that I won&#039;t be taxed to the point where I end up asking myself &quot;why did I even bother trying?&quot;.

Like I said before, I&#039;m pretty much disgusted with both candidates.

I&#039;m also pretty much disgusted with this whole site.  &quot;Think Progress&quot;?  More like &quot;Think Political Correctness&quot;.  I used to think that PC meant &quot;don&#039;t say anything that might offend someone&quot; which I thought was pretty wimpy.  Now, I realize that PC means &quot;unless your viewpoints represent the views of the radical left wing liberal environmentalist you are to be punished and squashed like the bug you are - you do not have any rights&quot;.  PC speech, like I have seen on this site, is the most hateful form of speech that I have ever seen.  If you say you don&#039;t believe in global warming you&#039;re told that you&#039;re the same as a nazi who doesn&#039;t believe in the holocaust.  If you say that you&#039;re a republican you&#039;re denigrated and called a racist and a host of other derogatory terms.  People don&#039;t come here to debate issues - they come here to bash Bush, republicans, anyone who is slightly religious, the state of Florida, and anyone else who shows any signs whatsoever of loving this great country of ours.  I find it odd that no one here ever criticizes what a democrat or liberal says or does.  How about the fact that the great nobel prize winner and friend of the planet Al Gore has a house that uses more electricity in one month than most people use in a year?  Have I seen any articles about that here?  No.  How about the fact that Obama recently said that Asians are too short to play basketball?  Does he get attacked for it?  No, as usual he receives a free pass.

Well, folks, as far as I&#039;m concerned the whole lot of you can just go to hell!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>ralph the wonder llama Says:<br />
Y’know, stupidity is just as dangerous as racism. Seeing Obama as a communist is even less defensible than seeing him as a black man. Unless, of course, you don’t really know what “communist” means.</p></blockquote>
<p>Sorry I said &#8220;communist&#8221;.  Does &#8220;socialist&#8221; sound any better?  Obama wants to increase taxes on the wealthy because it isn&#8217;t fair that they have more money than other people.  He wants to increase the taxes on all of the evil corporations, especially the oil companies, because they make too much money.  He doesn&#8217;t want to do these things so much to increase revenue for the government but because he feels its the &#8220;fair thing to do&#8221;.  Never mind that raising taxes on corporations could cause massive layoffs.  Never mind that threatening to impose windfall profit taxes will probably cause the oil companies to produce less oil (unfortunately, both candidates are supporting this idea).  Sorry, but since when is it a crime for one person to have more money than another person?  I&#8217;m not a rich person by any stretch of the imagination but I work hard and I would like to think that when or if I ever do manage to become rich, to break into the &#8220;upper class&#8221;, that I won&#8217;t be taxed to the point where I end up asking myself &#8220;why did I even bother trying?&#8221;.</p>
<p>Like I said before, I&#8217;m pretty much disgusted with both candidates.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m also pretty much disgusted with this whole site.  &#8220;Think Progress&#8221;?  More like &#8220;Think Political Correctness&#8221;.  I used to think that PC meant &#8220;don&#8217;t say anything that might offend someone&#8221; which I thought was pretty wimpy.  Now, I realize that PC means &#8220;unless your viewpoints represent the views of the radical left wing liberal environmentalist you are to be punished and squashed like the bug you are &#8211; you do not have any rights&#8221;.  PC speech, like I have seen on this site, is the most hateful form of speech that I have ever seen.  If you say you don&#8217;t believe in global warming you&#8217;re told that you&#8217;re the same as a nazi who doesn&#8217;t believe in the holocaust.  If you say that you&#8217;re a republican you&#8217;re denigrated and called a racist and a host of other derogatory terms.  People don&#8217;t come here to debate issues &#8211; they come here to bash Bush, republicans, anyone who is slightly religious, the state of Florida, and anyone else who shows any signs whatsoever of loving this great country of ours.  I find it odd that no one here ever criticizes what a democrat or liberal says or does.  How about the fact that the great nobel prize winner and friend of the planet Al Gore has a house that uses more electricity in one month than most people use in a year?  Have I seen any articles about that here?  No.  How about the fact that Obama recently said that Asians are too short to play basketball?  Does he get attacked for it?  No, as usual he receives a free pass.</p>
<p>Well, folks, as far as I&#8217;m concerned the whole lot of you can just go to hell!!!<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=5032120', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor Samsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;[Obama] thinks that more government intrusion into our lives is the way to go.&lt;/i&gt;
~CodeZombie

Thus speaks the dimwit who probably supports the Patriot Act, one of the biggest government legalised intrusions in &lt;i&gt;everyone&#039;s&lt;/i&gt; life, under the excuse of fighting &lt;strike&gt;the boogeyman&lt;/strike&gt; terrorism.

The again, consistency is not a reichwinger&#039;s forte.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>[Obama] thinks that more government intrusion into our lives is the way to go.</i><br />
~CodeZombie</p>
<p>Thus speaks the dimwit who probably supports the Patriot Act, one of the biggest government legalised intrusions in <i>everyone&#8217;s</i> life, under the excuse of fighting <strike>the boogeyman</strike> terrorism.</p>
<p>The again, consistency is not a reichwinger&#8217;s forte.<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=5032074', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: frobozz</title>
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		<dc:creator>frobozz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Give Johnathan Alcox at republicanmarket a call to have a discussion with him about this and his other fine buttons:

(from whois)
Registrant:
Alcox, Johnathan

Domain Name: REPUBLICANMARKET.COM

Administrative Contact :
Alcox, Johnathan
jonathan@republicanmarket.com
1741 Cherry Ridge Drive
Lake Mary, FL 32746
US
Phone: 407 333 2983</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Give Johnathan Alcox at republicanmarket a call to have a discussion with him about this and his other fine buttons:</p>
<p>(from whois)<br />
Registrant:<br />
Alcox, Johnathan</p>
<p>Domain Name: REPUBLICANMARKET.COM</p>
<p>Administrative Contact :<br />
Alcox, Johnathan<br />
<a href="mailto:jonathan@republicanmarket.com">jonathan@republicanmarket.com</a><br />
1741 Cherry Ridge Drive<br />
Lake Mary, FL 32746<br />
US<br />
Phone: 407 333 2983<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=5031966', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
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		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;CodeZombie Says:
Does no one here actually read what a republican says? I did not say that I defend the button’s message. I said that it was most likely an attempt at racial humor - something I do not appreciate. &lt;strong&gt;When I look at Obama and what he stands for I do not see him as a black man - I see him as a communist.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Y&#039;know, stupidity is just as dangerous as racism. Seeing Obama as a communist is even less defensible than seeing him as a black man. Unless, of course, you don&#039;t really know what &quot;communist&quot; means.

And, by the way, when you said &lt;em&gt;it was most likely an attempt at racial humor &lt;/em&gt;, you did not include the part about your not appreciating it. And since you left an almost identical comment at the end of yesterday&#039;s thread about this story, it sounded an awful lot like you were excusing this as &quot;no big deal&quot;.

So to answer your question, yes, we do read what a republican says. Once in a while, one of them has something of value to offer.

This is not one of those times.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>CodeZombie Says:<br />
Does no one here actually read what a republican says? I did not say that I defend the button’s message. I said that it was most likely an attempt at racial humor &#8211; something I do not appreciate. <strong>When I look at Obama and what he stands for I do not see him as a black man &#8211; I see him as a communist.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Y&#8217;know, stupidity is just as dangerous as racism. Seeing Obama as a communist is even less defensible than seeing him as a black man. Unless, of course, you don&#8217;t really know what &#8220;communist&#8221; means.</p>
<p>And, by the way, when you said <em>it was most likely an attempt at racial humor </em>, you did not include the part about your not appreciating it. And since you left an almost identical comment at the end of yesterday&#8217;s thread about this story, it sounded an awful lot like you were excusing this as &#8220;no big deal&#8221;.</p>
<p>So to answer your question, yes, we do read what a republican says. Once in a while, one of them has something of value to offer.</p>
<p>This is not one of those times.<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=5031940', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hussein toasterhead</title>
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		<dc:creator>hussein toasterhead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;CodeZombie Says:

When I look at Obama and what he stands for I do not see him as a black man - I see him as a communist. 

June 18th, 2008 at 10:06 pm&lt;/i&gt;
______

Wow - you&#039;re a moron.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>CodeZombie Says:</p>
<p>When I look at Obama and what he stands for I do not see him as a black man &#8211; I see him as a communist. </p>
<p>June 18th, 2008 at 10:06 pm</i><br />
______</p>
<p>Wow &#8211; you&#8217;re a moron.<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=5031836', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: CodeZombie</title>
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		<dc:creator>CodeZombie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does no one here actually read what a republican says?  I did not say that I defend the button&#039;s message.  I said that it was most likely an attempt at racial humor - something I do not appreciate.  When I look at Obama and what he stands for I do not see him as a black man - I see him as a communist.  Hence my opinion that the White House will become the new Kremlin.  He thinks that more government intrusion into our lives is the way to go.  By the way, I&#039;m not overly enthused with McCain either.  This year, regardless of which candidate wins, I think we&#039;re all screwed.  As a friend of mine put it, neither candidate is good enough to clean my toilet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does no one here actually read what a republican says?  I did not say that I defend the button&#8217;s message.  I said that it was most likely an attempt at racial humor &#8211; something I do not appreciate.  When I look at Obama and what he stands for I do not see him as a black man &#8211; I see him as a communist.  Hence my opinion that the White House will become the new Kremlin.  He thinks that more government intrusion into our lives is the way to go.  By the way, I&#8217;m not overly enthused with McCain either.  This year, regardless of which candidate wins, I think we&#8217;re all screwed.  As a friend of mine put it, neither candidate is good enough to clean my toilet.<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=5031796', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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