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	<title>Comments on: Don Imus responds: I was misunderstood!</title>
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		<title>By: bstz44</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/23/don-imus-responds-i-was-misunderstood/comment-page-4/#comment-5045774</link>
		<dc:creator>bstz44</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Imus follows sports very closely.  There is no way he didn&#039;t know who Pac Man Jones is and he definitely intended to insert PacMan&#039;s race into it by asking the other person what color he [pac man] was, which to me was  total insulting to begin with.  As to the racist trolls in here, go peddle your racist crap somewhere else.  The website here is Think Progress - Not Think Backwards like those of your ilk</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imus follows sports very closely.  There is no way he didn&#8217;t know who Pac Man Jones is and he definitely intended to insert PacMan&#8217;s race into it by asking the other person what color he [pac man] was, which to me was  total insulting to begin with.  As to the racist trolls in here, go peddle your racist crap somewhere else.  The website here is Think Progress &#8211; Not Think Backwards like those of your ilk<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=5045774', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bstz44</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/23/don-imus-responds-i-was-misunderstood/comment-page-3/#comment-5045762</link>
		<dc:creator>bstz44</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>misshusseinmolly I respectfully disagree that you could think this was an honest misspeak I listened to the whole thing and there is no way he misspoke.  He sure tried to clean it up after he realized he stepped into shit but if you listen to him talking about of course when you go to clubs there will be women and drinking and guns.  He knew exactly what he was saying before he said it.  He is a racist pig and he knows his audience and he was speaking to that audience.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>misshusseinmolly I respectfully disagree that you could think this was an honest misspeak I listened to the whole thing and there is no way he misspoke.  He sure tried to clean it up after he realized he stepped into shit but if you listen to him talking about of course when you go to clubs there will be women and drinking and guns.  He knew exactly what he was saying before he said it.  He is a racist pig and he knows his audience and he was speaking to that audience.<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=5045762', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: curmudgeon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/23/don-imus-responds-i-was-misunderstood/comment-page-3/#comment-5043628</link>
		<dc:creator>curmudgeon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Given the severity of the statements made by other pundits (see links in my Post #110), doesn&#039;t going after Imus parallel our legal system?

A system where a poor person can steal a video from a convenience store so they can give it to their child for a birthday present, but let corporate criminals who steal millions of dollars go free.

And then there&#039;s Scooter Libby.  Anyone remember him?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Given the severity of the statements made by other pundits (see links in my Post #110), doesn&#8217;t going after Imus parallel our legal system?</p>
<p>A system where a poor person can steal a video from a convenience store so they can give it to their child for a birthday present, but let corporate criminals who steal millions of dollars go free.</p>
<p>And then there&#8217;s Scooter Libby.  Anyone remember 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=5043628', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DieNowForPeace</title>
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		<dc:creator>DieNowForPeace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;barackocarter Says:&lt;/em&gt;

You forgot to pull your tiny head out of your enormous a-hole before posting, as usual...</description>
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<p>You forgot to pull your tiny head out of your enormous a-hole before posting, as usual&#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=5043604', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Yankeluh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Yankeluh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow Senile Dementia gets its own spokesman.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow Senile Dementia gets its own spokesman.<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=5043488', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just hope they return so that I can have the opportunity to hang out with them. I always miss all the truly zany ones.

Now as to the topic. I was thinking that maybe if Imus stopped mumbling incoherently, he might be less likely to be &quot;misunderstood&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just hope they return so that I can have the opportunity to hang out with them. I always miss all the truly zany ones.</p>
<p>Now as to the topic. I was thinking that maybe if Imus stopped mumbling incoherently, he might be less likely to be &#8220;misunderstood&#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=5043476', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow -- I&#039;m just seeing what I missed last night.  Two trolls managed to hijack this thread way off-topic.  The first one, WesleyJI, blasted in here with virtually every racist talking point against Obama, including the mindset that Obama is not permitted to mention race, even if it&#039;s to defend against racism.  Then he goes on to talk about how intelligent and educated he is, even though his posts are riddled with typos and grammar errors.  And then, when he is challenged as to why Obama is unacceptable, he mutters vague things about how Obama wants bigger government without giving any specifics.  I guess he feels that spending money on ANY program that helps the American people is worse than pouring money down the drain in Iraq.  And he&#039;s probably OK with a government big enough to spy on him, as long as it&#039;s not headed up by a black person.

Yet this guy looks downright cerebral compared to the other troll, drick23.  This guy feels that we shouldn&#039;t have to pay anything out for anyone -- that all problems would be solved if everybody just got a job and nobody got a handout of any kind.  It&#039;s obvious that this guy has never had to look for a job in his life, so he&#039;s probably living at home supported by his parents.

Don&#039;t these trolls realize just how predictable they are?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow &#8212; I&#8217;m just seeing what I missed last night.  Two trolls managed to hijack this thread way off-topic.  The first one, WesleyJI, blasted in here with virtually every racist talking point against Obama, including the mindset that Obama is not permitted to mention race, even if it&#8217;s to defend against racism.  Then he goes on to talk about how intelligent and educated he is, even though his posts are riddled with typos and grammar errors.  And then, when he is challenged as to why Obama is unacceptable, he mutters vague things about how Obama wants bigger government without giving any specifics.  I guess he feels that spending money on ANY program that helps the American people is worse than pouring money down the drain in Iraq.  And he&#8217;s probably OK with a government big enough to spy on him, as long as it&#8217;s not headed up by a black person.</p>
<p>Yet this guy looks downright cerebral compared to the other troll, drick23.  This guy feels that we shouldn&#8217;t have to pay anything out for anyone &#8212; that all problems would be solved if everybody just got a job and nobody got a handout of any kind.  It&#8217;s obvious that this guy has never had to look for a job in his life, so he&#8217;s probably living at home supported by his parents.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t these trolls realize just how predictable they 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=5043454', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey it looks like the mumbling cokehead forgot his big stupid hat</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey it looks like the mumbling cokehead forgot his big stupid hat<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=5043446', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: SpoxLogic</title>
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		<dc:creator>SpoxLogic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am gonna have to defend Imus on this one.  I think he was trying to say that Pac Man was arrested so many times BECAUSE he is Black, not that he keeps getting into trouble because that&#039;s what Black people do.  I believe Imus was implying that had it been a White football player, he problably would&#039;ve have been arrested so many times. 
In Imus&#039; mind, that&#039;s what he meant, but just taken as it is, those few sentences could be misconstrued.
However, since he didn&#039;t know who Pac Man Jones was, or why he was arrested so many times, maybe he would&#039;ve been better off punting on this one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am gonna have to defend Imus on this one.  I think he was trying to say that Pac Man was arrested so many times BECAUSE he is Black, not that he keeps getting into trouble because that&#8217;s what Black people do.  I believe Imus was implying that had it been a White football player, he problably would&#8217;ve have been arrested so many times.<br />
In Imus&#8217; mind, that&#8217;s what he meant, but just taken as it is, those few sentences could be misconstrued.<br />
However, since he didn&#8217;t know who Pac Man Jones was, or why he was arrested so many times, maybe he would&#8217;ve been better off punting on this 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=5043436', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DieNowForPeace</title>
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		<dc:creator>DieNowForPeace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>p.s. Don Imus is a NON-ISSUE and Adam &quot;Pacman&quot; Jones is a dipshit, no matter what color he is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>p.s. Don Imus is a NON-ISSUE and Adam &#8220;Pacman&#8221; Jones is a dipshit, no matter what color he is.<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=5043428', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DieNowForPeace</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/23/don-imus-responds-i-was-misunderstood/comment-page-3/#comment-5043426</link>
		<dc:creator>DieNowForPeace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Looks like the trolls have begun letting their 8 year olds take over posting here.

Such idiotic nonsense, with poor grammar, just to let you know how fcuking young and dumb they truly are.

Unfortunately, it doesn&#039;t reflect well on TP overall either and will continue to keep me at arms length from the school-yard immaturity that takes place here daily...

&quot;I know you are but what am I&quot; is an argument I refused to engage in while in grade school.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looks like the trolls have begun letting their 8 year olds take over posting here.</p>
<p>Such idiotic nonsense, with poor grammar, just to let you know how fcuking young and dumb they truly are.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, it doesn&#8217;t reflect well on TP overall either and will continue to keep me at arms length from the school-yard immaturity that takes place here daily&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;I know you are but what am I&#8221; is an argument I refused to engage in while in grade school.<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=5043426', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Nevar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nevar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Imus is a burnout.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imus is a burnout.<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=5043416', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: foolme1ns</title>
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		<dc:creator>foolme1ns</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn&#039;t it always funny that these peoples problems are always someone else&#039;s fault.  He didn&#039;t do anything wrong.  It&#039;s OUR fault for misunderstanding what he meant by his bigotted racial comments.  

They put him back on the air, they got what they deserved.  He&#039;s become a bigotted, decrepit old fart and just needs to go into a home somewhere.  Maybe they can give him a room on that ranch of his and he can yell at all of those poor children to get off of his lawn.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t it always funny that these peoples problems are always someone else&#8217;s fault.  He didn&#8217;t do anything wrong.  It&#8217;s OUR fault for misunderstanding what he meant by his bigotted racial comments.  </p>
<p>They put him back on the air, they got what they deserved.  He&#8217;s become a bigotted, decrepit old fart and just needs to go into a home somewhere.  Maybe they can give him a room on that ranch of his and he can yell at all of those poor children to get off of his lawn.<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=5043414', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KYJurisDoctor</title>
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		<dc:creator>KYJurisDoctor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is HARD to figure out whether the man is a Racist or just INFATUATED with a person&#039;s skin color! OsiSpeaks[dot]com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is HARD to figure out whether the man is a Racist or just INFATUATED with a person&#8217;s skin color! OsiSpeaks[dot]com<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=5043394', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: woodguy</title>
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		<dc:creator>woodguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WesleyJI Says: 
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just so all of you know, I’m not a republican. I’m not independent or democrat. I am just a strong believer in small government. The Democrats are the furthest from this, and Obama has no intentions of reducing the size of government. For these reasons (and many more), i find him a unsuitable candidate and i would never ever cast a vote for him. Period.
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Personally, I doubt anyone really cares. I know I don&#039;t.</description>
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<p>just so all of you know, I’m not a republican. I’m not independent or democrat. I am just a strong believer in small government. The Democrats are the furthest from this, and Obama has no intentions of reducing the size of government. For these reasons (and many more), i find him a unsuitable candidate and i would never ever cast a vote for him. Period.<br />
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Personally, I doubt anyone really cares. I know I don&#8217;t.<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=5043384', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Hussein McCain</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hussein McCain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Goodnight Jimbob.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Goodnight Jimbob.<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=5043376', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Hussein McCain</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hussein McCain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Build the pie higher, more out of reach.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Build the pie higher, more out of reach.<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=5043374', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: curmudgeon</title>
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		<dc:creator>curmudgeon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re: Comments #122 and #123 -- 

Imagine how horrible it would be if we had state-run oil companies, operated on a non-profit basis.  How much lower do you think our gas prices would be if we didn&#039;t have to pay a huge premium (i.e., corporate welfare) in the form of subsidies, tax breaks, rock bottom lease prices for oil drilling rights on federal lands, lobbying expenses, the costs of buying politicians in Washington, D.C., environmental cleanup (such as Exxon Valdez) and other expenses related to the private sector which are too numerous to enumerate.  

Isn&#039;t is much better for Big Oil to line their own pockets with our part of our money every time we fill the tank (or buy groceries, for that matter, since transportation costs are factored into the price) than to have government running such a business, returning profits to the taxpayers in the form of reduced federal debt, repairing crumbling infrastructure or a rebate to taxpayers that doesn&#039;t depend upon additional loans that indebt us to China?

Yes, Big Oil is thankful for every citizen of this country who thinks the way you do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: Comments #122 and #123 &#8212; </p>
<p>Imagine how horrible it would be if we had state-run oil companies, operated on a non-profit basis.  How much lower do you think our gas prices would be if we didn&#8217;t have to pay a huge premium (i.e., corporate welfare) in the form of subsidies, tax breaks, rock bottom lease prices for oil drilling rights on federal lands, lobbying expenses, the costs of buying politicians in Washington, D.C., environmental cleanup (such as Exxon Valdez) and other expenses related to the private sector which are too numerous to enumerate.  </p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t is much better for Big Oil to line their own pockets with our part of our money every time we fill the tank (or buy groceries, for that matter, since transportation costs are factored into the price) than to have government running such a business, returning profits to the taxpayers in the form of reduced federal debt, repairing crumbling infrastructure or a rebate to taxpayers that doesn&#8217;t depend upon additional loans that indebt us to China?</p>
<p>Yes, Big Oil is thankful for every citizen of this country who thinks the way you do.<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=5043372', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: barfly</title>
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		<dc:creator>barfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;sorry i dont want to pay for some loser that doesnt work. you sound like you fit the part?&lt;/em&gt;

You losers don&#039;t want to pay for anything.  That&#039;s what being a republican is all about.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>sorry i dont want to pay for some loser that doesnt work. you sound like you fit the part?</em></p>
<p>You losers don&#8217;t want to pay for anything.  That&#8217;s what being a republican is all about.<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=5043370', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor Samsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow! It seems Mr. P&#039;s Loony Squad has been busy, making the rounds in this thread, posting their usual nonsensical babble.

As for Imus, I still think his comment was out of line. And quite frankly, I don&#039;t care what Gregory thinks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow! It seems Mr. P&#8217;s Loony Squad has been busy, making the rounds in this thread, posting their usual nonsensical babble.</p>
<p>As for Imus, I still think his comment was out of line. And quite frankly, I don&#8217;t care what Gregory thinks.<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=5043368', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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