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		<title>By: Daddy-O</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/17/thinkfast-july-17-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5097796</link>
		<dc:creator>Daddy-O</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That picture of Ashcroft, I don&#039;t like it. 

Why couldn&#039;t they get a shot of him with Justice&#039;s bare titties hanging out behind his ugly mug?

&lt;i&gt;ha ha&lt;/i&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That picture of Ashcroft, I don&#8217;t like it. </p>
<p>Why couldn&#8217;t they get a shot of him with Justice&#8217;s bare titties hanging out behind his ugly mug?</p>
<p><i>ha ha</i><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=5097796', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rednecks, creationists, and those like them are certinly roaming among us and unfortunately they do vote. 
The earlier post was either written by a home-schooled child of a backward thinking creationist or it was a parody.

The redneck guy who has his &quot;faith&quot; is a breathing stereotype of ignorance, made dangerous with his weaponry, his blatant racism and belief in his god.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rednecks, creationists, and those like them are certinly roaming among us and unfortunately they do vote.<br />
The earlier post was either written by a home-schooled child of a backward thinking creationist or it was a parody.</p>
<p>The redneck guy who has his &#8220;faith&#8221; is a breathing stereotype of ignorance, made dangerous with his weaponry, his blatant racism and belief in his god.<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=5096590', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MapleStreet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/17/thinkfast-july-17-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-5096582</link>
		<dc:creator>MapleStreet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MissHusseinMolly - on the idea that seeing Mass and CA working will influence the debate.

Sorry to say this, but to the Neocons, Mass and California are already the epitomy of liberal, la la land, etc.  In short, already in hell in a hand basket.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MissHusseinMolly &#8211; on the idea that seeing Mass and CA working will influence the debate.</p>
<p>Sorry to say this, but to the Neocons, Mass and California are already the epitomy of liberal, la la land, etc.  In short, already in hell in a hand basket.<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=5096582', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jeebutz, un@#65, ya spose that was Daryll?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeebutz, un@#65, ya spose that was Daryll?<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=5096500', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;, Joe Scarborough, complained again yesterday about the “Cheeto eaters…blogging in their basements”&lt;/em&gt;

Why does Mornin Joe hate Mr P, Daryll, trajan, et al?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>, Joe Scarborough, complained again yesterday about the “Cheeto eaters…blogging in their basements”</em></p>
<p>Why does Mornin Joe hate Mr P, Daryll, trajan, et al?<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=5096490', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Leftside Annie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leftside Annie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>65 - unbelieveable:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Thanks. That was priceless. ;o) 

~A</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>65 &#8211; unbelieveable:</p>
<p>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!</p>
<p>Thanks. That was priceless. ;o) </p>
<p>~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=5096452', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: backup</title>
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		<dc:creator>backup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apparently, Reverend Jackson used the &#039;N&#039; word:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080716/NEWS15/80717002&amp;imw=Y

To be fair, this is where he would normally be asking for boycotts or resignations.

But, we should not boycott Jackson or ask him to step down from Rainbow/Push.

We should forgive him.  And we should recognize that we are all human and all fallible.

We should also use the opportunity to stop throwing the stones from our glass houses and turn the page on race baiting as an answer to our racial problems.

Hand the reigns of a more serious discussion on race over to a new generation.  

Another good reason to vote for Barack Obama.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently, Reverend Jackson used the &#8216;N&#8217; word:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080716/NEWS15/80717002&amp;imw=Y" rel="nofollow">http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080716/NEWS15/80717002&amp;imw=Y</a></p>
<p>To be fair, this is where he would normally be asking for boycotts or resignations.</p>
<p>But, we should not boycott Jackson or ask him to step down from Rainbow/Push.</p>
<p>We should forgive him.  And we should recognize that we are all human and all fallible.</p>
<p>We should also use the opportunity to stop throwing the stones from our glass houses and turn the page on race baiting as an answer to our racial problems.</p>
<p>Hand the reigns of a more serious discussion on race over to a new generation.  </p>
<p>Another good reason to vote for Barack Obama.<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=5096288', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wijg</title>
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		<dc:creator>wijg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;65. unbelievable Says: 

&quot;Evolution Has Been Disproven&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

Priceless, thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>65. unbelievable Says: </p>
<p>&#8220;Evolution Has Been Disproven&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Priceless, thanks!<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=5096180', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Paul W</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul W</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;“Despite spending $230m an hour on health care, Americans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every other developed country. And while it has the second-highest income per head in the world, the United States ranks 42nd in terms of life expectancy,” a new report by Oxfam American, the Conrad Hilton Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation finds.&lt;/em&gt;

That&#039;s because our healthcare system has less to do with health than it has to do with creating wealth.  Why else would Republicans be so insistent on keeping it private.

http://progressiveworldreview.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>“Despite spending $230m an hour on health care, Americans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every other developed country. And while it has the second-highest income per head in the world, the United States ranks 42nd in terms of life expectancy,” a new report by Oxfam American, the Conrad Hilton Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation finds.</em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s because our healthcare system has less to do with health than it has to do with creating wealth.  Why else would Republicans be so insistent on keeping it private.</p>
<p><a href="http://progressiveworldreview.com" rel="nofollow">http://progressiveworldreview.com</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=5096166', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Freedom Rebel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freedom Rebel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#87 McWars Says: 

#&lt;em&gt;79 Freb, that sounds very progressive and hands-on. I’ve been meaning to place a compact fl. in my lamp socket for some time now (I can’t replace bulbs throughout my apt. with that type because of lease regulations). 

You live in Ohio, I assume from your earlier posts? I’d be surprised if you lived in the regressive southern part of the state with those energy policies in place, unless they’re statewide.

I hope you’re doing well.&lt;/em&gt;



I do live in Ohio, McWars.  Another great plus we have many underground springs so the city provides all of our water also.  We have the best tasting water.  City water else where is awful.  

Our city was the first in the country to adopt recycling also.  Each on us get a rebate (discount)for recycling off of our trash bill.  They are very good across the board on everything progressive and I pay less for all my services compared to my mother that lives 5 minutes away in another city.  Her water bill is 3 times what mine is.  Her electric bill is 25% higher also.  And the nay-sayers always tout that it costs more, when my city is a living example that we pay less than all the surrounding communities for utilities.

I&#039;m doing good, thank you.  I hope everything is going well for you :)  Good to see you as always.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#87 McWars Says: </p>
<p>#<em>79 Freb, that sounds very progressive and hands-on. I’ve been meaning to place a compact fl. in my lamp socket for some time now (I can’t replace bulbs throughout my apt. with that type because of lease regulations). </p>
<p>You live in Ohio, I assume from your earlier posts? I’d be surprised if you lived in the regressive southern part of the state with those energy policies in place, unless they’re statewide.</p>
<p>I hope you’re doing well.</em></p>
<p>I do live in Ohio, McWars.  Another great plus we have many underground springs so the city provides all of our water also.  We have the best tasting water.  City water else where is awful.  </p>
<p>Our city was the first in the country to adopt recycling also.  Each on us get a rebate (discount)for recycling off of our trash bill.  They are very good across the board on everything progressive and I pay less for all my services compared to my mother that lives 5 minutes away in another city.  Her water bill is 3 times what mine is.  Her electric bill is 25% higher also.  And the nay-sayers always tout that it costs more, when my city is a living example that we pay less than all the surrounding communities for utilities.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m doing good, thank you.  I hope everything is going well for you :)  Good to see you as always.<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=5096156', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;katy Says: 
i really thought we were past that…
if not for the race-bating-right-wing idjits, we would be…&lt;/blockquote&gt;


They like tools of this nature.  They are devisive which is the only way they can be sucessful in politics.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>katy Says:<br />
i really thought we were past that…<br />
if not for the race-bating-right-wing idjits, we would be…</p></blockquote>
<p>They like tools of this nature.  They are devisive which is the only way they can be sucessful in politics.<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=5096134', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: 5th Estate</title>
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		<dc:creator>5th Estate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;#63 Keith&lt;/strong&gt;.,,

I grew up in a village on the outskirts of Woking in Surrey, in the 60&#039;s. London was half an hour away by train ( it still is :) ) and yet I could step out of the door and go pick wild blackberries and raspberries and get lost wandering the pastures and woods right next to our little suburban development. 

The old neighbbourhood hasn&#039;t changed that much but Woking sure has in the last 15 years. It used to be people lived there because it was just there. Now it&#039;s got luxury condos and such. Despite going upscale it is still very diverse in its people and architecture and the public facilities are excellent. The sports center (we don&#039;t have such things here in the US) is in the middle of a large park, three actual theaters and of course ample parking, (just like &#039;South Park&#039;!) 

The last couple of times I was there I was regularly identified as an American--my old BBC English accent has gone all to hell. The UK has certainly adopted some of the less desirable aspects of American culture, but there&#039;s still a lot left of the old England I remember and a lot to enjoy of the &#039;New England&#039;. It all seems enviably &#039;balanced&#039; to me--but of course now I can&#039;t afford to move back!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>#63 Keith</strong>.,,</p>
<p>I grew up in a village on the outskirts of Woking in Surrey, in the 60&#8217;s. London was half an hour away by train ( it still is :) ) and yet I could step out of the door and go pick wild blackberries and raspberries and get lost wandering the pastures and woods right next to our little suburban development. </p>
<p>The old neighbbourhood hasn&#8217;t changed that much but Woking sure has in the last 15 years. It used to be people lived there because it was just there. Now it&#8217;s got luxury condos and such. Despite going upscale it is still very diverse in its people and architecture and the public facilities are excellent. The sports center (we don&#8217;t have such things here in the US) is in the middle of a large park, three actual theaters and of course ample parking, (just like &#8216;South Park&#8217;!) </p>
<p>The last couple of times I was there I was regularly identified as an American&#8211;my old BBC English accent has gone all to hell. The UK has certainly adopted some of the less desirable aspects of American culture, but there&#8217;s still a lot left of the old England I remember and a lot to enjoy of the &#8216;New England&#8217;. It all seems enviably &#8216;balanced&#8217; to me&#8211;but of course now I can&#8217;t afford to move back!<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=5096122', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Especially tedious false idols who used to be Nazis.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Especially tedious false idols who used to be Nazis.<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=5096108', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
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		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>wow... talk about, um, well, this is quite an eye opener...
via C&amp;L blog roundup:

&lt;strong&gt;How black Baltimore drug dealers are
using white supremacist legal
theories to confound the Feds.&lt;/strong&gt;

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0805.carey.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow&#8230; talk about, um, well, this is quite an eye opener&#8230;<br />
via C&amp;L blog roundup:</p>
<p><strong>How black Baltimore drug dealers are<br />
using white supremacist legal<br />
theories to confound the Feds.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0805.carey.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0805.carey.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=5096104', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is funny, and true (just not in the same sense that he meant it):

&quot;Our world has grown weary of greed, exploitation and division, of &lt;strong&gt;the tedium of false idols &lt;/strong&gt;and piecemeal responses, and the pain of false promises.&quot;

--POPE BENEDICT XVI, 
warning crowds at World Youth Day in Sydney of the dangers of pop culture</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is funny, and true (just not in the same sense that he meant it):</p>
<p>&#8220;Our world has grown weary of greed, exploitation and division, of <strong>the tedium of false idols </strong>and piecemeal responses, and the pain of false promises.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8211;POPE BENEDICT XVI,<br />
warning crowds at World Youth Day in Sydney of the dangers of pop culture<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=5096098', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;House Dems Push Oil Legislation&lt;/strong&gt;

(WASHINGTON) — Seeking to blunt GOP efforts to permit oil exploration off Atlantic and Pacific coasts, House Democrats are pushing legislation they say would spur oil drilling on already available lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico.

Republicans scoffed that the so-called Drill Act — imposing a tougher &quot;use it or lose it&quot; rule on leases already held by oil companies — would do little to boost oil exploration, saying current policies are aimed at the same goal. A vote was set for Thursday.

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<p>(WASHINGTON) — Seeking to blunt GOP efforts to permit oil exploration off Atlantic and Pacific coasts, House Democrats are pushing legislation they say would spur oil drilling on already available lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico.</p>
<p>Republicans scoffed that the so-called Drill Act — imposing a tougher &#8220;use it or lose it&#8221; rule on leases already held by oil companies — would do little to boost oil exploration, saying current policies are aimed at the same goal. A vote was set for Thursday.</p>
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		<title>By: McWars</title>
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		<dc:creator>McWars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#79 Freb, that sounds very progressive and hands-on. I&#039;ve been meaning to place a compact fl. in my lamp socket for some time now (I can&#039;t replace bulbs throughout my apt. with that type because of lease regulations). 

You live in Ohio, I assume from your earlier posts? I&#039;d be surprised if you lived in the regressive southern part of the state with those energy policies in place, unless they&#039;re statewide.

I hope you&#039;re doing well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#79 Freb, that sounds very progressive and hands-on. I&#8217;ve been meaning to place a compact fl. in my lamp socket for some time now (I can&#8217;t replace bulbs throughout my apt. with that type because of lease regulations). </p>
<p>You live in Ohio, I assume from your earlier posts? I&#8217;d be surprised if you lived in the regressive southern part of the state with those energy policies in place, unless they&#8217;re statewide.</p>
<p>I hope you&#8217;re doing well.<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=5096086', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ForTruth</title>
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		<dc:creator>ForTruth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hope lots of wingers go off the deep-end and suicide when Obama gets in. We&#039;ll all be better off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope lots of wingers go off the deep-end and suicide when Obama gets in. We&#8217;ll all be better off.<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=5096082', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/17/thinkfast-july-17-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5096074</link>
		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;nanlichi Says: I was discussing evolution with a redneck hunting buddy and he told me that I had my facts and I had my logic, but he had his faith and the two were equal. Then he leans back, takes another sip of Jack and with a smug and superior smile delivers his coup de grace, and I can quote it: “If your theory of evolution is right, tell me this, where do n*ggers come from?”  Needless to say that was the end of that conversation. Where do you start? These people are real. And they vote.&lt;/em&gt;

Holy crap!  (Literally....)  

If I hadn&#039;t been born into a Christian Republican Military family, I would think these people were parodies as well.  But, you&#039;re right - they aren&#039;t.  

In fact, I&#039;m still related to a few like that including a brother who pointed at his pregnant wife&#039;s belly and said &#039;You liberals want to kill babies.  You want to kill that&#039;.  I&#039;m pretty sure that that was the last converstion we will have until my mother passes.  

These people will not think for themselves or examine any evidence or ever admit they were wrong.  They are dangerous and divisive folks.  And you&#039;re also right that they &lt;em&gt;always &lt;/em&gt; vote.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>nanlichi Says: I was discussing evolution with a redneck hunting buddy and he told me that I had my facts and I had my logic, but he had his faith and the two were equal. Then he leans back, takes another sip of Jack and with a smug and superior smile delivers his coup de grace, and I can quote it: “If your theory of evolution is right, tell me this, where do n*ggers come from?”  Needless to say that was the end of that conversation. Where do you start? These people are real. And they vote.</em></p>
<p>Holy crap!  (Literally&#8230;.)  </p>
<p>If I hadn&#8217;t been born into a Christian Republican Military family, I would think these people were parodies as well.  But, you&#8217;re right &#8211; they aren&#8217;t.  </p>
<p>In fact, I&#8217;m still related to a few like that including a brother who pointed at his pregnant wife&#8217;s belly and said &#8216;You liberals want to kill babies.  You want to kill that&#8217;.  I&#8217;m pretty sure that that was the last converstion we will have until my mother passes.  </p>
<p>These people will not think for themselves or examine any evidence or ever admit they were wrong.  They are dangerous and divisive folks.  And you&#8217;re also right that they <em>always </em> vote.<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=5096074', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nanlichi</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/17/thinkfast-july-17-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5096068</link>
		<dc:creator>nanlichi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hussein toasterhead,

I thought about explaining that we all came from Africa and his great-great-great..... grandmother probably looked a lot like Lucy, but except for being dumb as a rock, he&#039;s a pretty good guy and I was pissing up a rope.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hussein toasterhead,</p>
<p>I thought about explaining that we all came from Africa and his great-great-great&#8230;.. grandmother probably looked a lot like Lucy, but except for being dumb as a rock, he&#8217;s a pretty good guy and I was pissing up a rope.<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=5096068', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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