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	<title>Comments on: After rape victim used cell phone to call for help, KBR bans use of personal phones in Iraq.</title>
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		<title>By: desertflower1</title>
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		<dc:creator>desertflower1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s just think about this for a moment, shall we? Heaven forbid we should draw any attention to these evil people doing evil things in the name of freedom.That poor woman.Rape is an act of violence. Just what they&#039;re there for...how many others did they do that to? Cheney and his cronies...none of them have any moral compass. My goodness, McCain took his wife and daughter to the damn biker fest (read biker orgy)...offered his wife up. Think he condons this kind of behavior? You bet!Called her the &quot;C&quot; word...JOKED about rape. He&#039;ll fit right in with the rest of the idiots. THIS is serious. If he gets into office, why would he change the contractor? He&#039;ll probably think KBR&#039;S doing a fine job! Any one reading this should be greatly disturbed, no matter what your political party.Shame on them. I hope she&#039;s ok.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s just think about this for a moment, shall we? Heaven forbid we should draw any attention to these evil people doing evil things in the name of freedom.That poor woman.Rape is an act of violence. Just what they&#8217;re there for&#8230;how many others did they do that to? Cheney and his cronies&#8230;none of them have any moral compass. My goodness, McCain took his wife and daughter to the damn biker fest (read biker orgy)&#8230;offered his wife up. Think he condons this kind of behavior? You bet!Called her the &#8220;C&#8221; word&#8230;JOKED about rape. He&#8217;ll fit right in with the rest of the idiots. THIS is serious. If he gets into office, why would he change the contractor? He&#8217;ll probably think KBR&#8217;S doing a fine job! Any one reading this should be greatly disturbed, no matter what your political party.Shame on them. I hope she&#8217;s ok.<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=5172494', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: BigCynicDotCom</title>
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		<dc:creator>BigCynicDotCom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;&gt;There are numerous accidents involing illegal who killed U.S.citizens at this link.&lt;&lt;

There wouldn&#039;t be an illegal immigration problem if we simply punished the illegal &lt;em&gt;employers&lt;/em&gt;. But I suppose it&#039;s more fun to bash poor people and let their rich employers get away with breaking the law.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;&gt;There are numerous accidents involing illegal who killed U.S.citizens at this link.&lt;&lt;</p>
<p>There wouldn&#8217;t be an illegal immigration problem if we simply punished the illegal <em>employers</em>. But I suppose it&#8217;s more fun to bash poor people and let their rich employers get away with breaking the law.<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=5138230', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bradwjensen</title>
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		<dc:creator>bradwjensen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If I were her father.. I can&#039;t even imagine how HYSTERICALLY PISSED I would be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I were her father.. I can&#8217;t even imagine how HYSTERICALLY PISSED I would be.<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=5138172', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ucsbclassics53</title>
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		<dc:creator>ucsbclassics53</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Twisted priorities bit. No wonder that you do not get any respect here...Your words make it sound like you would much rather hate against so-called &quot;illegal immigrants&quot; and the GLBT community than to actually protect our women from rape and sexual assault...I truly hope that this is not the case...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Twisted priorities bit. No wonder that you do not get any respect here&#8230;Your words make it sound like you would much rather hate against so-called &#8220;illegal immigrants&#8221; and the GLBT community than to actually protect our women from rape and sexual assault&#8230;I truly hope that this is not the case&#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=5136188', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ucsbclassics53</title>
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		<dc:creator>ucsbclassics53</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Tweedster Says:

bit

    In two states, CA and MA, people of the same gender can enter into a state sanctioned, sexually perverted relationship and called it a marriage. It appears that there are people in these states who think the people in the other states should recognize the so-called marriages.

Sexually perverted according to you? So you are now the moral arbiter for sexuality now? Also, aside from the fact that this has NO POSSIBLE connection to MEN gang-raping a WOMAN, or RAPE, or ASSAULT, or anything detailed in the post, what does the transference of marriage licenses over state jurisdictions have to do with GANG RAPE?&lt;/em&gt;

you got to love the wingnut twisted sense of morality...consentual relationships between two people of the same gender is infinitely worse than nonconsentual, never mind the polite talk, RAPE...

At least I think that&#039;s what he&#039;s trying to say...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Tweedster Says:</p>
<p>bit</p>
<p>    In two states, CA and MA, people of the same gender can enter into a state sanctioned, sexually perverted relationship and called it a marriage. It appears that there are people in these states who think the people in the other states should recognize the so-called marriages.</p>
<p>Sexually perverted according to you? So you are now the moral arbiter for sexuality now? Also, aside from the fact that this has NO POSSIBLE connection to MEN gang-raping a WOMAN, or RAPE, or ASSAULT, or anything detailed in the post, what does the transference of marriage licenses over state jurisdictions have to do with GANG RAPE?</em></p>
<p>you got to love the wingnut twisted sense of morality&#8230;consentual relationships between two people of the same gender is infinitely worse than nonconsentual, never mind the polite talk, RAPE&#8230;</p>
<p>At least I think that&#8217;s what he&#8217;s trying to say&#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=5136186', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am so bummed that I had to work rather than enjoy the pummeling of the sandwich</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am so bummed that I had to work rather than enjoy the pummeling of the sandwich<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=5136124', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>bitblt Says: 
There are numerous accidents involing illegal who killed U.S.citizens at this link.

Bitostupidity. You arent too bright are you? You didnt really think that made any point did you? I mean there are millions of illegal immigrants in the US. So of course some of them will kill people. Do you have ANY evidence they are murderers in a higher percentage than US citizens? If you DO then cough it up if you dont then show yourself out in disgrace and spare us the stupidity.</description>
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There are numerous accidents involing illegal who killed U.S.citizens at this link.</p>
<p>Bitostupidity. You arent too bright are you? You didnt really think that made any point did you? I mean there are millions of illegal immigrants in the US. So of course some of them will kill people. Do you have ANY evidence they are murderers in a higher percentage than US citizens? If you DO then cough it up if you dont then show yourself out in disgrace and spare us the stupidity.<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=5136094', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bitblt</title>
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		<dc:creator>bitblt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are numerous accidents involing illegal who killed U.S.citizens at this link.

http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/

Some stories are of murders and there are links to stories about illegals murdering citizens.

The point of this link...those whose duty it is to protect the citizens are abrogating their duties. 

Why?

By abrogating these duties does anyone have increased respect for the rule of law in the U.S.?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are numerous accidents involing illegal who killed U.S.citizens at this link.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/</a></p>
<p>Some stories are of murders and there are links to stories about illegals murdering citizens.</p>
<p>The point of this link&#8230;those whose duty it is to protect the citizens are abrogating their duties. </p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>By abrogating these duties does anyone have increased respect for the rule of law in the U.S.?<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=5136010', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RandomChaos</title>
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		<dc:creator>RandomChaos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Gregor Samsa Says: of sanctuary laws&lt;/em&gt;
To be fair Gregor, Many jurisdictions all over the US have been held back from using Imigration status checks when arresting/prosocuting criminals.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Gregor Samsa Says: of sanctuary laws</em><br />
To be fair Gregor, Many jurisdictions all over the US have been held back from using Imigration status checks when arresting/prosocuting criminals.<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=5135930', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: WaltTheMan</title>
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		<dc:creator>WaltTheMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I simply can not believe that this is happening in this century. Family values indeed! Mr. Prince should be spayed with an RPG.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I simply can not believe that this is happening in this century. Family values indeed! Mr. Prince should be spayed with an RPG.<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=5135904', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: piltdown</title>
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		<dc:creator>piltdown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>bit

    A woman in the U.S. can choose to destroy her unborn child at any time.


Oh, so that makes it okay to rape them.  I see how you think.

Carry on, then.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>bit</p>
<p>    A woman in the U.S. can choose to destroy her unborn child at any time.</p>
<p>Oh, so that makes it okay to rape them.  I see how you think.</p>
<p>Carry on, then.<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=5135902', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Witch1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Witch1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This and many other tread&#039;s of late make me ill..First the rape&#039;s, cover up&#039;s KBR making their employee&#039;s give up cell phone use and all the million&#039;s of crime&#039;s that bush/ cheney have comitted it&#039;s become staggering to even read about on a daily bases..If the rape victom does survive many are plagued for life just like post tramatic stress disorder, it is a crime of violence and dominance and can leave a person, male or female with night terror&#039;s that no shrink can fix, ever...Similar to war when a vet and I compared deadly experience&#039;s...All I can offer is Blessings and hope the person can heal and that some point in time the criminal&#039;s are brought to justice..

I beginning to think I need to be like all my neighbor&#039;s, absent to all information, don&#039;t vote and don&#039;t care.....Since I can&#039;t seem to help in any meaningful way, patition&#039;s and marche&#039;s don&#039;t work I think I had best not bother and resign myself to tend to the Bear and the Tree&#039;s....Blessings</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This and many other tread&#8217;s of late make me ill..First the rape&#8217;s, cover up&#8217;s KBR making their employee&#8217;s give up cell phone use and all the million&#8217;s of crime&#8217;s that bush/ cheney have comitted it&#8217;s become staggering to even read about on a daily bases..If the rape victom does survive many are plagued for life just like post tramatic stress disorder, it is a crime of violence and dominance and can leave a person, male or female with night terror&#8217;s that no shrink can fix, ever&#8230;Similar to war when a vet and I compared deadly experience&#8217;s&#8230;All I can offer is Blessings and hope the person can heal and that some point in time the criminal&#8217;s are brought to justice..</p>
<p>I beginning to think I need to be like all my neighbor&#8217;s, absent to all information, don&#8217;t vote and don&#8217;t care&#8230;..Since I can&#8217;t seem to help in any meaningful way, patition&#8217;s and marche&#8217;s don&#8217;t work I think I had best not bother and resign myself to tend to the Bear and the Tree&#8217;s&#8230;.Blessings<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=5135720', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor Samsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And, judging by what others replied, the troll is braindead. What else is new?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And, judging by what others replied, the troll is braindead. What else is new?<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=5135670', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor Samsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;I know of no place in the United States that would provide sanctuary or immunity to ANYONE (here illegally or not) who committed murder or other serious crime.&lt;/i&gt;
~misshusseinmolly

Actually, and under the risk of going seriously off-topic, the city of San Francisco actively shielded from deportation underage illegal aliens who committed felonies. It all became a major political hot potato for the city a few weeks ago, when one such felon shot and killed a father and his two sons in cold blood, in plain day light. 

Check this link to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/20/MNK011MAFR.DTL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;San Francisco Chronicle&lt;/a&gt;. It was all a gross debasement -and absolute misapplication- of sanctuary laws. I have no idea how the city got to this point. 

Now, having said all that, I don&#039;t know that this is true in &quot;many states&quot;. It also has absolutely nothing to do with gang rape, and most certainly does not justify the actions by KBR&#039;s management that could potentially endanger future victims. 

I cannot understand how KBR didn&#039;t take events like Jones&#039; assault into consideration when deciding on this policy. Or maybe they were.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I know of no place in the United States that would provide sanctuary or immunity to ANYONE (here illegally or not) who committed murder or other serious crime.</i><br />
~misshusseinmolly</p>
<p>Actually, and under the risk of going seriously off-topic, the city of San Francisco actively shielded from deportation underage illegal aliens who committed felonies. It all became a major political hot potato for the city a few weeks ago, when one such felon shot and killed a father and his two sons in cold blood, in plain day light. </p>
<p>Check this link to the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/20/MNK011MAFR.DTL" rel="nofollow">San Francisco Chronicle</a>. It was all a gross debasement -and absolute misapplication- of sanctuary laws. I have no idea how the city got to this point. </p>
<p>Now, having said all that, I don&#8217;t know that this is true in &#8220;many states&#8221;. It also has absolutely nothing to do with gang rape, and most certainly does not justify the actions by KBR&#8217;s management that could potentially endanger future victims. </p>
<p>I cannot understand how KBR didn&#8217;t take events like Jones&#8217; assault into consideration when deciding on this policy. Or maybe they were.<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=5135660', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tweedster</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tweedster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shayne, 

There&#039;s still hope.  

Considering he doesn&#039;t seem to have developed a conscience, or empathy, or anything decent, one could probably argue he is a &quot;unborn&quot; human.  I mean, aside from a loose grasp on language, I view bitblt as less of a living being than a zygote.

He can still be aborted, according to his twisted logic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shayne, </p>
<p>There&#8217;s still hope.  </p>
<p>Considering he doesn&#8217;t seem to have developed a conscience, or empathy, or anything decent, one could probably argue he is a &#8220;unborn&#8221; human.  I mean, aside from a loose grasp on language, I view bitblt as less of a living being than a zygote.</p>
<p>He can still be aborted, according to his twisted logic.<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=5135618', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tweedster</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tweedster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice retort molly.

Thanks Zooey.

Sometimes the trolls on here are vaguely entertaining in a &quot;I-want-to-kill-some-time&quot; kind of way, but bitblt went totally overboard on this.  Disgustingly so.

bitblt is on the list of trolls that deserve no quarter.  Anytime I catch this weasel on TP I&#039;ll make a special point to refute and humiliate his idiotic stances on things.  

Thanks bit, you&#039;ve re-ignited my passion for troll hunting.  Might as well change your &quot;handle&quot; now - I mean, it won&#039;t work to hide you, but it&#039;ll be another highlight of how desperately pathetic and fearful you are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice retort molly.</p>
<p>Thanks Zooey.</p>
<p>Sometimes the trolls on here are vaguely entertaining in a &#8220;I-want-to-kill-some-time&#8221; kind of way, but bitblt went totally overboard on this.  Disgustingly so.</p>
<p>bitblt is on the list of trolls that deserve no quarter.  Anytime I catch this weasel on TP I&#8217;ll make a special point to refute and humiliate his idiotic stances on things.  </p>
<p>Thanks bit, you&#8217;ve re-ignited my passion for troll hunting.  Might as well change your &#8220;handle&#8221; now &#8211; I mean, it won&#8217;t work to hide you, but it&#8217;ll be another highlight of how desperately pathetic and fearful 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=5135610', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Shayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I bet bitbit&#039;s mother wishes daily she&#039;d chosen abortion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I bet bitbit&#8217;s mother wishes daily she&#8217;d chosen abortion.<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=5135604', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne A. Schneider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne A. Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>misshusseinmolly,

Great response.  I thought of trying to counter his post, too, but with one arm in a cast, it makes my typing too slow.  And they went ahead and deleted it anyway (it appears).  But your response was excellent.

You make a good point to keep bringing up that this is about rape, not &quot;deviant sex&quot; of any kind.  The trolls don&#039;t view rape as a crime, apparently.

BTW, what the right-wing homophobes keep ignoring is the Constitution:

&lt;strong&gt;Article. IV. 
Section. 1. 
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. &lt;/strong&gt;

If a state wishes to say that two persons shall be recognized as &quot;married&quot;, all the other states have to do that, too.  That&#039;s why they are so afraid of any state allowing same-sex marriages.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>misshusseinmolly,</p>
<p>Great response.  I thought of trying to counter his post, too, but with one arm in a cast, it makes my typing too slow.  And they went ahead and deleted it anyway (it appears).  But your response was excellent.</p>
<p>You make a good point to keep bringing up that this is about rape, not &#8220;deviant sex&#8221; of any kind.  The trolls don&#8217;t view rape as a crime, apparently.</p>
<p>BTW, what the right-wing homophobes keep ignoring is the Constitution:</p>
<p><strong>Article. IV.<br />
Section. 1.<br />
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. </strong></p>
<p>If a state wishes to say that two persons shall be recognized as &#8220;married&#8221;, all the other states have to do that, too.  That&#8217;s why they are so afraid of any state allowing same-sex marriages.<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=5135542', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: misshusseinmolly</title>
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		<dc:creator>misshusseinmolly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>bitblt Says
August 4th, 2008 at 4:17 pm 
_________________________________________________

Wow -- you&#039;ve spewed so much claptrap that it&#039;s tough to know where to begin.

Your premise is that our moral standards have deteriorated to the point where nobody had a conscience left to prevent them from doing horrible things -- is that more or less the point you&#039;re trying to make?

You may have a point, but I don&#039;t think you have backed it up very well.

First -- while I&#039;m sure there are some people who have no problem with adultery, most Americans still regard it as morally wrong.  But even though adultery is repugnant, it and rape are different things.

Second -- a woman cannot &quot;choose to destroy her unborn baby at any given time.&quot;  She may choose to terminate a pregnancy within the first trimester, and during the second trimester when certain conditions are present.  But abortion and rape are different things.

Third -- yes, in two states, gays can legally get married.  You have something against monogamy and commitment?  It really doesn&#039;t matter -- a gay couple pledging lifetime commitment to each other has nothing to do with rape.  Do you honestly think that gang-rapists would claim that California law regarding gay marriage would lead them to rape somebody?

Fourth -- I know of no place in the United States that would provide sanctuary or immunity to ANYONE (here illegally or not) who committed murder or other serious crime.  This might have something to do with rape (in that rape is also a crime) if it was true, but you&#039;ll have to provide the names of some actual places where these killer illegals are getting protection from justice.

You use these points to somehow explain why people would gang-rape a woman.  Quite frankly, I don&#039;t see the connection.  I DO see a connection between rape -- an act of power assertion and complete selfishness -- to a mindset that celebrates greed, power, superiority, and an &quot;I got mine&quot; attitude.  In other words, the very same values the current bunch of neocons have been pushing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>bitblt Says<br />
August 4th, 2008 at 4:17 pm<br />
_________________________________________________</p>
<p>Wow &#8212; you&#8217;ve spewed so much claptrap that it&#8217;s tough to know where to begin.</p>
<p>Your premise is that our moral standards have deteriorated to the point where nobody had a conscience left to prevent them from doing horrible things &#8212; is that more or less the point you&#8217;re trying to make?</p>
<p>You may have a point, but I don&#8217;t think you have backed it up very well.</p>
<p>First &#8212; while I&#8217;m sure there are some people who have no problem with adultery, most Americans still regard it as morally wrong.  But even though adultery is repugnant, it and rape are different things.</p>
<p>Second &#8212; a woman cannot &#8220;choose to destroy her unborn baby at any given time.&#8221;  She may choose to terminate a pregnancy within the first trimester, and during the second trimester when certain conditions are present.  But abortion and rape are different things.</p>
<p>Third &#8212; yes, in two states, gays can legally get married.  You have something against monogamy and commitment?  It really doesn&#8217;t matter &#8212; a gay couple pledging lifetime commitment to each other has nothing to do with rape.  Do you honestly think that gang-rapists would claim that California law regarding gay marriage would lead them to rape somebody?</p>
<p>Fourth &#8212; I know of no place in the United States that would provide sanctuary or immunity to ANYONE (here illegally or not) who committed murder or other serious crime.  This might have something to do with rape (in that rape is also a crime) if it was true, but you&#8217;ll have to provide the names of some actual places where these killer illegals are getting protection from justice.</p>
<p>You use these points to somehow explain why people would gang-rape a woman.  Quite frankly, I don&#8217;t see the connection.  I DO see a connection between rape &#8212; an act of power assertion and complete selfishness &#8212; to a mindset that celebrates greed, power, superiority, and an &#8220;I got mine&#8221; attitude.  In other words, the very same values the current bunch of neocons have been pushing.<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=5135484', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Annie, it&#039;s even worse than that.

Google: McCain gorilla rape</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Annie, it&#8217;s even worse than that.</p>
<p>Google: McCain gorilla rape<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=5135480', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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