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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/06/thinkfast-august-6-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5139982</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush&#039;s IRS gives more welfare to corporate tax cheats:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/business/07tax.html?_r=1&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;adxnnlx=1218046461-seJt2knt3HCmF+0tA74GqQ</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush&#8217;s IRS gives more welfare to corporate tax cheats:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/business/07tax.html?_r=1&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;adxnnlx=1218046461-seJt2knt3HCmF+0tA74GqQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/business/07tax.html?_r=1&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;adxnnlx=1218046461-seJt2knt3HCmF+0tA74GqQ</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=5139982', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Daddy-O</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/06/thinkfast-august-6-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5139724</link>
		<dc:creator>Daddy-O</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TheRadicalRightIsRadicallyWrong:

&quot;I’m really starting to get worn out railling against the machine. I want some GODDAMNED JUSTICE and I want it NOW!

Is that too much to ask for?&quot;

I think we all know the answer to that one, assuming it&#039;s not rhetorical. But we all know exactly how you feel.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TheRadicalRightIsRadicallyWrong:</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m really starting to get worn out railling against the machine. I want some GODDAMNED JUSTICE and I want it NOW!</p>
<p>Is that too much to ask for?&#8221;</p>
<p>I think we all know the answer to that one, assuming it&#8217;s not rhetorical. But we all know exactly how you feel.<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=5139724', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Daddy-O</title>
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		<dc:creator>Daddy-O</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;My hope is that the ‘Axis of Evil’ list no longer exists.&quot;

All he has to do is DECLARE it no longer existing. George&#039;s losing his touch.

A war crimes indictment hanging over your head will do that. A penny-ante dictator can be excused for having a case of the nerves.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;My hope is that the ‘Axis of Evil’ list no longer exists.&#8221;</p>
<p>All he has to do is DECLARE it no longer existing. George&#8217;s losing his touch.</p>
<p>A war crimes indictment hanging over your head will do that. A penny-ante dictator can be excused for having a case of the nerves.<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=5139718', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Evil Spaniard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Evil Spaniard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please, read this article, I find it really funny:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_en_tv/mccain_paris_hilton;_ylt=AgdPX859GMWgpOuXQMQ7fF2s0NUE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;em&gt;WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way. 

...

&quot;Hey America, I&#039;m Paris Hilton and I&#039;m a celebrity, too. Only &lt;strong&gt;I&#039;m not from the olden days and I&#039;m not promising change like that other guy.&lt;/strong&gt; I&#039;m just hot,&quot; Hilton said, speaking as she reclined in a pool chair in a revealing bathing suit and a pair of pumps. &lt;strong&gt;&quot;But then that wrinkly, white-haired guy used me in his campaign ad, which I guess means I&#039;m running for president. So thanks for the endorsement white-haired dude.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;

...

&lt;strong&gt;Hilton&#039;s mother, who with her husband donated $4,600 to McCain&#039;s campaign earlier in the year, has said McCain&#039;s ad is &quot;a complete waste of the country&#039;s time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;strong&gt;An announcer calls him &quot;the oldest celebrity in the world, like super-old, old enough to remember when dancing was a sin and beer was served in a bucket,&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; and asks, &quot;but is he ready to lead?&quot; &lt;strong&gt;Hilton&#039;s spoof also intersperses images of McCain and Yoda from Star Wars and the cast of television&#039;s &quot;The Golden Girls.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please, read this article, I find it really funny:</p>
<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_en_tv/mccain_paris_hilton;_ylt=AgdPX859GMWgpOuXQMQ7fF2s0NUE" rel="nofollow">Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad</a></p>
<p><em>WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way. </p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Hey America, I&#8217;m Paris Hilton and I&#8217;m a celebrity, too. Only <strong>I&#8217;m not from the olden days and I&#8217;m not promising change like that other guy.</strong> I&#8217;m just hot,&#8221; Hilton said, speaking as she reclined in a pool chair in a revealing bathing suit and a pair of pumps. <strong>&#8220;But then that wrinkly, white-haired guy used me in his campaign ad, which I guess means I&#8217;m running for president. So thanks for the endorsement white-haired dude.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Hilton&#8217;s mother, who with her husband donated $4,600 to McCain&#8217;s campaign earlier in the year, has said McCain&#8217;s ad is &#8220;a complete waste of the country&#8217;s time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>An announcer calls him &#8220;the oldest celebrity in the world, like super-old, old enough to remember when dancing was a sin and beer was served in a bucket,&#8221;</strong> and asks, &#8220;but is he ready to lead?&#8221; <strong>Hilton&#8217;s spoof also intersperses images of McCain and Yoda from Star Wars and the cast of television&#8217;s &#8220;The Golden Girls.&#8221;</strong></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=5139564', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong</title>
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		<dc:creator>TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, Marie! Great Minds do think alike! ;) Your&#039;s is not only great, but fast too!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, Marie! Great Minds do think alike! ;) Your&#8217;s is not only great, but fast too!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5139554', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: zuch</title>
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		<dc:creator>zuch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “appeared to back down” yesterday from his disingenuous tire gauge attack against Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). In a telephone townhall, McCain told voters in Pennsylvania, “Obama said a couple of days ago says we all should inflate our tires. I don’t disagree with that. The American Automobile Association strongly recommends it.”&lt;/i&gt;

But that &lt;i&gt;doesn&#039;t&lt;/i&gt; mean that his surrogates like Sean Hannity and the other RW foamers will stop &lt;i&gt;their&lt;/i&gt; eedjitcy and their waving around &quot;Obama tire pressure gauges&quot;.  Nothing derails a good &quot;sound bite&quot; for the moron audience, not facts, not disavowal by their champeen.

Cheers,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “appeared to back down” yesterday from his disingenuous tire gauge attack against Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). In a telephone townhall, McCain told voters in Pennsylvania, “Obama said a couple of days ago says we all should inflate our tires. I don’t disagree with that. The American Automobile Association strongly recommends it.”</i></p>
<p>But that <i>doesn&#8217;t</i> mean that his surrogates like Sean Hannity and the other RW foamers will stop <i>their</i> eedjitcy and their waving around &#8220;Obama tire pressure gauges&#8221;.  Nothing derails a good &#8220;sound bite&#8221; for the moron audience, not facts, not disavowal by their champeen.</p>
<p>Cheers,<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=5139552', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong</title>
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		<dc:creator>TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Freedom Rebel Says: 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/em&gt;



&lt;em&gt;Good Morning TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong :) Even more disturbing is that how much further down the rabbit til we hit bottom. I’m sure there is even more that we don’t know about because of Cheney’s refusal to any oversight. Plus throw into the mix the fact that this administration IMHO has done more in secret than any previous administration. 

In will probably be years before we know the full extent of how far Bush &amp; Cheney dragged our country into the gutter. It was just like a magic act, keep everyone busy looking over here (terrorists) and with a slight of hand no one will notice what we did over there (torturing detainees at Gitmo and secret prison ships). Too many secret meetings and no oversight by our Congress; this is the debacle we are left with. It makes you sick to think that some of this could have been avoided if our representatives in Congress would have had a spine to stand up to them. 

Have a good day, good to see you as always…..&lt;/em&gt;

And Good Morning to you! I could not agree with you more.

I have a sneaking suspicion, that we are only seeing the tip of this iceberg. If this congress doesn&#039;t begin immediate investigations,we may never know what lies beneth the surface.

I&#039;m really starting to get worn out railling against the machine. I want some &lt;strong&gt;GODDAMNED JUSTICE &lt;/strong&gt;and I want it &lt;strong&gt;NOW&lt;/strong&gt;!

Is that too much to ask for?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Freedom Rebel Says:<br />
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<p><em>Good Morning TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong :) Even more disturbing is that how much further down the rabbit til we hit bottom. I’m sure there is even more that we don’t know about because of Cheney’s refusal to any oversight. Plus throw into the mix the fact that this administration IMHO has done more in secret than any previous administration. </p>
<p>In will probably be years before we know the full extent of how far Bush &amp; Cheney dragged our country into the gutter. It was just like a magic act, keep everyone busy looking over here (terrorists) and with a slight of hand no one will notice what we did over there (torturing detainees at Gitmo and secret prison ships). Too many secret meetings and no oversight by our Congress; this is the debacle we are left with. It makes you sick to think that some of this could have been avoided if our representatives in Congress would have had a spine to stand up to them. </p>
<p>Have a good day, good to see you as always…..</em></p>
<p>And Good Morning to you! I could not agree with you more.</p>
<p>I have a sneaking suspicion, that we are only seeing the tip of this iceberg. If this congress doesn&#8217;t begin immediate investigations,we may never know what lies beneth the surface.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m really starting to get worn out railling against the machine. I want some <strong>GODDAMNED JUSTICE </strong>and I want it <strong>NOW</strong>!</p>
<p>Is that too much to ask for?<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=5139550', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: zuch</title>
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		<dc:creator>zuch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;[Our Eedjit-In-Chief Dubya]: “My hope is that the ‘Axis of Evil’ list no longer exists.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

&quot;Hope is not a plan.&quot;   But when &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; are the one making up the list, it&#039;s easy enough to rewrite the list when you feel like it and &quot;declare victory&quot;.  Guess that answers the burning of question about Dubya&#039;s time at Hahvahd Business Scool, &quot;Is our future preznits learning?&quot;

Cheers,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>[Our Eedjit-In-Chief Dubya]: “My hope is that the ‘Axis of Evil’ list no longer exists.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>&#8220;Hope is not a plan.&#8221;   But when <i>you</i> are the one making up the list, it&#8217;s easy enough to rewrite the list when you feel like it and &#8220;declare victory&#8221;.  Guess that answers the burning of question about Dubya&#8217;s time at Hahvahd Business Scool, &#8220;Is our future preznits learning?&#8221;</p>
<p>Cheers,<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=5139534', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong</title>
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		<dc:creator>TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gotta Love Garrison Keillor!

&lt;em&gt;And it&#039;s an amazing country where an Arizona multimillionaire can attack a Chicago South Sider as an elitist and hope to make it stick. The Chicagoan was brought up by a single mom who had big ambitions for him, and he got scholarshipped into Harvard Law and was made president of the law review, all of it on his own hook, whereas the Arizonan is the son of an admiral and was ushered into Annapolis though an indifferent student, much like the Current Occupant, both of them men who are very lucky that their fathers were born before they were. The Chicagoan, who grew up without a father, wrote a book on his own, using a computer. The Arizonan hired people to write his for him. But because the Chicagoan can say what he thinks and make sense and the Arizonan cannot do that for more than 30 seconds at a time, the old guy is hoping to portray the skinny guy as arrogant. 

Good luck with that, sir. 

Meanwhile, the casual revelation last month that Mr. McCain has never figured out how to use a computer and has never sent e-mail or Googled is rather startling. It&#039;s like admitting that you&#039;ve never clipped your own toenails or that you didn&#039;t know that toothpaste comes out of a tube because your valet always did that for you. It&#039;s like being amazed at the sight of a supermarket scanner. What world does Mr. McCain live in? Where does he keep his sense of curiosity? My 94-year-old mother has sent e-mail. Does somebody plan to show him how it&#039;s done and will they explain to him what &quot;LOL&quot; means? 

(Garrison Keillor&#039;s &quot;A Prairie Home Companion&quot; can be heard Saturday nights on public radio stations across the country.) &lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gotta Love Garrison Keillor!</p>
<p><em>And it&#8217;s an amazing country where an Arizona multimillionaire can attack a Chicago South Sider as an elitist and hope to make it stick. The Chicagoan was brought up by a single mom who had big ambitions for him, and he got scholarshipped into Harvard Law and was made president of the law review, all of it on his own hook, whereas the Arizonan is the son of an admiral and was ushered into Annapolis though an indifferent student, much like the Current Occupant, both of them men who are very lucky that their fathers were born before they were. The Chicagoan, who grew up without a father, wrote a book on his own, using a computer. The Arizonan hired people to write his for him. But because the Chicagoan can say what he thinks and make sense and the Arizonan cannot do that for more than 30 seconds at a time, the old guy is hoping to portray the skinny guy as arrogant. </p>
<p>Good luck with that, sir. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, the casual revelation last month that Mr. McCain has never figured out how to use a computer and has never sent e-mail or Googled is rather startling. It&#8217;s like admitting that you&#8217;ve never clipped your own toenails or that you didn&#8217;t know that toothpaste comes out of a tube because your valet always did that for you. It&#8217;s like being amazed at the sight of a supermarket scanner. What world does Mr. McCain live in? Where does he keep his sense of curiosity? My 94-year-old mother has sent e-mail. Does somebody plan to show him how it&#8217;s done and will they explain to him what &#8220;LOL&#8221; means? </p>
<p>(Garrison Keillor&#8217;s &#8220;A Prairie Home Companion&#8221; can be heard Saturday nights on public radio stations across the country.) </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=5139526', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From Garrison Kiellor:
&lt;em&gt;And it&#039;s an amazing country where an Arizona multimillionaire can attack a Chicago South Sider as an elitist and hope to make it stick. The Chicagoan was brought up by a single mom who had big ambitions for him, and he got scholarshipped into Harvard Law and was made president of the law review, all of it on his own hook, whereas the Arizonan is the son of an admiral and was ushered into Annapolis though an indifferent student, much like the Current Occupant, both of them men who are very lucky that their fathers were born before they were. The Chicagoan, who grew up without a father, wrote a book on his own, using a computer. The Arizonan hired people to write his for him. But because the Chicagoan can say what he thinks and make sense and the Arizonan cannot do that for more than 30 seconds at a time, the old guy is hoping to portray the skinny guy as arrogant.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Garrison Kiellor:<br />
<em>And it&#8217;s an amazing country where an Arizona multimillionaire can attack a Chicago South Sider as an elitist and hope to make it stick. The Chicagoan was brought up by a single mom who had big ambitions for him, and he got scholarshipped into Harvard Law and was made president of the law review, all of it on his own hook, whereas the Arizonan is the son of an admiral and was ushered into Annapolis though an indifferent student, much like the Current Occupant, both of them men who are very lucky that their fathers were born before they were. The Chicagoan, who grew up without a father, wrote a book on his own, using a computer. The Arizonan hired people to write his for him. But because the Chicagoan can say what he thinks and make sense and the Arizonan cannot do that for more than 30 seconds at a time, the old guy is hoping to portray the skinny guy as arrogant.</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=5139516', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pbg</title>
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		<dc:creator>pbg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Proof positive that the QAxis of Evil was a sham.
Saddam Hussein, having lost two wars, crippled by sanctions, no WMD&#039;s:
Beat the drums, invade, occupy, hang him.

Kim Jong Il, with WMD&#039;s, missiles for delivery:
the President ASKS him. His choice.

This is who we&#039;ve become: not just a bully, but a coward.
If it looks like the guy might put up a fight, negotiate politely.

But he guy on crutches? Beat him up, knock him down.

And take his lunch money.

All you wingers hooting about the global war on Terror? Take a look at how the Korean Front is being fought!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Proof positive that the QAxis of Evil was a sham.<br />
Saddam Hussein, having lost two wars, crippled by sanctions, no WMD&#8217;s:<br />
Beat the drums, invade, occupy, hang him.</p>
<p>Kim Jong Il, with WMD&#8217;s, missiles for delivery:<br />
the President ASKS him. His choice.</p>
<p>This is who we&#8217;ve become: not just a bully, but a coward.<br />
If it looks like the guy might put up a fight, negotiate politely.</p>
<p>But he guy on crutches? Beat him up, knock him down.</p>
<p>And take his lunch money.</p>
<p>All you wingers hooting about the global war on Terror? Take a look at how the Korean Front is being fought!<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=5139514', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Freedom Rebel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong Says: 

&lt;em&gt;Freedom Rebel Says:
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The FBI’s Emerging, Leaking Case Against Ivins

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1. Freedom Rebel - Jay Leno said it the best about Ivins.


I read Glen Greenwald’s article this morning on this right after I had read the article in Slate about Suskind’s new book and the accusation that the CIA forged the letter linking Saddam and alQaida.

I’m really getting a sinking feeling in the pit of my gut.
When you juxtapose those two pieces and then throw in a little outing of a Covert operative for some flavor, you’ve made yourself quite a sickening stew of just how far we have sunk and just how important it will be for Congress to launch a full blown investigation and Impeachment.

It’s all beyond disturbing!&lt;/em&gt;


Good Morning TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong :)  Even more disturbing is that how much further down the rabbit til we hit bottom.  I&#039;m sure there is even more that we don&#039;t know about because of Cheney&#039;s refusal to any oversight.  Plus throw into the mix the fact that this administration IMHO has done more in secret than any previous administration.  

In will probably be years before we know the full extent of how far Bush &amp; Cheney dragged our country into the gutter.  It was just like a magic act, keep everyone busy looking over here (terrorists) and with a slight of hand no one will notice what we did over there (torturing detainees at Gitmo and secret prison ships).  Too many secret meetings and no oversight by our Congress; this is the debacle we are left with.  It makes you sick to think that some of this could have been avoided if our representatives in Congress would have had a spine to stand up to them.  

Have a good day, good to see you as always.....</description>
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<p>1. Freedom Rebel &#8211; Jay Leno said it the best about Ivins.</p>
<p>I read Glen Greenwald’s article this morning on this right after I had read the article in Slate about Suskind’s new book and the accusation that the CIA forged the letter linking Saddam and alQaida.</p>
<p>I’m really getting a sinking feeling in the pit of my gut.<br />
When you juxtapose those two pieces and then throw in a little outing of a Covert operative for some flavor, you’ve made yourself quite a sickening stew of just how far we have sunk and just how important it will be for Congress to launch a full blown investigation and Impeachment.</p>
<p>It’s all beyond disturbing!</em></p>
<p>Good Morning TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong :)  Even more disturbing is that how much further down the rabbit til we hit bottom.  I&#8217;m sure there is even more that we don&#8217;t know about because of Cheney&#8217;s refusal to any oversight.  Plus throw into the mix the fact that this administration IMHO has done more in secret than any previous administration.  </p>
<p>In will probably be years before we know the full extent of how far Bush &amp; Cheney dragged our country into the gutter.  It was just like a magic act, keep everyone busy looking over here (terrorists) and with a slight of hand no one will notice what we did over there (torturing detainees at Gitmo and secret prison ships).  Too many secret meetings and no oversight by our Congress; this is the debacle we are left with.  It makes you sick to think that some of this could have been avoided if our representatives in Congress would have had a spine to stand up to them.  </p>
<p>Have a good day, good to see you as always&#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=5139506', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Six conservative senators are skipping the GOP convention....Two others, Wayne Allard of Colorado and Larry Craig of Idaho, are retiring.”

Doesn&#039;t Craig know Darlyy&#039;s coming just to sit in the stall next to him and admire his tapping and handunderstall technique?&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Six conservative senators are skipping the GOP convention&#8230;.Two others, Wayne Allard of Colorado and Larry Craig of Idaho, are retiring.”</p>
<p>Doesn&#8217;t Craig know Darlyy&#8217;s coming just to sit in the stall next to him and admire his tapping and handunderstall technique?</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=5139490', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/06/thinkfast-august-6-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5139474</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pelosi is an enabler and an &quot;agent of goldstein&quot;, she helped trash our right to privacy with the help of the telecoms. Help Cindy in order to send Pelosi home to dig up weeds, where she belongs...

http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=1026</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pelosi is an enabler and an &#8220;agent of goldstein&#8221;, she helped trash our right to privacy with the help of the telecoms. Help Cindy in order to send Pelosi home to dig up weeds, where she belongs&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=1026" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=1026</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=5139474', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/06/thinkfast-august-6-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5139408</link>
		<dc:creator>TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Freedom Rebel Says: 
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The FBI’s Emerging, Leaking Case Against Ivins&lt;/em&gt;

&lt;em&gt;MapleStreet Says: 
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1. Freedom Rebel - Jay Leno said it the best about Ivins. 
&lt;/em&gt;

I read Glen Greenwald&#039;s article this morning on this right after I had read the article in Slate about Suskind&#039;s new book and the accusation that the CIA forged the letter linking Saddam and alQaida.

&lt;strong&gt;I&#039;m really getting a sinking feeling in the pit of my gut.&lt;/strong&gt;
When you juxtapose those two pieces and then throw in a little outing of a Covert operative for some flavor, you&#039;ve made yourself quite a sickening stew of just how far we have sunk and just how important it will be for Congress to launch a full blown investigation and Impeachment.

It&#039;s all beyond disturbing!</description>
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<p>1. Freedom Rebel &#8211; Jay Leno said it the best about Ivins.<br />
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<p>I read Glen Greenwald&#8217;s article this morning on this right after I had read the article in Slate about Suskind&#8217;s new book and the accusation that the CIA forged the letter linking Saddam and alQaida.</p>
<p><strong>I&#8217;m really getting a sinking feeling in the pit of my gut.</strong><br />
When you juxtapose those two pieces and then throw in a little outing of a Covert operative for some flavor, you&#8217;ve made yourself quite a sickening stew of just how far we have sunk and just how important it will be for Congress to launch a full blown investigation and Impeachment.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s all beyond disturbing!<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=5139408', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Freedom Rebel</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/06/thinkfast-august-6-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5139386</link>
		<dc:creator>Freedom Rebel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#49 And the beat goes on Says: 

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However, legal experts said the government’s recent setbacks in court raised troubling questions about how federal prosecutors handled the high-profile cases and suggested that the Justice Department could face serious obstacles in other white-collar investigations:

**Good morning FR!:D Fabulous job on your post selections as usual. I have been following Glen Greenwald and the other incredible investigative reporters’ stories on the anthrax investigations as well. The selection from the Enron post just proves that this current administration could screw up a free lunch. The are just so good at being incompetent that I think it is now part of their job descriptions. The Enron prosecutions should have been a slam-dunk.&lt;/em&gt;


Good Morning and the beat goes on:)  Thank you. This should have been a no-brainer, I agree.  When I read that the Arthur Andersen conviction had been overturned on a technicality, give me a break.  Those guys had received pay-offs to look the other way.  What a complete mess.  

With the Enron Executives there is 3,500 potentially fraudulent financial transactions, how hard could this be.  Their problem they say is that it would take them a decade with a team of 6 to go through.  My point then is, get a bigger team of lawyers.  Just make sure the convictions stick.</description>
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However, legal experts said the government’s recent setbacks in court raised troubling questions about how federal prosecutors handled the high-profile cases and suggested that the Justice Department could face serious obstacles in other white-collar investigations:</p>
<p>**Good morning FR!:D Fabulous job on your post selections as usual. I have been following Glen Greenwald and the other incredible investigative reporters’ stories on the anthrax investigations as well. The selection from the Enron post just proves that this current administration could screw up a free lunch. The are just so good at being incompetent that I think it is now part of their job descriptions. The Enron prosecutions should have been a slam-dunk.</em></p>
<p>Good Morning and the beat goes on:)  Thank you. This should have been a no-brainer, I agree.  When I read that the Arthur Andersen conviction had been overturned on a technicality, give me a break.  Those guys had received pay-offs to look the other way.  What a complete mess.  </p>
<p>With the Enron Executives there is 3,500 potentially fraudulent financial transactions, how hard could this be.  Their problem they say is that it would take them a decade with a team of 6 to go through.  My point then is, get a bigger team of lawyers.  Just make sure the convictions stick.<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=5139386', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: denny</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/06/thinkfast-august-6-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5139334</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can anyone provide information or a source site to check the Olympic attendance numbers? I&#039;ve heard, but haven&#039;t read anywhere, that attendance at this Olympics is anything but olympic. Thanks.</description>
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		<title>By: Freedom Rebel</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/06/thinkfast-august-6-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5139318</link>
		<dc:creator>Freedom Rebel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#46 MapleStreet Says: 

&lt;em&gt;1. Freedom Rebel - Jay Leno said it the best about Ivins. 

Something along the lines of hes a stalker, his therapist files a restraining order against him, he wants to kill people: And this is who the Govt puts in charge of the Anthrax ???????????&lt;/em&gt;



Good Morning MapleStreet :)  Kudos to Jay Leno.  It&#039;s pretty bad when the comedians credit the public with more common sense than the media does.</description>
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<p><em>1. Freedom Rebel &#8211; Jay Leno said it the best about Ivins. </p>
<p>Something along the lines of hes a stalker, his therapist files a restraining order against him, he wants to kill people: And this is who the Govt puts in charge of the Anthrax ???????????</em></p>
<p>Good Morning MapleStreet :)  Kudos to Jay Leno.  It&#8217;s pretty bad when the comedians credit the public with more common sense than the media does.<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=5139318', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zimzone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And the beat goes on Says: The Enron prosecutions should have been a slam-dunk.

&lt;em&gt;This is what happens when politicians are appointed to jobs requiring trained Justice Dept. lawyers.

The Bush Cancer has spread it&#039;s tentacles throughout a myriad of government layers. Name a Federal agency and I&#039;ll show you a host of politicos embedded in the decision making apparatus.

The Justice Dept. is the most visible, perhaps, but these NeoClowns are far more numerous than most Americans can fathom.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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<p><em>This is what happens when politicians are appointed to jobs requiring trained Justice Dept. lawyers.</p>
<p>The Bush Cancer has spread it&#8217;s tentacles throughout a myriad of government layers. Name a Federal agency and I&#8217;ll show you a host of politicos embedded in the decision making apparatus.</p>
<p>The Justice Dept. is the most visible, perhaps, but these NeoClowns are far more numerous than most Americans can fathom.</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=5139308', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: And the beat goes on</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/06/thinkfast-august-6-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-5139292</link>
		<dc:creator>And the beat goes on</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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However, legal experts said the government’s recent setbacks in court raised troubling questions about how federal prosecutors handled the high-profile cases and suggested that the Justice Department could face serious obstacles in other white-collar investigations:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

&lt;em&gt;**Good morning FR!:D  Fabulous job on your post selections as usual.  I have been following Glen Greenwald and the other incredible investigative reporters&#039; stories on the anthrax investigations as well.  The selection from the Enron post just proves that this current administration could screw up a free lunch.  The are just so good at being incompetent that I think it is now part of their job descriptions.  The Enron prosecutions should have been a slam-dunk.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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However, legal experts said the government’s recent setbacks in court raised troubling questions about how federal prosecutors handled the high-profile cases and suggested that the Justice Department could face serious obstacles in other white-collar investigations:</strong></em></p>
<p><em>**Good morning FR!:D  Fabulous job on your post selections as usual.  I have been following Glen Greenwald and the other incredible investigative reporters&#8217; stories on the anthrax investigations as well.  The selection from the Enron post just proves that this current administration could screw up a free lunch.  The are just so good at being incompetent that I think it is now part of their job descriptions.  The Enron prosecutions should have been a slam-dunk.</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=5139292', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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