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	<title>Comments on: Friedman on &#8216;drill, drill, drill&#8217;: It&#8217;s like someone chanting &#8216;IBM Selectric typewriters&#8217; during the IT revolution.</title>
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		<title>By: BaxterJ</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-3/#comment-5214958</link>
		<dc:creator>BaxterJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.entertonement.com/collections/2959/Thomas-Friedman&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Good point&lt;/a&gt;. Now the Obama campaign just needs to pick it up and run with it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.entertonement.com/collections/2959/Thomas-Friedman" rel="nofollow">Good point</a>. Now the Obama campaign just needs to pick it up and run with it.<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=5214958', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: backup</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-3/#comment-5214232</link>
		<dc:creator>backup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think I ever suggesting that drilling was a significant way to address the energy problem.  (I actually said that I believe the oil should stay in the ground to be a real reserve in the event of a global oil shortage).  It&#039;s up the thread, check it out.

Although I don&#039;t believe that drilling should be the focus, I&#039;m suggesting that Obama should co-op the idea to get those people that do see drilling as important (a majority of the American people) from migrating to McCain.

If Obama and Democrats are in a strong enough position, they can disregard compromise and drive whatever agenda they want.  &lt;strong&gt;If&lt;/strong&gt; they are that strong.  But, I&#039;ve posted it a couple of times.  McCain is leading Obama in the polls.  That doesn&#039;t sound like it&#039;s a strong enough position to totally disregard the opposition.

Although I don&#039;t support drilling, I can see that it is an issue that Obama may want to adopt, so that he can better his chances of enacting the rest of his progressive agenda.

Of course, if progressives are unwilling to compromise, complaining through another 4  years is always an option.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think I ever suggesting that drilling was a significant way to address the energy problem.  (I actually said that I believe the oil should stay in the ground to be a real reserve in the event of a global oil shortage).  It&#8217;s up the thread, check it out.</p>
<p>Although I don&#8217;t believe that drilling should be the focus, I&#8217;m suggesting that Obama should co-op the idea to get those people that do see drilling as important (a majority of the American people) from migrating to McCain.</p>
<p>If Obama and Democrats are in a strong enough position, they can disregard compromise and drive whatever agenda they want.  <strong>If</strong> they are that strong.  But, I&#8217;ve posted it a couple of times.  McCain is leading Obama in the polls.  That doesn&#8217;t sound like it&#8217;s a strong enough position to totally disregard the opposition.</p>
<p>Although I don&#8217;t support drilling, I can see that it is an issue that Obama may want to adopt, so that he can better his chances of enacting the rest of his progressive agenda.</p>
<p>Of course, if progressives are unwilling to compromise, complaining through another 4  years is always an option.<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=5214232', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: aceomalley7</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214160</link>
		<dc:creator>aceomalley7</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good news on 2 fronts today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/business/media/08msnbc.html?_r=1&amp;ref=business&amp;oref=slogin 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-07-poll_N.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good news on 2 fronts today:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/business/media/08msnbc.html?_r=1&amp;ref=business&amp;oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/business/media/08msnbc.html?_r=1&amp;ref=business&amp;oref=slogin</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-07-poll_N.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-07-poll_N.htm</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=5214160', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: henry wallace</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214158</link>
		<dc:creator>henry wallace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BLOOD FOR OIL!..BLOOD FOR OIL!..BLOOD FOR OIL!..in Iraq blood for oil...in Iran blood for oil...in Georgia blood for oil pipeline...in Venezuela blood for oil. Now just who doesn&#039;t get it??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BLOOD FOR OIL!..BLOOD FOR OIL!..BLOOD FOR OIL!..in Iraq blood for oil&#8230;in Iran blood for oil&#8230;in Georgia blood for oil pipeline&#8230;in Venezuela blood for oil. Now just who doesn&#8217;t get it??<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=5214158', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214132</link>
		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They are, indeed, a frightening and dangerous bunch. But, I&#039;ll manage to sleep anyway.

G&#039;night good people.
You too trolls.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They are, indeed, a frightening and dangerous bunch. But, I&#8217;ll manage to sleep anyway.</p>
<p>G&#8217;night good people.<br />
You too trolls.<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=5214132', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214130</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>pete Says:

Chimpy himself is nuts enough to nuke Philly because they knocked the Boys out of the playoffs.
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I find it odd that BiggusDickus hasn&#039;t come out publicly and endorsed his potential VEEP replacement yet... but then, he is busy, stirring up support for WW III in Central Asia, huh?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>pete Says:</p>
<p>Chimpy himself is nuts enough to nuke Philly because they knocked the Boys out of the playoffs.<br />
___________</p>
<p>I find it odd that BiggusDickus hasn&#8217;t come out publicly and endorsed his potential VEEP replacement yet&#8230; but then, he is busy, stirring up support for WW III in Central Asia, huh?<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=5214130', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214128</link>
		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ya got that right TRoS. They can eff up a whole lot of stuff that no one can fix very soon even if there is the hoped for swing in November. And I don&#039;t even want to think about what they can do if Obama wins and the Dems get 60 seats. Chimpy himself is nuts enough to nuke Philly because they knocked the Boys out of the playoffs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ya got that right TRoS. They can eff up a whole lot of stuff that no one can fix very soon even if there is the hoped for swing in November. And I don&#8217;t even want to think about what they can do if Obama wins and the Dems get 60 seats. Chimpy himself is nuts enough to nuke Philly because they knocked the Boys out of the playoffs.<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=5214128', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214126</link>
		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...1,718. 1,719...

Boy it&#039;s hard to remain patient when trying to debunk BS, from a BS&#039;er with decent manners. But, how many ways must we prove that McSpin is a pandering idiot, Palin is just plain dangerous, and sane people believe this because they prove it with every word and deed?

I feel like bathing in bleach after everything I read about either one of the slimy (bleeps). And the sheeple give them a pass because he&#039;s a POW and she&#039;s a &quot;chaste Christian mom&quot;. Puke indeed.

But the final insult is when they defend their lying and accept them working for secret designs. They know what kind of jackals they support. The aspiring &quot;Royal Couple&quot; could serve roast infants on the Capital Mall and the Believers wouldn&#039;t even let it register.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;1,718. 1,719&#8230;</p>
<p>Boy it&#8217;s hard to remain patient when trying to debunk BS, from a BS&#8217;er with decent manners. But, how many ways must we prove that McSpin is a pandering idiot, Palin is just plain dangerous, and sane people believe this because they prove it with every word and deed?</p>
<p>I feel like bathing in bleach after everything I read about either one of the slimy (bleeps). And the sheeple give them a pass because he&#8217;s a POW and she&#8217;s a &#8220;chaste Christian mom&#8221;. Puke indeed.</p>
<p>But the final insult is when they defend their lying and accept them working for secret designs. They know what kind of jackals they support. The aspiring &#8220;Royal Couple&#8221; could serve roast infants on the Capital Mall and the Believers wouldn&#8217;t even let it register.<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=5214126', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214124</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>pete Says:

Do you guys bother to pay any attention to what he is saying? 
__________

Of course not, pete.  The righties in this country won&#039;t be satisfied w/ anything less than &quot;total victory&quot;, even though thy have no meaningful idea what it means.  The words alone give them such throbbing chubbies, they&#039;re simply besides themselves w/ the mere thought.

What did that twit w/ McStain&#039;s campaign say the other day?  Something to the effect, &quot;Whatever will help us win...&quot;  Sweet jeebus, they think this is just a game and that winning is all that matters.

Meanwhile... Pakistan&#039;s military has publically stated they reserve the right to retaliate over Botch&#039;s strikes in thir territory latelast week, and now Venezuela is planning joint naval maneuvers w/ Russia this fall.

Ooooooooh, goodie!  More peace dividends compliments of BotchCo.

And what does Backdoor have to share w/ us?

&quot;Give in to conservatives...&quot;  Yessssss, I know, backdoor, by even repeating iti n print, I&#039;m helping reinforce your clever little meme...

Gosh, you&#039;re SOOOOOOOOO F-in&#039; slick... 

None of us dumb lib&#039;ruls kin figger you out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>pete Says:</p>
<p>Do you guys bother to pay any attention to what he is saying?<br />
__________</p>
<p>Of course not, pete.  The righties in this country won&#8217;t be satisfied w/ anything less than &#8220;total victory&#8221;, even though thy have no meaningful idea what it means.  The words alone give them such throbbing chubbies, they&#8217;re simply besides themselves w/ the mere thought.</p>
<p>What did that twit w/ McStain&#8217;s campaign say the other day?  Something to the effect, &#8220;Whatever will help us win&#8230;&#8221;  Sweet jeebus, they think this is just a game and that winning is all that matters.</p>
<p>Meanwhile&#8230; Pakistan&#8217;s military has publically stated they reserve the right to retaliate over Botch&#8217;s strikes in thir territory latelast week, and now Venezuela is planning joint naval maneuvers w/ Russia this fall.</p>
<p>Ooooooooh, goodie!  More peace dividends compliments of BotchCo.</p>
<p>And what does Backdoor have to share w/ us?</p>
<p>&#8220;Give in to conservatives&#8230;&#8221;  Yessssss, I know, backdoor, by even repeating iti n print, I&#8217;m helping reinforce your clever little meme&#8230;</p>
<p>Gosh, you&#8217;re SOOOOOOOOO F-in&#8217; slick&#8230; </p>
<p>None of us dumb lib&#8217;ruls kin figger you out.<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=5214124', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214122</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Zooey Says:

Bingo!
___________

Thank youuuuu... thank you verrry much!</description>
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<p>Bingo!<br />
___________</p>
<p>Thank youuuuu&#8230; thank you verrry much!<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=5214122', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214118</link>
		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In plain simple language, the Jebus/Palin/Mcspin camp is saying &quot;drill here drill now&quot;. That implies they give their proxies to the current administration and will endorse ANY deal if they are elected. That&#039;s stupid regardless of the arguments.

And, once again, I defy anyone to provide a quote which suggests Obama would put &quot;drilling on the shelf for four years&quot;. He&#039;s stated often and loudly, and included in his platform, an openness to any energy proposals that make good sense. 

And he specifically mentioned nuclear and more drilling as being things that, while he doesn&#039;t consider them front runners, are open to negotiation. But, because he&#039;s a thoughtful, cautious, and personally moderate (politically too compared to what Reichwhiners would have one believe.) man, he doesn&#039;t commit to any deal he hasn&#039;t even seen an outline for.

Do you guys bother to pay any attention to what he is saying? Is the American so accustomed to Reckless radicals, from many camps, that we can&#039;t even understand simple concepts like:  

&lt;strong&gt;Decision before consideration is colossal stupidity&lt;/strong&gt;? 

Don&#039;t you understand that it&#039;s up to these people to make sound decisions? Don&#039;t you understand that they must be truthful when explaining these conclusions? Don&#039;t you comprehend that they are lying to sell a plan that has no limits? Don&#039;t you realize that they are bound, above all, to tell us the truth? Period?

And arguing that they have this blind support for drilling because it&#039;s &quot;what the people want&quot; makes me so effing mad I&#039;m tempted to kick my cat! They are selling a bogus product under false pretense!! And they haven&#039;t been effing elected!!!

It is surreal that anyone could not see it. Perhaps they do and don&#039;t care?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In plain simple language, the Jebus/Palin/Mcspin camp is saying &#8220;drill here drill now&#8221;. That implies they give their proxies to the current administration and will endorse ANY deal if they are elected. That&#8217;s stupid regardless of the arguments.</p>
<p>And, once again, I defy anyone to provide a quote which suggests Obama would put &#8220;drilling on the shelf for four years&#8221;. He&#8217;s stated often and loudly, and included in his platform, an openness to any energy proposals that make good sense. </p>
<p>And he specifically mentioned nuclear and more drilling as being things that, while he doesn&#8217;t consider them front runners, are open to negotiation. But, because he&#8217;s a thoughtful, cautious, and personally moderate (politically too compared to what Reichwhiners would have one believe.) man, he doesn&#8217;t commit to any deal he hasn&#8217;t even seen an outline for.</p>
<p>Do you guys bother to pay any attention to what he is saying? Is the American so accustomed to Reckless radicals, from many camps, that we can&#8217;t even understand simple concepts like:  </p>
<p><strong>Decision before consideration is colossal stupidity</strong>? </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t you understand that it&#8217;s up to these people to make sound decisions? Don&#8217;t you understand that they must be truthful when explaining these conclusions? Don&#8217;t you comprehend that they are lying to sell a plan that has no limits? Don&#8217;t you realize that they are bound, above all, to tell us the truth? Period?</p>
<p>And arguing that they have this blind support for drilling because it&#8217;s &#8220;what the people want&#8221; makes me so effing mad I&#8217;m tempted to kick my cat! They are selling a bogus product under false pretense!! And they haven&#8217;t been effing elected!!!</p>
<p>It is surreal that anyone could not see it. Perhaps they do and don&#8217;t care?<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=5214118', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: americangoy</title>
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		<dc:creator>americangoy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For the 2nd time in my life, I am agreeing 100% with Mr. Friedman.

Go figure.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the 2nd time in my life, I am agreeing 100% with Mr. Friedman.</p>
<p>Go figure.<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=5214116', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;The Republic of Stupidity Says:

You’re just SOOOOOOOOOOOOO obvious, you snotty, high-handed, condescending twit.
September 8th, 2008 at 12:12 am &lt;/em&gt;

Bingo!</description>
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<p>You’re just SOOOOOOOOOOOOO obvious, you snotty, high-handed, condescending twit.<br />
September 8th, 2008 at 12:12 am </em></p>
<p>Bingo!<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=5214114', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re just SOOOOOOOOOOOOO obvious, you snotty, high-handed, condescending twit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re just SOOOOOOOOOOOOO obvious, you snotty, high-handed, condescending twit.<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=5214112', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214110</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>backup Says:

Republic. Imagine if you’re with a group of people that are planning a picnic. 
___________

Oh, triple puke... you&#039;re not here to &quot;start a dialogue&quot; or &quot;warn us&quot;.  You&#039;re here to &quot;distort the dialogue&quot; and &quot;plant suggestive memes&quot;.   You&#039;re dishonest, manipulative, sneaky and condescending as hell.

&quot;McCain is a moderate&quot; is the perfect example... if one accepts this POS w/out questioning it, then McInsane&#039;s lunatic rantings become more acceptable... hey, wanna here Johnny&#039;s latest rape joke?

Perhaps we all need to move closer to Johnny&#039;s stance on the issues if we really wanna be &quot;good moderates&quot;, huh, backdoor?  And if we don&#039;t, we&#039;re what, the marginalized &quot;angry far left&quot;???  Quadruple puke.

Hey... let&#039;s all debate Obama V Palin... meaningless, but sure sounds good huh?
ANOTHER false position from the twit in the smoking jacket.

And what do we have tonight?

&quot;Give in to conservatives...&quot;

&quot;McCain’s more popular energy stands&quot;... no need or reason to question or debate this statement, our savior &quot;backdoor&quot; has come to enlighten us all...

&quot;conservatives have been successful...&quot;  At what, destroying the country?

Puke puke, puke, and puke again...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>backup Says:</p>
<p>Republic. Imagine if you’re with a group of people that are planning a picnic.<br />
___________</p>
<p>Oh, triple puke&#8230; you&#8217;re not here to &#8220;start a dialogue&#8221; or &#8220;warn us&#8221;.  You&#8217;re here to &#8220;distort the dialogue&#8221; and &#8220;plant suggestive memes&#8221;.   You&#8217;re dishonest, manipulative, sneaky and condescending as hell.</p>
<p>&#8220;McCain is a moderate&#8221; is the perfect example&#8230; if one accepts this POS w/out questioning it, then McInsane&#8217;s lunatic rantings become more acceptable&#8230; hey, wanna here Johnny&#8217;s latest rape joke?</p>
<p>Perhaps we all need to move closer to Johnny&#8217;s stance on the issues if we really wanna be &#8220;good moderates&#8221;, huh, backdoor?  And if we don&#8217;t, we&#8217;re what, the marginalized &#8220;angry far left&#8221;???  Quadruple puke.</p>
<p>Hey&#8230; let&#8217;s all debate Obama V Palin&#8230; meaningless, but sure sounds good huh?<br />
ANOTHER false position from the twit in the smoking jacket.</p>
<p>And what do we have tonight?</p>
<p>&#8220;Give in to conservatives&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;McCain’s more popular energy stands&#8221;&#8230; no need or reason to question or debate this statement, our savior &#8220;backdoor&#8221; has come to enlighten us all&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;conservatives have been successful&#8230;&#8221;  At what, destroying the country?</p>
<p>Puke puke, puke, and puke again&#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=5214110', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214108</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The problem with Captain backup is that he just &quot;believes&quot; the shit people tell him.  

&lt;blockquote&gt;Oh yeah, we&#039;re gonna drill for this here oil under the caribou, but in the meantime we&#039;ll be workin&#039; in that wind and sun stuff.  **wink wink**&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Get a clue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem with Captain backup is that he just &#8220;believes&#8221; the shit people tell him.  </p>
<blockquote><p>Oh yeah, we&#8217;re gonna drill for this here oil under the caribou, but in the meantime we&#8217;ll be workin&#8217; in that wind and sun stuff.  **wink wink**</p></blockquote>
<p>Get a clue.<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=5214108', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: backup</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214106</link>
		<dc:creator>backup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>pete.  I read your post.  But I&#039;ve got to go to bed.

Good nite, everybody.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>pete.  I read your post.  But I&#8217;ve got to go to bed.</p>
<p>Good nite, everybody.<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=5214106', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214100</link>
		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Still don&#039;t get it b-kup?

Here&#039;s the deal. My problem with &quot;&lt;em&gt;Give in to conservatives that want to drill with the stipulation that there will be a concurrent effort in renewables&lt;/em&gt;&quot; is?

They are not proposing those stipulations or the ones that worry me. They haven&#039;t said they even intend to use the leases in this freaking century. They don&#039;t have the resources to do it within years of the available negotiation time. They have not assured the public that the oil industry will cover the up-front costs. They have not assured the public that ANY environmental considerations will be made under current laws, much less what might make sense when they can actually begin theses leases...

Seriously. Signing leases for projects that can&#039;t begin for years after the lease is negotiated is like paying for a used car, allowing the original owner to drive it for five years and expecting to get it in the same condition as when you &quot;bought&quot; it.

If the oil industry wants to get serious? Order the hardware and give us an estimate of when production will hit the point where they are committed. Let us say the &quot;point of no return&quot; when they are asked for earnest money is 5 years.

That gives us an entire administration to haggle the deal. I have seen nothing from Obama to suggest that he would be an easy sell but, I don&#039;t think he would stop a good plan. On the other hand, Flippy McSpin has virtually assured he would sign on to any plan, no matter how bad. And I certainly don&#039;t trust this administration or Congress to negotiate a deal as lame ducks. The whole damn lot of them would end up with own, personal, oil rigs.

Try as I might, I can&#039;t think of a single sane, or logical, reason why anyone would want the current generation in Washington to negotiate anything with anyone. And that has nothing to do with politics. I&#039;m even willing to chance a McSpin administration with a new Congress/Senate rather than Bushco et al. I don&#039;t care which side of the aisle you&#039;re on, how could anyone want these (bleeps) to make more &quot;deciderings&quot;? I wouldn&#039;t want them to negotiate for a glass of water on my behalf.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still don&#8217;t get it b-kup?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the deal. My problem with &#8220;<em>Give in to conservatives that want to drill with the stipulation that there will be a concurrent effort in renewables</em>&#8221; is?</p>
<p>They are not proposing those stipulations or the ones that worry me. They haven&#8217;t said they even intend to use the leases in this freaking century. They don&#8217;t have the resources to do it within years of the available negotiation time. They have not assured the public that the oil industry will cover the up-front costs. They have not assured the public that ANY environmental considerations will be made under current laws, much less what might make sense when they can actually begin theses leases&#8230;</p>
<p>Seriously. Signing leases for projects that can&#8217;t begin for years after the lease is negotiated is like paying for a used car, allowing the original owner to drive it for five years and expecting to get it in the same condition as when you &#8220;bought&#8221; it.</p>
<p>If the oil industry wants to get serious? Order the hardware and give us an estimate of when production will hit the point where they are committed. Let us say the &#8220;point of no return&#8221; when they are asked for earnest money is 5 years.</p>
<p>That gives us an entire administration to haggle the deal. I have seen nothing from Obama to suggest that he would be an easy sell but, I don&#8217;t think he would stop a good plan. On the other hand, Flippy McSpin has virtually assured he would sign on to any plan, no matter how bad. And I certainly don&#8217;t trust this administration or Congress to negotiate a deal as lame ducks. The whole damn lot of them would end up with own, personal, oil rigs.</p>
<p>Try as I might, I can&#8217;t think of a single sane, or logical, reason why anyone would want the current generation in Washington to negotiate anything with anyone. And that has nothing to do with politics. I&#8217;m even willing to chance a McSpin administration with a new Congress/Senate rather than Bushco et al. I don&#8217;t care which side of the aisle you&#8217;re on, how could anyone want these (bleeps) to make more &#8220;deciderings&#8221;? I wouldn&#8217;t want them to negotiate for a glass of water on my behalf.<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=5214100', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: backup</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214098</link>
		<dc:creator>backup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Republic.  Imagine if you&#039;re with a group of people that are planning a picnic.  I come into the room and mention that it looks like it could rain.  Would you automatically get pissed at me for bringing it up or would you take a look outside?

You may not be in the mood to compromise.  I get it.  But I don&#039;t think the American people are as disenchanted with the conservatives as you believe they are:

&lt;blockquote&gt;John McCain has moved ahead of Barack Obama in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking, 48% to 45%, following last week’s Republican convention. This is McCain’s best showing since May.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

All I&#039;m saying: maybe bring an umbrella, maybe plan something indoors.  At least take a harder look at the weather.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republic.  Imagine if you&#8217;re with a group of people that are planning a picnic.  I come into the room and mention that it looks like it could rain.  Would you automatically get pissed at me for bringing it up or would you take a look outside?</p>
<p>You may not be in the mood to compromise.  I get it.  But I don&#8217;t think the American people are as disenchanted with the conservatives as you believe they are:</p>
<blockquote><p>John McCain has moved ahead of Barack Obama in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking, 48% to 45%, following last week’s Republican convention. This is McCain’s best showing since May.</p></blockquote>
<p>All I&#8217;m saying: maybe bring an umbrella, maybe plan something indoors.  At least take a harder look at the weather.<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=5214098', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/07/friedman-drill-drill/comment-page-2/#comment-5214094</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;backup sez:
Give in to conservatives...&lt;/em&gt;

You&#039;re kidding, right?  Eight f ucking years is enough giving in!  Look at where this country is, Captain.  

Just look at it...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>backup sez:<br />
Give in to conservatives&#8230;</em></p>
<p>You&#8217;re kidding, right?  Eight f ucking years is enough giving in!  Look at where this country is, Captain.  </p>
<p>Just look at it&#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=5214094', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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