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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5409674</link>
		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>HippyLickingPunk the stupidest organic being on the planet thinks he can read my mind and tell me how happy I am when he is clearly so stupid he has to hire six year olds to read the posts for him and type. Better save those tips from asking if your betters want paper or plastic because as ignorant as you are its only a matter of time before you have to hire someone to remind you to breathe. I FLUSH things with more capacity for higher brain function than you will ever have every morning</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HippyLickingPunk the stupidest organic being on the planet thinks he can read my mind and tell me how happy I am when he is clearly so stupid he has to hire six year olds to read the posts for him and type. Better save those tips from asking if your betters want paper or plastic because as ignorant as you are its only a matter of time before you have to hire someone to remind you to breathe. I FLUSH things with more capacity for higher brain function than you will ever have every morning<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=5409674', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5409668</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BushCrush, you&#039;d best get cracking on your application to work at SMU&#039;s George W. Bush Library.  They need picture books and you can obviously draw.  

Maybe you can write &lt;em&gt;My Pet Goat&#039;s Sweet Cheeks &lt;/em&gt;by HippieCrusher.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BushCrush, you&#8217;d best get cracking on your application to work at SMU&#8217;s George W. Bush Library.  They need picture books and you can obviously draw.  </p>
<p>Maybe you can write <em>My Pet Goat&#8217;s Sweet Cheeks </em>by HippieCrusher.<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=5409668', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5409614</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is the Burris item the story you&#039;re complaining about not getting any traffic?

Because that&#039;s &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; webpage.

Hint: news items are automatically sorted in reverse chronological order.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is the Burris item the story you&#8217;re complaining about not getting any traffic?</p>
<p>Because that&#8217;s <em>this</em> webpage.</p>
<p>Hint: news items are automatically sorted in reverse chronological order.<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=5409614', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5409382</link>
		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Hippie_Crusher:
Been cruising in your Escalade lately. Lots of folks are jokes to me. Right now you top the list...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Hippie_Crusher:<br />
Been cruising in your Escalade lately. Lots of folks are jokes to me. Right now you top the list&#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=5409382', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dave von Ebers</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5409068</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave von Ebers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No problem ED, and I wasn&#039;t meaning to call anybody to task. 

Believe me, as a long suffering Illinois Democrat, I hate the fact that Blago made the selection; in fact, I hate the fact that Blago makes us all look like a bunch of idiots here in the Land of Lincoln.  But such is the case.

Cheers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No problem ED, and I wasn&#8217;t meaning to call anybody to task. </p>
<p>Believe me, as a long suffering Illinois Democrat, I hate the fact that Blago made the selection; in fact, I hate the fact that Blago makes us all look like a bunch of idiots here in the Land of Lincoln.  But such is the case.</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=5409068', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK Dave you make a good well reasoned argument. I keep reading the Senate DOES have final say on its members as per the constitution but if you are citing a SC court the redefines that I guess I could easily be wrong. I have been before and I will be again. I dont really care one way or another. I hate to see Blago get to make the appointment or have the guy serving under such a cloud. On the other hand it isnt like the guy is Newt Gingrich. I am not sure this is even worth a fight. I just thought you were wrong when apparantly I was wrong. Thank you for the well reasoned reply which was more civil than I deserved.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK Dave you make a good well reasoned argument. I keep reading the Senate DOES have final say on its members as per the constitution but if you are citing a SC court the redefines that I guess I could easily be wrong. I have been before and I will be again. I dont really care one way or another. I hate to see Blago get to make the appointment or have the guy serving under such a cloud. On the other hand it isnt like the guy is Newt Gingrich. I am not sure this is even worth a fight. I just thought you were wrong when apparantly I was wrong. Thank you for the well reasoned reply which was more civil than I deserved.<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=5409038', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dave von Ebers</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave von Ebers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I meant to say, &quot;it is a &lt;i&gt;ministerial&lt;/i&gt; task&quot; in the second paragraph, above.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I meant to say, &#8220;it is a <i>ministerial</i> task&#8221; in the second paragraph, above.<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=5409030', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dave von Ebers</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5409026</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave von Ebers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No offense, Eugene Debs, but I wouldn&#039;t cite &quot;Yahoo Answers&quot; as a reliable source of the law.  Read the Supreme Court&#039;s decision in &lt;i&gt;McCormack v. Powell&lt;/i&gt;, 395 U.S. 486 (1969):  The power of the Congress to determine whether a prospective member can be seated is limited to determining whether the prospective member meets the &quot;standing qualifications&quot; set out in the Constitution.  Burris clearly meets those requirements -- take a look at Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution, which spells out the qualifications to serve in the Senate.  

Furthermore, the Illinois Secretary of State lacks the legal authority to refuse to certify the governor&#039;s appointment; it is a menial task that does not involve the exercise of discretion.  If the Secretary of State refuses to sign the certification documents, a court will compel him to do so.

Look, I don&#039;t like this situation any more than anyone else; but both the Constitution and the controlling Supreme Court authority are clear:  Reid is just plain wrong on this issue.  It&#039;s too bad that Rod Blagojevich chose to put all of us in this position, but he was well within his constitutional authority to do so.  It serves no legitimate purpose to trash the Constitution and defy the Supreme Court just to prove that Blagojevich is a world class jerk.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No offense, Eugene Debs, but I wouldn&#8217;t cite &#8220;Yahoo Answers&#8221; as a reliable source of the law.  Read the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in <i>McCormack v. Powell</i>, 395 U.S. 486 (1969):  The power of the Congress to determine whether a prospective member can be seated is limited to determining whether the prospective member meets the &#8220;standing qualifications&#8221; set out in the Constitution.  Burris clearly meets those requirements &#8212; take a look at Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution, which spells out the qualifications to serve in the Senate.  </p>
<p>Furthermore, the Illinois Secretary of State lacks the legal authority to refuse to certify the governor&#8217;s appointment; it is a menial task that does not involve the exercise of discretion.  If the Secretary of State refuses to sign the certification documents, a court will compel him to do so.</p>
<p>Look, I don&#8217;t like this situation any more than anyone else; but both the Constitution and the controlling Supreme Court authority are clear:  Reid is just plain wrong on this issue.  It&#8217;s too bad that Rod Blagojevich chose to put all of us in this position, but he was well within his constitutional authority to do so.  It serves no legitimate purpose to trash the Constitution and defy the Supreme Court just to prove that Blagojevich is a world class jerk.<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=5409026', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5408854</link>
		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As usual the rightwing idiots here dont know what they are talking about

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_go_co/illinois_governor_senate_q_a_1

Here are some questions and answers about the power of the Senate to seat Obama&#039;s successor.

Q: What is the Senate&#039;s authority to seat or not seat an appointee like Burris?

A: The Constitution makes the Senate the ultimate arbiter of a senator&#039;s qualification and election when it says, in Article I, Section 5, &quot;Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members ...&quot;

In any case, the Senate has final say over whether a governor&#039;s pick should be allowed to serve in the Senate.

Q: On what grounds may the Senate refuse to seat Burris?

A: Technically, the Senate doesn&#039;t need a specific reason; it sets its own standards for who may serve. But in this case, senators have a rule they might cite requiring an appointment be signed both by the governor and by the secretary of state. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says he will refuse to sign any Blagojevich appointment.


So do you wingnuts EVER know what you are talking about?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As usual the rightwing idiots here dont know what they are talking about</p>
<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_go_co/illinois_governor_senate_q_a_1" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_go_co/illinois_governor_senate_q_a_1</a></p>
<p>Here are some questions and answers about the power of the Senate to seat Obama&#8217;s successor.</p>
<p>Q: What is the Senate&#8217;s authority to seat or not seat an appointee like Burris?</p>
<p>A: The Constitution makes the Senate the ultimate arbiter of a senator&#8217;s qualification and election when it says, in Article I, Section 5, &#8220;Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members &#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>In any case, the Senate has final say over whether a governor&#8217;s pick should be allowed to serve in the Senate.</p>
<p>Q: On what grounds may the Senate refuse to seat Burris?</p>
<p>A: Technically, the Senate doesn&#8217;t need a specific reason; it sets its own standards for who may serve. But in this case, senators have a rule they might cite requiring an appointment be signed both by the governor and by the secretary of state. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says he will refuse to sign any Blagojevich appointment.</p>
<p>So do you wingnuts EVER know what you are talking about?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5408854', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>YOU are a joke ICEPUNK. An ignorant, worthless unfunny, sad and pathetic joke. The real tragedy is that is all you will ever be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YOU are a joke ICEPUNK. An ignorant, worthless unfunny, sad and pathetic joke. The real tragedy is that is all you will ever 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=5408848', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>little white guy afraid of the black guy,
Where do you find those silly pics? 

Closer you almost made it but you forgot that last &quot;a&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>little white guy afraid of the black guy,<br />
Where do you find those silly pics? </p>
<p>Closer you almost made it but you forgot that last &#8220;a&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5408846', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ICEMAN</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5408766</link>
		<dc:creator>ICEMAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.schnittshow.com/timages/page/frankendiapers.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Minnesota, Hell of a Choice!

What a joke! hahahahahahahahah&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.schnittshow.com/timages/page/frankendiapers.jpg" rel="nofollow">Minnesota, Hell of a Choice!</p>
<p>What a joke! hahahahahahahahah</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=5408766', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you mean &quot;roasts&quot; and oleander is more frequently considered to be a small tree rather than a bush but that is sort of semantics...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you mean &#8220;roasts&#8221; and oleander is more frequently considered to be a small tree rather than a bush but that is sort of semantics&#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=5408646', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mathazar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mathazar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>misshusseinmolly; sadly, there&#039;s been a resurgence
   of Stalin&#039;s popularity in Russia recently. 
   Go figure.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>misshusseinmolly; sadly, there&#8217;s been a resurgence<br />
   of Stalin&#8217;s popularity in Russia recently.<br />
   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=5408562', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ICEMAN</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5408338</link>
		<dc:creator>ICEMAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;katy Says: 
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thanks, ickman!
another dining experience i’ll hafta try while in the GREAT city of CHICAGO!&lt;/em&gt;

I also hear that uhhhhbama roast hot dog weenies using branches from the Oleander bush. You should give it a try sometime.</description>
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<p>thanks, ickman!<br />
another dining experience i’ll hafta try while in the GREAT city of CHICAGO!</em></p>
<p>I also hear that uhhhhbama roast hot dog weenies using branches from the Oleander bush. You should give it a try sometime.<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=5408338', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
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		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks, ickman!
another dining experience i&#039;ll hafta try while in the GREAT city of CHICAGO!

http://www.google.com/search?q=Dixie+Kitchen+and+Bait+Shop&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks, ickman!<br />
another dining experience i&#8217;ll hafta try while in the GREAT city of CHICAGO!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Dixie+Kitchen+and+Bait+Shop&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?q=Dixie+Kitchen+and+Bait+Shop&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a</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=5408304', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ICEMAN</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5408196</link>
		<dc:creator>ICEMAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1231082hsu1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Obama And That Other Ponzi Scheme&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;em&gt;As if being linked to one high-profile criminal case weren&#039;t enough, President-elect Barack Obama&#039;s name may soon pop up in another federal prosecution, this one involving a massive Ponzi scheme (no, the other massive Ponzi scheme). In addition to the Rod Blagojevich pay-for-play probe, Obama could figure in the upcoming fraud trial of Norman Hsu, the disgraced Democratic fundraiser&lt;/em&gt;

And yet another scandal involving the wonderful all inclusive party.  Can we say duped! 

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wjno.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=244038&amp;article=4801196&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Barack Obama, The Restaurant Reviewer unaired video&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;em&gt;In this 2001 &quot;lost episode&quot; of Check, Please!, then state senator Obama reviewed Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop.&lt;/em&gt;

Our fearless leader! What a joke.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1231082hsu1.html" rel="nofollow">Obama And That Other Ponzi Scheme</a></p>
<p><em>As if being linked to one high-profile criminal case weren&#8217;t enough, President-elect Barack Obama&#8217;s name may soon pop up in another federal prosecution, this one involving a massive Ponzi scheme (no, the other massive Ponzi scheme). In addition to the Rod Blagojevich pay-for-play probe, Obama could figure in the upcoming fraud trial of Norman Hsu, the disgraced Democratic fundraiser</em></p>
<p>And yet another scandal involving the wonderful all inclusive party.  Can we say duped! </p>
<p><a href="http://www.wjno.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=244038&amp;article=4801196" rel="nofollow">Barack Obama, The Restaurant Reviewer unaired video</a></p>
<p><em>In this 2001 &#8220;lost episode&#8221; of Check, Please!, then state senator Obama reviewed Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop.</em></p>
<p>Our fearless leader! What a joke.<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=5408196', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: PatrioticLiberalChristian</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5408188</link>
		<dc:creator>PatrioticLiberalChristian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;I made it!!&lt;/em&gt;

The ice or the Kool-Aid?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I made it!!</em></p>
<p>The ice or the Kool-Aid?<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=5408188', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Leftside Annie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5408166</link>
		<dc:creator>Leftside Annie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Icepoop says: LOOK AT ME!! LOOK AT ME!!! I CAN THROW SH*T AT THE WALL AND DROOL AT THE SAME TIME!!!!

Goody for you, dude.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Icepoop says: LOOK AT ME!! LOOK AT ME!!! I CAN THROW SH*T AT THE WALL AND DROOL AT THE SAME TIME!!!!</p>
<p>Goody for you, dude.<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=5408166', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Republic of Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/thinkfast-january-6-2009/comment-page-2/#comment-5408170</link>
		<dc:creator>The Republic of Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ICEMAN Says:

I made it!!
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Proving you can&#039;t spell and don&#039;t understand basic grammar was the point you WANTED to make?

No wonder they call it &quot;Special Ed&quot;... ;-)...</description>
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<p>I made it!!<br />
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<p>Proving you can&#8217;t spell and don&#8217;t understand basic grammar was the point you WANTED to make?</p>
<p>No wonder they call it &#8220;Special Ed&#8221;&#8230; ;-)&#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=5408170', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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