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		<title>By: Dawn1954</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5706723</link>
		<dc:creator>Dawn1954</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>any woman who is abused is Neda, any woman who is being harrased is Neda. Any woman who is being exploited, is Neda.

Did I miss anyone?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>any woman who is abused is Neda, any woman who is being harrased is Neda. Any woman who is being exploited, is Neda.</p>
<p>Did I miss anyone?<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=5706723', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCeriousMaggot!</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5706096</link>
		<dc:creator>RUCeriousMaggot!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since this is the open thread, and it&#039;s Monday, just wanted to say:

Michael Steele is an ignorant fool.

There, much better do I feel...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since this is the open thread, and it&#8217;s Monday, just wanted to say:</p>
<p>Michael Steele is an ignorant fool.</p>
<p>There, much better do I feel&#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=5706096', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pbeeg</title>
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		<dc:creator>pbeeg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Back in the run-up to the Iraq war, when confronted with the &#039;Saddam Hussein is an evil dictator argument, I made this response:
So, if he is really bad, and it&#039;s therefore a good thing that he be removed, would Russia be justified in invading Iraq and removing him?
Why recoil in horror? if it&#039; a good thing, it&#039;s good for everybody, right?
Oh, so you&#039;re saying it&#039;s not good in general, just good for us. China can&#039;t invade Burma to overthrow the evil generals either.
Why?
Why, if it sucks as a principle, are we entitled to do it?

Most of the people I talked to were unwilling to say it outright: that the US is the rightful ruler of the world--&#039;ruling&#039; being precisely what we were doing to Saddam--applying our rule.

There is a gap between &quot;this is bad&quot; and &#039;we should intervene.&quot; because we are a) just another nation, no more, and b) guilty of acting awfully from time to time, as well as c) not that great in the success department. And a good rule of thumb is that if we&#039;d be upset at Russia or China doing it, then maybe we should think twice about doing it ourselves.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back in the run-up to the Iraq war, when confronted with the &#8216;Saddam Hussein is an evil dictator argument, I made this response:<br />
So, if he is really bad, and it&#8217;s therefore a good thing that he be removed, would Russia be justified in invading Iraq and removing him?<br />
Why recoil in horror? if it&#8217; a good thing, it&#8217;s good for everybody, right?<br />
Oh, so you&#8217;re saying it&#8217;s not good in general, just good for us. China can&#8217;t invade Burma to overthrow the evil generals either.<br />
Why?<br />
Why, if it sucks as a principle, are we entitled to do it?</p>
<p>Most of the people I talked to were unwilling to say it outright: that the US is the rightful ruler of the world&#8211;&#8217;ruling&#8217; being precisely what we were doing to Saddam&#8211;applying our rule.</p>
<p>There is a gap between &#8220;this is bad&#8221; and &#8216;we should intervene.&#8221; because we are a) just another nation, no more, and b) guilty of acting awfully from time to time, as well as c) not that great in the success department. And a good rule of thumb is that if we&#8217;d be upset at Russia or China doing it, then maybe we should think twice about doing it ourselves.<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=5705986', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Perry logan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5705966</link>
		<dc:creator>Perry logan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For those being pestered by global-warming deniers, here&#039;s an excellent science blog with the latest debunkings.  The guy also shoots down the pseudo-science of the pro-gun gang:

http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those being pestered by global-warming deniers, here&#8217;s an excellent science blog with the latest debunkings.  The guy also shoots down the pseudo-science of the pro-gun gang:</p>
<p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/" rel="nofollow">http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/</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=5705966', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Uncle Fester Lurks</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5705924</link>
		<dc:creator>Uncle Fester Lurks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just a thought: As tragic as was the death of Neda, it seems to me the war mongers on the right are trying to capitalize on her death by showing feigned outrage at Iran and start a fury here at home to support a war with Iran. These rat bastards won&#039;t be happy until there is WWIII.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a thought: As tragic as was the death of Neda, it seems to me the war mongers on the right are trying to capitalize on her death by showing feigned outrage at Iran and start a fury here at home to support a war with Iran. These rat bastards won&#8217;t be happy until there is WWIII.<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=5705924', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stewarjt</title>
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		<dc:creator>stewarjt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;And finally: Don’t tell Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) he’s jaywalking. When Terry was crossing the street in Washington, DC, a driver yelled out, “Can’t you read the sign?” “[Expletive] you!” replied Terry. “Really?” asked the driver. “Really,” Terry confirmed.&lt;/em&gt;

Either Rep. Terry had a Secret Service detail or he was looking for an ass whipping.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>And finally: Don’t tell Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) he’s jaywalking. When Terry was crossing the street in Washington, DC, a driver yelled out, “Can’t you read the sign?” “[Expletive] you!” replied Terry. “Really?” asked the driver. “Really,” Terry confirmed.</em></p>
<p>Either Rep. Terry had a Secret Service detail or he was looking for an ass whipping.<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=5705921', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Doodlebug Shayne Says: 
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&lt;em&gt;Luis Chapulin M Says:

watchdog Says:
There has been no rise in sea level.

I don&#039;t get it. Link shows, right there, in the front page, an increase in deltaMSL through the years. You say there&#039;s no rise in the sea level. What gives?&lt;/em&gt;

I don&#039;t think he understands what he&#039;s looking at. The first two links don&#039;t say what he thinks they do.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

After climate change makes our planet unlivable, I guess we will all have to go live in the alternate reality with the right-wingers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Doodlebug Shayne Says:<br />
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<p><em>Luis Chapulin M Says:</p>
<p>watchdog Says:<br />
There has been no rise in sea level.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t get it. Link shows, right there, in the front page, an increase in deltaMSL through the years. You say there&#8217;s no rise in the sea level. What gives?</em></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think he understands what he&#8217;s looking at. The first two links don&#8217;t say what he thinks they do.</p></blockquote>
<p>After climate change makes our planet unlivable, I guess we will all have to go live in the alternate reality with the right-wingers.<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=5705858', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: CageyCretin</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5705857</link>
		<dc:creator>CageyCretin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Luis Chapulin M Says: 
watchdog Says:
There has been no rise in sea level.

I don&#039;t get it. Link shows, right there, in the front page, an increase in deltaMSL through the years. You say there&#039;s no rise in the sea level. What gives?&lt;/em&gt;

That&#039;s because the report in the link was not adjusted for inflation. The current sea level is normal compared to the earlier sea level when adjusted for natural inflation. 

Also.

Gee. Don&#039;t you people understand the free market and everything?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Luis Chapulin M Says:<br />
watchdog Says:<br />
There has been no rise in sea level.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t get it. Link shows, right there, in the front page, an increase in deltaMSL through the years. You say there&#8217;s no rise in the sea level. What gives?</em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s because the report in the link was not adjusted for inflation. The current sea level is normal compared to the earlier sea level when adjusted for natural inflation. </p>
<p>Also.</p>
<p>Gee. Don&#8217;t you people understand the free market and everything?<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=5705857', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder locust</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5705853</link>
		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder locust</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Doodlebug Shayne Says:
&lt;em&gt;Luis Chapulin M Says:



&lt;blockquote&gt;watchdog Says:
There has been no rise in sea level&lt;/blockquote&gt;

.

I don&#039;t get it. Link shows, right there, in the front page, an increase in deltaMSL through the years. You say there&#039;s no rise in the sea level. What gives?&lt;/em&gt;

I don&#039;t think he understands what he&#039;s looking at. The first two links don&#039;t say what he thinks they do.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It&#039;s not his fault. You don&#039;t actually think watchpup digs up this crap on his own, do you? His trollmasters hand it to him every morning and say, &quot;here; go post this. We checked it out.&quot; Then they snicker as he trots off, tail wagging, talking points in his mouth.

The only things watchpup is capable of digging up on his own are old bones and cat poop.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Doodlebug Shayne Says:<br />
<em>Luis Chapulin M Says:</p>
<blockquote><p>watchdog Says:<br />
There has been no rise in sea level</p></blockquote>
<p>.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t get it. Link shows, right there, in the front page, an increase in deltaMSL through the years. You say there&#8217;s no rise in the sea level. What gives?</em></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think he understands what he&#8217;s looking at. The first two links don&#8217;t say what he thinks they do.</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s not his fault. You don&#8217;t actually think watchpup digs up this crap on his own, do you? His trollmasters hand it to him every morning and say, &#8220;here; go post this. We checked it out.&#8221; Then they snicker as he trots off, tail wagging, talking points in his mouth.</p>
<p>The only things watchpup is capable of digging up on his own are old bones and cat poop.<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=5705853', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Doodlebug Shayne</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5705835</link>
		<dc:creator>Doodlebug Shayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Luis Chapulin M Says:

watchdog Says:
There has been no rise in sea level.

I don&#039;t get it. Link shows, right there, in the front page, an increase in deltaMSL through the years. You say there&#039;s no rise in the sea level. What gives?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I don&#039;t think he understands what he&#039;s looking at.  The first two links don&#039;t say what he thinks they do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Luis Chapulin M Says:</p>
<p>watchdog Says:<br />
There has been no rise in sea level.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t get it. Link shows, right there, in the front page, an increase in deltaMSL through the years. You say there&#8217;s no rise in the sea level. What gives?</p></blockquote>
<p>I don&#8217;t think he understands what he&#8217;s looking at.  The first two links don&#8217;t say what he thinks they do.<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=5705835', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Doodlebug Shayne</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5705831</link>
		<dc:creator>Doodlebug Shayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Marie Says:

Sotomayor&#039;s decision in agreement with a previous appellate court decision has been rejected by the SCOTUS.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Of course it was.  They a bunch of activist right wing judges working to aid RNC causes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Marie Says:</p>
<p>Sotomayor&#8217;s decision in agreement with a previous appellate court decision has been rejected by the SCOTUS.</p></blockquote>
<p>Of course it was.  They a bunch of activist right wing judges working to aid RNC causes.<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=5705831', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Doodlebug Shayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doodlebug Shayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Way to go people of Honduras.  I wish you&#039;d have helped us out in 2000.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Way to go people of Honduras.  I wish you&#8217;d have helped us out in 2000.<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=5705808', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Luis Chapulin M</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5705797</link>
		<dc:creator>Luis Chapulin M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;watchdog Says:
There has been no rise in sea level.&lt;/em&gt;

I don&#039;t get it. Link shows, right there, in the front page, an increase in deltaMSL through the years. You say there&#039;s no rise in the sea level. What gives?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>watchdog Says:<br />
There has been no rise in sea level.</em></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t get it. Link shows, right there, in the front page, an increase in deltaMSL through the years. You say there&#8217;s no rise in the sea level. What gives?<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=5705797', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Dr. Hussein Matt Says: 
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STEYN: SOUTH CAROLINA HAS A CHEATING, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE GOVERNOR BECAUSE OF...... LIBERALISM


&lt;em&gt;Small government, narrow responsibilities, part-time legislators and executives, a minimal number of aides, lots of days off: Let&#039;s burst the bubble&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I know how we can make government about 40% smaller and much more effective. Get rid of all the Republicans. They can take every day off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Dr. Hussein Matt Says:<br />
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<p>STEYN: SOUTH CAROLINA HAS A CHEATING, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE GOVERNOR BECAUSE OF&#8230;&#8230; LIBERALISM</p>
<p><em>Small government, narrow responsibilities, part-time legislators and executives, a minimal number of aides, lots of days off: Let&#8217;s burst the bubble</em>.</p></blockquote>
<p>I know how we can make government about 40% smaller and much more effective. Get rid of all the Republicans. They can take every day off.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5705782', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zimzone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zimzone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>shoeless Says:

...the use of statements taken through coercive interrogations.”

Who is it that keeps coming up with all these euphemisms for torture?

&lt;em&gt;Ummmm, Lawyers?&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>shoeless Says:</p>
<p>&#8230;the use of statements taken through coercive interrogations.”</p>
<p>Who is it that keeps coming up with all these euphemisms for torture?</p>
<p><em>Ummmm, Lawyers?</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=5705781', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shoeless</title>
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		<dc:creator>shoeless</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;...the use of statements taken through coercive interrogations.”&lt;/em&gt;

Who is it that keeps coming up with all these euphemisms for torture?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>&#8230;the use of statements taken through coercive interrogations.”</em></p>
<p>Who is it that keeps coming up with all these euphemisms for torture?<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=5705773', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5705763</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rush Lintball has already excused Sanford as being a victim of Obama&#039;s liberalism.  
 
It&#039;s the repugniscum version of 6-degrees-of-separation -- everything always goes back to being Obama&#039;s fault.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rush Lintball has already excused Sanford as being a victim of Obama&#8217;s liberalism.  </p>
<p>It&#8217;s the repugniscum version of 6-degrees-of-separation &#8212; everything always goes back to being Obama&#8217;s fault.<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=5705763', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCeriousMaggot!</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCeriousMaggot!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;emthe Israeli Defense Ministry today announced that it has “approved construction of 50 new homes at a West Bank settlement as part of a plan for 1,450 housing units.” However, Israel said Sunday that it “would be open to a complete freeze of settlement building in the West Bank for three to six months as part of a broad Middle East peace endeavor.” 

Does anyone besides me see anything wierd about the &lt;em&gt;Israeli Defense Ministry &lt;/em&gt; announcing this?

More tactics of push push push, then &#039;back off&#039; to the more &#039;reasonable&#039; position o fonly demanding 750 housing units in a &#039;generous compromise&#039;????

Fcuk the Israelis.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&lt;emthe Israeli Defense Ministry today announced that it has “approved construction of 50 new homes at a West Bank settlement as part of a plan for 1,450 housing units.” However, Israel said Sunday that it “would be open to a complete freeze of settlement building in the West Bank for three to six months as part of a broad Middle East peace endeavor.” </p>
<p>Does anyone besides me see anything wierd about the <em>Israeli Defense Ministry </em> announcing this?</p>
<p>More tactics of push push push, then &#8216;back off&#8217; to the more &#8216;reasonable&#8217; position o fonly demanding 750 housing units in a &#8216;generous compromise&#8217;????</p>
<p>Fcuk the Israelis.<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=5705762', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/29/thinkfast-june-29-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5705759</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sotomayor&#039;s decision in agreement with a previous appellate court decision has been rejected by the SCOTUS.
It remains to be seen in the details of the ruling just how this affects all Americans.
It should not affect her appointment to the SCOTUS, but it will give her opponents a stage to grandstand -- even though she ruled as previous courts had done.

If opponents think that a justice should always have decided in a way that met their approval, then why even have a hearing -- that&#039;s what some repugs on the committee have said already.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sotomayor&#8217;s decision in agreement with a previous appellate court decision has been rejected by the SCOTUS.<br />
It remains to be seen in the details of the ruling just how this affects all Americans.<br />
It should not affect her appointment to the SCOTUS, but it will give her opponents a stage to grandstand &#8212; even though she ruled as previous courts had done.</p>
<p>If opponents think that a justice should always have decided in a way that met their approval, then why even have a hearing &#8212; that&#8217;s what some repugs on the committee have said already.<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=5705759', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cicero, It appears that you would not have been pleased no matter how Obama reacted to Iran&#039;s election.  
Had he been bellicose and threatening, (a la Bush) it would have been seen domestically and internationally 
as backtracking on his pledge for diplomacy and negotiations.  
This was an election (something the US has notoriously meddled in in the past) and no matter who is elected, our relationship with Iran must continue.  It would do no good to have taken a George Bush approach as you seem to have desired.
Finally, except for pundits who often don&#039;t know what they&#039;re talking about, experts, analysts and state officials have all praised Obama for walking a tightrope of commentary regarding Iran.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cicero, It appears that you would not have been pleased no matter how Obama reacted to Iran&#8217;s election.<br />
Had he been bellicose and threatening, (a la Bush) it would have been seen domestically and internationally<br />
as backtracking on his pledge for diplomacy and negotiations.<br />
This was an election (something the US has notoriously meddled in in the past) and no matter who is elected, our relationship with Iran must continue.  It would do no good to have taken a George Bush approach as you seem to have desired.<br />
Finally, except for pundits who often don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re talking about, experts, analysts and state officials have all praised Obama for walking a tightrope of commentary regarding Iran.<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=5705755', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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