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		<title>Comment on Quote of the Day… 7/24/08 by dadinseattle</title>
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		<dc:creator>dadinseattle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The second sentence in my above retort  discounts your no experience argument. Experience does count.  My objection would be to representatives serving more than four terms and senators serving more than three. I do believe there is an insidious change that takes place in some of these people that locks in arrogant and egotistical views and doesn't allow room for new growth, much as a rope will slowly girdle around the tree trunk until it becomes completely encased and cannot be removed.  Though the rope at one time served to help stake the tree thereby supporting it, it now works to slowly but surely kill the tree as the cambium it choked off.  The tree receives neither water nor nutrient and it dies. 
The 110th Congress is an apt example of an ineffective body that is mired in self importance but has accomplished very little.

My point is a very few are allowed to control too much and keep making it worse through rules and procedures thereby denying Americans a truly representative government.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The second sentence in my above retort  discounts your no experience argument. Experience does count.  My objection would be to representatives serving more than four terms and senators serving more than three. I do believe there is an insidious change that takes place in some of these people that locks in arrogant and egotistical views and doesn&#8217;t allow room for new growth, much as a rope will slowly girdle around the tree trunk until it becomes completely encased and cannot be removed.  Though the rope at one time served to help stake the tree thereby supporting it, it now works to slowly but surely kill the tree as the cambium it choked off.  The tree receives neither water nor nutrient and it dies.<br />
The 110th Congress is an apt example of an ineffective body that is mired in self importance but has accomplished very little.</p>
<p>My point is a very few are allowed to control too much and keep making it worse through rules and procedures thereby denying Americans a truly representative government.</p>
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		<title>Comment on DRUDGE CENSORS ADS ON REPORTS ABOUT OBAMA-COMMUNISM LINK by Frznagn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Frznagn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe he's waiting to use this as an 'October Surprise'.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe he&#8217;s waiting to use this as an &#8216;October Surprise&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Quote of the Day… 7/24/08 by DocNeaves</title>
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		<dc:creator>DocNeaves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, you think the primary qualification for someone to lead this country and serve in Congress is that they have NO experience doing so?  It seems you equate experience with corruption, when it's really just corruption that's the problem, not the experience.  Sort of like cutting off your leg to get rid of an ingrown toenail.  And you can't show me where you'd get any better candidate picking no experience every four years, since "the machine" candidates, the ones you're trying to avoid, are the ones best suited to constant turnover, since they are PROFESSIONAL CANDIDATE/VICTIM MONGERERS, or did you forget?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, you think the primary qualification for someone to lead this country and serve in Congress is that they have NO experience doing so?  It seems you equate experience with corruption, when it&#8217;s really just corruption that&#8217;s the problem, not the experience.  Sort of like cutting off your leg to get rid of an ingrown toenail.  And you can&#8217;t show me where you&#8217;d get any better candidate picking no experience every four years, since &#8220;the machine&#8221; candidates, the ones you&#8217;re trying to avoid, are the ones best suited to constant turnover, since they are PROFESSIONAL CANDIDATE/VICTIM MONGERERS, or did you forget?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Quote of the Day… 7/24/08 by dadinseattle</title>
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		<dc:creator>dadinseattle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Term limits are a must!  That doesn't mean a single term.
When you look at most of the maneuvering you see it is done in the committees. These are assigned by seniority and allow some of our least principled politicians to dictate what will or will not even make it to a debate.  The damage being done to this country is being done by people in these positions in Congress and the Supreme Court.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Term limits are a must!  That doesn&#8217;t mean a single term.<br />
When you look at most of the maneuvering you see it is done in the committees. These are assigned by seniority and allow some of our least principled politicians to dictate what will or will not even make it to a debate.  The damage being done to this country is being done by people in these positions in Congress and the Supreme Court.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Judge-mentally Impaired Should Get Off Michael Savage’s Back By Selwyn Duke by DocNeaves</title>
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		<dc:creator>DocNeaves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“All children ‘have ADD’ up till age two, but if they’re socialized properly, it’s bred out of them.”

Uh, not to cherry pick, but to have something "bred" out of you, it requires generations, not training.  Breeding out problems only concentrates on those that are genetic, and only does so when they have targets, and the ability to affect the outcomes of those target interactions.  Also, for a psychiatrist to say this cheapens ADD, because ADD is a disorder or it's not, and disorders are a) not "shared by every child" and b) suddenly cured by proper parenting.  And, tell me, what is "proper" socialization?  Who determines this?  Is it result specific, in other words, if the child turns out okay, it was proper, and it the child turns out autistic, ADD, ADHD, or some other problem (that they say is inherent in the child), then it wasn't proper?  Does this mean we're going to start making a value judgement based upon results, and start prosecuting parents of children with ADD because that's evidence of "bad parenting" or "improper socialization"?

"Psychology is the only field wherein the practitioners invent, or exaggerate the prevalence of, diseases and conditions so they’ll have ready diagnoses."

Wrong, sir, because this problem is endemic to our society at the moment.  Just in the medical profession alone, I'd like you to consider that there are two diseases (I know they treat them as seperate diseases, I was diagnosed with and treated for both at the same time...funny thing, turns out I had seven ruptured discs in my back and neck), one called chronic muscle fatigue, and one called fibromyalgia.  Translate that Latin "fibro" it's muscle, and the "myalgia" is chronic fatigue.  Get it?  Two diseases, because they translated one into Latin.  But no, the psych docs are the only ones who make stuff up.  Try the cholesterol problem, while there's STILL, after fifty years of researching it, NOT ONE SINGLE LINK to heart disease, we still destroy people's kidneys every day with cholesterol lowering medicines.  Why?  Because it's big business.

For more examples, look to global warming, and population explosion.  Both are concepts the left tries to impose on the world, and while we're aware of it, everyone still has some horrid idea of "too many people" in the world.  More carbon dioxide has been proven to only grow more food, and essentially nothing else, yet everyone fears it because we are made to fear it by the media.

Why?  Because they can only control us if they're constantly trying to save us from something, and not everyone will be fooled by any one thing, so they must offer us a panoply of tragic consequences to constantly be rescued from, like damsels in a never-ending story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“All children ‘have ADD’ up till age two, but if they’re socialized properly, it’s bred out of them.”</p>
<p>Uh, not to cherry pick, but to have something &#8220;bred&#8221; out of you, it requires generations, not training.  Breeding out problems only concentrates on those that are genetic, and only does so when they have targets, and the ability to affect the outcomes of those target interactions.  Also, for a psychiatrist to say this cheapens ADD, because ADD is a disorder or it&#8217;s not, and disorders are a) not &#8220;shared by every child&#8221; and b) suddenly cured by proper parenting.  And, tell me, what is &#8220;proper&#8221; socialization?  Who determines this?  Is it result specific, in other words, if the child turns out okay, it was proper, and it the child turns out autistic, ADD, ADHD, or some other problem (that they say is inherent in the child), then it wasn&#8217;t proper?  Does this mean we&#8217;re going to start making a value judgement based upon results, and start prosecuting parents of children with ADD because that&#8217;s evidence of &#8220;bad parenting&#8221; or &#8220;improper socialization&#8221;?</p>
<p>&#8220;Psychology is the only field wherein the practitioners invent, or exaggerate the prevalence of, diseases and conditions so they’ll have ready diagnoses.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wrong, sir, because this problem is endemic to our society at the moment.  Just in the medical profession alone, I&#8217;d like you to consider that there are two diseases (I know they treat them as seperate diseases, I was diagnosed with and treated for both at the same time&#8230;funny thing, turns out I had seven ruptured discs in my back and neck), one called chronic muscle fatigue, and one called fibromyalgia.  Translate that Latin &#8220;fibro&#8221; it&#8217;s muscle, and the &#8220;myalgia&#8221; is chronic fatigue.  Get it?  Two diseases, because they translated one into Latin.  But no, the psych docs are the only ones who make stuff up.  Try the cholesterol problem, while there&#8217;s STILL, after fifty years of researching it, NOT ONE SINGLE LINK to heart disease, we still destroy people&#8217;s kidneys every day with cholesterol lowering medicines.  Why?  Because it&#8217;s big business.</p>
<p>For more examples, look to global warming, and population explosion.  Both are concepts the left tries to impose on the world, and while we&#8217;re aware of it, everyone still has some horrid idea of &#8220;too many people&#8221; in the world.  More carbon dioxide has been proven to only grow more food, and essentially nothing else, yet everyone fears it because we are made to fear it by the media.</p>
<p>Why?  Because they can only control us if they&#8217;re constantly trying to save us from something, and not everyone will be fooled by any one thing, so they must offer us a panoply of tragic consequences to constantly be rescued from, like damsels in a never-ending story.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Quote of the Day… 7/24/08 by DocNeaves</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Term limits means when you finally DO get a good one, he's gone with nothing you can do about it.  Personally, this is America, and if we don't like them, we should throw them out.  The reason we don't is because half of America won't go vote, and half of those who do won't educate themselves and vote responsibly.  This allows those who wish to be puppets to fall under the spell of communism, an attack which has lasted over a hundred years.  Only through involvement and education can we keep our country free.  Making a senator or congressmen leave after one term is nothing for the machine, they will just put another one in his/her place.  But you vote in someone who's on the side of the people, and they don't even have to campaign against him/her, they can just wait them out, and outvote them while they're there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Term limits means when you finally DO get a good one, he&#8217;s gone with nothing you can do about it.  Personally, this is America, and if we don&#8217;t like them, we should throw them out.  The reason we don&#8217;t is because half of America won&#8217;t go vote, and half of those who do won&#8217;t educate themselves and vote responsibly.  This allows those who wish to be puppets to fall under the spell of communism, an attack which has lasted over a hundred years.  Only through involvement and education can we keep our country free.  Making a senator or congressmen leave after one term is nothing for the machine, they will just put another one in his/her place.  But you vote in someone who&#8217;s on the side of the people, and they don&#8217;t even have to campaign against him/her, they can just wait them out, and outvote them while they&#8217;re there.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Quote of the Day… 7/23/08 by DocNeaves</title>
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		<dc:creator>DocNeaves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, the recap, for you idiot liberals, is this:"Those oil companies don't need more places to drill, because they're not drilling where we already let them, and if they'd just drill, this mess would be cleaned up, so we need drilling, but we, uh, don't need any new drilling, except, uh, where you already have a lease, even though you've discovered there's NO oil there, so, you can drill dry holes, but nowhere that you think there might actually BE oil, okay, because those places are for China, and Russia, and Canada, and all those other guys, got it?"</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, the recap, for you idiot liberals, is this:&#8221;Those oil companies don&#8217;t need more places to drill, because they&#8217;re not drilling where we already let them, and if they&#8217;d just drill, this mess would be cleaned up, so we need drilling, but we, uh, don&#8217;t need any new drilling, except, uh, where you already have a lease, even though you&#8217;ve discovered there&#8217;s NO oil there, so, you can drill dry holes, but nowhere that you think there might actually BE oil, okay, because those places are for China, and Russia, and Canada, and all those other guys, got it?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Comment on Republicans Could Tap a Gusher of Support Off the California Coast by DocNeaves</title>
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		<dc:creator>DocNeaves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have bad news for you...speculation SUBTRACTS from the price of oil.  Imagine how much it would cost if it was an illiquid market...you'd have to purchase ahead of time, would be subject to shipping charges, outages, supply interruptions just because a FEW people decided the price of oil...geesh, talk about the strawman argument.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have bad news for you&#8230;speculation SUBTRACTS from the price of oil.  Imagine how much it would cost if it was an illiquid market&#8230;you&#8217;d have to purchase ahead of time, would be subject to shipping charges, outages, supply interruptions just because a FEW people decided the price of oil&#8230;geesh, talk about the strawman argument.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Facts About Obama by Magie Dominic by drquality.com &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Facts About Obama by Magie Dominic</title>
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		<dc:creator>drquality.com &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Facts About Obama by Magie Dominic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Is the High Price of Oil a Conspiracy? by Karen Campbell by DocNeaves</title>
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		<dc:creator>DocNeaves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hate to disagree with you, but it IS a conspiracy.  Those in power are manipulating the markets intentionally.  Evidence?  How about every time oil drops five bucks, it "eases" or "slips" or "advances before retracing", but when it goes up by fifty cents, it "surges to a new high" even though the daily trading range might be five bucks!  How about every time there's some measeley little attack on a pipeline in Nigeria or some such place, it's played up through the news media, where oil "surges to a record high again, twelve cents higher than yesterday, on suppy concerns", yet congress says supply isn't the problem.  How about their excuse that we shouldn't plant apple trees since we won't have any apples from them tomorrow?

The powers that be want America to fail, and the biggest attack on it right now is our currency.  They wish to take away our moral authority, they wish to take away our ability to defend ourselves, but they most assuredly have already taken away our currency, and are using it to strangle us whenever we don't play ball.  The oil increase is primarily in dollars, which means for the other currencies, there hasn't been anything LIKE the rise for us, and this was done intentionally.  The intention is to replace the world's reserve currency, which is currently dollars, with euros.  Why?  Then, with our currency worth less and less until it's worthless, they can replace it with the Amero, but only if we agree to merge into a Union with Mexico and Canada, in order to let THOSE economies support the one they've trashed here.  How do you strangle a country?  You make it twice as expensive for their energy as you do for everyone else in the world, and you do that by deflating their currency, not just by printing more (which they do), but by damaging it's reputation, essentially attacking it's credit rating, in the market place.

To blame this on market forces is ludicrous.  They are simply the tool the manipulators use, and they're big enough to throw all of us "speculators" (yes, I am one, though how my one contract can damage the world is beyond me) to the lions whenever they want, and this is the way they're doing it.  They scare you with us, making us the bogeymen, so you'll give them more power over us, when it's the individual trader making liquidity in the market, something that makes markets tradeable, more efficient, more honest.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hate to disagree with you, but it IS a conspiracy.  Those in power are manipulating the markets intentionally.  Evidence?  How about every time oil drops five bucks, it &#8220;eases&#8221; or &#8220;slips&#8221; or &#8220;advances before retracing&#8221;, but when it goes up by fifty cents, it &#8220;surges to a new high&#8221; even though the daily trading range might be five bucks!  How about every time there&#8217;s some measeley little attack on a pipeline in Nigeria or some such place, it&#8217;s played up through the news media, where oil &#8220;surges to a record high again, twelve cents higher than yesterday, on suppy concerns&#8221;, yet congress says supply isn&#8217;t the problem.  How about their excuse that we shouldn&#8217;t plant apple trees since we won&#8217;t have any apples from them tomorrow?</p>
<p>The powers that be want America to fail, and the biggest attack on it right now is our currency.  They wish to take away our moral authority, they wish to take away our ability to defend ourselves, but they most assuredly have already taken away our currency, and are using it to strangle us whenever we don&#8217;t play ball.  The oil increase is primarily in dollars, which means for the other currencies, there hasn&#8217;t been anything LIKE the rise for us, and this was done intentionally.  The intention is to replace the world&#8217;s reserve currency, which is currently dollars, with euros.  Why?  Then, with our currency worth less and less until it&#8217;s worthless, they can replace it with the Amero, but only if we agree to merge into a Union with Mexico and Canada, in order to let THOSE economies support the one they&#8217;ve trashed here.  How do you strangle a country?  You make it twice as expensive for their energy as you do for everyone else in the world, and you do that by deflating their currency, not just by printing more (which they do), but by damaging it&#8217;s reputation, essentially attacking it&#8217;s credit rating, in the market place.</p>
<p>To blame this on market forces is ludicrous.  They are simply the tool the manipulators use, and they&#8217;re big enough to throw all of us &#8220;speculators&#8221; (yes, I am one, though how my one contract can damage the world is beyond me) to the lions whenever they want, and this is the way they&#8217;re doing it.  They scare you with us, making us the bogeymen, so you&#8217;ll give them more power over us, when it&#8217;s the individual trader making liquidity in the market, something that makes markets tradeable, more efficient, more honest.</p>
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