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		<title>By: runasim</title>
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		<dc:creator>runasim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chris,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where is the even keel? i can&#039;t find it.&lt;br&gt;Isn&#039;t there more than one candidate in the race?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For that matter, isn&#039;t there more than one issue involved?&lt;br&gt;Criticizing Obama on any issue  is one thing.  Criticizing him without so much as h/t  to al the other people involved and all the other issues involved is another.&lt;br&gt;It amounts to cutting off a foot in order to trim a toe nail.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What&#039;s done is done.  Now how do you and your fellow hamerers intend to go forward about FISA?  What is your plan for raising this issue WHEN IT CAN HAVE AT LEAST A CHANCE  of being effective?  It&#039;s not now, I can tell you.  Obama can&#039;t possibly reverse course until after he is elected.  &lt;br&gt;Aside from hammering without regard to board or nail, what is your plan?&lt;br&gt;Or is hammering an end in itself,?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris,</p>
<p>Where is the even keel? i can&#39;t find it.<br />Isn&#39;t there more than one candidate in the race?</p>
<p>For that matter, isn&#39;t there more than one issue involved?<br />Criticizing Obama on any issue  is one thing.  Criticizing him without so much as h/t  to al the other people involved and all the other issues involved is another.<br />It amounts to cutting off a foot in order to trim a toe nail.</p>
<p>What&#39;s done is done.  Now how do you and your fellow hamerers intend to go forward about FISA?  What is your plan for raising this issue WHEN IT CAN HAVE AT LEAST A CHANCE  of being effective?  It&#39;s not now, I can tell you.  Obama can&#39;t possibly reverse course until after he is elected.  <br />Aside from hammering without regard to board or nail, what is your plan?<br />Or is hammering an end in itself,?</p>
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		<title>By: ChrisWWW</title>
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		<dc:creator>ChrisWWW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Runasim,&lt;br&gt;By all means, keep us on an even keel. But that doesn&#039;t mean we shouldn&#039;t be hammering Obama for planning to gut what&#039;s the left of the 4th Amendment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Runasim,<br />By all means, keep us on an even keel. But that doesn&#39;t mean we shouldn&#39;t be hammering Obama for planning to gut what&#39;s the left of the 4th Amendment.</p>
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		<title>By: runasim</title>
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		<dc:creator>runasim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chris www,said:&lt;br&gt;&quot;If Obama wants to win, then he should stop being an accessory to the evil and wicked. How about that? &quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I reply:&lt;br&gt;If MCain  wants to win, then he should stop being an accessory to the evil and wicked.  How about EQUAL TIME for that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris www,said:<br />&#8220;If Obama wants to win, then he should stop being an accessory to the evil and wicked. How about that? &#8220;</p>
<p>I reply:<br />If MCain  wants to win, then he should stop being an accessory to the evil and wicked.  How about EQUAL TIME for that?</p>
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		<title>By: onleyone</title>
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		<dc:creator>onleyone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>runasim:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;can&#039;t say i disagree on any particular point....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>runasim:</p>
<p>can&#39;t say i disagree on any particular point&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: ChrisWWW</title>
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		<dc:creator>ChrisWWW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;No. When Obama disappoints, he becomes the enemy.&lt;br&gt;When McCain betrays everything the Democrats hope to accomplish, he gets a free pass. &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt;If Obama wants to win, then he should stop being an accessory to the evil and wicked. How about that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>No. When Obama disappoints, he becomes the enemy.<br />When McCain betrays everything the Democrats hope to accomplish, he gets a free pass. </p></blockquote>
<p>If Obama wants to win, then he should stop being an accessory to the evil and wicked. How about that?</p>
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		<title>By: runasim</title>
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		<dc:creator>runasim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Onleyone,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I would be the last to stop others from saying whatever they want,&lt;br&gt;I actually agree with a lot of the criticism, if not all.&lt;br&gt;I am alarmed , though, by those unwilling or unable to move on,(as you say) after having had their say.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Some bloggers are not content with one posting , which is then linked with other blog posts, appears on  mmemeorandum and will now live on in multiple resurrections up to and past the elections. Instead, they do multiple posts on the same subject, and it has  become a campaign. .&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Some still-angry Hillary women are taking full advantage of this flap, and I do wonder when will the moing on begin?  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To be clear:  i don&#039;t think the ideas or criticsms are wrong or stupid.  &lt;br&gt;The volume, vehemence,duraton and TIMING  for expressing them is horrible strategy, however.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#039;s curious that left leaning bloggers post nothing about McCain&#039;s vote on FISA, allowed McCain&#039;s criticism of the SC habeas decision to drop in a nanosecond, barely mention his views on feminist issues, not to mention a host of other bad policy stands..  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;No.  When Obama disappoints, he becomes the enemy.&lt;br&gt;When McCain betrays everything the Democrats hope to accomplish, he gets a free pass.  &lt;br&gt;What kind of strategy is that, if not one designed to defeat Obama and the Democrats in Nov?  I wonder if that&#039;s the true goal for some.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Snatching defeat from  the jaws of victory becomes  a likely epilog to the 2008  elections for Democrats.  And they&#039;ll have only themselves to blame, since Bush won&#039;t be around.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Onleyone,</p>
<p>I would be the last to stop others from saying whatever they want,<br />I actually agree with a lot of the criticism, if not all.<br />I am alarmed , though, by those unwilling or unable to move on,(as you say) after having had their say.  </p>
<p>Some bloggers are not content with one posting , which is then linked with other blog posts, appears on  mmemeorandum and will now live on in multiple resurrections up to and past the elections. Instead, they do multiple posts on the same subject, and it has  become a campaign. .</p>
<p>Some still-angry Hillary women are taking full advantage of this flap, and I do wonder when will the moing on begin?  </p>
<p>To be clear:  i don&#39;t think the ideas or criticsms are wrong or stupid.  <br />The volume, vehemence,duraton and TIMING  for expressing them is horrible strategy, however.</p>
<p>It&#39;s curious that left leaning bloggers post nothing about McCain&#39;s vote on FISA, allowed McCain&#39;s criticism of the SC habeas decision to drop in a nanosecond, barely mention his views on feminist issues, not to mention a host of other bad policy stands..  </p>
<p>No.  When Obama disappoints, he becomes the enemy.<br />When McCain betrays everything the Democrats hope to accomplish, he gets a free pass.  <br />What kind of strategy is that, if not one designed to defeat Obama and the Democrats in Nov?  I wonder if that&#39;s the true goal for some.</p>
<p>Snatching defeat from  the jaws of victory becomes  a likely epilog to the 2008  elections for Democrats.  And they&#39;ll have only themselves to blame, since Bush won&#39;t be around.</p>
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		<title>By: onleyone</title>
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		<dc:creator>onleyone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>runasim:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;you have a point, of course. but please condescend, oh, pragmatic one, not to tell people who feel otherwise why, exactly, their ideas are stupid. yes, we know why obama did what he did. now let us say what must be said anyway, and move on from there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>runasim:</p>
<p>you have a point, of course. but please condescend, oh, pragmatic one, not to tell people who feel otherwise why, exactly, their ideas are stupid. yes, we know why obama did what he did. now let us say what must be said anyway, and move on from there.</p>
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		<title>By: runasim</title>
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		<dc:creator>runasim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>douglain&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And your strategy for being held responsible is&lt;br&gt;1.  Keep on hammering Obama&lt;br&gt;2.  Make sure McCain is elected&lt;br&gt;3.  Wait for McCain to change FISA&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Good luck, oh, brave one.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Remember to identify yourself when you claim responsibility then.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>douglain</p>
<p>And your strategy for being held responsible is<br />1.  Keep on hammering Obama<br />2.  Make sure McCain is elected<br />3.  Wait for McCain to change FISA</p>
<p>Good luck, oh, brave one.</p>
<p>Remember to identify yourself when you claim responsibility then.</p>
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		<title>By: douglain</title>
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		<dc:creator>douglain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m indignant, and I&#039;ll be glad to take responsibility if a sleeper cell is discovered because the Telecoms were granted immunity after breaking existing law, or if a terrorist plot is stopped because the President was granted monarchial extralegal powers.  I&#039;ll be glad to take responsibility, fully, if any of those things happen.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Oh, and the realistic purpose of pointing out how corrupt the current leadership is, whether the leadership is in the Congress, the White House, or running for President, is to encourage people to hold those leaders responsible for their corruption one way or another.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You&#039;re not a pragmatist, you&#039;re just in thrall of the powerful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;m indignant, and I&#39;ll be glad to take responsibility if a sleeper cell is discovered because the Telecoms were granted immunity after breaking existing law, or if a terrorist plot is stopped because the President was granted monarchial extralegal powers.  I&#39;ll be glad to take responsibility, fully, if any of those things happen.  </p>
<p>Oh, and the realistic purpose of pointing out how corrupt the current leadership is, whether the leadership is in the Congress, the White House, or running for President, is to encourage people to hold those leaders responsible for their corruption one way or another.  </p>
<p>You&#39;re not a pragmatist, you&#39;re just in thrall of the powerful.</p>
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		<title>By: runasim</title>
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		<dc:creator>runasim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I understand all the criticism.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I have a question:  who among the indignant is ready to stand up to take responsibilty should an attack occur or should a terrorist sleeper cell be discovered before the Nov. elections?  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The armchair is the best location for would-be leaders of the free world, while the period leading up to elections has always been a time for surprising developments  &lt;br&gt;This election is particulary important, precarious and invitng to schemers. .&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In that light, are there any volunters for taking full responsibility?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a pragmatist, I&#039;m more happy to deal with this after we know who will be in the WH for the next 4 years.  At least, then, we&#039;ll know to whom appeals  should be addressed. &lt;br&gt;Going ballistic now has no chance, none, of altering FISA legislation.  &lt;br&gt;I wonder, then, what is the realistic purpose, besides the usual political posturing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand all the criticism.</p>
<p>I have a question:  who among the indignant is ready to stand up to take responsibilty should an attack occur or should a terrorist sleeper cell be discovered before the Nov. elections?  </p>
<p>The armchair is the best location for would-be leaders of the free world, while the period leading up to elections has always been a time for surprising developments  <br />This election is particulary important, precarious and invitng to schemers. .</p>
<p>In that light, are there any volunters for taking full responsibility?</p>
<p>As a pragmatist, I&#39;m more happy to deal with this after we know who will be in the WH for the next 4 years.  At least, then, we&#39;ll know to whom appeals  should be addressed. <br />Going ballistic now has no chance, none, of altering FISA legislation.  <br />I wonder, then, what is the realistic purpose, besides the usual political posturing.</p>
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