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		<title>By: Bill Maher Slams GOP Climate Change Skeptics: They&#8217;re &#34;So Stupid They Make Me&#8230; &#124; Headline News</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill Maher Slams GOP Climate Change Skeptics: They&#8217;re &#34;So Stupid They Make Me&#8230; &#124; Headline News</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Fox Pushes Bogus Conspiracy Theory That Nancy ‘Music Czar’ Pelosi Is Banning Patriotic Muzak &#124; linkthe.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fox Pushes Bogus Conspiracy Theory That Nancy ‘Music Czar’ Pelosi Is Banning Patriotic Muzak &#124; linkthe.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Rep. Joe Barton: If GOP takes back the House, ‘we’ll repeal’ health care reform. &#124; linkthe.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rep. Joe Barton: If GOP takes back the House, ‘we’ll repeal’ health care reform. &#124; linkthe.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Leonidas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leonidas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt; What&#039;s a &quot;commenctions&quot;? Again... Are you a paid lobbyist for the Health Care Industry?&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Its a typo , should have been connections.  And again no.  Are you a paid lobbyist for the spelling nazi movement.  =P&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;You&#039;ve referenced AEI twice and I&#039;ve asked you twice why you think anything said by the American Enterprise Institute (nee PNAC) should be given a serious seat at any table &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not on this thread, search the thread for AEI first mention was in the post you made.  Anyhow, maybe in another thread you did ask and I missed it, so I&#039;ll answer now.  Its up to you wwhether or not you give it &quot;a serious seat&quot; but I offer the argument they make, you can either address the argument, or apply an Ad Hominem without looking at it, or you can ignore it its up to you.  Really depends if you wish to consider a different point of view, attack the source, or  not take time to do either.  I consider options 1 and 3 to be perfectly valid but I don&#039;t accept option 2 to be, so far that is what I see in your posts.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; I&#039;ve also asked why you insist on distorting the facts regarding knee replacement waittimes in Canada.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Because they are not distortions my claims were from the official site of the Canadian government using their most recent data.  If you have a problem with that I suggest you contact the Canadian government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/qual/acces/wait-attente/index-eng.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/qual/acces/wait-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Health Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I hope this answered your questions and puts to rest your silly assertions</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> What&#39;s a &#8220;commenctions&#8221;? Again&#8230; Are you a paid lobbyist for the Health Care Industry?</p></blockquote>
<p>Its a typo , should have been connections.  And again no.  Are you a paid lobbyist for the spelling nazi movement.  =P</p>
<p>You&#39;ve referenced AEI twice and I&#39;ve asked you twice why you think anything said by the American Enterprise Institute (nee PNAC) should be given a serious seat at any table<br />
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<p>Not on this thread, search the thread for AEI first mention was in the post you made.  Anyhow, maybe in another thread you did ask and I missed it, so I&#39;ll answer now.  Its up to you wwhether or not you give it &#8220;a serious seat&#8221; but I offer the argument they make, you can either address the argument, or apply an Ad Hominem without looking at it, or you can ignore it its up to you.  Really depends if you wish to consider a different point of view, attack the source, or  not take time to do either.  I consider options 1 and 3 to be perfectly valid but I don&#39;t accept option 2 to be, so far that is what I see in your posts.</p>
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<blockquote> I&#39;ve also asked why you insist on distorting the facts regarding knee replacement waittimes in Canada.</p></blockquote>
<p>Because they are not distortions my claims were from the official site of the Canadian government using their most recent data.  If you have a problem with that I suggest you contact the Canadian government.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/qual/acces/wait-attente/index-eng.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/qual/acces/wait-&#8230;</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Health Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.&#8221;</p>
<p>I hope this answered your questions and puts to rest your silly assertions</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: SteveK</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/44025/return-of-the-franking-sign-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-208460</link>
		<dc:creator>SteveK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Leonidas wrote: Nope no commenctions with the insurance industry whatsoever...&lt;/blockquote&gt;What&#039;s a &quot;commenctions&quot;? Again... Are you a paid lobbyist for the Health Care Industry?&lt;blockquote&gt;Leonidas wrote: &quot;I&#039;m also not a memnber of the Klu Klux Klan, The Nazi Party, the Minutmen, Militant Islam, the Black Panters, and the Religious Right.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;1. Nice non sequitur. 2. I never thought you were. 3. It appears that your grouping the Health Care / Insurance Industry in with a lot of unsavory folk. :-)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Leonidas wrote: &quot;Now that those have been anwered, exactly what questions have I not answered?&quot; &lt;/blockquote&gt;You&#039;ve referenced AEI twice and I&#039;ve asked you twice why you think anything said by the American Enterprise Institute (nee PNAC) should be given a serious seat at any table. I&#039;ve also asked why you insist on distorting the facts regarding knee replacement wait times in Canada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It seems like every time anyone calls you on questionable sources and/or conclusions you simply ignore the questions or leave the thread.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Leonidas wrote: Nope no commenctions with the insurance industry whatsoever&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>What&#39;s a &#8220;commenctions&#8221;? Again&#8230; Are you a paid lobbyist for the Health Care Industry?<br />
<blockquote>Leonidas wrote: &#8220;I&#39;m also not a memnber of the Klu Klux Klan, The Nazi Party, the Minutmen, Militant Islam, the Black Panters, and the Religious Right.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>1. Nice non sequitur. 2. I never thought you were. 3. It appears that your grouping the Health Care / Insurance Industry in with a lot of unsavory folk. <img src='http://themoderatevoice.com/wordpress-engine/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<blockquote><p>Leonidas wrote: &#8220;Now that those have been anwered, exactly what questions have I not answered?&#8221; </p></blockquote>
<p>You&#39;ve referenced AEI twice and I&#39;ve asked you twice why you think anything said by the American Enterprise Institute (nee PNAC) should be given a serious seat at any table. I&#39;ve also asked why you insist on distorting the facts regarding knee replacement wait times in Canada.</p>
<p>It seems like every time anyone calls you on questionable sources and/or conclusions you simply ignore the questions or leave the thread.</p>
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		<title>By: Leonidas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leonidas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ SteveK&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nope no commenctions with the insurance industry whatsoever, I&#039;m also not a memnber of the Klu Klux Klan, The Nazi Party, the Minutmen, Militant Islam, the Black Panters, and the Religious Right.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hope that answered your question and possible future questions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ SteveK</p>
<p>Nope no commenctions with the insurance industry whatsoever, I&#39;m also not a memnber of the Klu Klux Klan, The Nazi Party, the Minutmen, Militant Islam, the Black Panters, and the Religious Right.</p>
<p>Hope that answered your question and possible future questions.</p>
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		<title>By: SteveK</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/44025/return-of-the-franking-sign-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-207693</link>
		<dc:creator>SteveK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Leonidas... is there a reason that you have not replied to the fact that your link to a PNAC response to health care reform is nothing more that PNAC BS?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Every time someone poses an obvious reply to your industry based talking points you simply ignore them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Are you a paid lobbyist for the Health Care Industry?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Leonidas&#8230; is there a reason that you have not replied to the fact that your link to a PNAC response to health care reform is nothing more that PNAC BS?</p>
<p>Every time someone poses an obvious reply to your industry based talking points you simply ignore them.</p>
<p>Are you a paid lobbyist for the Health Care Industry?</p>
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		<title>By: Leonidas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leonidas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>T_Steel&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks for the heads up, it has been a bit irritating.  I did find a workaround for now though, make a post and enter it without any URL links, then go back and edit and place them in, seems to work for me.</description>
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<p>Thanks for the heads up, it has been a bit irritating.  I did find a workaround for now though, make a post and enter it without any URL links, then go back and edit and place them in, seems to work for me.</p>
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		<title>By: Jazz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jazz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, Michael. Now that I read that again I can see where that could be the interpretation, sorry. No, I was simply trying to expand on the point that it seems like there was a time when the Franking Commission stuck to the whole &quot;hall monitor&quot; thing and made sure nobody stole stamps (regardless of which party was in the majority) but now the game has been stepped up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, Michael. Now that I read that again I can see where that could be the interpretation, sorry. No, I was simply trying to expand on the point that it seems like there was a time when the Franking Commission stuck to the whole &#8220;hall monitor&#8221; thing and made sure nobody stole stamps (regardless of which party was in the majority) but now the game has been stepped up.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Merritt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Merritt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay.  The way you worded it made it seem like you thought the Democrats were being hypocritical for not censoring Pelosi but now censoring Republicans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay.  The way you worded it made it seem like you thought the Democrats were being hypocritical for not censoring Pelosi but now censoring Republicans.</p>
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		<title>By: T_Steel</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/44025/return-of-the-franking-sign-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-207519</link>
		<dc:creator>T_Steel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ALL:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For some reason, comments with URLs are being filtered out and treated as SPAM.  I&#039;ve restored some but I&#039;m contacting Disqus about this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ALL:</p>
<p>For some reason, comments with URLs are being filtered out and treated as SPAM.  I&#39;ve restored some but I&#39;m contacting Disqus about this.</p>
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		<title>By: DLS</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/44025/return-of-the-franking-sign-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-207518</link>
		<dc:creator>DLS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Another example of Democratic Transparency and Open government.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Don&#039;t forget the address to the few defenders of the Health Care Hijinks to do Commie-style &quot;outing&quot; of the growing mainstream opposition to it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All that could be done instead and additionally by the Dems is: Bolivarian Circles and a new Alien (Non-Liberal-or-Democratic) and Sedition [sic] Act.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Another example of Democratic Transparency and Open government.&#8221;</p>
<p>Don&#39;t forget the address to the few defenders of the Health Care Hijinks to do Commie-style &#8220;outing&#8221; of the growing mainstream opposition to it.</p>
<p>All that could be done instead and additionally by the Dems is: Bolivarian Circles and a new Alien (Non-Liberal-or-Democratic) and Sedition [sic] Act.</p>
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		<title>By: Ron Beasley</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/44025/return-of-the-franking-sign-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-207505</link>
		<dc:creator>Ron Beasley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps in this time of the internet and TV it&#039;s time to just kill franking.  Any mail I get from my congressman just goes directly into the recycle bin anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps in this time of the internet and TV it&#39;s time to just kill franking.  Any mail I get from my congressman just goes directly into the recycle bin anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: SteveK</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/44025/return-of-the-franking-sign-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-207486</link>
		<dc:creator>SteveK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Kyle Anderson, a spokesman for the House Administration Committee, which has oversight over the franking commission, said the mailings were denied because they did not comply with longstanding rules.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“The requirements and regulations imposed by the franking commission have not changed, nor has the review process,” Anderson said. “They are designed to ensure that taxpayer funds are not used for political and partisan purposes.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rollcall.com/news/37882-1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Anderson said &lt;b&gt;majority and minority staff reviewed the content&lt;/b&gt; of the GOP franking requests and that &lt;b&gt;decisions were made in a bipartisan process&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“It’s regrettable that some Members’ offices view the process as inconvenient, but the majority Members and staff take their responsibilities and their stewardship of taxpayer resources very seriously,” he said.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Kyle Anderson, a spokesman for the House Administration Committee, which has oversight over the franking commission, said the mailings were denied because they did not comply with longstanding rules.</p>
<p>“The requirements and regulations imposed by the franking commission have not changed, nor has the review process,” Anderson said. “They are designed to ensure that taxpayer funds are not used for political and partisan purposes.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/37882-1.html" rel="nofollow">Anderson said <b>majority and minority staff reviewed the content</b> of the GOP franking requests and that <b>decisions were made in a bipartisan process</b>.</a></p>
<p>“It’s regrettable that some Members’ offices view the process as inconvenient, but the majority Members and staff take their responsibilities and their stewardship of taxpayer resources very seriously,” he said.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: Jazz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jazz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not really, Michael. That seems to be the point. Pelosi issued the letter in 2006 when the Republicans were in charge and they didn&#039;t censor it then.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not really, Michael. That seems to be the point. Pelosi issued the letter in 2006 when the Republicans were in charge and they didn&#39;t censor it then.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Merritt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Merritt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While I agree with your point, Jazz, your 2006 example seems to be out of place since Republicans held control of Congress until January 3, 2007...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I agree with your point, Jazz, your 2006 example seems to be out of place since Republicans held control of Congress until January 3, 2007&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: SteveK</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/44025/return-of-the-franking-sign-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-207449</link>
		<dc:creator>SteveK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Somebody call the waaaambulance!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Quote from Jazz&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rollcall.com/news/37882-1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;Roll Call” link&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;blockquote&gt;Kyle Anderson, a spokesman for the House Administration Committee, which has oversight over the franking commission, said the mailings were denied because they did not comply with longstanding rules.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“The requirements and regulations imposed by the franking commission have not changed, nor has the review process,” Anderson said. “They are designed to ensure that taxpayer funds are not used for political and partisan purposes.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Anderson said &lt;b&gt;majority and minority staff reviewed the content&lt;/b&gt; of the GOP franking requests and that &lt;b&gt;decisions were made in a bipartisan process&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“It&#039;s regrettable that some Members’ offices view the process as inconvenient, but the majority Members and staff take their responsibilities and their stewardship of taxpayer resources very seriously,” he said.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Isn&#039;t it about time for the Republicans grow up and start acting like adults instead of continually making stuff up and lying.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Third post, the first two disappeared.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Somebody call the waaaambulance!</p>
<p>Quote from Jazz&#39;s <a href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/37882-1.html" rel="nofollow">&#8220;Roll Call” link</a>:<br />
<blockquote>Kyle Anderson, a spokesman for the House Administration Committee, which has oversight over the franking commission, said the mailings were denied because they did not comply with longstanding rules.</p>
<p>“The requirements and regulations imposed by the franking commission have not changed, nor has the review process,” Anderson said. “They are designed to ensure that taxpayer funds are not used for political and partisan purposes.”</p>
<p>Anderson said <b>majority and minority staff reviewed the content</b> of the GOP franking requests and that <b>decisions were made in a bipartisan process</b>.</p>
<p>“It&#39;s regrettable that some Members’ offices view the process as inconvenient, but the majority Members and staff take their responsibilities and their stewardship of taxpayer resources very seriously,” he said.</p></blockquote>
<p>Isn&#39;t it about time for the Republicans grow up and start acting like adults instead of continually making stuff up and lying.</p>
<p>Third post, the first two disappeared.</p>
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		<title>By: SteveK</title>
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		<dc:creator>SteveK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt; Leonidas wrote: Another example of Democratic Transparency and Open government.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Leonidas, for once you&#039;re right... the actions of the Franking Commission is &quot;Another example of Democratic Transparency and Open government.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> Leonidas wrote: Another example of Democratic Transparency and Open government.</p></blockquote>
<p>Leonidas, for once you&#39;re right&#8230; the actions of the Franking Commission is &#8220;Another example of Democratic Transparency and Open government.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: SteveK</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/44025/return-of-the-franking-sign-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-207438</link>
		<dc:creator>SteveK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Somebody call the waaaambulance!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Quote from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rollcall.com/news/37882-1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Jazz&#039;s &quot;Roll Call&quot; link&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;Kyle Anderson, a spokesman for the House Administration Committee, which has oversight over the franking commission, said the mailings were denied because they did not comply with longstanding rules.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“The requirements and regulations imposed by the franking commission have not changed, nor has the review process,” Anderson said. “They are designed to ensure that taxpayer funds are not used for political and partisan purposes.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Anderson said &lt;b&gt;majority and minority staff reviewed the content&lt;/b&gt; of the GOP franking requests and that &lt;b&gt;decisions were made in a bipartisan process&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“It’s regrettable that some Members’ offices view the process as inconvenient, but the majority Members and staff take their responsibilities and their stewardship of taxpayer resources very seriously,” he said.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Isn&#039;t it about time for the Republicans grow up and start acting like adults instead of continually making crap up (lying).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Second post, the first one disappeared when I edited it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Somebody call the waaaambulance!</p>
<p>Quote from <a href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/37882-1.html" rel="nofollow">Jazz&#39;s &#8220;Roll Call&#8221; link</a>:<br />
<blockquote>Kyle Anderson, a spokesman for the House Administration Committee, which has oversight over the franking commission, said the mailings were denied because they did not comply with longstanding rules.</p>
<p>“The requirements and regulations imposed by the franking commission have not changed, nor has the review process,” Anderson said. “They are designed to ensure that taxpayer funds are not used for political and partisan purposes.”</p>
<p>Anderson said <b>majority and minority staff reviewed the content</b> of the GOP franking requests and that <b>decisions were made in a bipartisan process</b>.</p>
<p>“It’s regrettable that some Members’ offices view the process as inconvenient, but the majority Members and staff take their responsibilities and their stewardship of taxpayer resources very seriously,” he said.</p></blockquote>
<p>Isn&#39;t it about time for the Republicans grow up and start acting like adults instead of continually making crap up (lying).</p>
<p>Second post, the first one disappeared when I edited it.</p>
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		<title>By: Leonidas</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/44025/return-of-the-franking-sign-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-207436</link>
		<dc:creator>Leonidas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another example of Democratic Transparency and Open government. Nancy Pelosi is Tom Delay squared.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another example of Democratic Transparency and Open government. Nancy Pelosi is Tom Delay squared.</p>
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