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	<title>Comments on: Pelosi: Iraq isn&#8217;t a war, Gannett = &#8220;the voice of the military&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Conservative Compendium &#187; They Don&apos;t Waste Any Time</title>
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		<dc:creator>Conservative Compendium &#187; They Don&apos;t Waste Any Time</dc:creator>
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		<title>By: AdSense Money Maker</title>
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		<title>By: Viva La Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Viva La Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Pelosi: Iraq isn’ta war Gannett = “the voice of the military”...&lt;/strong&gt;

The noise from the right has been loud, long, and sustained.  Their combined voices have told Nancy Pelosi to say ‘no’ to Alcee Hastings for chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee.  And it looks like we have been heard.
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<p>The noise from the right has been loud, long, and sustained.  Their combined voices have told Nancy Pelosi to say ‘no’ to Alcee Hastings for chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee.  And it looks like we have been heard.<br />
House Speaker-de&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: California Conservative &#187; &#8220;We Were Better Off With Saddam&#8221;&#8211; There, I Said It</title>
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		<dc:creator>California Conservative &#187; &#8220;We Were Better Off With Saddam&#8221;&#8211; There, I Said It</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] This on top of Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s statement that the Iraq War is not a war to be won, but a situation to be solved. We are no longer fighting a war, we are playing games. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] This on top of Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s statement that the Iraq War is not a war to be won, but a situation to be solved. We are no longer fighting a war, we are playing games. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Inactivist</title>
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		<dc:creator>Inactivist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The Iraq Study Group: options...&lt;/strong&gt;

Via Instapundit, I see that various Republicans are preemptively deploring the Iraq Study Group report, speculating that it will represent a failure of our will to win.
...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Iraq Study Group: options&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Via Instapundit, I see that various Republicans are preemptively deploring the Iraq Study Group report, speculating that it will represent a failure of our will to win.<br />
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		<title>By: Mensa Barbie Welcomes You</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mensa Barbie Welcomes You</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Rumsfeld Exit: Amidst Jihadi Philosophy...&lt;/strong&gt;

Core principals of Jihad: To create a climate of fear and distrust within a government, as Islamists make the democratic system appear to be unworkable...Allahpundit at Hot Air;  Video: Pelosi-...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Rumsfeld Exit: Amidst Jihadi Philosophy&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Core principals of Jihad: To create a climate of fear and distrust within a government, as Islamists make the democratic system appear to be unworkable&#8230;Allahpundit at Hot Air;  Video: Pelosi-&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Project Valour-IT</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Project Valour-IT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Though the press seldom acknowledges it and the administration and our political &#8220;leadership&#8221; doesn&#8217;t highlight it, the current war&#8211;and yes, Nancy, it&#8217;s really really a war and wishing that it&#8217;s not so you can avoid responsibility for losing it won&#8217;t make it so&#8211;is producing hero after hero. Many of them will come home to the quiet accolades of family and friends. Some of them will come home to silence or abuse from the left. Some won&#8217;t come home at all. Some will come home wounded and physically changed for life. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Though the press seldom acknowledges it and the administration and our political &#8220;leadership&#8221; doesn&#8217;t highlight it, the current war&#8211;and yes, Nancy, it&#8217;s really really a war and wishing that it&#8217;s not so you can avoid responsibility for losing it won&#8217;t make it so&#8211;is producing hero after hero. Many of them will come home to the quiet accolades of family and friends. Some of them will come home to silence or abuse from the left. Some won&#8217;t come home at all. Some will come home wounded and physically changed for life. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Jo's Cafe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jo's Cafe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;So, the Dems can&#8217;t stop the Terrorists anyway uh?...&lt;/strong&gt;

Seems the take-over of Congress by the loony left didn&#8217;t appease the terrorists around the world &#8212; they still want our heads.

......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>So, the Dems can&#8217;t stop the Terrorists anyway uh?&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Seems the take-over of Congress by the loony left didn&#8217;t appease the terrorists around the world &#8212; they still want our heads.</p>
<p>&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Emmett J.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Emmett J.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Not a war. This is why I call the Democrats … “Nancyboys” 

Tony737 on November 9, 2006 at 7:45 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&quot;Nancyboys&quot; - absolutely classic.

Way to go, Tony737!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Not a war. This is why I call the Democrats … “Nancyboys” </p>
<p>Tony737 on November 9, 2006 at 7:45 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Nancyboys&#8221; &#8211; absolutely classic.</p>
<p>Way to go, Tony737!</p>
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		<title>By: Wake up America</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wake up America</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Military Reactions...&lt;/strong&gt;

Hat Tip to Amy Proctor for this wonderfully written piece, which got me thinking about our soldiers and how THEIR opinions seem to mean less to everyone than our politicians. Their opinions mean less than those that sit on their asses and watch CNN a.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Military Reactions&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Hat Tip to Amy Proctor for this wonderfully written piece, which got me thinking about our soldiers and how THEIR opinions seem to mean less to everyone than our politicians. Their opinions mean less than those that sit on their asses and watch CNN a&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Tony737</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tony737</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not a war. This is why I call the Democrats ... &quot;Nancyboys&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not a war. This is why I call the Democrats &#8230; &#8220;Nancyboys&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Emmett J.</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/08/pelosi-iraq-isnt-a-war-gannett-the-voice-of-the-military/comment-page-1/#comment-99761</link>
		<dc:creator>Emmett J.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And, as usual, it is up to we, the people, to inform the masses the best we can so that they will wake up and pay attention to what is going on with our country.

Both sides (as well as the all-too fickle press) will use  misdirection, and we will have to, as always, read between the lines.

It will be a long process - I think that the best way to get them to show their true colors would be to call their bluff - if they want to sound like hawks - then challenge them in front of the American people (use the media) to come up with a plan to win and hold them to it.

Its a possible win-win. If they come up with something good, our soldiers (and us) benefit. If they don&#039;t, then they are exposed for the frauds they are.

Just a thought. 

Otherwise, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Or as the Who famously said many years ago -

 &quot;Meet the new boss - same as the old boss&quot;.

How long will it take us, collectively, before we &quot;don&#039;t get fooled again&quot;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And, as usual, it is up to we, the people, to inform the masses the best we can so that they will wake up and pay attention to what is going on with our country.</p>
<p>Both sides (as well as the all-too fickle press) will use  misdirection, and we will have to, as always, read between the lines.</p>
<p>It will be a long process &#8211; I think that the best way to get them to show their true colors would be to call their bluff &#8211; if they want to sound like hawks &#8211; then challenge them in front of the American people (use the media) to come up with a plan to win and hold them to it.</p>
<p>Its a possible win-win. If they come up with something good, our soldiers (and us) benefit. If they don&#8217;t, then they are exposed for the frauds they are.</p>
<p>Just a thought. </p>
<p>Otherwise, the more things change, the more they stay the same.</p>
<p>Or as the Who famously said many years ago -</p>
<p> &#8220;Meet the new boss &#8211; same as the old boss&#8221;.</p>
<p>How long will it take us, collectively, before we &#8220;don&#8217;t get fooled again&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: Agrippa2k</title>
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		<dc:creator>Agrippa2k</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So now it is not a war?!  Someone forgot to tell 
&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_re_us/war_protest_sheehan_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cindy Sheehan&lt;/a&gt;.

Now the &quot;back-spinning&quot; will begin.  How long before she has her own &quot;Mission Accomplished&quot; sign?

Whatever opportunity there is now to &quot;flip the script&quot; and reveal that Democrats are not &quot;liberals&quot;, but &quot;PARTISANS&quot; who will say anything to get elected - we are about to have a barrage of puff peaces about Democrats (especially Clinton).

Some have commented that things will be easier - but what has changed?  They still have the Press, and we still have the President.  The Dems will use misdirection for two years, running out the clock.  The press will convince us that things are better (or worse - whichever serves the purpose).

No, we KNOW we can not believe them.  We KNOW we can not trust them.  We are tired, but the battle has just begun.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So now it is not a war?!  Someone forgot to tell<br />
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_re_us/war_protest_sheehan_1" rel="nofollow">Cindy Sheehan</a>.</p>
<p>Now the &#8220;back-spinning&#8221; will begin.  How long before she has her own &#8220;Mission Accomplished&#8221; sign?</p>
<p>Whatever opportunity there is now to &#8220;flip the script&#8221; and reveal that Democrats are not &#8220;liberals&#8221;, but &#8220;PARTISANS&#8221; who will say anything to get elected &#8211; we are about to have a barrage of puff peaces about Democrats (especially Clinton).</p>
<p>Some have commented that things will be easier &#8211; but what has changed?  They still have the Press, and we still have the President.  The Dems will use misdirection for two years, running out the clock.  The press will convince us that things are better (or worse &#8211; whichever serves the purpose).</p>
<p>No, we KNOW we can not believe them.  We KNOW we can not trust them.  We are tired, but the battle has just begun.</p>
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		<title>By: BobK</title>
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		<dc:creator>BobK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, at least she isn&#039;t hiding her ignorance.

By the way, here is her how she is so much against corruption.

http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=110906D

Starts at the second paragraph.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, at least she isn&#8217;t hiding her ignorance.</p>
<p>By the way, here is her how she is so much against corruption.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=110906D" rel="nofollow">http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=110906D</a></p>
<p>Starts at the second paragraph.</p>
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		<title>By: iam7545</title>
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		<dc:creator>iam7545</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Today Speaker Botox said that -&quot;we have to let the Iraqi Gov&#039;t know that they MUST stop the armed insurgency and give them a deadline!!&quot; 

Wow Miss Nancy - what a novel freakin idea! I wish someone thought of that before!! You are so freakin smart and your pasted on face is really lovely! 

I would  spin her genius solution around and say -&quot;Hey Miss Nancy - tell the freakin Democratic mayors of LA, Baltimore, Miami, Gary,IND .......- &quot;YOU MUST STOP THE ARMED VIOLENCE IN OUR CITIES and tell those all of the drug dealers and street gangs that there will be a deadline for all of this nonsense to STOP.&quot; Next problem....

She really is an idiot. I am getting info from an Israeli company now to start a business building underground shelters at peoples homes. It is the latest craze in Israel and I am sure that it they will soon be the latest suburban craze.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today Speaker Botox said that -&#8221;we have to let the Iraqi Gov&#8217;t know that they MUST stop the armed insurgency and give them a deadline!!&#8221; </p>
<p>Wow Miss Nancy &#8211; what a novel freakin idea! I wish someone thought of that before!! You are so freakin smart and your pasted on face is really lovely! </p>
<p>I would  spin her genius solution around and say -&#8221;Hey Miss Nancy &#8211; tell the freakin Democratic mayors of LA, Baltimore, Miami, Gary,IND &#8230;&#8230;.- &#8220;YOU MUST STOP THE ARMED VIOLENCE IN OUR CITIES and tell those all of the drug dealers and street gangs that there will be a deadline for all of this nonsense to STOP.&#8221; Next problem&#8230;.</p>
<p>She really is an idiot. I am getting info from an Israeli company now to start a business building underground shelters at peoples homes. It is the latest craze in Israel and I am sure that it they will soon be the latest suburban craze.</p>
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		<title>By: Freelancer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freelancer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thomas Sowell says it clear and well as always...

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2006/11/09/where_is_the_west&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Where is the West?&lt;/a&gt;

I am not in agreement with Pelosi when I also say that the current situation in Iraq is no longer war. We won the war to remove Saddam and subdue the national forces. Continuing to call it a &quot;war with Iraq&quot; is a lie. We are helping Iraq to defend itself against those who would return it to tyranny, as it is our responsibility to do having invaded.

I agree that we should not be shackled on the field in getting that job completed, with the most ridiculous Rules of Engagement ever devised. Pelosi would pretend to be a hawk by saying this, but she never would have allowed us to go in the first place, so hawkish strategy declarations are absurd.

She&#039;s an idiot, but she&#039;s been getting tutored on how to sound less like a banshee. Replay some of her rantings from four years ago, you&#039;ll see she&#039;s been attending the Clinton school of how to apply lipstick to a pig.

LakeRuins, preach on brother. Navy, &#039;83 - &#039;03. Being younger, I was fortunate to ride the first wave of Reagan rebuilding in the military. Everything else you wrote applies to me, however. Many of the smugly victorious people on capital hill today have never once voted to support the military, and now want the nation to believe that they know better how to conduct military operations.
They denigrate those in uniform, they decry any use of strength as imperialistic or inhumane, and they believe that &quot;problems to be solved&quot; against a hateful, intractible, rule-the-world ideology can be accomplished with words. Thank you very much, John McCain.

The good news is, Reagan managed to get the military rebuilt against a strongly opposing House and Senate, so all is not lost. Now if only such as Reagan were in the Oval Office.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thomas Sowell says it clear and well as always&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2006/11/09/where_is_the_west" rel="nofollow">Where is the West?</a></p>
<p>I am not in agreement with Pelosi when I also say that the current situation in Iraq is no longer war. We won the war to remove Saddam and subdue the national forces. Continuing to call it a &#8220;war with Iraq&#8221; is a lie. We are helping Iraq to defend itself against those who would return it to tyranny, as it is our responsibility to do having invaded.</p>
<p>I agree that we should not be shackled on the field in getting that job completed, with the most ridiculous Rules of Engagement ever devised. Pelosi would pretend to be a hawk by saying this, but she never would have allowed us to go in the first place, so hawkish strategy declarations are absurd.</p>
<p>She&#8217;s an idiot, but she&#8217;s been getting tutored on how to sound less like a banshee. Replay some of her rantings from four years ago, you&#8217;ll see she&#8217;s been attending the Clinton school of how to apply lipstick to a pig.</p>
<p>LakeRuins, preach on brother. Navy, &#8217;83 &#8211; &#8217;03. Being younger, I was fortunate to ride the first wave of Reagan rebuilding in the military. Everything else you wrote applies to me, however. Many of the smugly victorious people on capital hill today have never once voted to support the military, and now want the nation to believe that they know better how to conduct military operations.<br />
They denigrate those in uniform, they decry any use of strength as imperialistic or inhumane, and they believe that &#8220;problems to be solved&#8221; against a hateful, intractible, rule-the-world ideology can be accomplished with words. Thank you very much, John McCain.</p>
<p>The good news is, Reagan managed to get the military rebuilt against a strongly opposing House and Senate, so all is not lost. Now if only such as Reagan were in the Oval Office.</p>
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		<title>By: NTWR</title>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Hey, in Nancy’s congressional district, many people pay good money to undergo “robust interrogation.” Maybe she can bring some ideas to the table. 

Coyote D. on November 9, 2006 at 1:20 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

HAHA! Waaayyy too true.

But seriously, she and her hubby have amassed an approximate $55mil. using non-union contractors (illegal aliens) in their vineyard and not allowing any of their hotel or restaurant workers to be in unions. And she won the Cesar Chavez Award from the UFW!!!

THe most scary thing is her former leadership of the Progressive Caucus...Back before they took down the website in 1999, it was hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America.

Prior to the cleanup of its website in 1999, the DSA included a song list featuring “The Internationale,” the worldwide anthem of communism and socialism. Another song on the site was “Red Revolution” sung to the tune of “Red Robin.” The lyrics went: “When the Red Revolution brings its solution along, along, there’ll be no more lootin’ when we start shootin’ that Wall Street throng. …” Another song removed after WorldNetDaily’s expose was “Are You Sleeping, Bourgeoisie?” The lyrics went: &lt;strong&gt;“Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie. And when the revolution comes, We’ll kill you all with knives and guns, Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie.”&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Hey, in Nancy’s congressional district, many people pay good money to undergo “robust interrogation.” Maybe she can bring some ideas to the table. </p>
<p>Coyote D. on November 9, 2006 at 1:20 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>HAHA! Waaayyy too true.</p>
<p>But seriously, she and her hubby have amassed an approximate $55mil. using non-union contractors (illegal aliens) in their vineyard and not allowing any of their hotel or restaurant workers to be in unions. And she won the Cesar Chavez Award from the UFW!!!</p>
<p>THe most scary thing is her former leadership of the Progressive Caucus&#8230;Back before they took down the website in 1999, it was hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America.</p>
<p>Prior to the cleanup of its website in 1999, the DSA included a song list featuring “The Internationale,” the worldwide anthem of communism and socialism. Another song on the site was “Red Revolution” sung to the tune of “Red Robin.” The lyrics went: “When the Red Revolution brings its solution along, along, there’ll be no more lootin’ when we start shootin’ that Wall Street throng. …” Another song removed after WorldNetDaily’s expose was “Are You Sleeping, Bourgeoisie?” The lyrics went: <strong>“Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie. And when the revolution comes, We’ll kill you all with knives and guns, Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie.”</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I expect a certain amount of ignorance and naivete about the military and war overall among Democrats, although there are exceptions, but Nancy Pelosi is setting a new standard. In an interview on FOX news she manages to perfectly encapsulate why she and the Dems overall have no idea what we are really doing. From the new Speaker of the House about Iraq (at HotAir w/ video):&quot;not a war to be won but a situation to be solved&quot;Right, and that will really make our troops fighting and dying in this situation feel a whole lot better. Thank you Madame Speaker, for that show of your deep understanding and acknowledgement that you don&#039;t even know what color the clue bag is. A situation to be solved, a spot of bother, maybe a sticky wicket, but a war? Certainly not, that would require a win or loss or maybe a tie like Korea. Madame Speaker is neatly sidestepping that whole quagmire and rebranding this as The Iraq Situation.Presumably all we have to do is withdraw our troops and voila, situation solved. I mean the situation is not an attempt to defang an evil tyrant and in doing so send a message to other evil tyrants that evil tyranny, support for terror and WMDs are no longer wise moves. No, no, no the situation is a straight blood for oil trade to benefit W&#039;s cronies and Halliburton and our troops are needlessly sacrificed upon the altar of American imperialism.The clip at HotAir starts with Pelosi telling Wolf Blitzer on CNN that even the military&#039;s own papers were calling for Rummy&#039;s resignation, blissfully unaware that the Army, Navy, AF and Marine Corps Times are owned by Gannet Corp and run by the same weasels who put out USA Today. That is the level of knowledge and understanding the freshly minted Dem leadership will bring to the table as they tackle The Situation in Iraq. We&#039;re screwed.jimbo@unclejimbo.com [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I expect a certain amount of ignorance and naivete about the military and war overall among Democrats, although there are exceptions, but Nancy Pelosi is setting a new standard. In an interview on FOX news she manages to perfectly encapsulate why she and the Dems overall have no idea what we are really doing. From the new Speaker of the House about Iraq (at HotAir w/ video):&#8221;not a war to be won but a situation to be solved&#8221;Right, and that will really make our troops fighting and dying in this situation feel a whole lot better. Thank you Madame Speaker, for that show of your deep understanding and acknowledgement that you don&#39;t even know what color the clue bag is. A situation to be solved, a spot of bother, maybe a sticky wicket, but a war? Certainly not, that would require a win or loss or maybe a tie like Korea. Madame Speaker is neatly sidestepping that whole quagmire and rebranding this as The Iraq Situation.Presumably all we have to do is withdraw our troops and voila, situation solved. I mean the situation is not an attempt to defang an evil tyrant and in doing so send a message to other evil tyrants that evil tyranny, support for terror and WMDs are no longer wise moves. No, no, no the situation is a straight blood for oil trade to benefit W&#39;s cronies and Halliburton and our troops are needlessly sacrificed upon the altar of American imperialism.The clip at HotAir starts with Pelosi telling Wolf Blitzer on CNN that even the military&#39;s own papers were calling for Rummy&#39;s resignation, blissfully unaware that the Army, Navy, AF and Marine Corps Times are owned by Gannet Corp and run by the same weasels who put out USA Today. That is the level of knowledge and understanding the freshly minted Dem leadership will bring to the table as they tackle The Situation in Iraq. We&#39;re <a href="mailto:screwed.jimbo@unclejimbo.com">screwed.jimbo@unclejimbo.com</a> [...]</p>
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		<title>By: CanaryinaCoalMine</title>
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		<dc:creator>CanaryinaCoalMine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Somehere Osama is partying like it’s 1199.
E L Frederick&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Give it up!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Somehere Osama is partying like it’s 1199.<br />
E L Frederick</p></blockquote>
<p>Give it up!!</p>
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		<title>By: LakeRuins</title>
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		<dc:creator>LakeRuins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In spite of my dour mood I do believe in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;miracles.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In spite of my dour mood I do believe in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice" rel="nofollow">miracles.</a></p>
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		<title>By: Bradky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bradky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LakeRuins,
I appreciate the further explanation and can relate to all you are saying. I have been in since July 1981 and lived on a base in the 70&#039;s as a dependent. 
I am not trying to lecture you but if we are to regain majority status with a party that really values conservative principles it will be by convincing the soft middle of the rightness of our conviction. Vent away but let&#039;s not lose sight of the objectives and the most effective to get those results. 
Quite understandably there is much rage in these first few days after the election. But the sooner we get it out of our systems and channel it into a purpose the better for all. The far lefties would love nothing better than to see us all melting down like they did after the impeachment.
Thanks again for the reply and &lt;em&gt;more importantly &lt;/em&gt;thanks for your 20+ years of service during difficult times.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LakeRuins,<br />
I appreciate the further explanation and can relate to all you are saying. I have been in since July 1981 and lived on a base in the 70&#8242;s as a dependent.<br />
I am not trying to lecture you but if we are to regain majority status with a party that really values conservative principles it will be by convincing the soft middle of the rightness of our conviction. Vent away but let&#8217;s not lose sight of the objectives and the most effective to get those results.<br />
Quite understandably there is much rage in these first few days after the election. But the sooner we get it out of our systems and channel it into a purpose the better for all. The far lefties would love nothing better than to see us all melting down like they did after the impeachment.<br />
Thanks again for the reply and <em>more importantly </em>thanks for your 20+ years of service during difficult times.</p>
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		<title>By: Starblazer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Starblazer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>sorry gerogej, but if there is another attack on this country the liberals in this country will no doubtly blame Bush, because we created more terrorists by going into Iraq</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sorry gerogej, but if there is another attack on this country the liberals in this country will no doubtly blame Bush, because we created more terrorists by going into Iraq</p>
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		<title>By: shooter</title>
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		<dc:creator>shooter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;but, i actually agree with Pelosi that the U.S. Millitary should have gone into Iraq with full force and maybe we could have been or even a possibility winning this war.
Starblazer on November 8, 2006 at 10:19 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Woah nellie.  She&#039;s talking out both sides of her &#039;lifted&#039; arse.
We dont go at all (suck up dems) or we go big (suck up righties). She wouldnt do a frickin thing. She&#039;s evil and know apparently deceptively smart or coached.
 Ms. Botox has no clue. I say send her to Iraq for 2 weeks, put her in with Irish&#039;s kid (limerick) in the tank for a week, one week walking the streets. Then I might listen to something she says. 
 I bet we get this two sided crap for months. Watch her, she won&#039;t give us anything concrete, it will be as vague as her face is tight.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>but, i actually agree with Pelosi that the U.S. Millitary should have gone into Iraq with full force and maybe we could have been or even a possibility winning this war.<br />
Starblazer on November 8, 2006 at 10:19 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Woah nellie.  She&#8217;s talking out both sides of her &#8216;lifted&#8217; arse.<br />
We dont go at all (suck up dems) or we go big (suck up righties). She wouldnt do a frickin thing. She&#8217;s evil and know apparently deceptively smart or coached.<br />
 Ms. Botox has no clue. I say send her to Iraq for 2 weeks, put her in with Irish&#8217;s kid (limerick) in the tank for a week, one week walking the streets. Then I might listen to something she says.<br />
 I bet we get this two sided crap for months. Watch her, she won&#8217;t give us anything concrete, it will be as vague as her face is tight.</p>
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		<title>By: LakeRuins</title>
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		<dc:creator>LakeRuins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bradky, I am deeply upset over this election and it is because of my personal history. I joined the Army in &#039;77, back when we were all &quot;drug users, baby killers, low life scum sucking idiots&quot;. Along came Ronald Reagan and suddenly we were able to hold our head high. This quaint little experiment of an All Volunteer Force just might work afterall. We worked hard to prove to a unbelieving country that we could do this. Then the &quot;Wall&quot; came down and the first thing to come out of Washington was downsize. Well we survived that and continued to build the most professional, best trained and best equipped military on the face of this planet. I left the service in &#039;99, my time was up and then Sep 11 happened.
I had a lot of my friends and acquantances still on active duty who answered the call of the Commander in Chief. Some of them I will never see again. A lot of them I trained, especially if they were Infantry since I closed out my career at Ft Benning as an instructor.
Now a lot of the same people who 25 years ago were telling the world what low lifes those in the military were are now elected to Congress. They have taken to the floor of the capitol on numerous occasions since this war on Islamic extremeism began and have continued to repeat the same mantra of the 70&#039;s. 
For me it is very personal. You can not spend your entire life denigrating those who wear the uniform and then suddenly as if by some sort of magical fairy dust suddenly was sprinkled on them and they will now embrace the military. A leopard can not change it spots.
It is the short sightedness of the American population and the ease at which they are manipulated that I am angry at. I appreciate places like Hot Air that give me a place to vent, and with time I am sure my anger will mellow, but the first one of these Democratic overlords that take to the floor of Congress and issues one word disparging the men and women who wear the uniform of our country will send me once again into a flying &quot;Told Ya So&quot; rage.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bradky, I am deeply upset over this election and it is because of my personal history. I joined the Army in &#8217;77, back when we were all &#8220;drug users, baby killers, low life scum sucking idiots&#8221;. Along came Ronald Reagan and suddenly we were able to hold our head high. This quaint little experiment of an All Volunteer Force just might work afterall. We worked hard to prove to a unbelieving country that we could do this. Then the &#8220;Wall&#8221; came down and the first thing to come out of Washington was downsize. Well we survived that and continued to build the most professional, best trained and best equipped military on the face of this planet. I left the service in &#8217;99, my time was up and then Sep 11 happened.<br />
I had a lot of my friends and acquantances still on active duty who answered the call of the Commander in Chief. Some of them I will never see again. A lot of them I trained, especially if they were Infantry since I closed out my career at Ft Benning as an instructor.<br />
Now a lot of the same people who 25 years ago were telling the world what low lifes those in the military were are now elected to Congress. They have taken to the floor of the capitol on numerous occasions since this war on Islamic extremeism began and have continued to repeat the same mantra of the 70&#8242;s.<br />
For me it is very personal. You can not spend your entire life denigrating those who wear the uniform and then suddenly as if by some sort of magical fairy dust suddenly was sprinkled on them and they will now embrace the military. A leopard can not change it spots.<br />
It is the short sightedness of the American population and the ease at which they are manipulated that I am angry at. I appreciate places like Hot Air that give me a place to vent, and with time I am sure my anger will mellow, but the first one of these Democratic overlords that take to the floor of Congress and issues one word disparging the men and women who wear the uniform of our country will send me once again into a flying &#8220;Told Ya So&#8221; rage.</p>
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		<title>By: thirteen28</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Bay also thinks Joementum was the big winner in the election. &lt;strong&gt;He might be right; the nutroots have already found themselves a new hate object.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Un.  Freakin.  Believable.

As much as it pains me to say it, Rahm did a great job for the dems recruiting candidates who could win, and he should probably get a lion&#039;s share of the credit by his party for their newfound majority status.  

On second thought, I guess I should expect this from the nutroots, which I why the job of critics on the right will get much easier, because they will still have their say in setting the agenda.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Bay also thinks Joementum was the big winner in the election. <strong>He might be right; the nutroots have already found themselves a new hate object.</strong> </p></blockquote>
<p>Un.  Freakin.  Believable.</p>
<p>As much as it pains me to say it, Rahm did a great job for the dems recruiting candidates who could win, and he should probably get a lion&#8217;s share of the credit by his party for their newfound majority status.  </p>
<p>On second thought, I guess I should expect this from the nutroots, which I why the job of critics on the right will get much easier, because they will still have their say in setting the agenda.</p>
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