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		<title>By: marijuana withdrawal</title>
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		<dc:creator>marijuana withdrawal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;marijuana withdrawal...&lt;/strong&gt;

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		<title>By: Jorge</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-2/#comment-577071</link>
		<dc:creator>Jorge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The CIA still collaborates. Period, the end.  Has anyone here seen the document released accidently under the FOIA from assistant cia director back in 1994 where he stated that they can spin, distort or kill any news story that they want.  And only when they get caught do they just blow it off.  Our MSM is a joke.  The propaganda that we are bomarded with on a daily basis is staggering.  And the only thing that Ron Paul is right about is the war, so you think the IRS is great, ever wonder where our money is going to?  We spend a trillion dollars a year on foreign relations, we lend billions to other countries, and when I say we, I mean &quot;we&quot;, our money, our tax money.  Do you know how much the IRS collects on our taxes every year, close to a trillion dollars, know where it goes, the deficit........ amazing, how do we get a deficit....... from over spending.  Think about everything we get taxed on, here let me help you out, phone tax, cable tax, state tax, gas tax, liquor tax, cigarette tax......... just a few, but on a monthly basis, we are an overtaxed society.  Maybe Ron Paul isn&#039;t perfect, but what is the alternative.  Someone who has been constant throughout his political career, or someone who flip flops and has an agenda.  I have more respect for Ron Paul and the way he&#039;s lived his life then Hillary, Guilianni, Romney or Obama.  
Look up if the Defense Department ever got back to Congress about where the missing 2.3 trillion dollars went in 2000, oh that&#039;s right they don&#039;t have to report any longer because of 9/11....... but let&#039;s pay more taxes now so we can fix the bridges.
You say LaRouche is Certifiable and has done time for fraud, well, I&#039;m not going to defend him, have you ever heard of Wilhelm Reich, he was a crazed and dangerous individual, so much so that the FDA burned his books, right. so we should consider him a crazed revolutionist.  Before I believe the snippets in some newspaper or see something on t.v. I&#039;m going to go check it out and see both sides.  The jury is still out, just because you told me so, doesn&#039;t make it so, and if more people took the time, we wouldn&#039;t be where we are.  
Wow, you&#039;re a published writer, wow, me too. what a coincidence. 
PHD, though you have me beat, but I&#039;m betting I&#039;m a better speller.  Sorry was in the military and raising a family, but in that time I&#039;m close to a bachelor&#039;s degree. Sorry, it&#039;s not American Politics, it&#039;s more electronics, aerodynamics and big words you can&#039;t spell.  You think a piece of paper qualifies you or anyone to feel superior, wow, the self esteem must really be on a decline.  
You know the difference between you and I.  I will look up what I do not know, I will research it and find out for myself.
Wow Fukuyama, just a little reading, but from what I read, sounds like a big blow hard who likes to use big words so most people who don&#039;t have above a 9th grade reading comprehension can understand. and if he&#039;s a friend of scooter libby, kind of says it all, and he&#039;s connected to this administration, wow, someone I should go out and buy his books. 
Want to see something really cute, go to google video and type in &#039;outfoxed&#039;, this is the kind of documentary you won&#039;t see on t.v. here in USA.
You&#039;re right about one thing, first thing on my agenda is the Constitution and the Amendments, there are a lot of things I don&#039;t know, and again I am learning something and humble enough to admit it and to do something about it.  
God Bless</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The CIA still collaborates. Period, the end.  Has anyone here seen the document released accidently under the FOIA from assistant cia director back in 1994 where he stated that they can spin, distort or kill any news story that they want.  And only when they get caught do they just blow it off.  Our MSM is a joke.  The propaganda that we are bomarded with on a daily basis is staggering.  And the only thing that Ron Paul is right about is the war, so you think the IRS is great, ever wonder where our money is going to?  We spend a trillion dollars a year on foreign relations, we lend billions to other countries, and when I say we, I mean &#8220;we&#8221;, our money, our tax money.  Do you know how much the IRS collects on our taxes every year, close to a trillion dollars, know where it goes, the deficit&#8230;&#8230;.. amazing, how do we get a deficit&#8230;&#8230;. from over spending.  Think about everything we get taxed on, here let me help you out, phone tax, cable tax, state tax, gas tax, liquor tax, cigarette tax&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; just a few, but on a monthly basis, we are an overtaxed society.  Maybe Ron Paul isn&#8217;t perfect, but what is the alternative.  Someone who has been constant throughout his political career, or someone who flip flops and has an agenda.  I have more respect for Ron Paul and the way he&#8217;s lived his life then Hillary, Guilianni, Romney or Obama.<br />
Look up if the Defense Department ever got back to Congress about where the missing 2.3 trillion dollars went in 2000, oh that&#8217;s right they don&#8217;t have to report any longer because of 9/11&#8230;&#8230;. but let&#8217;s pay more taxes now so we can fix the bridges.<br />
You say LaRouche is Certifiable and has done time for fraud, well, I&#8217;m not going to defend him, have you ever heard of Wilhelm Reich, he was a crazed and dangerous individual, so much so that the FDA burned his books, right. so we should consider him a crazed revolutionist.  Before I believe the snippets in some newspaper or see something on t.v. I&#8217;m going to go check it out and see both sides.  The jury is still out, just because you told me so, doesn&#8217;t make it so, and if more people took the time, we wouldn&#8217;t be where we are.<br />
Wow, you&#8217;re a published writer, wow, me too. what a coincidence.<br />
PHD, though you have me beat, but I&#8217;m betting I&#8217;m a better speller.  Sorry was in the military and raising a family, but in that time I&#8217;m close to a bachelor&#8217;s degree. Sorry, it&#8217;s not American Politics, it&#8217;s more electronics, aerodynamics and big words you can&#8217;t spell.  You think a piece of paper qualifies you or anyone to feel superior, wow, the self esteem must really be on a decline.<br />
You know the difference between you and I.  I will look up what I do not know, I will research it and find out for myself.<br />
Wow Fukuyama, just a little reading, but from what I read, sounds like a big blow hard who likes to use big words so most people who don&#8217;t have above a 9th grade reading comprehension can understand. and if he&#8217;s a friend of scooter libby, kind of says it all, and he&#8217;s connected to this administration, wow, someone I should go out and buy his books.<br />
Want to see something really cute, go to google video and type in &#8216;outfoxed&#8217;, this is the kind of documentary you won&#8217;t see on t.v. here in USA.<br />
You&#8217;re right about one thing, first thing on my agenda is the Constitution and the Amendments, there are a lot of things I don&#8217;t know, and again I am learning something and humble enough to admit it and to do something about it.<br />
God Bless</p>
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		<title>By: jcummings</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-2/#comment-576963</link>
		<dc:creator>jcummings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LaRouche is certifiable, by the way.....and a criminal who has done time for fraud.</description>
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		<title>By: jcummings</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-2/#comment-576961</link>
		<dc:creator>jcummings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To think, I think eerythign is hunky dory is ludicrous, as anyone who comments here can tell you.</description>
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		<title>By: jcummings</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-2/#comment-576960</link>
		<dc:creator>jcummings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The CIA still collaborates with AFL CIO in Venezuela and elsewhere, funds fake left groups that have fronts at variosu world social forums, etc.  They give grants to academics here in Canada (I know a few who have turned them down.)  Everything to whqat I say is known.

And this Jorge really needs lithium.  He makes K Nardy seem rational.  I&#039;m a published writer and PhD candidate.  My comments clearly go over your head, and that makes you uncomfortable.   The fact that you are so unaware of American political culture that you don&#039;t know who either Fukuyama or Lyndon Larouch are, let alone the 14th amendment, shows a lot.

Ron Paul, as people say, is right about the war, and thats about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The CIA still collaborates with AFL CIO in Venezuela and elsewhere, funds fake left groups that have fronts at variosu world social forums, etc.  They give grants to academics here in Canada (I know a few who have turned them down.)  Everything to whqat I say is known.</p>
<p>And this Jorge really needs lithium.  He makes K Nardy seem rational.  I&#8217;m a published writer and PhD candidate.  My comments clearly go over your head, and that makes you uncomfortable.   The fact that you are so unaware of American political culture that you don&#8217;t know who either Fukuyama or Lyndon Larouch are, let alone the 14th amendment, shows a lot.</p>
<p>Ron Paul, as people say, is right about the war, and thats about it.</p>
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		<title>By: Grumpy Old Man</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-2/#comment-576947</link>
		<dc:creator>Grumpy Old Man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Petty, I know, but a &quot;mantel&quot; goes around a fireplace; a &quot;mantle&quot; goes around one&#039;s shoulders.</description>
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		<title>By: Jorge</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-2/#comment-576933</link>
		<dc:creator>Jorge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>J Cumming, 
I guess my dim witted comment went over your head as well, it didn&#039;t matter what it was in reference to, it was a point about taking someone&#039;s comment and turning it around to make it sound like they said something else.  I guess you&#039;re not as learnt as you taught you were.  Read it again, it might click this time.  
But I guess there&#039;s no point to all this.  
Great, I&#039;m a conspiracy theorist, so I guess when we&#039;re shackled together in some gulag, I can look over and tell you &quot;I was right&quot;, wow, won&#039;t that be great.  Keep thinking everythings hunky dory and that you can smack someone&#039;s ideology with your overwhelming intellect  
&quot;My Scene&quot;, that is so cute........ I guess my time machine works after all, it&#039;s 1964, The beatles are coming to America and Pablo Escobar has been busted for smuggling dope at an Airport.
Don&#039;t forget Monsanto, ufo&#039;s, davinci code, 911 and of course the infamous Kennedy assassination, let&#039;s lump it all together.
Now without further adieu, the mother ship beckons and we can not assimilate your planet because you&#039;re to damn smart for us.
Sorry about the sarcasm but, no I&#039;m not sorry, was just asking questions, and wondering why? Why no one has still got any concrete proof, and sent it, Why, because as you said J cummings, It&#039;s bullshit (hey, taking your words and making it mean what I want them to mean, wow, this is great, sorry had to explain it to you)
but it was good thing, for instance, thank you Randy Paul, I will look up the 14th Amendment, and Thank you to JN, I did not know about Lyndon LaRouche,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>J Cumming,<br />
I guess my dim witted comment went over your head as well, it didn&#8217;t matter what it was in reference to, it was a point about taking someone&#8217;s comment and turning it around to make it sound like they said something else.  I guess you&#8217;re not as learnt as you taught you were.  Read it again, it might click this time.<br />
But I guess there&#8217;s no point to all this.<br />
Great, I&#8217;m a conspiracy theorist, so I guess when we&#8217;re shackled together in some gulag, I can look over and tell you &#8220;I was right&#8221;, wow, won&#8217;t that be great.  Keep thinking everythings hunky dory and that you can smack someone&#8217;s ideology with your overwhelming intellect<br />
&#8220;My Scene&#8221;, that is so cute&#8230;&#8230;.. I guess my time machine works after all, it&#8217;s 1964, The beatles are coming to America and Pablo Escobar has been busted for smuggling dope at an Airport.<br />
Don&#8217;t forget Monsanto, ufo&#8217;s, davinci code, 911 and of course the infamous Kennedy assassination, let&#8217;s lump it all together.<br />
Now without further adieu, the mother ship beckons and we can not assimilate your planet because you&#8217;re to damn smart for us.<br />
Sorry about the sarcasm but, no I&#8217;m not sorry, was just asking questions, and wondering why? Why no one has still got any concrete proof, and sent it, Why, because as you said J cummings, It&#8217;s bullshit (hey, taking your words and making it mean what I want them to mean, wow, this is great, sorry had to explain it to you)<br />
but it was good thing, for instance, thank you Randy Paul, I will look up the 14th Amendment, and Thank you to JN, I did not know about Lyndon LaRouche,</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Crosby</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Crosby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cummings refers again to CIA support for left-liberal institutions like NSA.  OK, but it is absurd to discuss this as a  &quot;broad pattern of American history.&quot;  At most the policy lasted 25 years after the founding of the CIA, and I am unaware of any instances of CIA financing of liberals in the past 30 years.  Perhaps we will learn that the DLC was financed by the CIA.  Sort of like the AFL-CIA [see the Whit Stillman movie, &quot;Barcelona&quot;].

As for Ron Paul, we can safely say that his support would dissipate immediately if he would  express some second-thoughts about legalizing marijuana.

Ron Paul&#039;s statements about the war in Iraq have no doubt been the most statesmanlike of any made by any candidate of either party on any subject.  But that does not mean that we have to accept his views any more than we do any from the right-anarchist wing of the American political spectrum.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cummings refers again to CIA support for left-liberal institutions like NSA.  OK, but it is absurd to discuss this as a  &#8220;broad pattern of American history.&#8221;  At most the policy lasted 25 years after the founding of the CIA, and I am unaware of any instances of CIA financing of liberals in the past 30 years.  Perhaps we will learn that the DLC was financed by the CIA.  Sort of like the AFL-CIA [see the Whit Stillman movie, "Barcelona"].</p>
<p>As for Ron Paul, we can safely say that his support would dissipate immediately if he would  express some second-thoughts about legalizing marijuana.</p>
<p>Ron Paul&#8217;s statements about the war in Iraq have no doubt been the most statesmanlike of any made by any candidate of either party on any subject.  But that does not mean that we have to accept his views any more than we do any from the right-anarchist wing of the American political spectrum.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Turmon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Turmon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sliding past the spelling mistakes is worth it for nuggets like

&quot;run by a group of zealots who make FEMA look like FedEx&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sliding past the spelling mistakes is worth it for nuggets like</p>
<p>&#8220;run by a group of zealots who make FEMA look like FedEx&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: jcummings</title>
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		<dc:creator>jcummings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jorge: I am young to this political arena, and I have never heard of LaRouche. 

I&#039;m no conspiracy theorist, but your man Lyndon is.  Queen Elizabeth, Henry Kissinger, the Freemasons, the Beatles and Pablo Escobar.  The forces of empiricism.  Airports.  Dope Inc.  

Sounds like your scene.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jorge: I am young to this political arena, and I have never heard of LaRouche. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m no conspiracy theorist, but your man Lyndon is.  Queen Elizabeth, Henry Kissinger, the Freemasons, the Beatles and Pablo Escobar.  The forces of empiricism.  Airports.  Dope Inc.  </p>
<p>Sounds like your scene.</p>
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		<title>By: jcummings</title>
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		<dc:creator>jcummings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was making a sarccastic reference to Fukuyama, Jorge.  The End of History is a bullshit neocon concept, though that part of American intellectual life clearly went over your head.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was making a sarccastic reference to Fukuyama, Jorge.  The End of History is a bullshit neocon concept, though that part of American intellectual life clearly went over your head.</p>
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		<title>By: James D</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-1/#comment-576904</link>
		<dc:creator>James D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marc Cooper said:
&quot;mean-spirited a juvenile rant of James D.&quot;

Marc, sweetheart, lighten up. Nothing to get banged around here except your ego. 

You are SO good at derogatory adjectives. It is a skill that must have a rich voluminous history with you - much effort and focus on developing that skill is evident.  Almost admirable.

Throwing around bad-ass descriptors pleases the crowds - you sure provide that daily entertainment value - but does nothing for the profession of journalism which you claim to be, not only a member of, but a professor of it&#039;s principles and techniques to the young and innocent, the eager and idealistic. 

How they must turn their pretty heads and big eyes toward you as you throw out those clever quips of yours sitting on your ass in front of the class of nubile anorexics and long-haired bulemics. 

How the sweet things must laugh at your put-downs as you lecture them from your seat of power - that sturdy stool of authority behind your lusty loins.

I&#039;m not going to change your ways, Mr. Cooper.  Only you can do that. But you see nothing wrong  with them there easy ways of yours. You see nothing wrong with what you do. 

That is the pity of it all - you are one more obstacle on the road to truth.  As a journalist (if only that were so) you would be a provider of that truth, not it&#039;s smirking foe.

Alas, poor Marc, I knew him Horatio. A man of infinite jest - and nothing more.

The fault, dear Marc, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Peace brother.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marc Cooper said:<br />
&#8220;mean-spirited a juvenile rant of James D.&#8221;</p>
<p>Marc, sweetheart, lighten up. Nothing to get banged around here except your ego. </p>
<p>You are SO good at derogatory adjectives. It is a skill that must have a rich voluminous history with you &#8211; much effort and focus on developing that skill is evident.  Almost admirable.</p>
<p>Throwing around bad-ass descriptors pleases the crowds &#8211; you sure provide that daily entertainment value &#8211; but does nothing for the profession of journalism which you claim to be, not only a member of, but a professor of it&#8217;s principles and techniques to the young and innocent, the eager and idealistic. </p>
<p>How they must turn their pretty heads and big eyes toward you as you throw out those clever quips of yours sitting on your ass in front of the class of nubile anorexics and long-haired bulemics. </p>
<p>How the sweet things must laugh at your put-downs as you lecture them from your seat of power &#8211; that sturdy stool of authority behind your lusty loins.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not going to change your ways, Mr. Cooper.  Only you can do that. But you see nothing wrong  with them there easy ways of yours. You see nothing wrong with what you do. </p>
<p>That is the pity of it all &#8211; you are one more obstacle on the road to truth.  As a journalist (if only that were so) you would be a provider of that truth, not it&#8217;s smirking foe.</p>
<p>Alas, poor Marc, I knew him Horatio. A man of infinite jest &#8211; and nothing more.</p>
<p>The fault, dear Marc, is not in our stars,<br />
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.</p>
<p>Peace brother.</p>
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		<title>By: Randy Paul</title>
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		<dc:creator>Randy Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;So youâ€™re saying that if an Illegal alien has a child in America, he should be considered an American citizen&lt;/i&gt;

It&#039;s called the 14th Amendment.</description>
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<p>It&#8217;s called the 14th Amendment.</p>
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		<title>By: Jorge</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jorge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;He also said it was time to â€œrevisitâ€ birthright citiizenship i.e. no longer allowing children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens to claim citizenship status. That, to me sir, is patently racist, xenophobic and a basic violation of the letter and spirit of the U.S. constitution. &quot;

So you&#039;re saying that if an Illegal alien has a child in America, he should be considered an American citizen, regardless that their parents are illegal, so we should also let the parents who are here illegally become American citizens according to your logic.  Hey, I got an idea, why don&#039;t we ask all the other candidates this question and lets see if they are patently racist.   I didn&#039;t know you were an immigration lawyer as well Mr. Cooper.  What has the Dept. of Education done, except argue about whether or not we should have sex education in the class room, or repeal pledge allegiance in the schools.

And he mumbled something about paper money,  yep, the federal reserve is doing a great job.  Look up the history of the Federal Reserve and try to do some journalistic investigating on where the gold that&#039;s suppose to be in Fort Knox is.  Congress has refused to do an inventory on the gold that&#039;s there.  
You&#039;re just regurgitating the same crap that has been shoved down our throats. Rip up your notes that you took from another website and do some research, go ask some questions and find out the truth for yourself instead of preaching what the Main Stream Media wants you to preach.
That&#039;s your job.  Take it seriously. 
You want to give your opinion, go down to the local watering hole and do it. But if you want to write about someone with integrity and who wants to return freedom and rights  to the people who were promised it then you better check your facts....... then recheck them and before you print BS then make sure their right, our country depends on it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;He also said it was time to â€œrevisitâ€ birthright citiizenship i.e. no longer allowing children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens to claim citizenship status. That, to me sir, is patently racist, xenophobic and a basic violation of the letter and spirit of the U.S. constitution. &#8221;</p>
<p>So you&#8217;re saying that if an Illegal alien has a child in America, he should be considered an American citizen, regardless that their parents are illegal, so we should also let the parents who are here illegally become American citizens according to your logic.  Hey, I got an idea, why don&#8217;t we ask all the other candidates this question and lets see if they are patently racist.   I didn&#8217;t know you were an immigration lawyer as well Mr. Cooper.  What has the Dept. of Education done, except argue about whether or not we should have sex education in the class room, or repeal pledge allegiance in the schools.</p>
<p>And he mumbled something about paper money,  yep, the federal reserve is doing a great job.  Look up the history of the Federal Reserve and try to do some journalistic investigating on where the gold that&#8217;s suppose to be in Fort Knox is.  Congress has refused to do an inventory on the gold that&#8217;s there.<br />
You&#8217;re just regurgitating the same crap that has been shoved down our throats. Rip up your notes that you took from another website and do some research, go ask some questions and find out the truth for yourself instead of preaching what the Main Stream Media wants you to preach.<br />
That&#8217;s your job.  Take it seriously.<br />
You want to give your opinion, go down to the local watering hole and do it. But if you want to write about someone with integrity and who wants to return freedom and rights  to the people who were promised it then you better check your facts&#8230;&#8230;. then recheck them and before you print BS then make sure their right, our country depends on it.</p>
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		<title>By: Marc Cooper</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-1/#comment-576900</link>
		<dc:creator>Marc Cooper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Only because Im delayed by a storm at the Omaha airport am I going to bother to respond the mean-spirited a juvenile rant of James D.  

Thanks for pointing out my typing errors. As gradma said: no good deed goes go unpunished. I was stupid enough to take time out of my workday to respond to some of the posts and was doing so on the cramped keyboard of a Blackberry handheld. So as Steve Martin would say... excu-u-u-use me!

As to Ron Paul: Im sitting here looking at my notes and I see that at the Straw Poll, the good Dr. Paul called for repeal of the &quot;horrific Roe v. Wade&quot; and an end to any federal funding for abortion. A truly shameful and disgusting position for a physician. repeal of roe would effectively criminalize abortion for women who the misfortune of living in reactionary backwater states.

Paul also believes in shutting down the UN -- another hare-brained idea. He also mumbled something about replacing paper currency with gold and silver. That&#039;s after, of course, he abolished the Dept of Education.

He also said it was time to &quot;revisit&quot; birthright citiizenship i.e. no longer allowing children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens to claim citizenship status. That, to me sir, is patently racist, xenophobic and a basic violation of the letter and spirit of the U.S. constitution.   

His position on the war is a good one -- proving that even busted clocks occasionally are correct. 

Please flag any grammtikal errors in this post. They will be fully ignored.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only because Im delayed by a storm at the Omaha airport am I going to bother to respond the mean-spirited a juvenile rant of James D.  </p>
<p>Thanks for pointing out my typing errors. As gradma said: no good deed goes go unpunished. I was stupid enough to take time out of my workday to respond to some of the posts and was doing so on the cramped keyboard of a Blackberry handheld. So as Steve Martin would say&#8230; excu-u-u-use me!</p>
<p>As to Ron Paul: Im sitting here looking at my notes and I see that at the Straw Poll, the good Dr. Paul called for repeal of the &#8220;horrific Roe v. Wade&#8221; and an end to any federal funding for abortion. A truly shameful and disgusting position for a physician. repeal of roe would effectively criminalize abortion for women who the misfortune of living in reactionary backwater states.</p>
<p>Paul also believes in shutting down the UN &#8212; another hare-brained idea. He also mumbled something about replacing paper currency with gold and silver. That&#8217;s after, of course, he abolished the Dept of Education.</p>
<p>He also said it was time to &#8220;revisit&#8221; birthright citiizenship i.e. no longer allowing children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens to claim citizenship status. That, to me sir, is patently racist, xenophobic and a basic violation of the letter and spirit of the U.S. constitution.   </p>
<p>His position on the war is a good one &#8212; proving that even busted clocks occasionally are correct. </p>
<p>Please flag any grammtikal errors in this post. They will be fully ignored.</p>
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		<title>By: Jorge</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-1/#comment-576899</link>
		<dc:creator>Jorge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I quote J Cummings

&quot;Its the end of history&quot;,

J Cummings is a Conspiracy theorist that believes Aliens are landing and reprogramming  our psyche with their alien ways and as he says &quot;it&#039;s the end of history&quot;

It&#039;s what you wrote above, of course I spiced it up, and made you sound like a nut, so forgive me that I don&#039;t believe your rhetoric about Dr. Paul.  Put down the website, magazine article, you tube video, anything that would prove your comments, just because you say it&#039;s true, doesn&#039;t make it so, and if you read it in an article, where did that &quot;journalist&quot; get it from.  Don&#039;t believe everything you read J Cummings...

oh and another thing, I&#039;m also against abortion also, but I also believe like Dr. Paul does that the Government doesn&#039;t have the right to tell a woman whether she can or can&#039;t have an abortion.  The Constitution protects the rights of the individual.
Hey JN that you for the comment, I am young to this political arena, and I have never heard of LaRouche.  With a quick read, LaRouche seems like a man who fought the system.  
How does everybody like our system now?
Our rights are disappearing.  That&#039;s a fact.

The Imperialist...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I quote J Cummings</p>
<p>&#8220;Its the end of history&#8221;,</p>
<p>J Cummings is a Conspiracy theorist that believes Aliens are landing and reprogramming  our psyche with their alien ways and as he says &#8220;it&#8217;s the end of history&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s what you wrote above, of course I spiced it up, and made you sound like a nut, so forgive me that I don&#8217;t believe your rhetoric about Dr. Paul.  Put down the website, magazine article, you tube video, anything that would prove your comments, just because you say it&#8217;s true, doesn&#8217;t make it so, and if you read it in an article, where did that &#8220;journalist&#8221; get it from.  Don&#8217;t believe everything you read J Cummings&#8230;</p>
<p>oh and another thing, I&#8217;m also against abortion also, but I also believe like Dr. Paul does that the Government doesn&#8217;t have the right to tell a woman whether she can or can&#8217;t have an abortion.  The Constitution protects the rights of the individual.<br />
Hey JN that you for the comment, I am young to this political arena, and I have never heard of LaRouche.  With a quick read, LaRouche seems like a man who fought the system.<br />
How does everybody like our system now?<br />
Our rights are disappearing.  That&#8217;s a fact.</p>
<p>The Imperialist&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: jcummings</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-1/#comment-576898</link>
		<dc:creator>jcummings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well...

Nothing is proven, but it would fit the broad pattern of American history for the mainstream liberal-left (Allard Lowenstein, National Students Association) to be covertly helped by the CIA.

Kos talked about - at a press conference I think - being about to join the CIA (ie passed all sorts of security checks, etc.) and has no problem with it - when he instead got involved with the Dean campaign.

I am not saying this proves anything but there are already conspiracy theories floating around, and American history is replete with CIA helping moderate Left forces in fear of social movements that go beyond that.  This is precisely why they funded the Congress for Cultural Freedom, National Students Association, Enconter Magazine, Allard Lowenstein, Certain segments of the &quot;MOBE&quot; etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well&#8230;</p>
<p>Nothing is proven, but it would fit the broad pattern of American history for the mainstream liberal-left (Allard Lowenstein, National Students Association) to be covertly helped by the CIA.</p>
<p>Kos talked about &#8211; at a press conference I think &#8211; being about to join the CIA (ie passed all sorts of security checks, etc.) and has no problem with it &#8211; when he instead got involved with the Dean campaign.</p>
<p>I am not saying this proves anything but there are already conspiracy theories floating around, and American history is replete with CIA helping moderate Left forces in fear of social movements that go beyond that.  This is precisely why they funded the Congress for Cultural Freedom, National Students Association, Enconter Magazine, Allard Lowenstein, Certain segments of the &#8220;MOBE&#8221; etc.</p>
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		<title>By: reg</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-1/#comment-576897</link>
		<dc:creator>reg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kos was excellent on MTP this morning, engaging Harold Ford. DLCer Ford was totally on the defensive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kos was excellent on MTP this morning, engaging Harold Ford. DLCer Ford was totally on the defensive.</p>
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		<title>By: JN</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-1/#comment-576895</link>
		<dc:creator>JN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love these comments from the Paul People. With the sort of following he inspires, he really seems like the the Republican LaRouche.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love these comments from the Paul People. With the sort of following he inspires, he really seems like the the Republican LaRouche.</p>
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		<title>By: richard locicero</title>
		<link>http://marccooper.com/straw-men/comment-page-1/#comment-576894</link>
		<dc:creator>richard locicero</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What admissions?

Actually he sends out secret messages in his columns so we Kossacks caan continue what we do every night

&quot;TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD&#039;

Signed &quot;The Brain&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What admissions?</p>
<p>Actually he sends out secret messages in his columns so we Kossacks caan continue what we do every night</p>
<p>&#8220;TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD&#8217;</p>
<p>Signed &#8220;The Brain&#8221;</p>
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