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		<title>By: Rayne</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/26/late-nite-fdl-meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch/#comment-432262</link>
		<dc:creator>Rayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Scarecrow’s up top this morning with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/27/rip-gerald-ford-1913-2006/&quot;&gt;fresh thread&lt;/a&gt;, FirePups.  Bring more coffee with you.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scarecrow’s up top this morning with <a href="http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/27/rip-gerald-ford-1913-2006/">fresh thread</a>, FirePups.  Bring more coffee with you.</p>
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		<title>By: deandra</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/26/late-nite-fdl-meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch/#comment-432261</link>
		<dc:creator>deandra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-432116&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mary McCurnin @ 88 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bush doesn’t care how he got elected.&lt;br /&gt;
Doesn’t care how many die in Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;
Doesn’t care about anything expect maintaining&lt;br /&gt;
his huge, nefarious ego. He is a sadist of the&lt;br /&gt;
first order.&lt;br /&gt;
And he is much worse than Nixon. Nixon had a few&lt;br /&gt;
progressive ideas like universal healthcare. And&lt;br /&gt;
Nixon knew when to quit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dubya never had an independent or progressive thought in his life. He must have been dropped on his head as a baby.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-432116"><em>Mary McCurnin @ 88 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Bush doesn’t care how he got elected.<br />
Doesn’t care how many die in Iraq.<br />
Doesn’t care about anything expect maintaining<br />
his huge, nefarious ego. He is a sadist of the<br />
first order.<br />
And he is much worse than Nixon. Nixon had a few<br />
progressive ideas like universal healthcare. And<br />
Nixon knew when to quit.</p>
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<p>Dubya never had an independent or progressive thought in his life. He must have been dropped on his head as a baby.</p>
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		<title>By: Blank Kludge</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/26/late-nite-fdl-meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch/#comment-432258</link>
		<dc:creator>Blank Kludge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;hmmm…WaPo has other items worth reading, but umm..is their non-ombuds in bed with this shit:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Right Type of ‘Surge’&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Any Troop Increase Must Be Large and Lasting&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By &lt;b&gt;Jack Keane and Frederick W. Kagan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Wednesday, December 27, 2006; Page A19&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Reports on the Bush administration’s efforts to craft a new strategy in Iraq often use the term “surge” but rarely define it. Estimates of the number of troops to be added in Baghdad range from fewer than 10,000 to more than 30,000. Some “surges” would last a few months, others a few years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to cut through the confusion. Bringing security to Baghdad — the essential precondition for political compromise, national reconciliation and economic development — is possible only with a surge of at least 30,000 combat troops lasting 18 months or so. Any other option is likely to fail.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The key to the success is to change the military mission — instead of preparing for transition to Iraqi control, that mission should be to bring security to the Iraqi population. Surges aimed at accelerating the training of Iraqi forces will fail, because rising sectarian violence will destroy Iraq before the new forces can bring it under control.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;–snip–
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the AEI Batman and Robin. lord, help us…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unless we ESCALATE the RIGHT WAY (all the way forever beyond the horizon) we will fail.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well, let’s not do all that to end up with failure, ok?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The right way  is the way home.&lt;br /&gt;
NOW.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hmmm…WaPo has other items worth reading, but umm..is their non-ombuds in bed with this shit:</p>
<blockquote><p><b>The Right Type of ‘Surge’</b><br />
Any Troop Increase Must Be Large and Lasting</p>
<p>By <b>Jack Keane and Frederick W. Kagan</b><br />
Wednesday, December 27, 2006; Page A19</p>
<p>Reports on the Bush administration’s efforts to craft a new strategy in Iraq often use the term “surge” but rarely define it. Estimates of the number of troops to be added in Baghdad range from fewer than 10,000 to more than 30,000. Some “surges” would last a few months, others a few years.</p>
<p>We need to cut through the confusion. Bringing security to Baghdad — the essential precondition for political compromise, national reconciliation and economic development — is possible only with a surge of at least 30,000 combat troops lasting 18 months or so. Any other option is likely to fail.</p>
<p>The key to the success is to change the military mission — instead of preparing for transition to Iraqi control, that mission should be to bring security to the Iraqi population. Surges aimed at accelerating the training of Iraqi forces will fail, because rising sectarian violence will destroy Iraq before the new forces can bring it under control.</p>
<p>–snip–
</p>
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<p>This is the AEI Batman and Robin. lord, help us…</p>
<p>Unless we ESCALATE the RIGHT WAY (all the way forever beyond the horizon) we will fail.</p>
<p>Well, let’s not do all that to end up with failure, ok?</p>
<p>The right way  is the way home.<br />
NOW.</p>
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		<title>By: egregious</title>
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		<dc:creator>egregious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-432254&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Riesz Fischer @ 220 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think it’s an honor to have egregious here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;:)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-432254"><em>Riesz Fischer @ 220 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>I think it’s an honor to have egregious here.</p>
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<p>:)</p>
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		<title>By: Blank Kludge</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/26/late-nite-fdl-meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch/#comment-432255</link>
		<dc:creator>Blank Kludge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;from CSpan caller on Ford:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I’ve been a Republican my whole life. Only voted once.”&lt;br /&gt;
(Caller was just a youngster - 12-14 yrs old - when Ford was in Oval.)&lt;br /&gt;
That’s a few non-votes, there.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WTF!? goood. on. ya.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>from CSpan caller on Ford:</p>
<p>“I’ve been a Republican my whole life. Only voted once.”<br />
(Caller was just a youngster &#8211; 12-14 yrs old &#8211; when Ford was in Oval.)<br />
That’s a few non-votes, there.</p>
<p>WTF!? goood. on. ya.</p>
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		<title>By: Riesz Fischer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Riesz Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I think it’s an honor to have egregious here.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it’s an honor to have egregious here.</p>
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		<title>By: Attaturk</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/26/late-nite-fdl-meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch/#comment-432253</link>
		<dc:creator>Attaturk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-432250&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;egregious @ 217&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good morning Attaturk!  An honor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh pshaw, I’m just another anonymous crank. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-432250"><em>egregious @ 217</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Good morning Attaturk!  An honor.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Oh pshaw, I’m just another anonymous crank. ;-)</p>
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		<title>By: egregious</title>
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		<dc:creator>egregious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;World’s Largest Eraser:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What Bush needed to ask Santa for Christmas.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I make a lot of mistakes.  On puzzles I can erase and start over.  So that got me thinking about how big a mistake the Iraq War is.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If I was clever I would find a photo of this for you.  If I was ambitious I would post this photo on mcegregious and write a long clever post and oh well just too early in the morning.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Besides, I have no idea how to post graphics on my blog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New Year’s Resolution?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Help from other sleep-deprived firepups?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>World’s Largest Eraser:</p>
<p>What Bush needed to ask Santa for Christmas.  </p>
<p>I make a lot of mistakes.  On puzzles I can erase and start over.  So that got me thinking about how big a mistake the Iraq War is.</p>
<p>If I was clever I would find a photo of this for you.  If I was ambitious I would post this photo on mcegregious and write a long clever post and oh well just too early in the morning.</p>
<p>Besides, I have no idea how to post graphics on my blog.</p>
<p>New Year’s Resolution?</p>
<p>Help from other sleep-deprived firepups?</p>
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		<title>By: egregious</title>
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		<dc:creator>egregious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Good morning Attaturk!  An honor.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good morning Attaturk!  An honor.</p>
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		<title>By: Attaturk</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/26/late-nite-fdl-meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch/#comment-432249</link>
		<dc:creator>Attaturk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;a href=&quot;http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2006/12/in-newsso-to-speak.html&quot;&gt;alternative pictures and headlines to the one posted.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are <a href="http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2006/12/in-newsso-to-speak.html">alternative pictures and headlines to the one posted.</a></p>
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