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		<title>By: Ron</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/01/good-portents-for-2007/#comment-440099</link>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I tried to leave a comment on Lieberman’s opinion piece, but comments have been closed. I sent the following email to Joe via his &lt;a href=&quot;http://lieberman.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;. (I used the address of Hartford, CT 06103.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Senator Lieberman,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I read your opinion piece, “Why We Need More Troops in Iraq”, in the Washington Post, dated December 29, 2006.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I appreciate that you spent the time traveling the Middle East and thinking about Iraq, but you would be doing the country a much better service if you would be more straightforward and honest. The war in Iraq is almost exclusively between Sunnis and Shiites and this is why it is proper and honest to call it a civil war. Yet you and the Bush administration continue to mislead Americans by insinuating that we are mostly fighting al-Qaeda or lately, Iran. You even try to frame the Iraq war as an appropriate response to the 9/11 attacks which is practically criminal of you since this way of thinking allowed us to be distracted from Afghanistan and the true perpetrators in the first place. We Americans do not have the ability to stop the civil war militarily and the solution to the civil war is mostly political. If a time-table for elections was an acceptable way of pressuring the Iraqis, then certainly a timetable for our troops to withdraw is also acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I agree with you that the daily scenes of death and destruction are heartbreaking and infuriating, but it’s infuriating because the war was not necessary and those such as yourself who enabled and perpetuated the war should be tried for war crimes. As a start, you could at least acknowledge your and Bush’s past mistakes. In summary, shame on you Mr. Lieberman and shame on those who work for you and support you.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I tried to leave a comment on Lieberman’s opinion piece, but comments have been closed. I sent the following email to Joe via his <a href="http://lieberman.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm">website</a>. (I used the address of Hartford, CT 06103.)</p>
<p>Senator Lieberman,</p>
<p>I read your opinion piece, “Why We Need More Troops in Iraq”, in the Washington Post, dated December 29, 2006.</p>
<p>I appreciate that you spent the time traveling the Middle East and thinking about Iraq, but you would be doing the country a much better service if you would be more straightforward and honest. The war in Iraq is almost exclusively between Sunnis and Shiites and this is why it is proper and honest to call it a civil war. Yet you and the Bush administration continue to mislead Americans by insinuating that we are mostly fighting al-Qaeda or lately, Iran. You even try to frame the Iraq war as an appropriate response to the 9/11 attacks which is practically criminal of you since this way of thinking allowed us to be distracted from Afghanistan and the true perpetrators in the first place. We Americans do not have the ability to stop the civil war militarily and the solution to the civil war is mostly political. If a time-table for elections was an acceptable way of pressuring the Iraqis, then certainly a timetable for our troops to withdraw is also acceptable.</p>
<p>I agree with you that the daily scenes of death and destruction are heartbreaking and infuriating, but it’s infuriating because the war was not necessary and those such as yourself who enabled and perpetuated the war should be tried for war crimes. As a start, you could at least acknowledge your and Bush’s past mistakes. In summary, shame on you Mr. Lieberman and shame on those who work for you and support you.</p>
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		<title>By: mui</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/01/good-portents-for-2007/#comment-439682</link>
		<dc:creator>mui</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Right on!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right on!</p>
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		<title>By: Sue</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/01/good-portents-for-2007/#comment-439492</link>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Jane, CT Bob and I have a question - was that Lorenzo Sunflower you were holding in Blog Wars? I don’t remember the episode. Maybe in Bridgeport?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyway, thanks for the front page mention!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jane, CT Bob and I have a question &#8211; was that Lorenzo Sunflower you were holding in Blog Wars? I don’t remember the episode. Maybe in Bridgeport?</p>
<p>Anyway, thanks for the front page mention!</p>
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		<title>By: Mary McCurnin</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/01/good-portents-for-2007/#comment-439391</link>
		<dc:creator>Mary McCurnin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-439147&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oilfieldguy @ 128&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mod note - deleting Billy Boy’s comment at his request - but sharing the welcome!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Welcome, Billy Boy, but the token redneck spot is taken by yours truly.  Just kidding.  I always welcome kindred spirits.  Stop by from time to time, throw in your two cents.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The place is literally crawling with hot babes, but that is so secondary.  The most erotic part of the body exists in the mind, and the ladies of the lake are absolutely brilliant.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Except for my erotic zone.  It extends four feet from my body in all directions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But I am a cad and a rake.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What extends four feet from your body?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-439147"><em>Oilfieldguy @ 128</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Mod note &#8211; deleting Billy Boy’s comment at his request &#8211; but sharing the welcome!</p>
<p>Welcome, Billy Boy, but the token redneck spot is taken by yours truly.  Just kidding.  I always welcome kindred spirits.  Stop by from time to time, throw in your two cents.</p>
<p>The place is literally crawling with hot babes, but that is so secondary.  The most erotic part of the body exists in the mind, and the ladies of the lake are absolutely brilliant.</p>
<p>Except for my erotic zone.  It extends four feet from my body in all directions.</p>
<p>But I am a cad and a rake.</p>
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<p>What extends four feet from your body?</p>
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		<title>By: Phoenix Woman</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/01/good-portents-for-2007/#comment-439365</link>
		<dc:creator>Phoenix Woman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Another good sign — the Democrats are sticking it to the Pubbies:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://phoenixwoman.blogspot.com/2007/01/now-this-is-what-i-want-to-see.html&quot;&gt;http://phoenixwoman.blogspot.c.....o-see.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another good sign — the Democrats are sticking it to the Pubbies:  <a href="http://phoenixwoman.blogspot.com/2007/01/now-this-is-what-i-want-to-see.html">http://phoenixwoman.blogspot.c&#8230;..o-see.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: HotFlash</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/01/good-portents-for-2007/#comment-439312</link>
		<dc:creator>HotFlash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Well, yeah, but which one will the final score be on?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, yeah, but which one will the final score be on?</p>
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		<title>By: Oilfieldguy</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/01/good-portents-for-2007/#comment-439311</link>
		<dc:creator>Oilfieldguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;PAT Good!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tie score!!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PAT Good!!</p>
<p>Tie score!!</p>
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		<title>By: Oilfieldguy</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/01/good-portents-for-2007/#comment-439309</link>
		<dc:creator>Oilfieldguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Double reverse, touchdown Boise!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Holy shit.  0.07 seconds left&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Double reverse, touchdown Boise!!</p>
<p>Holy shit.  0.07 seconds left</p>
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		<title>By: Oilfieldguy</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/01/good-portents-for-2007/#comment-439307</link>
		<dc:creator>Oilfieldguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-439304&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;HotFlash @ 214&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;OFG, you know you are posting on two threads?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At least&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-439304"><em>HotFlash @ 214</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>OFG, you know you are posting on two threads?</p>
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<p>At least</p>
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		<title>By: HotFlash</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/01/good-portents-for-2007/#comment-439304</link>
		<dc:creator>HotFlash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;OFG, you know you are posting on two threads?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OFG, you know you are posting on two threads?</p>
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