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		<title>By: Ed Kunin</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/02/the-unusable-power/#comment-735804</link>
		<dc:creator>Ed Kunin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Do we dare disturb the universe?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OK the Dems folded. It is reasonable to see the 2006 election as a vote against the war. Polls show 70% of us against. Where does that leave us when Congress refuses to act for whatever rationalization?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyone interested in defunding Congress or do we pay taxes as usual? We have the hierarchical habit. We do things we don’t like doing because the law says so-Judges who hate the war sentencing protestors or generals who think plans hopelessly deficient marching off anyhow? Employers forwarding withheld taxes though their employees prefer they don’t? The list is endless. Do we individually have any responsibility? Afraid of anarchy? Maybe it’s better than what we have&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do we dare disturb the universe?</p>
<p>OK the Dems folded. It is reasonable to see the 2006 election as a vote against the war. Polls show 70% of us against. Where does that leave us when Congress refuses to act for whatever rationalization?</p>
<p>Anyone interested in defunding Congress or do we pay taxes as usual? We have the hierarchical habit. We do things we don’t like doing because the law says so-Judges who hate the war sentencing protestors or generals who think plans hopelessly deficient marching off anyhow? Employers forwarding withheld taxes though their employees prefer they don’t? The list is endless. Do we individually have any responsibility? Afraid of anarchy? Maybe it’s better than what we have</p>
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		<title>By: Jesterfox</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/02/the-unusable-power/#comment-735357</link>
		<dc:creator>Jesterfox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;CL at 58&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;When are the Democrats going to learn to grab Mister Bush by the scruff of his neck, push his nose into that big fat shit he dropped on the world’s carpet and then whack him feverishly over the nose with a rolled up copy of the Constitution???&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;YouTube please!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CL at 58</p>
<blockquote><p>When are the Democrats going to learn to grab Mister Bush by the scruff of his neck, push his nose into that big fat shit he dropped on the world’s carpet and then whack him feverishly over the nose with a rolled up copy of the Constitution???</p>
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<p>YouTube please!</p>
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		<title>By: jang</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/02/the-unusable-power/#comment-735353</link>
		<dc:creator>jang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;TeddySanFran..  Exactly, eh..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DEMs Re-framing and learning to reframe Repubs on TV.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Could the Lake hold a reframe debate here after the Sunday talk shows?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TeddySanFran..  Exactly, eh..</p>
<p>DEMs Re-framing and learning to reframe Repubs on TV.</p>
<p>Could the Lake hold a reframe debate here after the Sunday talk shows?</p>
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		<title>By: The Oracle</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/02/the-unusable-power/#comment-734278</link>
		<dc:creator>The Oracle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;There’s “operational” funding and “redeployment” funding.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BushCo has bundled these two issues together, claiming that any defunding on the “operational” end, especially where any “redeployment” deadlines are concerned, is abandoning our troops.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thus, an “operational” funding bill just passed, with no “reployment-out-of-Iraq” deadlines attached, an “operational” funding bill that contains plenty of money for “redeploying” our troops out of the middle of a civil war, but which we all know won’t happen, not with Bush and Cheney still running (and ruining) things.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And when the next “operational” funding bill comes up, BushCo will use the same tactics and same language, inferring that anyone not for fully funding their little Iraq occupation (without any deadlines) is endangering our troops in Iraq, potentially leaving them defunded and stranded.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, Democrats (and any Republicans left with a conscience) can defuse this argument with one fell swoop.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Democrats in Congress MUST pass legislation that specifically focuses on funds for the reployment of our troops out of Iraq, no deadlines, no timetables, just funds set aside as an “escrow” account in the federal treasury, for when the order is finally given to get all of our troops out of Iraq.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This will place BushCo (and their rubber-stamp Republicans in Congress) in a quandary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Operational funding has already passed. This Democratic “redeployment” funding bill, therefore, doesn’t interfere with day-to-day operational funding in any way, thus there can be no claim that what Democrats have proposed somehow endangers our troops.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the contrary, this “rainy day redeployment fund” is just on “standby,” waiting to be tapped into someday, hopefully sooner rather than later, a “redeployment” fund established solely for the purpose of making certain that none of our troops are “left behind” in Iraq.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BushCo will still probably veto this bill, but they will have a very hard time defending such a blatantly “endangering the troops” action.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I mean, who wouldn’t be for providing enough money for when the time comes that the order is given for our troops to leave Iraq? Only a complete idiot or fool would be against a “support the troops” funding bill, that pays in advance for redeploying our troops out of Iraq, like the one I’ve just suggested.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh, right, we are talking about Bush and Cheney, who want U.S. troops in Iraq, in the middle of a civil war, forever.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There’s “operational” funding and “redeployment” funding.</p>
<p>BushCo has bundled these two issues together, claiming that any defunding on the “operational” end, especially where any “redeployment” deadlines are concerned, is abandoning our troops.</p>
<p>Thus, an “operational” funding bill just passed, with no “reployment-out-of-Iraq” deadlines attached, an “operational” funding bill that contains plenty of money for “redeploying” our troops out of the middle of a civil war, but which we all know won’t happen, not with Bush and Cheney still running (and ruining) things.</p>
<p>And when the next “operational” funding bill comes up, BushCo will use the same tactics and same language, inferring that anyone not for fully funding their little Iraq occupation (without any deadlines) is endangering our troops in Iraq, potentially leaving them defunded and stranded.</p>
<p>However, Democrats (and any Republicans left with a conscience) can defuse this argument with one fell swoop.</p>
<p>Democrats in Congress MUST pass legislation that specifically focuses on funds for the reployment of our troops out of Iraq, no deadlines, no timetables, just funds set aside as an “escrow” account in the federal treasury, for when the order is finally given to get all of our troops out of Iraq.</p>
<p>This will place BushCo (and their rubber-stamp Republicans in Congress) in a quandary.</p>
<p>Operational funding has already passed. This Democratic “redeployment” funding bill, therefore, doesn’t interfere with day-to-day operational funding in any way, thus there can be no claim that what Democrats have proposed somehow endangers our troops.</p>
<p>On the contrary, this “rainy day redeployment fund” is just on “standby,” waiting to be tapped into someday, hopefully sooner rather than later, a “redeployment” fund established solely for the purpose of making certain that none of our troops are “left behind” in Iraq.</p>
<p>BushCo will still probably veto this bill, but they will have a very hard time defending such a blatantly “endangering the troops” action.</p>
<p>I mean, who wouldn’t be for providing enough money for when the time comes that the order is given for our troops to leave Iraq? Only a complete idiot or fool would be against a “support the troops” funding bill, that pays in advance for redeploying our troops out of Iraq, like the one I’ve just suggested.</p>
<p>Oh, right, we are talking about Bush and Cheney, who want U.S. troops in Iraq, in the middle of a civil war, forever.</p>
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		<title>By: Mauimom</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/02/the-unusable-power/#comment-734245</link>
		<dc:creator>Mauimom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-734019&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ed*ard Teller @ 93&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-733996&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;solai @ 73&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone here donated to the democratic party since the May vote? I have not. I did donate to Edwards but the requests I got from the party were refused. I know that the repubs are saying donations are down. I ‘m waiting to see the dems report the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Twice since the May vote, set up for 12 hours of volunteer work next week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Got a phone call from the DCCC today.  Told ‘em in no uncertain terms that while we like VanHollen [our Congressman], there’s NO WAY we’ll be giving to the “national” Dems [other than Dean/DNC].  We said some very nasty words about our “friend” Rahm.  Mr. DCCC kept trying to tell us that Rahm wasn’t heading the DCCC any more.  We replied, “no matter.  Until they each grow a pair, no $.  We only give to individual candidates.”&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-734019"><em>Ed*ard Teller @ 93</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="#comment-733996"><em>solai @ 73</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Has anyone here donated to the democratic party since the May vote? I have not. I did donate to Edwards but the requests I got from the party were refused. I know that the repubs are saying donations are down. I ‘m waiting to see the dems report the same thing.</p>
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<p>Twice since the May vote, set up for 12 hours of volunteer work next week.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Got a phone call from the DCCC today.  Told ‘em in no uncertain terms that while we like VanHollen [our Congressman], there’s NO WAY we’ll be giving to the “national” Dems [other than Dean/DNC].  We said some very nasty words about our “friend” Rahm.  Mr. DCCC kept trying to tell us that Rahm wasn’t heading the DCCC any more.  We replied, “no matter.  Until they each grow a pair, no $.  We only give to individual candidates.”</p>
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		<title>By: LS</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/02/the-unusable-power/#comment-734187</link>
		<dc:creator>LS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-734156&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Paul in LA @ 136&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, you haven’t noticed there has been a COUP.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Apparently you haven’t noticed the massive vote-fraud and caging lists of the last seven years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Apparently you are unaware that the Dem Congress is the ONLY thing holding back the collapse of the Constitution, and — NO — liberal or leftist propaganda aside, Congress has NEVER defunded a war without the media on it and the populace in the streets on a mass scale.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So blaming these &lt;b&gt;FINE DEMOCRATS&lt;/b&gt; for their inability to remove the 109th co-conspirators from their way, or for the existence of the Blue Dogs, who have voted with Bush’s illegal war the whole way down the line.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Assignment for summer: FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP BLAMING OUR HARD-WORKING DEMOCRATS&lt;/b&gt; for the actions of those in the Congress who do not care if the Constitution survives.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NAY VOTES ON HR 2202:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Abercrombie&lt;br /&gt;
Ackerman&lt;br /&gt;
Allen&lt;br /&gt;
Arcuri&lt;br /&gt;
Baldwin&lt;br /&gt;
Becerra&lt;br /&gt;
Bishop (NY)&lt;br /&gt;
Blumenauer&lt;br /&gt;
Brady (PA)&lt;br /&gt;
Braley (IA)&lt;br /&gt;
Brown, Corrine&lt;br /&gt;
Capps&lt;br /&gt;
Capuano&lt;br /&gt;
Carnahan&lt;br /&gt;
Carson&lt;br /&gt;
Castor&lt;br /&gt;
Clarke&lt;br /&gt;
Clay&lt;br /&gt;
Cleaver&lt;br /&gt;
Cohen&lt;br /&gt;
Conyers&lt;br /&gt;
Costello&lt;br /&gt;
Courtney&lt;br /&gt;
Crowley&lt;br /&gt;
Cummings&lt;br /&gt;
Davis (AL)&lt;br /&gt;
Davis (IL)&lt;br /&gt;
DeFazio&lt;br /&gt;
Delahunt&lt;br /&gt;
DeLauro&lt;br /&gt;
Doggett&lt;br /&gt;
Doyle&lt;br /&gt;
Duncan&lt;br /&gt;
Ellison&lt;br /&gt;
Eshoo&lt;br /&gt;
Farr&lt;br /&gt;
Fattah&lt;br /&gt;
Filner&lt;br /&gt;
Frank (MA)&lt;br /&gt;
Green, Al&lt;br /&gt;
Grijalva&lt;br /&gt;
Gutierrez&lt;br /&gt;
Hall (NY)&lt;br /&gt;
Hare&lt;br /&gt;
Harman&lt;br /&gt;
Hastings (FL)&lt;br /&gt;
Higgins&lt;br /&gt;
Hinchey&lt;br /&gt;
Hirono&lt;br /&gt;
Hodes&lt;br /&gt;
Holt&lt;br /&gt;
Honda&lt;br /&gt;
Hooley&lt;br /&gt;
Inslee&lt;br /&gt;
Israel&lt;br /&gt;
Jackson (IL)&lt;br /&gt;
Jackson-Lee (TX)&lt;br /&gt;
Jefferson&lt;br /&gt;
Johnson (GA)&lt;br /&gt;
Johnson, E. B.&lt;br /&gt;
Kaptur&lt;br /&gt;
Kennedy&lt;br /&gt;
Kilpatrick&lt;br /&gt;
Klein (FL)&lt;br /&gt;
Kucinich&lt;br /&gt;
Langevin&lt;br /&gt;
Lantos&lt;br /&gt;
Larson (CT)&lt;br /&gt;
Lee&lt;br /&gt;
Loebsack&lt;br /&gt;
Lofgren, Zoe&lt;br /&gt;
Lowey&lt;br /&gt;
Lynch&lt;br /&gt;
Maloney (NY)&lt;br /&gt;
Markey&lt;br /&gt;
Matsui&lt;br /&gt;
McCarthy (NY)&lt;br /&gt;
McCollum (MN)&lt;br /&gt;
McDermott&lt;br /&gt;
McGovern&lt;br /&gt;
McNerney&lt;br /&gt;
McNulty&lt;br /&gt;
Meehan&lt;br /&gt;
Meeks (NY)&lt;br /&gt;
Michaud&lt;br /&gt;
Miller (NC)&lt;br /&gt;
Miller, George&lt;br /&gt;
Moore (WI)&lt;br /&gt;
Moran (VA)&lt;br /&gt;
Murphy (CT)&lt;br /&gt;
Murphy, Patrick&lt;br /&gt;
Nadler&lt;br /&gt;
Napolitano&lt;br /&gt;
Neal (MA)&lt;br /&gt;
Obey&lt;br /&gt;
Olver&lt;br /&gt;
Pallone&lt;br /&gt;
Pascrell&lt;br /&gt;
Pastor&lt;br /&gt;
Paul&lt;br /&gt;
Payne&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Pelosi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Perlmutter&lt;br /&gt;
Price (NC)&lt;br /&gt;
Rangel&lt;br /&gt;
Rothman&lt;br /&gt;
Roybal-Allard&lt;br /&gt;
Rush&lt;br /&gt;
Ryan (OH)&lt;br /&gt;
S�nchez, Linda T.&lt;br /&gt;
Sanchez, Loretta&lt;br /&gt;
Sarbanes&lt;br /&gt;
Schakowsky&lt;br /&gt;
Schiff&lt;br /&gt;
Scott (VA)&lt;br /&gt;
Serrano&lt;br /&gt;
Shea-Porter&lt;br /&gt;
Sherman&lt;br /&gt;
Sires&lt;br /&gt;
Slaughter&lt;br /&gt;
Smith (WA)&lt;br /&gt;
Solis&lt;br /&gt;
Stark&lt;br /&gt;
Sutton&lt;br /&gt;
Tauscher&lt;br /&gt;
Thompson (CA)&lt;br /&gt;
Tierney&lt;br /&gt;
Towns&lt;br /&gt;
Udall (NM)&lt;br /&gt;
Van Hollen&lt;br /&gt;
Vel�zquez&lt;br /&gt;
Waters&lt;br /&gt;
Watson&lt;br /&gt;
Watt&lt;br /&gt;
Waxman&lt;br /&gt;
Weiner&lt;br /&gt;
Welch (VT)&lt;br /&gt;
Wexler&lt;br /&gt;
Woolsey&lt;br /&gt;
Wu&lt;br /&gt;
Wynn&lt;br /&gt;
Yarmuth&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And 19 Senators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Okay. Great comment!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-734156"><em>Paul in LA @ 136</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Apparently, you haven’t noticed there has been a COUP.</p>
<p>Apparently you haven’t noticed the massive vote-fraud and caging lists of the last seven years.</p>
<p>Apparently you are unaware that the Dem Congress is the ONLY thing holding back the collapse of the Constitution, and — NO — liberal or leftist propaganda aside, Congress has NEVER defunded a war without the media on it and the populace in the streets on a mass scale.</p>
<p>So blaming these <b>FINE DEMOCRATS</b> for their inability to remove the 109th co-conspirators from their way, or for the existence of the Blue Dogs, who have voted with Bush’s illegal war the whole way down the line.</p>
<p><b>Assignment for summer: FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP BLAMING OUR HARD-WORKING DEMOCRATS</b> for the actions of those in the Congress who do not care if the Constitution survives.</p>
<p><b>NAY VOTES ON HR 2202:</b></p>
<p>Abercrombie<br />
Ackerman<br />
Allen<br />
Arcuri<br />
Baldwin<br />
Becerra<br />
Bishop (NY)<br />
Blumenauer<br />
Brady (PA)<br />
Braley (IA)<br />
Brown, Corrine<br />
Capps<br />
Capuano<br />
Carnahan<br />
Carson<br />
Castor<br />
Clarke<br />
Clay<br />
Cleaver<br />
Cohen<br />
Conyers<br />
Costello<br />
Courtney<br />
Crowley<br />
Cummings<br />
Davis (AL)<br />
Davis (IL)<br />
DeFazio<br />
Delahunt<br />
DeLauro<br />
Doggett<br />
Doyle<br />
Duncan<br />
Ellison<br />
Eshoo<br />
Farr<br />
Fattah<br />
Filner<br />
Frank (MA)<br />
Green, Al<br />
Grijalva<br />
Gutierrez<br />
Hall (NY)<br />
Hare<br />
Harman<br />
Hastings (FL)<br />
Higgins<br />
Hinchey<br />
Hirono<br />
Hodes<br />
Holt<br />
Honda<br />
Hooley<br />
Inslee<br />
Israel<br />
Jackson (IL)<br />
Jackson-Lee (TX)<br />
Jefferson<br />
Johnson (GA)<br />
Johnson, E. B.<br />
Kaptur<br />
Kennedy<br />
Kilpatrick<br />
Klein (FL)<br />
Kucinich<br />
Langevin<br />
Lantos<br />
Larson (CT)<br />
Lee<br />
Loebsack<br />
Lofgren, Zoe<br />
Lowey<br />
Lynch<br />
Maloney (NY)<br />
Markey<br />
Matsui<br />
McCarthy (NY)<br />
McCollum (MN)<br />
McDermott<br />
McGovern<br />
McNerney<br />
McNulty<br />
Meehan<br />
Meeks (NY)<br />
Michaud<br />
Miller (NC)<br />
Miller, George<br />
Moore (WI)<br />
Moran (VA)<br />
Murphy (CT)<br />
Murphy, Patrick<br />
Nadler<br />
Napolitano<br />
Neal (MA)<br />
Obey<br />
Olver<br />
Pallone<br />
Pascrell<br />
Pastor<br />
Paul<br />
Payne<br />
<b>Pelosi</b><br />
Perlmutter<br />
Price (NC)<br />
Rangel<br />
Rothman<br />
Roybal-Allard<br />
Rush<br />
Ryan (OH)<br />
S�nchez, Linda T.<br />
Sanchez, Loretta<br />
Sarbanes<br />
Schakowsky<br />
Schiff<br />
Scott (VA)<br />
Serrano<br />
Shea-Porter<br />
Sherman<br />
Sires<br />
Slaughter<br />
Smith (WA)<br />
Solis<br />
Stark<br />
Sutton<br />
Tauscher<br />
Thompson (CA)<br />
Tierney<br />
Towns<br />
Udall (NM)<br />
Van Hollen<br />
Vel�zquez<br />
Waters<br />
Watson<br />
Watt<br />
Waxman<br />
Weiner<br />
Welch (VT)<br />
Wexler<br />
Woolsey<br />
Wu<br />
Wynn<br />
Yarmuth</p>
<p>And 19 Senators.</p>
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<p>Okay. Great comment!</p>
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		<title>By: LS</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/02/the-unusable-power/#comment-734186</link>
		<dc:creator>LS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Reading this diary at Kos made me feel better today:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/2/174554/4267&quot;&gt;http://www.dailykos.com/storyo.....74554/4267&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading this diary at Kos made me feel better today:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/2/174554/4267">http://www.dailykos.com/storyo&#8230;..74554/4267</a></p>
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		<title>By: big brother</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/02/the-unusable-power/#comment-734170</link>
		<dc:creator>big brother</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The unusable power?&lt;br /&gt;
 ‘freedom to learn how to pass a test vs freedom to learn to think.’&lt;br /&gt;
To honor the passed is to pickup their weapon and slay the enemy… ignorance, injustice and unkindness.&lt;br /&gt;
Congress has the power Waxman and Conyers need stronger support. Every tool available to take back our country the light of the free world. It is darkest before the dawn.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The unusable power?<br />
 ‘freedom to learn how to pass a test vs freedom to learn to think.’<br />
To honor the passed is to pickup their weapon and slay the enemy… ignorance, injustice and unkindness.<br />
Congress has the power Waxman and Conyers need stronger support. Every tool available to take back our country the light of the free world. It is darkest before the dawn.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul in LA</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/02/the-unusable-power/#comment-734164</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul in LA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;(I left in the TWO Republicans who voted Nay, Hunter and Ron Paul. Don’t you think your anger might be better directed at the TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY  yea voters, including the entire R caucus, minus these two?)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OUR part of the Congress, OUR part of the party caucus, DID NOT FAIL.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Find some other way to refer to those who did, rather than to lump them in with our good representatives, especially who have put up with incredible shit since Nine-eleven, like NAY-VOTING Speaker Pelosi.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(I left in the TWO Republicans who voted Nay, Hunter and Ron Paul. Don’t you think your anger might be better directed at the TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY  yea voters, including the entire R caucus, minus these two?)</p>
<p>OUR part of the Congress, OUR part of the party caucus, DID NOT FAIL.</p>
<p>Find some other way to refer to those who did, rather than to lump them in with our good representatives, especially who have put up with incredible shit since Nine-eleven, like NAY-VOTING Speaker Pelosi.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul in LA</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/02/the-unusable-power/#comment-734156</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul in LA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Apparently, you haven’t noticed there has been a COUP.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Apparently you haven’t noticed the massive vote-fraud and caging lists of the last seven years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Apparently you are unaware that the Dem Congress is the ONLY thing holding back the collapse of the Constitution, and — NO — liberal or leftist propaganda aside, Congress has NEVER defunded a war without the media on it and the populace in the streets on a mass scale.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So blaming these &lt;b&gt;FINE DEMOCRATS&lt;/b&gt; for their inability to remove the 109th co-conspirators from their way, or for the existence of the Blue Dogs, who have voted with Bush’s illegal war the whole way down the line.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Assignment for summer: FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP BLAMING OUR HARD-WORKING DEMOCRATS&lt;/b&gt; for the actions of those in the Congress who do not care if the Constitution survives.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NAY VOTES ON HR 2202:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Abercrombie&lt;br /&gt;
Ackerman&lt;br /&gt;
Allen&lt;br /&gt;
Arcuri&lt;br /&gt;
Baldwin&lt;br /&gt;
Becerra&lt;br /&gt;
Bishop (NY)&lt;br /&gt;
Blumenauer&lt;br /&gt;
Brady (PA)&lt;br /&gt;
Braley (IA)&lt;br /&gt;
Brown, Corrine&lt;br /&gt;
Capps&lt;br /&gt;
Capuano&lt;br /&gt;
Carnahan&lt;br /&gt;
Carson&lt;br /&gt;
Castor&lt;br /&gt;
Clarke&lt;br /&gt;
Clay&lt;br /&gt;
Cleaver&lt;br /&gt;
Cohen&lt;br /&gt;
Conyers&lt;br /&gt;
Costello&lt;br /&gt;
Courtney&lt;br /&gt;
Crowley&lt;br /&gt;
Cummings&lt;br /&gt;
Davis (AL)&lt;br /&gt;
Davis (IL)&lt;br /&gt;
DeFazio&lt;br /&gt;
Delahunt&lt;br /&gt;
DeLauro&lt;br /&gt;
Doggett&lt;br /&gt;
Doyle&lt;br /&gt;
Duncan&lt;br /&gt;
Ellison&lt;br /&gt;
Eshoo&lt;br /&gt;
Farr&lt;br /&gt;
Fattah&lt;br /&gt;
Filner&lt;br /&gt;
Frank (MA)&lt;br /&gt;
Green, Al&lt;br /&gt;
Grijalva&lt;br /&gt;
Gutierrez&lt;br /&gt;
Hall (NY)&lt;br /&gt;
Hare&lt;br /&gt;
Harman&lt;br /&gt;
Hastings (FL)&lt;br /&gt;
Higgins&lt;br /&gt;
Hinchey&lt;br /&gt;
Hirono&lt;br /&gt;
Hodes&lt;br /&gt;
Holt&lt;br /&gt;
Honda&lt;br /&gt;
Hooley&lt;br /&gt;
Inslee&lt;br /&gt;
Israel&lt;br /&gt;
Jackson (IL)&lt;br /&gt;
Jackson-Lee (TX)&lt;br /&gt;
Jefferson&lt;br /&gt;
Johnson (GA)&lt;br /&gt;
Johnson, E. B.&lt;br /&gt;
Kaptur&lt;br /&gt;
Kennedy&lt;br /&gt;
Kilpatrick&lt;br /&gt;
Klein (FL)&lt;br /&gt;
Kucinich&lt;br /&gt;
Langevin&lt;br /&gt;
Lantos&lt;br /&gt;
Larson (CT)&lt;br /&gt;
Lee&lt;br /&gt;
Loebsack&lt;br /&gt;
Lofgren, Zoe&lt;br /&gt;
Lowey&lt;br /&gt;
Lynch&lt;br /&gt;
Maloney (NY)&lt;br /&gt;
Markey&lt;br /&gt;
Matsui&lt;br /&gt;
McCarthy (NY)&lt;br /&gt;
McCollum (MN)&lt;br /&gt;
McDermott&lt;br /&gt;
McGovern&lt;br /&gt;
McNerney&lt;br /&gt;
McNulty&lt;br /&gt;
Meehan&lt;br /&gt;
Meeks (NY)&lt;br /&gt;
Michaud&lt;br /&gt;
Miller (NC)&lt;br /&gt;
Miller, George&lt;br /&gt;
Moore (WI)&lt;br /&gt;
Moran (VA)&lt;br /&gt;
Murphy (CT)&lt;br /&gt;
Murphy, Patrick&lt;br /&gt;
Nadler&lt;br /&gt;
Napolitano&lt;br /&gt;
Neal (MA)&lt;br /&gt;
Obey&lt;br /&gt;
Olver&lt;br /&gt;
Pallone&lt;br /&gt;
Pascrell&lt;br /&gt;
Pastor&lt;br /&gt;
Paul&lt;br /&gt;
Payne&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Pelosi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Perlmutter&lt;br /&gt;
Price (NC)&lt;br /&gt;
Rangel&lt;br /&gt;
Rothman&lt;br /&gt;
Roybal-Allard&lt;br /&gt;
Rush&lt;br /&gt;
Ryan (OH)&lt;br /&gt;
Snchez, Linda T.&lt;br /&gt;
Sanchez, Loretta&lt;br /&gt;
Sarbanes&lt;br /&gt;
Schakowsky&lt;br /&gt;
Schiff&lt;br /&gt;
Scott (VA)&lt;br /&gt;
Serrano&lt;br /&gt;
Shea-Porter&lt;br /&gt;
Sherman&lt;br /&gt;
Sires&lt;br /&gt;
Slaughter&lt;br /&gt;
Smith (WA)&lt;br /&gt;
Solis&lt;br /&gt;
Stark&lt;br /&gt;
Sutton&lt;br /&gt;
Tauscher&lt;br /&gt;
Thompson (CA)&lt;br /&gt;
Tierney&lt;br /&gt;
Towns&lt;br /&gt;
Udall (NM)&lt;br /&gt;
Van Hollen&lt;br /&gt;
Velzquez&lt;br /&gt;
Waters&lt;br /&gt;
Watson&lt;br /&gt;
Watt&lt;br /&gt;
Waxman&lt;br /&gt;
Weiner&lt;br /&gt;
Welch (VT)&lt;br /&gt;
Wexler&lt;br /&gt;
Woolsey&lt;br /&gt;
Wu&lt;br /&gt;
Wynn&lt;br /&gt;
Yarmuth&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And 19 Senators.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently, you haven’t noticed there has been a COUP.</p>
<p>Apparently you haven’t noticed the massive vote-fraud and caging lists of the last seven years.</p>
<p>Apparently you are unaware that the Dem Congress is the ONLY thing holding back the collapse of the Constitution, and — NO — liberal or leftist propaganda aside, Congress has NEVER defunded a war without the media on it and the populace in the streets on a mass scale.</p>
<p>So blaming these <b>FINE DEMOCRATS</b> for their inability to remove the 109th co-conspirators from their way, or for the existence of the Blue Dogs, who have voted with Bush’s illegal war the whole way down the line.</p>
<p><b>Assignment for summer: FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP BLAMING OUR HARD-WORKING DEMOCRATS</b> for the actions of those in the Congress who do not care if the Constitution survives.</p>
<p><b>NAY VOTES ON HR 2202:</b></p>
<p>Abercrombie<br />
Ackerman<br />
Allen<br />
Arcuri<br />
Baldwin<br />
Becerra<br />
Bishop (NY)<br />
Blumenauer<br />
Brady (PA)<br />
Braley (IA)<br />
Brown, Corrine<br />
Capps<br />
Capuano<br />
Carnahan<br />
Carson<br />
Castor<br />
Clarke<br />
Clay<br />
Cleaver<br />
Cohen<br />
Conyers<br />
Costello<br />
Courtney<br />
Crowley<br />
Cummings<br />
Davis (AL)<br />
Davis (IL)<br />
DeFazio<br />
Delahunt<br />
DeLauro<br />
Doggett<br />
Doyle<br />
Duncan<br />
Ellison<br />
Eshoo<br />
Farr<br />
Fattah<br />
Filner<br />
Frank (MA)<br />
Green, Al<br />
Grijalva<br />
Gutierrez<br />
Hall (NY)<br />
Hare<br />
Harman<br />
Hastings (FL)<br />
Higgins<br />
Hinchey<br />
Hirono<br />
Hodes<br />
Holt<br />
Honda<br />
Hooley<br />
Inslee<br />
Israel<br />
Jackson (IL)<br />
Jackson-Lee (TX)<br />
Jefferson<br />
Johnson (GA)<br />
Johnson, E. B.<br />
Kaptur<br />
Kennedy<br />
Kilpatrick<br />
Klein (FL)<br />
Kucinich<br />
Langevin<br />
Lantos<br />
Larson (CT)<br />
Lee<br />
Loebsack<br />
Lofgren, Zoe<br />
Lowey<br />
Lynch<br />
Maloney (NY)<br />
Markey<br />
Matsui<br />
McCarthy (NY)<br />
McCollum (MN)<br />
McDermott<br />
McGovern<br />
McNerney<br />
McNulty<br />
Meehan<br />
Meeks (NY)<br />
Michaud<br />
Miller (NC)<br />
Miller, George<br />
Moore (WI)<br />
Moran (VA)<br />
Murphy (CT)<br />
Murphy, Patrick<br />
Nadler<br />
Napolitano<br />
Neal (MA)<br />
Obey<br />
Olver<br />
Pallone<br />
Pascrell<br />
Pastor<br />
Paul<br />
Payne<br />
<b>Pelosi</b><br />
Perlmutter<br />
Price (NC)<br />
Rangel<br />
Rothman<br />
Roybal-Allard<br />
Rush<br />
Ryan (OH)<br />
Snchez, Linda T.<br />
Sanchez, Loretta<br />
Sarbanes<br />
Schakowsky<br />
Schiff<br />
Scott (VA)<br />
Serrano<br />
Shea-Porter<br />
Sherman<br />
Sires<br />
Slaughter<br />
Smith (WA)<br />
Solis<br />
Stark<br />
Sutton<br />
Tauscher<br />
Thompson (CA)<br />
Tierney<br />
Towns<br />
Udall (NM)<br />
Van Hollen<br />
Velzquez<br />
Waters<br />
Watson<br />
Watt<br />
Waxman<br />
Weiner<br />
Welch (VT)<br />
Wexler<br />
Woolsey<br />
Wu<br />
Wynn<br />
Yarmuth</p>
<p>And 19 Senators.</p>
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