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		<title>By: brendan</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/20/driving-the-news-cycle/#comment-772917</link>
		<dc:creator>brendan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-771828&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;David Ehrenstein @ 68&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cohen cut off his &lt;em&gt;Pravda&lt;/em&gt; readers chat today quite suddenly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I lobbed a query as to how much Dick Cheney paid him to write thet column, but of course it never appeared on the site. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Keep those cards and letters coming in folks. He’s scared.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh yeah, he freaked and ducked out early.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-771828"><em>David Ehrenstein @ 68</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Cohen cut off his <em>Pravda</em> readers chat today quite suddenly.</p>
<p>I lobbed a query as to how much Dick Cheney paid him to write thet column, but of course it never appeared on the site. </p>
<p>Keep those cards and letters coming in folks. He’s scared.</p>
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<p>Oh yeah, he freaked and ducked out early.</p>
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		<title>By: lightly</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/20/driving-the-news-cycle/#comment-772785</link>
		<dc:creator>lightly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Thankyou for the link to Robert Parry!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thankyou for the link to Robert Parry!</p>
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		<title>By: cinnamonape</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/20/driving-the-news-cycle/#comment-772543</link>
		<dc:creator>cinnamonape</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-771842&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;ifthethunderdontgetya @ 69&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Also, Richard Cohen is seriously dumb.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;First, let me state my credentials: I am a funny guy. This is well known in certain circles, which is why even back in elementary school, I was sometimes asked by the teacher to “say something funny” — as if the deed could be done on demand. This, anyway, is my standing for stating that Stephen Colbert was not funny at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We’re laffin’ atchoo, Richie.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cohen clearly didn’t realize that his teacher was mocking the kid who thought he was funny, but was not only “unfunny”, but really thick.&lt;br /&gt;
Smart teachers use this method to shut up the “class clowns” who disrupt class.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-771842"><em>ifthethunderdontgetya @ 69</em></a><br />
Also, Richard Cohen is seriously dumb.</p>
<p><i>First, let me state my credentials: I am a funny guy. This is well known in certain circles, which is why even back in elementary school, I was sometimes asked by the teacher to “say something funny” — as if the deed could be done on demand. This, anyway, is my standing for stating that Stephen Colbert was not funny at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.  </i></p>
<p>We’re laffin’ atchoo, Richie.</p>
<p>Cohen clearly didn’t realize that his teacher was mocking the kid who thought he was funny, but was not only “unfunny”, but really thick.<br />
Smart teachers use this method to shut up the “class clowns” who disrupt class.</p>
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		<title>By: Knut Wicksell</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/20/driving-the-news-cycle/#comment-772027</link>
		<dc:creator>Knut Wicksell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Punditjournos. Nice term. A better appelation would be Punditpornos, or perhaps more grammatically, pornopundits.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Punditjournos. Nice term. A better appelation would be Punditpornos, or perhaps more grammatically, pornopundits.</p>
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		<title>By: wrt</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/20/driving-the-news-cycle/#comment-771966</link>
		<dc:creator>wrt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;– libby lied and obstructed justice&lt;br /&gt;
– libby was tried&lt;br /&gt;
– libby was convicted&lt;br /&gt;
– libby was sentenced&lt;br /&gt;
– libby is due to report to jail shortly&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;what part of this is hard to understand?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;– plame ***was*** covert and outing her was an act of treason; that crime was not tried nor charged in great part due to the lies libby told&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>– libby lied and obstructed justice<br />
– libby was tried<br />
– libby was convicted<br />
– libby was sentenced<br />
– libby is due to report to jail shortly</p>
<p>what part of this is hard to understand?</p>
<p>– plame ***was*** covert and outing her was an act of treason; that crime was not tried nor charged in great part due to the lies libby told</p>
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		<title>By: MarkH</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/20/driving-the-news-cycle/#comment-771952</link>
		<dc:creator>MarkH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-771842&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;ifthethunderdontgetya @ 69&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-771745&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Phoenix Woman @ 8&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once again, Upton Sinclair nailed clowns like Cohen decades ago:  “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, Richard Cohen is seriously dumb.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;First, let me state my credentials: I am a funny guy. This is well known in certain circles, which is why even back in elementary school, I was sometimes asked by the teacher to “say something funny” — as if the deed could be done on demand. This, anyway, is my standing for stating that Stephen Colbert was not funny at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We’re laffin’ atchoo, Richie.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That sounds like a scene from Good Morning Vietnam where an idjit tells Robin Williams his radio banter isn’t funny.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Of course, in real life the ‘idjit’ is in fact a very funny comedian too. But, in the movie he plays a guy named Cohen (sorry, just kidding).&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-771842"><em>ifthethunderdontgetya @ 69</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="#comment-771745"><em>Phoenix Woman @ 8</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Once again, Upton Sinclair nailed clowns like Cohen decades ago:  “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”</p>
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<p>Also, Richard Cohen is seriously dumb.</p>
<p><i>First, let me state my credentials: I am a funny guy. This is well known in certain circles, which is why even back in elementary school, I was sometimes asked by the teacher to “say something funny” — as if the deed could be done on demand. This, anyway, is my standing for stating that Stephen Colbert was not funny at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.  </i></p>
<p>We’re laffin’ atchoo, Richie.</p>
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<p>That sounds like a scene from Good Morning Vietnam where an idjit tells Robin Williams his radio banter isn’t funny.</p>
<p>Of course, in real life the ‘idjit’ is in fact a very funny comedian too. But, in the movie he plays a guy named Cohen (sorry, just kidding).</p>
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		<title>By: quake</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/20/driving-the-news-cycle/#comment-771871</link>
		<dc:creator>quake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-771760&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Carl @ 22&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone wondered why so many right wing pundits continue to spout fact free columns or speeche?  One may discount the ranting by the likes of Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter or Christopher Hitchens; but why would a milquetoast such as Cohen join right wing fact free zone?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PAYOLA ANYONE?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Blackmail&lt;/b&gt; anyone?  KKKarl has been listening to everyone’s phone calls and reading their email for 6 years.  He must have enough dirt on almost everyone by now to make them knuckle under on demand.  No proof of this–it’s just speculation–but it makes sense, doesn’t it.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-771760"><em>Carl @ 22</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Has anyone wondered why so many right wing pundits continue to spout fact free columns or speeche?  One may discount the ranting by the likes of Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter or Christopher Hitchens; but why would a milquetoast such as Cohen join right wing fact free zone?</p>
<p>PAYOLA ANYONE?</p>
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<p><b>Blackmail</b> anyone?  KKKarl has been listening to everyone’s phone calls and reading their email for 6 years.  He must have enough dirt on almost everyone by now to make them knuckle under on demand.  No proof of this–it’s just speculation–but it makes sense, doesn’t it.</p>
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		<title>By: ifthethunderdontgetya</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/20/driving-the-news-cycle/#comment-771842</link>
		<dc:creator>ifthethunderdontgetya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-771745&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Phoenix Woman @ 8&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once again, Upton Sinclair nailed clowns like Cohen decades ago:  “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, Richard Cohen is seriously dumb.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;First, let me state my credentials: I am a funny guy. This is well known in certain circles, which is why even back in elementary school, I was sometimes asked by the teacher to “say something funny” — as if the deed could be done on demand. This, anyway, is my standing for stating that Stephen Colbert was not funny at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We’re laffin’ atchoo, Richie.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-771745"><em>Phoenix Woman @ 8</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Once again, Upton Sinclair nailed clowns like Cohen decades ago:  “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”</p>
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<p>Also, Richard Cohen is seriously dumb.</p>
<p><i>First, let me state my credentials: I am a funny guy. This is well known in certain circles, which is why even back in elementary school, I was sometimes asked by the teacher to “say something funny” — as if the deed could be done on demand. This, anyway, is my standing for stating that Stephen Colbert was not funny at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.  </i></p>
<p>We’re laffin’ atchoo, Richie.</p>
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		<title>By: David Ehrenstein</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/20/driving-the-news-cycle/#comment-771828</link>
		<dc:creator>David Ehrenstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Cohen cut off his &lt;em&gt;Pravda&lt;/em&gt; readers chat today quite suddenly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I lobbed a query as to how much Dick Cheney paid him to write thet column, but of course it never appeared on the site. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Keep those cards and letters coming in folks. He’s scared.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cohen cut off his <em>Pravda</em> readers chat today quite suddenly.</p>
<p>I lobbed a query as to how much Dick Cheney paid him to write thet column, but of course it never appeared on the site. </p>
<p>Keep those cards and letters coming in folks. He’s scared.</p>
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		<title>By: punaise</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/06/20/driving-the-news-cycle/#comment-771821</link>
		<dc:creator>punaise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-771790&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bustednuckles @ 51&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good one punaise.&lt;br /&gt;
I have never heard of that group that I know of.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;late ’70s SF catchy pop/new wave (Mabuhey Gardens era), inexplicably absent from youtube…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(the actual song lyric is “accelerator” instead of exagerator)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-771790"><em>Bustednuckles @ 51</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Good one punaise.<br />
I have never heard of that group that I know of.</p>
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<p>late ’70s SF catchy pop/new wave (Mabuhey Gardens era), inexplicably absent from youtube…</p>
<p>(the actual song lyric is “accelerator” instead of exagerator)</p>
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