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		<title>By: Tony</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2008/02/04/a-thought-to-take-into-super-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-449262</link>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First and foremost I would like to refer many of you to a song entitled &quot;Admit It&quot; by a contemporary band called Say Anything.  Please listen to the lyrics.  

On a lighter note, at what point should we stop bickering in regards to vocabulary and start refocusing on the individuals we must choose from to lead this country.  You are all intelegent people, this is painfully obvious to a left-brained college student.  Please I would like to see some input in regards to the issues and which candidates are offering what solutions.

That being said attack me if you must.  I am quite sure that I incorrectly typed something so there is some easy ammunition.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First and foremost I would like to refer many of you to a song entitled &#8220;Admit It&#8221; by a contemporary band called Say Anything.  Please listen to the lyrics.  </p>
<p>On a lighter note, at what point should we stop bickering in regards to vocabulary and start refocusing on the individuals we must choose from to lead this country.  You are all intelegent people, this is painfully obvious to a left-brained college student.  Please I would like to see some input in regards to the issues and which candidates are offering what solutions.</p>
<p>That being said attack me if you must.  I am quite sure that I incorrectly typed something so there is some easy ammunition.</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2008/02/04/a-thought-to-take-into-super-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-448314</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ryan, you&#039;re right. I don&#039;t know how to read the ambiguous fevered rantings of mental midgets.

&lt;blockquote&gt;conspiratorial
adjective
relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators; &quot;a conspiratorial whisper&quot;; &quot;the discovery of possible conspirative codes&quot; &lt;/blockquote&gt;
To that I&#039;d add &quot;spewing a theory that Rudy conspired to enact an unconstitutional fascist regime&quot;, which sums up your entire diatribe against Rudy.  Just be glad he didn&#039;t succeed or you&#039;d be counting the stitchings of your padded cell.  

I, for one, hope you continue to stew in your venom so as to continue providing comedic relief to the rest of us. Can you do it?  Yes, you can...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ryan, you&#8217;re right. I don&#8217;t know how to read the ambiguous fevered rantings of mental midgets.</p>
<blockquote><p>conspiratorial<br />
adjective<br />
relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators; &#8220;a conspiratorial whisper&#8221;; &#8220;the discovery of possible conspirative codes&#8221; </p></blockquote>
<p>To that I&#8217;d add &#8220;spewing a theory that Rudy conspired to enact an unconstitutional fascist regime&#8221;, which sums up your entire diatribe against Rudy.  Just be glad he didn&#8217;t succeed or you&#8217;d be counting the stitchings of your padded cell.  </p>
<p>I, for one, hope you continue to stew in your venom so as to continue providing comedic relief to the rest of us. Can you do it?  Yes, you can&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andy, in neither of your corrections does my sentence indicate that I think Giuliani is a racist.  You just don&#039;t know how to read, that&#039;s all.  And i fail to see how calling Giuliani a fascist or the Republican base racist (both of which I think are demonstrably true statements) is conspiratorial.  I&#039;m not conspiring, they&#039;re not conspiring - who&#039;s conspiring here?  Look, I understand that you&#039;re a couple standard deviations below the mean, but concentrate really hard and I think you can get these things.  I believe in you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andy, in neither of your corrections does my sentence indicate that I think Giuliani is a racist.  You just don&#8217;t know how to read, that&#8217;s all.  And i fail to see how calling Giuliani a fascist or the Republican base racist (both of which I think are demonstrably true statements) is conspiratorial.  I&#8217;m not conspiring, they&#8217;re not conspiring &#8211; who&#8217;s conspiring here?  Look, I understand that you&#8217;re a couple standard deviations below the mean, but concentrate really hard and I think you can get these things.  I believe in you.</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Aaron, good line about the mirror.  However, in relation to venom-spewing, when cobras interact with mirrors, mirrors tend to get drenched. :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aaron, good line about the mirror.  However, in relation to venom-spewing, when cobras interact with mirrors, mirrors tend to get drenched. <img src='http://informedspeculation.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bobbsey-n-Dobbsey

I&#039;m aware of exactly what Guiliani was called.  My point is that this was all self-inflicted due to a lack of composition rather than a lack of comprehension, compounded by the obligatory insult to one&#039;s reading capabilities.

Let&#039;s re-examine Exhibit A, as posted in #2:
&lt;blockquote&gt;I think it’s worth pointing out that some of us actally think others are fascists or racists (in may case, Giuliani for the former and a huge portion of the Republican base for the latter).&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Obviously there are typos here, so let&#039;s correct them (in bold) and see if it comports with what Ryan was screaming about -- which reminds me of a rather infamous orator who was both
&lt;blockquote&gt;I think it’s worth pointing out that some of us &lt;strong&gt;actually&lt;/strong&gt; think others are fascists or racists (in &lt;strong&gt;many cases&lt;/strong&gt;, Giuliani for the former and a huge portion of the Republican base for the latter).&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Hmmm...  So IOW, some of you actually think a huge portion of the GOP base to be more racist than fascist, but with Rudy, the opposite is true.  Left unsaid is where others fit in; the portion of the Donk base that is fascist and/or racist &amp; to what degree.  I&#039;m guessing we&#039;re to lump them with Rudy.

Let&#039;s try again.
&lt;blockquote&gt;I think it’s worth pointing out that some of us &lt;strong&gt;actually&lt;/strong&gt; think others are fascists or racists (in &lt;strong&gt;my&lt;/strong&gt; case, Giuliani for the former and a huge portion of the Republican base for the latter).&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Better? Good!  Still sounds like the ravings of the conspiratorial lunatic fringe.  Now run along a be a good boy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bobbsey-n-Dobbsey</p>
<p>I&#8217;m aware of exactly what Guiliani was called.  My point is that this was all self-inflicted due to a lack of composition rather than a lack of comprehension, compounded by the obligatory insult to one&#8217;s reading capabilities.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s re-examine Exhibit A, as posted in #2:</p>
<blockquote><p>I think it’s worth pointing out that some of us actally think others are fascists or racists (in may case, Giuliani for the former and a huge portion of the Republican base for the latter).</p></blockquote>
<p>Obviously there are typos here, so let&#8217;s correct them (in bold) and see if it comports with what Ryan was screaming about &#8212; which reminds me of a rather infamous orator who was both</p>
<blockquote><p>I think it’s worth pointing out that some of us <strong>actually</strong> think others are fascists or racists (in <strong>many cases</strong>, Giuliani for the former and a huge portion of the Republican base for the latter).</p></blockquote>
<p>Hmmm&#8230;  So IOW, some of you actually think a huge portion of the GOP base to be more racist than fascist, but with Rudy, the opposite is true.  Left unsaid is where others fit in; the portion of the Donk base that is fascist and/or racist &amp; to what degree.  I&#8217;m guessing we&#8217;re to lump them with Rudy.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s try again.</p>
<blockquote><p>I think it’s worth pointing out that some of us <strong>actually</strong> think others are fascists or racists (in <strong>my</strong> case, Giuliani for the former and a huge portion of the Republican base for the latter).</p></blockquote>
<p>Better? Good!  Still sounds like the ravings of the conspiratorial lunatic fringe.  Now run along a be a good boy.</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike, thanks for the support, but it&#039;s best to ignore Andy.  He&#039;s not that bright.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike, thanks for the support, but it&#8217;s best to ignore Andy.  He&#8217;s not that bright.</p>
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		<title>By: mikebdot</title>
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		<dc:creator>mikebdot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, Andy, Ryan called Giuliani a fascist, not a racist...just saying.  Of course, I would imagine the Venn diagram of the definition of &quot;racist&quot; to include terms like &quot;fascist&quot; in them somewhere, but it would be an intersecting line somewhere I would imagine, not completely enclosed.  So, it&#039;s really a numbers game whether or not Ryan actually thinks he&#039;s a racist, but he UNequivocally did not call him a racist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, Andy, Ryan called Giuliani a fascist, not a racist&#8230;just saying.  Of course, I would imagine the Venn diagram of the definition of &#8220;racist&#8221; to include terms like &#8220;fascist&#8221; in them somewhere, but it would be an intersecting line somewhere I would imagine, not completely enclosed.  So, it&#8217;s really a numbers game whether or not Ryan actually thinks he&#8217;s a racist, but he UNequivocally did not call him a racist.</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mark, Be that as it may, I&#039;m not in the least bit inclined to vote for McVain come November.  What rhetoric I have for him will be like a soothing balm when the Clinton and/or Daly machine gets thru with him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mark, Be that as it may, I&#8217;m not in the least bit inclined to vote for McVain come November.  What rhetoric I have for him will be like a soothing balm when the Clinton and/or Daly machine gets thru with him.</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ryan said @ # 11 &lt;blockquote&gt;and, hilariously, I may be crazy&lt;/blockquote&gt; 

We have a consensus.  

&lt;blockquote&gt;I didn’t call Giuliani a racist (reading comprehension is a good virtue to work on)&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Writing composition would be a good virtue to work on, then you won&#039;t have to accuse readers of poor reading comprehension, when your statement was in fact equivocal.  Just saying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ryan said @ # 11<br />
<blockquote>and, hilariously, I may be crazy</p></blockquote>
<p>We have a consensus.  </p>
<blockquote><p>I didn’t call Giuliani a racist (reading comprehension is a good virtue to work on)</p></blockquote>
<p>Writing composition would be a good virtue to work on, then you won&#8217;t have to accuse readers of poor reading comprehension, when your statement was in fact equivocal.  Just saying.</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You rang? [/lurch]

Fargus, you&#039;re confusing venom-spewing with terms of endearment and/or &lt;em&gt;nom de caricature&lt;/em&gt;.  A satirical exaggeration of political truths.  IOW, like political cartoons in your editorial pages.  Granted, funniness would be in the eye of the beholder, but typically, venom spewers are already blinded by their own venom, to wit Ted Rall or certain Hamas cartoons and the venom-spewing cohorts. 

Unfunny, insulting nicknames would be like calling Obama, The Dope.  I ain&#039;t going there just because the Clinton Machine says so.  Why, that&#039;d be like calling you &quot;____&quot; cause you &quot;might&quot; be ____, without apt correlation.  But I&#039;m all over Hillary for giving me the goosebumps, Kerry for scaring me, Bill for being slick and/or a Bubba, and John for being vain. 
Interesting that you care enough about my foils to yelp on their behalf when my aim is true. :)  Speaking of Obama, I might have to think of something with a Joshua/Moses link, that ought to drive the secularists nuts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You rang? [/lurch]</p>
<p>Fargus, you&#8217;re confusing venom-spewing with terms of endearment and/or <em>nom de caricature</em>.  A satirical exaggeration of political truths.  IOW, like political cartoons in your editorial pages.  Granted, funniness would be in the eye of the beholder, but typically, venom spewers are already blinded by their own venom, to wit Ted Rall or certain Hamas cartoons and the venom-spewing cohorts. </p>
<p>Unfunny, insulting nicknames would be like calling Obama, The Dope.  I ain&#8217;t going there just because the Clinton Machine says so.  Why, that&#8217;d be like calling you &#8220;____&#8221; cause you &#8220;might&#8221; be ____, without apt correlation.  But I&#8217;m all over Hillary for giving me the goosebumps, Kerry for scaring me, Bill for being slick and/or a Bubba, and John for being vain.<br />
Interesting that you care enough about my foils to yelp on their behalf when my aim is true. <img src='http://informedspeculation.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   Speaking of Obama, I might have to think of something with a Joshua/Moses link, that ought to drive the secularists nuts.</p>
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