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		<title>By: Jason, Managing Editor</title>
		<link>http://www.poligazette.com/2009/03/17/whats-wrong-with-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-87827</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason, Managing Editor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;HotAir and this post claim Obama dropping in a couple polls, but no mention of Republicans dropping farther - And I’m the HACK?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yes.

Here&#039;s why:  Because you are one who believes that bad news about Democrats MUST ALWAYS be accompanied by equal bad news about Republicans.  When this is not present, you consistently hijack the comments thread to insert it yourself and thus change the subject.  You do not believe that bad news about Republicans must always be matched with bad news about Democrats, however.  Your demand for &quot;balance&quot; is in fact precisely a demand for imbalance.  Any criticism of Republicans is fine with you no matter what, but any criticism of Democrats must be mitigated by equal or exceeding criticism of Republicans before you will tolerate it.

Thus, I find your approach to be partisan and hackish.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>HotAir and this post claim Obama dropping in a couple polls, but no mention of Republicans dropping farther &#8211; And I’m the HACK?</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s why:  Because you are one who believes that bad news about Democrats MUST ALWAYS be accompanied by equal bad news about Republicans.  When this is not present, you consistently hijack the comments thread to insert it yourself and thus change the subject.  You do not believe that bad news about Republicans must always be matched with bad news about Democrats, however.  Your demand for &#8220;balance&#8221; is in fact precisely a demand for imbalance.  Any criticism of Republicans is fine with you no matter what, but any criticism of Democrats must be mitigated by equal or exceeding criticism of Republicans before you will tolerate it.</p>
<p>Thus, I find your approach to be partisan and hackish.</p>
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		<title>By: FraidyKatt</title>
		<link>http://www.poligazette.com/2009/03/17/whats-wrong-with-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-87826</link>
		<dc:creator>FraidyKatt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rudi

The numbers you claim are a good thing in my opinion.  People know stuff.  They know why they voted for Obama.  He promised change.  He promised to be a cut above the old way of doing things and so far the only thing thats happened is that the Inspector General is going to investigate who knew what when.

Well good.  However this still does not get to the heart of the issue.  That issue is that Americans did not elect Obama to pass budgets that were mindlessly and fiscally the most unsound in our history.

Now the Obama administration is saying well our cap and trade wont produce 657 billion in taxes it will now produce 1.5 trillion in taxes trying to get us to buy into his huge spending binge.

Really short lesson to obama on cap and trade and taxes.  Does anyone really think these corporations are going to pay these taxes?

Hello.....they are just going to raise their fees, or the price of their goods to pay this and voilla......massive tax on Americans because WE will pay it.......not them.

People know this stuff.  We know whats going on.  No deflection.  No pointing to polls, no saying &quot;Yeah but GWB or Yeah but Bill Clinton.&quot; 

We know stuff and its this stuff that the politicians are being hit in the face with now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rudi</p>
<p>The numbers you claim are a good thing in my opinion.  People know stuff.  They know why they voted for Obama.  He promised change.  He promised to be a cut above the old way of doing things and so far the only thing thats happened is that the Inspector General is going to investigate who knew what when.</p>
<p>Well good.  However this still does not get to the heart of the issue.  That issue is that Americans did not elect Obama to pass budgets that were mindlessly and fiscally the most unsound in our history.</p>
<p>Now the Obama administration is saying well our cap and trade wont produce 657 billion in taxes it will now produce 1.5 trillion in taxes trying to get us to buy into his huge spending binge.</p>
<p>Really short lesson to obama on cap and trade and taxes.  Does anyone really think these corporations are going to pay these taxes?</p>
<p>Hello&#8230;..they are just going to raise their fees, or the price of their goods to pay this and voilla&#8230;&#8230;massive tax on Americans because WE will pay it&#8230;&#8230;.not them.</p>
<p>People know this stuff.  We know whats going on.  No deflection.  No pointing to polls, no saying &#8220;Yeah but GWB or Yeah but Bill Clinton.&#8221; </p>
<p>We know stuff and its this stuff that the politicians are being hit in the face with now.</p>
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		<title>By: Rudi666</title>
		<link>http://www.poligazette.com/2009/03/17/whats-wrong-with-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-87816</link>
		<dc:creator>Rudi666</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Yes both parties are to blame&lt;/i&gt;
Both parties to blame - both Democrats and Republicans?? I don&#039;t see you attacking the Republicans with the same venom you use against the Demonocrats. While I don&#039;t agree with much of Larison&#039;s politics, he&#039;s at least honest when he critiques today&#039;s conservatives. HotAir and this post claim Obama dropping in a couple polls, but no mention of Republicans dropping farther - And I&#039;m the HACK?
Pew Obama -5% Republicans -6%
http://people-press.org/report/498/obama-approval-slips

Republicans, in particular, have become less supportive of their party’s leaders in Congress: just 43% of Republicans approve of their job performance, down from 55% just a month ago. By contrast, nearly half of Americans (47%) approve of the job Democratic congressional leaders are doing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Yes both parties are to blame</i><br />
Both parties to blame &#8211; both Democrats and Republicans?? I don&#8217;t see you attacking the Republicans with the same venom you use against the Demonocrats. While I don&#8217;t agree with much of Larison&#8217;s politics, he&#8217;s at least honest when he critiques today&#8217;s conservatives. HotAir and this post claim Obama dropping in a couple polls, but no mention of Republicans dropping farther &#8211; And I&#8217;m the HACK?<br />
Pew Obama -5% Republicans -6%<br />
<a href="http://people-press.org/report/498/obama-approval-slips" rel="nofollow">http://people-press.org/report/498/obama-approval-slips</a></p>
<p>Republicans, in particular, have become less supportive of their party’s leaders in Congress: just 43% of Republicans approve of their job performance, down from 55% just a month ago. By contrast, nearly half of Americans (47%) approve of the job Democratic congressional leaders are doing.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason, Managing Editor</title>
		<link>http://www.poligazette.com/2009/03/17/whats-wrong-with-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-87792</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason, Managing Editor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rudi, I am curious:  Are you capable of EVER responding to a criticism of Democrats without instantly trying to change the subject?

You&#039;re going on 3 years unbroken with that annoying pattern now running unbroken across 3 sites.  That is an impressive record of partisan hackery even for the blogosphere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rudi, I am curious:  Are you capable of EVER responding to a criticism of Democrats without instantly trying to change the subject?</p>
<p>You&#8217;re going on 3 years unbroken with that annoying pattern now running unbroken across 3 sites.  That is an impressive record of partisan hackery even for the blogosphere.</p>
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		<title>By: FraidyKatt</title>
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		<dc:creator>FraidyKatt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The argument is not in toto but is a sum of the parts.  Many things had to happen to get to the point where we are today.

Without a massive need for mortgages to underqualified customers there would be no need for massive bond trading and credit swaps.

Its the sum of the parts that make the whole.

This is the anger.  People know stuff.  No link to another web site will deflect the fact that people know stuff.  We know what happened and it was just as much Barney Franks fault as it was Barak Obama or GWB&#039;s fault.

We know that.  We the people understand what happened and we are no longer going to let people spin it out of control.  The spin is slowing and the politicians including Barak Obama are confused over what to do now that we the people will no longer be lied too.  We will no longer accept the blame game.  Accept lies and distortions by the minions of both sides.

We know what went on.  Greed.  Barney Frank got his axels greased.  Wall street got their axels greased and the average American got hosed in the process.  No spin.  No deflection will absolve the government from this.  

The people know what went on.  We know stuff about this stuff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The argument is not in toto but is a sum of the parts.  Many things had to happen to get to the point where we are today.</p>
<p>Without a massive need for mortgages to underqualified customers there would be no need for massive bond trading and credit swaps.</p>
<p>Its the sum of the parts that make the whole.</p>
<p>This is the anger.  People know stuff.  No link to another web site will deflect the fact that people know stuff.  We know what happened and it was just as much Barney Franks fault as it was Barak Obama or GWB&#8217;s fault.</p>
<p>We know that.  We the people understand what happened and we are no longer going to let people spin it out of control.  The spin is slowing and the politicians including Barak Obama are confused over what to do now that we the people will no longer be lied too.  We will no longer accept the blame game.  Accept lies and distortions by the minions of both sides.</p>
<p>We know what went on.  Greed.  Barney Frank got his axels greased.  Wall street got their axels greased and the average American got hosed in the process.  No spin.  No deflection will absolve the government from this.  </p>
<p>The people know what went on.  We know stuff about this stuff.</p>
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		<title>By: Rudi666</title>
		<link>http://www.poligazette.com/2009/03/17/whats-wrong-with-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-87762</link>
		<dc:creator>Rudi666</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes both parties are to blame, but the assh&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp; on Wall Street are really to blame. Franks didn&#039;t come up with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gaussian copula function&lt;/a&gt; to quantify the risks of credit swaps and the insurers behind them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes both parties are to blame, but the assh&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp; on Wall Street are really to blame. Franks didn&#8217;t come up with a <a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant" rel="nofollow">Gaussian copula function</a> to quantify the risks of credit swaps and the insurers behind them.</p>
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		<title>By: FraidyKatt</title>
		<link>http://www.poligazette.com/2009/03/17/whats-wrong-with-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-87752</link>
		<dc:creator>FraidyKatt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People are mad as hell because they look at congress and they understand.

They know what transpired over the years.  They know for instance that the democrats voted to go to war then changed their minds.  They know this.  No amount of spin on this blog or anywhere else in the blogsphere or on cable news will take away what they know.

They know that Barney Frank and the democrats are to blame for the melt down.  Just as much as are the greedy GOP&#039;ers.  They know it took an entire governemnt to REMOVE REGULATION.  Wall street only did what they were able to do with the governments blessings.  They know this.  No spin will change it.

They know Obama promised change.  Nothings changed.  They know this.

People know stuff.  Lots of stuff.  They dont have to live on blogs all day long to know stuff.

The stuff they know is that they are growing to hate their government officials.  Not government.  Their officials.  As each political hack hawks his wares..........they know.  They know its bull of the nth degree.

The people know.  One day perhaps the pundits and the politicians will awake to this fact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People are mad as hell because they look at congress and they understand.</p>
<p>They know what transpired over the years.  They know for instance that the democrats voted to go to war then changed their minds.  They know this.  No amount of spin on this blog or anywhere else in the blogsphere or on cable news will take away what they know.</p>
<p>They know that Barney Frank and the democrats are to blame for the melt down.  Just as much as are the greedy GOP&#8217;ers.  They know it took an entire governemnt to REMOVE REGULATION.  Wall street only did what they were able to do with the governments blessings.  They know this.  No spin will change it.</p>
<p>They know Obama promised change.  Nothings changed.  They know this.</p>
<p>People know stuff.  Lots of stuff.  They dont have to live on blogs all day long to know stuff.</p>
<p>The stuff they know is that they are growing to hate their government officials.  Not government.  Their officials.  As each political hack hawks his wares&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.they know.  They know its bull of the nth degree.</p>
<p>The people know.  One day perhaps the pundits and the politicians will awake to this fact.</p>
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		<title>By: Rudi666</title>
		<link>http://www.poligazette.com/2009/03/17/whats-wrong-with-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-87742</link>
		<dc:creator>Rudi666</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why no mention of a similar drop in the GOP Congressional approval?
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/64060.html
From 34% to 28%.
http://people-press.org/report/498/obama-approval-slips
&lt;blockquote&gt;There are no signs in the poll that Republican congressional leaders are benefiting from the public’s concern about major economic policies. In fact, approval of Republican congressional leaders has fallen from 34% in February to 28% currently, the lowest rating for GOP leaders in nearly 14 years of Pew Research surveys. Republicans, in particular, have become less supportive of their party’s leaders in Congress: just 43% of Republicans approve of their job performance, down from 55% just a month ago. By contrast, nearly half of Americans (47%) approve of the job Democratic congressional leaders are doing.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why no mention of a similar drop in the GOP Congressional approval?<br />
<a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/64060.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/64060.html</a><br />
From 34% to 28%.<br />
<a href="http://people-press.org/report/498/obama-approval-slips" rel="nofollow">http://people-press.org/report/498/obama-approval-slips</a></p>
<blockquote><p>There are no signs in the poll that Republican congressional leaders are benefiting from the public’s concern about major economic policies. In fact, approval of Republican congressional leaders has fallen from 34% in February to 28% currently, the lowest rating for GOP leaders in nearly 14 years of Pew Research surveys. Republicans, in particular, have become less supportive of their party’s leaders in Congress: just 43% of Republicans approve of their job performance, down from 55% just a month ago. By contrast, nearly half of Americans (47%) approve of the job Democratic congressional leaders are doing.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: Jay_C</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay_C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Also, as Michael Merrit points out here:

http://www.poligazette.com/2009/03/01/how-to-spend-the-stimulus-money-without-waste/

&quot;[The details of]..Waste stemming from government spending tends gets very little airtime or space in newspapers, and fraud gets even less.  No matter who’s running the government.&quot; 

This is another outrage where the media and Washington have been in lockstep to avoid talking about specifics, and Americans are fed up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also, as Michael Merrit points out here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.poligazette.com/2009/03/01/how-to-spend-the-stimulus-money-without-waste/" rel="nofollow">http://www.poligazette.com/2009/03/01/how-to-spend-the-stimulus-money-without-waste/</a></p>
<p>&#8220;[The details of]..Waste stemming from government spending tends gets very little airtime or space in newspapers, and fraud gets even less.  No matter who’s running the government.&#8221; </p>
<p>This is another outrage where the media and Washington have been in lockstep to avoid talking about specifics, and Americans are fed up.</p>
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		<title>By: FraidyKatt</title>
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		<dc:creator>FraidyKatt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whats disheartening is that people actually believed that Barak Obama was something more then just another politician.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whats disheartening is that people actually believed that Barak Obama was something more then just another politician.</p>
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