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		<title>By: ryanw822</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[and four years later the libs are still blaming the past. 


BUSH! BUSH! BUSH!!!!!!!!


Keep deflecting the real issues...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and four years later the libs are still blaming the past. </p>
<p>BUSH! BUSH! BUSH!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Keep deflecting the real issues&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: ryanw822</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m sure you werent saying that from 2000-2008.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure you werent saying that from 2000-2008.</p>
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		<title>By: guyaneserj</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kook-Aid Drinkers? WOW! Not only are u obviously a narcissistic idiot, but apparently ur also a racist Florida727. If you can&#039;t construct a well thought out, factually based argument without resorting to bigotry and disdain, I suggest u sit ur dumb ass down and crawl back in2 da hole you obviously just crawled out from! WOW! Complete DUMBASS]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kook-Aid Drinkers? WOW! Not only are u obviously a narcissistic idiot, but apparently ur also a racist Florida727. If you can&#8217;t construct a well thought out, factually based argument without resorting to bigotry and disdain, I suggest u sit ur dumb ass down and crawl back in2 da hole you obviously just crawled out from! WOW! Complete DUMBASS</p>
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		<title>By: saint1997</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saint1997]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How did I just get proud looking at the comments of a bunch of people I don&#039;t know? Actually I don&#039;t care it made me happy to know that there are still people in the world who string a coherent sentence together and accurately point out pure lunacy. We got him boys... :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How did I just get proud looking at the comments of a bunch of people I don&#8217;t know? Actually I don&#8217;t care it made me happy to know that there are still people in the world who string a coherent sentence together and accurately point out pure lunacy. We got him boys&#8230; <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: progress2011</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[progress2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also Florida, 

I gotta remind you...President Obama Graduated Harvard with Honors....Dubya, on the other hand was a C student &quot;AT BEST &quot; (that&#039;s after his daddy made a call to the administrator) !

Also, nothing against male cheerleaders BUT I would have a community organizer on my team before a dude yelling ....&quot; Gimme an  A &quot; .....ahahahahahahaaha !!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also Florida, </p>
<p>I gotta remind you&#8230;President Obama Graduated Harvard with Honors&#8230;.Dubya, on the other hand was a C student &#8220;AT BEST &#8221; (that&#8217;s after his daddy made a call to the administrator) !</p>
<p>Also, nothing against male cheerleaders BUT I would have a community organizer on my team before a dude yelling &#8230;.&#8221; Gimme an  A &#8221; &#8230;..ahahahahahahaaha !!!</p>
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		<title>By: progress2011</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[progress2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hahahahaha....florida....REALLY !!!

Let me go back a little further, to help the mentally challenged...

Lemme slap you with a few more facts, as to why &quot;PRESIDENT&quot; Obama is the best choice because we can&#039;t return to failed policies. 

1. President Clinton left Dubya and the failed policies of the Republicans with a Budget Surplus of 230 BILLION DOLLARS !!!
After 8 years of the Republican failed policies, 1 Dec 08 ( one month before Bush leaves office ) Feds confirm the U.S. has been in a deep recession for the past year, since December 2007 !

2. December 2008, Bush has the lowest approval rating in history for a U.S. President since Richard Nixon. Bush’s approval rating was 29% ( Nixon who was impeached was 24% ). 
Conversely, President Bill Clinton Left office with a 66% approval rating. One of the highest in history. Today President Obama (even with a do-nothing Congress) is at 50%.

3. 19 Nov 08 ( 2 mths before Bush leaves office ) Dow drops to 5 year low to 7997.  Today, under President Obama it is 13,157.97

4. As you can see, significant progress has been made. But remember, the country was tinkering on the verge of a 2nd Depression. Today, no one is talking about a Depression. We turned that corner. But another 4 years (with an improved Congress) we will return  to the prosperity, witnessed under President Clinton. 

If you can&#039;t comprehend these very clear FACTS...the only low hanging fruit would be the dried prunes on the ground, which size and substance, are similar to what would be your brain  !

Let me know if you need more facts to pull the right lever.....I&#039;m teaching all day!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hahahahaha&#8230;.florida&#8230;.REALLY !!!</p>
<p>Let me go back a little further, to help the mentally challenged&#8230;</p>
<p>Lemme slap you with a few more facts, as to why &#8220;PRESIDENT&#8221; Obama is the best choice because we can&#8217;t return to failed policies. </p>
<p>1. President Clinton left Dubya and the failed policies of the Republicans with a Budget Surplus of 230 BILLION DOLLARS !!!<br />
After 8 years of the Republican failed policies, 1 Dec 08 ( one month before Bush leaves office ) Feds confirm the U.S. has been in a deep recession for the past year, since December 2007 !</p>
<p>2. December 2008, Bush has the lowest approval rating in history for a U.S. President since Richard Nixon. Bush’s approval rating was 29% ( Nixon who was impeached was 24% ).<br />
Conversely, President Bill Clinton Left office with a 66% approval rating. One of the highest in history. Today President Obama (even with a do-nothing Congress) is at 50%.</p>
<p>3. 19 Nov 08 ( 2 mths before Bush leaves office ) Dow drops to 5 year low to 7997.  Today, under President Obama it is 13,157.97</p>
<p>4. As you can see, significant progress has been made. But remember, the country was tinkering on the verge of a 2nd Depression. Today, no one is talking about a Depression. We turned that corner. But another 4 years (with an improved Congress) we will return  to the prosperity, witnessed under President Clinton. </p>
<p>If you can&#8217;t comprehend these very clear FACTS&#8230;the only low hanging fruit would be the dried prunes on the ground, which size and substance, are similar to what would be your brain  !</p>
<p>Let me know if you need more facts to pull the right lever&#8230;..I&#8217;m teaching all day!</p>
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		<title>By: blueintown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[blueintown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[600,000 jobs lost in 2008? Try 2.6 million. That&#039;s million with an &#039;m&#039;. Meanwhile, we&#039;ve had twenty-seven straight months of job growth. Debt has increased. Obviously. Basic math time: In a recession, does revenue increase or decrease? The correct, and obvious answer, is decrease. Less people in the tax base, and those remaining paying at a lower rate. Obama&#039;s failure&#039;s are quite similar to Bush&#039;s...he ramped up spending on two wars while cutting taxes. Out of necessity? History will judge. But the wars are winding down, and he has agreed multiple cuts are needed (while Paul Ryan parades around the country opposing the military cuts he authored himself).  

But you never answered my question. Why is he a marxist? More importantly, how do you know he is muslim? What information are you privy to that the rest of the industrialized world is not? Please. Enlighten me.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>600,000 jobs lost in 2008? Try 2.6 million. That&#8217;s million with an &#8216;m&#8217;. Meanwhile, we&#8217;ve had twenty-seven straight months of job growth. Debt has increased. Obviously. Basic math time: In a recession, does revenue increase or decrease? The correct, and obvious answer, is decrease. Less people in the tax base, and those remaining paying at a lower rate. Obama&#8217;s failure&#8217;s are quite similar to Bush&#8217;s&#8230;he ramped up spending on two wars while cutting taxes. Out of necessity? History will judge. But the wars are winding down, and he has agreed multiple cuts are needed (while Paul Ryan parades around the country opposing the military cuts he authored himself).  </p>
<p>But you never answered my question. Why is he a marxist? More importantly, how do you know he is muslim? What information are you privy to that the rest of the industrialized world is not? Please. Enlighten me.</p>
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		<title>By: florida727</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[florida727]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me go after the low-hanging fruit for you...

Posted a $407 billion dollar deficit?  How about the multiple BILLION dollars in debt your boy Obama has racked up?

6.1% unemployment?  Isn&#039;t unemployment now well over EIGHT PERCENT?

600,000 jobs lost in 2008?  That would be an improvement for Obama&#039;s time in office.

I&#039;m not worried though.  You Kool-Aid drinkers will figure out a way to blame all of this on Bush too, even after FOUR YEARS of opportunity to change things around.  Face it, your boy&#039;s a failure on virtually every level imaginable.  Then again, what do you expect from someone with such outstanding credentials to lead the country.  After all, he was a community organizer.  What a joke.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me go after the low-hanging fruit for you&#8230;</p>
<p>Posted a $407 billion dollar deficit?  How about the multiple BILLION dollars in debt your boy Obama has racked up?</p>
<p>6.1% unemployment?  Isn&#8217;t unemployment now well over EIGHT PERCENT?</p>
<p>600,000 jobs lost in 2008?  That would be an improvement for Obama&#8217;s time in office.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not worried though.  You Kool-Aid drinkers will figure out a way to blame all of this on Bush too, even after FOUR YEARS of opportunity to change things around.  Face it, your boy&#8217;s a failure on virtually every level imaginable.  Then again, what do you expect from someone with such outstanding credentials to lead the country.  After all, he was a community organizer.  What a joke.</p>
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		<title>By: florida727</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[florida727]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I can.  Nephi is the first book in the &quot;Book of Mormon&quot;.  Mormonism is the cult that believes eternal salvation is attained by &quot;works&quot;, things such as faithfulness to church leaders, Mormon baptism, tithing, secret temple rituals, etc.  They believe there is no &quot;eternal life&quot; without Mormon membership.  They have a lot of other weird beliefs too (ie. God the Father was once a man but &quot;progressed&quot; to godhood) but I won&#039;t detail them here.  The problem with a works-based faith though is that it&#039;s exclusionary.  (According to them, if I&#039;m poor, thereby unable to tithe according to their requirements, then I&#039;m automatically excluded from eternal salvation.)  According to orthodox Christianity ANYONE can spend eternity in heaven.  By faith.  If it was by works, you could boast about it.  Sorry, but that&#039;s false.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I can.  Nephi is the first book in the &#8220;Book of Mormon&#8221;.  Mormonism is the cult that believes eternal salvation is attained by &#8220;works&#8221;, things such as faithfulness to church leaders, Mormon baptism, tithing, secret temple rituals, etc.  They believe there is no &#8220;eternal life&#8221; without Mormon membership.  They have a lot of other weird beliefs too (ie. God the Father was once a man but &#8220;progressed&#8221; to godhood) but I won&#8217;t detail them here.  The problem with a works-based faith though is that it&#8217;s exclusionary.  (According to them, if I&#8217;m poor, thereby unable to tithe according to their requirements, then I&#8217;m automatically excluded from eternal salvation.)  According to orthodox Christianity ANYONE can spend eternity in heaven.  By faith.  If it was by works, you could boast about it.  Sorry, but that&#8217;s false.</p>
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		<title>By: guyaneserj</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[guyaneserj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No need 2 apologize progress2011. When complete and utter idiots make idiotic comments based on the furthest thing from reality, it requires a well thought out level headed response.. The vilification of Obama is bordering on complete and utter craziness.. it&#039;s often stated that African Americans like to use the race card... but from where I&#039;m sitting.. I&#039;d like to know how such a FAILED President as Bush.. NEVER endured 0.0001% of loathing and hatred that Obama has endured.. 

Maybe, I&#039;m a lil dumb, but I need help here.. The level of disrespect show is incredulous... Birthers? REALLY? Muslim? Disrespecting his wife? Children? I cld go on, but it&#039;s just ridiculous.. WOW people.. WOW!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No need 2 apologize progress2011. When complete and utter idiots make idiotic comments based on the furthest thing from reality, it requires a well thought out level headed response.. The vilification of Obama is bordering on complete and utter craziness.. it&#8217;s often stated that African Americans like to use the race card&#8230; but from where I&#8217;m sitting.. I&#8217;d like to know how such a FAILED President as Bush.. NEVER endured 0.0001% of loathing and hatred that Obama has endured.. </p>
<p>Maybe, I&#8217;m a lil dumb, but I need help here.. The level of disrespect show is incredulous&#8230; Birthers? REALLY? Muslim? Disrespecting his wife? Children? I cld go on, but it&#8217;s just ridiculous.. WOW people.. WOW!!!</p>
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		<title>By: guyaneserj</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Blueintown... couldn&#039;t have said better myself. .. kudos 2 u sir!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Blueintown&#8230; couldn&#8217;t have said better myself. .. kudos 2 u sir!!</p>
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		<title>By: atahualpaoxford</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can anybody translate this for me...???]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can anybody translate this for me&#8230;???</p>
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		<title>By: progress2011</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[progress2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lemme help remind ya, why folk will vote for anyone, other than the previous failed policies. Heres a quick snapshot. 

1. Iraqi war based on forged documents and intelligence. 
2. No WMD&#039;s they claimed they knew where they were
3. American Soldiers ordered to torture prisoners at Guantanamo and other bases ( against the Geneva Conventions Laws to which we are a member ).
4. Illegal/ secret prisons ( against Geneva Conventions and other international treaties we are members of )
5. Spying on Americans
6. Suspending Habeas Corpus-right that an accused person detained, have the right to a quick and speedy trial/ legality of detention ( Guantanamo etc. )
7. “Capitalist” / Private business owners were allowed to take businesses overseas. They received Billions in tax cuts. This helped contribute to joblessness and the recession because Capitalist / Private business owners took money from the tax system and never put money back into the system. 
8. Unsecured boarders, after 9/11....Bush left office and never secured U.S. boarders as he promised. 
9. Billions of tax payers dollars a month being spent on TWO loosing battles, Afghanistan and Iraq....BUSH LEFT BOTH WARS TO BE DEALT WITH BY PRESIDENT OBAMA!
Zero dollars were budgeted for the war. Dick Cheney said, the proceeds from the oil we would pay for the war. Well, the Iraqi people burned or sabotaged all the oil fields, and we made no proceeds to pay for the war. Therefore the Trillions of dollars spent over the course of the war, were all at the American Tax Payers expense !
10. Afghanistan achieved the largest Opium crop ever, after Bush took over the failing Democracy. 
11. The top 1% of millionaires/ Capitalists/ Private business owners earned record profits every quarter, while the middle class disappeared !
12. Failure to adequately respond to national emergencies domestically, Katrina.
13. Outing CIA agents and protecting the guilty Scooter Libby from going to prison. Invoked Executive Privilege to protect Dick Cheney. 
14. Over 4,000 of my fellow soldiers HONORABLY died....based on dishonorable mis-truths to get us into the war. 
15. September  2008 ( 2 months before he leaves office ) the failed Bush administration posts a  $ 407  BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT !
16. September 2008 ( 2 months before he leaves office ) the failed Bush administration policies have led to a 6.1 % Unemployment rate. The highest in 5 years. And record home foreclosures. 
17. September 2008 ( 2 months before Bush leaves office ) 600,000 jobs lost in 2008 alone ! 
18. September 2008 the biggest financial collapse in American history since the Great Depression.  

I could go on for days BUT....this is a sports blog !  I apologize to my fellow sports bloggers BUT somebody gotta tell the truth !  Feel free to re-post these FACTS elsewhere to dispel the mis-truths and fear tactics by the right.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lemme help remind ya, why folk will vote for anyone, other than the previous failed policies. Heres a quick snapshot. </p>
<p>1. Iraqi war based on forged documents and intelligence.<br />
2. No WMD&#8217;s they claimed they knew where they were<br />
3. American Soldiers ordered to torture prisoners at Guantanamo and other bases ( against the Geneva Conventions Laws to which we are a member ).<br />
4. Illegal/ secret prisons ( against Geneva Conventions and other international treaties we are members of )<br />
5. Spying on Americans<br />
6. Suspending Habeas Corpus-right that an accused person detained, have the right to a quick and speedy trial/ legality of detention ( Guantanamo etc. )<br />
7. “Capitalist” / Private business owners were allowed to take businesses overseas. They received Billions in tax cuts. This helped contribute to joblessness and the recession because Capitalist / Private business owners took money from the tax system and never put money back into the system.<br />
8. Unsecured boarders, after 9/11&#8230;.Bush left office and never secured U.S. boarders as he promised.<br />
9. Billions of tax payers dollars a month being spent on TWO loosing battles, Afghanistan and Iraq&#8230;.BUSH LEFT BOTH WARS TO BE DEALT WITH BY PRESIDENT OBAMA!<br />
Zero dollars were budgeted for the war. Dick Cheney said, the proceeds from the oil we would pay for the war. Well, the Iraqi people burned or sabotaged all the oil fields, and we made no proceeds to pay for the war. Therefore the Trillions of dollars spent over the course of the war, were all at the American Tax Payers expense !<br />
10. Afghanistan achieved the largest Opium crop ever, after Bush took over the failing Democracy.<br />
11. The top 1% of millionaires/ Capitalists/ Private business owners earned record profits every quarter, while the middle class disappeared !<br />
12. Failure to adequately respond to national emergencies domestically, Katrina.<br />
13. Outing CIA agents and protecting the guilty Scooter Libby from going to prison. Invoked Executive Privilege to protect Dick Cheney.<br />
14. Over 4,000 of my fellow soldiers HONORABLY died&#8230;.based on dishonorable mis-truths to get us into the war.<br />
15. September  2008 ( 2 months before he leaves office ) the failed Bush administration posts a  $ 407  BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT !<br />
16. September 2008 ( 2 months before he leaves office ) the failed Bush administration policies have led to a 6.1 % Unemployment rate. The highest in 5 years. And record home foreclosures.<br />
17. September 2008 ( 2 months before Bush leaves office ) 600,000 jobs lost in 2008 alone !<br />
18. September 2008 the biggest financial collapse in American history since the Great Depression.  </p>
<p>I could go on for days BUT&#8230;.this is a sports blog !  I apologize to my fellow sports bloggers BUT somebody gotta tell the truth !  Feel free to re-post these FACTS elsewhere to dispel the mis-truths and fear tactics by the right.</p>
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		<title>By: cbt22</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@florida727 Do you have actual proof he is a Muslim?  And even if he is why does that matter we have something called the constitution which includes the bill of rights that actually allows Obama to legally be a Muslim in America (man sure sucks to have religious freedom we should just kick all non believers of the right god right out the country shouldn&#039;t we).  Seriously Obama isn&#039;t the reason the country is the way it is, it&#039;s people like you who are ignorant and discriminate (you clearly are biased about Obama because you think he is Muslim) and go around and vomit out twisted and convoluted information you heard from an entertainment news channel or site.  But mainly someone who thinks its important enough to say someone is a Muslim with no actually proof on that matter is someone who spreads hate, lies, and fear.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@florida727 Do you have actual proof he is a Muslim?  And even if he is why does that matter we have something called the constitution which includes the bill of rights that actually allows Obama to legally be a Muslim in America (man sure sucks to have religious freedom we should just kick all non believers of the right god right out the country shouldn&#8217;t we).  Seriously Obama isn&#8217;t the reason the country is the way it is, it&#8217;s people like you who are ignorant and discriminate (you clearly are biased about Obama because you think he is Muslim) and go around and vomit out twisted and convoluted information you heard from an entertainment news channel or site.  But mainly someone who thinks its important enough to say someone is a Muslim with no actually proof on that matter is someone who spreads hate, lies, and fear.</p>
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		<title>By: scalfor3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[yeah there was never any backlash against bush. the press loved him....

god some of the comments on this article are stupid. there are perfectly legitimate reasons to side either way politically but it all gets bogged down into retarded stereotypes. romney is a racist rich white guy! obama is a commie muslim who hates america! durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yeah there was never any backlash against bush. the press loved him&#8230;.</p>
<p>god some of the comments on this article are stupid. there are perfectly legitimate reasons to side either way politically but it all gets bogged down into retarded stereotypes. romney is a racist rich white guy! obama is a commie muslim who hates america! durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr</p>
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		<title>By: guyaneserj</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He was looking for WMD&#039;s..]]></description>
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		<title>By: unxpexted1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[umm...the dude is the president of the United States, probably the most recognizable position on the planet outisde of the Pope. So yea, I&#039;d say he&#039;s pretty popular.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>umm&#8230;the dude is the president of the United States, probably the most recognizable position on the planet outisde of the Pope. So yea, I&#8217;d say he&#8217;s pretty popular.</p>
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		<title>By: mrpostman985</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@unxptd, i agree. Hell i didnt hear all dis nonsense for Bush!  I wonder if he were white would he get all dis backlash bc i remember all bush and Cheney did was hunt so wats wrong with him shooting hoops !]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@unxptd, i agree. Hell i didnt hear all dis nonsense for Bush!  I wonder if he were white would he get all dis backlash bc i remember all bush and Cheney did was hunt so wats wrong with him shooting hoops !</p>
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		<title>By: guyaneserj</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EXACTLY ... Damn.....]]></description>
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		<title>By: unxpexted1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew, white people get REAL hype when its time to bash Obama. If you dont like his politics, then cool. But when did everything get so personal when it comes to president bashing. You dont have to like the man, but at LEAST respect the position.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whew, white people get REAL hype when its time to bash Obama. If you dont like his politics, then cool. But when did everything get so personal when it comes to president bashing. You dont have to like the man, but at LEAST respect the position.</p>
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		<title>By: latchbeam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great idea Obama... bring on a gambling addict and a pothead to campaign with you.  Another great decision!!]]></description>
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		<title>By: skids003</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the players are too dumb to figure out they are in the group he&#039;s going after.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And the players are too dumb to figure out they are in the group he&#8217;s going after.</p>
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		<title>By: hwatt</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[haha, I like how Kurt reports on an innocuous event around a b-ball loving president and the hornets nest is activated... here&#039;s to 4 more years of presidential basketball! Kurt if Obama installs some hardwood at the White House I&#039;d like to be updated at least weekly on all progress. 

I&#039;d also like detailed skills recap/breakdown of this event. Can Jordan still make a comeback, can Obama go 1 on 1 w Jordan and televise a special? hmmm]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>haha, I like how Kurt reports on an innocuous event around a b-ball loving president and the hornets nest is activated&#8230; here&#8217;s to 4 more years of presidential basketball! Kurt if Obama installs some hardwood at the White House I&#8217;d like to be updated at least weekly on all progress. </p>
<p>I&#8217;d also like detailed skills recap/breakdown of this event. Can Jordan still make a comeback, can Obama go 1 on 1 w Jordan and televise a special? hmmm</p>
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		<title>By: blueintown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[blueintown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[florida727 - You&#039;re trying to come at this from an unbiased perspective? &quot;He&#039;s a Muslim&quot; does not bode well for your endeavors. More to the point, it makes you sound like an imbecile. Forty percent of his &quot;stimulus&quot; package that you so loathe was a middle class tax cut. If you don&#039;t like it, send a check back to the treasury. Developed countries going through recessions have precedent for enacting such measures (see: every recession in ever civilized nation ever). Please tell me more about how he is a Marxist. In fact, please explain Marxism to me. I&#039;m sure you have an air-tight description of sociopolitical systems.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>florida727 &#8211; You&#8217;re trying to come at this from an unbiased perspective? &#8220;He&#8217;s a Muslim&#8221; does not bode well for your endeavors. More to the point, it makes you sound like an imbecile. Forty percent of his &#8220;stimulus&#8221; package that you so loathe was a middle class tax cut. If you don&#8217;t like it, send a check back to the treasury. Developed countries going through recessions have precedent for enacting such measures (see: every recession in ever civilized nation ever). Please tell me more about how he is a Marxist. In fact, please explain Marxism to me. I&#8217;m sure you have an air-tight description of sociopolitical systems.</p>
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		<title>By: elComandanteenJefe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PBT is beginning their downward spiral once politics gets involved with sports.  This is one of the MANY reasons why I switched from the self proclaimed leader in sports to PBT.  Do me and many us sports fan a favor and keep to sports.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PBT is beginning their downward spiral once politics gets involved with sports.  This is one of the MANY reasons why I switched from the self proclaimed leader in sports to PBT.  Do me and many us sports fan a favor and keep to sports.</p>
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		<title>By: florida727</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[florida727]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;A historical figure love him or hate him.&quot;  Thanks.  I&#039;ll take b).

I&#039;ll never figure out how people still choose to support this clown.  He&#039;s raised the national debt by $4 million PER DAY since he&#039;s been in office (I&#039;m old enough that this might not effect me personally, but who&#039;s going to pay that debt eventually?).  His &quot;stimulus&quot; package to create jobs has been an enormous failure.  His wife spend money (oops, correction, TAXPAYER MONEY) like a drunken sailor, which may be an injustice to drunken sailors the world over... she FAR outspends them.  The list goes on.  He want to &quot;redistribute wealth&quot;?  Really?  I work my @$$ off to get ahead, and I have to share it with some lazy jerk who has no work ethic?  What&#039;s it going to take for his supporters to realize he wants to turn America into a Marxist state?  What&#039;s it going to take for his supporters to realize he&#039;s a Muslim?  Seriously, I just don&#039;t get the fascination with this guy.  I really don&#039;t.  I&#039;m trying to look at it from an unbiased perspective, and I view this guy as nothing but a failure.  Someone feel free to explain what I&#039;M missing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;A historical figure love him or hate him.&#8221;  Thanks.  I&#8217;ll take b).</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll never figure out how people still choose to support this clown.  He&#8217;s raised the national debt by $4 million PER DAY since he&#8217;s been in office (I&#8217;m old enough that this might not effect me personally, but who&#8217;s going to pay that debt eventually?).  His &#8220;stimulus&#8221; package to create jobs has been an enormous failure.  His wife spend money (oops, correction, TAXPAYER MONEY) like a drunken sailor, which may be an injustice to drunken sailors the world over&#8230; she FAR outspends them.  The list goes on.  He want to &#8220;redistribute wealth&#8221;?  Really?  I work my @$$ off to get ahead, and I have to share it with some lazy jerk who has no work ethic?  What&#8217;s it going to take for his supporters to realize he wants to turn America into a Marxist state?  What&#8217;s it going to take for his supporters to realize he&#8217;s a Muslim?  Seriously, I just don&#8217;t get the fascination with this guy.  I really don&#8217;t.  I&#8217;m trying to look at it from an unbiased perspective, and I view this guy as nothing but a failure.  Someone feel free to explain what I&#8217;M missing.</p>
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		<title>By: saint1997</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saint1997]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Were you just imbecilic and misogynistic in the same sentence? Congrats]]></description>
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		<title>By: saint1997</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saint1997]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take away the fact he was joking, take away the fact you haven&#039;t voted for someone because YOU think they are arrogant (nothing to do with policy), you&#039;re still left with the fact that he actually is probably the most interesting man in most rooms he goes into!! He&#039;s the President of the fricking United States! A historical figure love him or hate him! I&#039;d like to quote Winston Churchill, &quot;The greatest argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with the average voter&quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take away the fact he was joking, take away the fact you haven&#8217;t voted for someone because YOU think they are arrogant (nothing to do with policy), you&#8217;re still left with the fact that he actually is probably the most interesting man in most rooms he goes into!! He&#8217;s the President of the fricking United States! A historical figure love him or hate him! I&#8217;d like to quote Winston Churchill, &#8220;The greatest argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with the average voter&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: saint1997</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saint1997]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the only total douche i see is you]]></description>
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		<title>By: saint1997</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saint1997]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[take a little pride in your country. Do something for them rather than just waiting for them to help you. Pathetic...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>take a little pride in your country. Do something for them rather than just waiting for them to help you. Pathetic&#8230;</p>
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