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		<title>By: michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Troll Formerly Known As Asshole

&lt;I&gt;Troll

I am keeping my end of the agreement.

What are you whining about now?

A&lt;/I&gt;


Not whining at all..

Just pointing out that you are still going with the immature name-calling when you said you would stop if I apologized..

I did and you didn&#039;t..

Par for the course for children like you...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troll Formerly Known As Asshole</p>
<p><i>Troll</p>
<p>I am keeping my end of the agreement.</p>
<p>What are you whining about now?</p>
<p>A</i></p>
<p>Not whining at all..</p>
<p>Just pointing out that you are still going with the immature name-calling when you said you would stop if I apologized..</p>
<p>I did and you didn't..</p>
<p>Par for the course for children like you...</p>
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		<title>By: altohone</title>
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		<dc:creator>altohone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 13:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Troll

I am keeping my end of the agreement.

What are you whining about now?

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troll</p>
<p>I am keeping my end of the agreement.</p>
<p>What are you whining about now?</p>
<p>A</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93158</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Troll Formerly Known As Asshole...

&lt;I&gt;Troll
295

Are you really blaming me for you not reading my comments?

Geez man.

Whatever.

I accept your squirrely apology.

Do you think you can remember what happened so we can avoid it happening yet again?

A&lt;/I&gt;

Once you keep your end of the agreement, sure....</description>
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<p><i>Troll<br />
295</p>
<p>Are you really blaming me for you not reading my comments?</p>
<p>Geez man.</p>
<p>Whatever.</p>
<p>I accept your squirrely apology.</p>
<p>Do you think you can remember what happened so we can avoid it happening yet again?</p>
<p>A</i></p>
<p>Once you keep your end of the agreement, sure....</p>
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		<title>By: altohone</title>
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		<dc:creator>altohone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Troll
295

Are you really blaming me for you not reading my comments?

Geez man.

Whatever.

I accept your squirrely apology.

Do you think you can remember what happened so we can avoid it happening yet again?

A</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troll<br />
295</p>
<p>Are you really blaming me for you not reading my comments?</p>
<p>Geez man.</p>
<p>Whatever.</p>
<p>I accept your squirrely apology.</p>
<p>Do you think you can remember what happened so we can avoid it happening yet again?</p>
<p>A</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93088</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michale,

How is what happened at a mosque in Quebec related to Trump&#039;s Muslim travel ban and why should PM Trudeau regret his stance on welcoming Syrian refugees and all those who flee persecution, conflict and war?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michale,</p>
<p>How is what happened at a mosque in Quebec related to Trump's Muslim travel ban and why should PM Trudeau regret his stance on welcoming Syrian refugees and all those who flee persecution, conflict and war?</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93080</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;You have no idea what you are talking about.&lt;/I&gt;

Says the guy who thinks appeasement will solve the terrorism problem...  

:D

But I know you speak from ignorance, so we&#039;ll just have to agree to disagree....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>You have no idea what you are talking about.</i></p>
<p>Says the guy who thinks appeasement will solve the terrorism problem...  </p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>But I know you speak from ignorance, so we'll just have to agree to disagree....</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93061</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BTW when I go back to Glasgow I&#039;m still careful about wether I go to a Bluenose (Protestant) or Tim (Catholic) bar late on a Saturday night - I still have enough of my Glasgow accent to realize that if I answer the question &quot;whose yer team?&quot; wrong I could get a beer glass in my face.

99% of the bars are completely neutral now and Americans are considered off limits, so unless you pick the wrong bar on a Celtic/Rangers game night you are pretty safe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW when I go back to Glasgow I'm still careful about wether I go to a Bluenose (Protestant) or Tim (Catholic) bar late on a Saturday night - I still have enough of my Glasgow accent to realize that if I answer the question "whose yer team?" wrong I could get a beer glass in my face.</p>
<p>99% of the bars are completely neutral now and Americans are considered off limits, so unless you pick the wrong bar on a Celtic/Rangers game night you are pretty safe.</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93060</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;The Brits said &quot;You continue with the terrorism... You die&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

The Brits tried that for 250 years and it failed every single year. Then they tried something new - treating the Catholic community like real equals by enforcing justice. It wasn&#039;t perfect but 95% of the people just wanted peace and normality. When both sides saw the other side was trying to be part of the solution the hate mongers were marginalized.

That is how you defeat terrorism. Guns and torture failed for generations on both sides - the Brits were too powerful, the Catholic community had genuine grievances.

Unless you grew up in the Sectarian environment like N. Ireland or the West of Scotland you have no idea how it divides a community. I lived thru the simmering hatred of Glasgow for a decade and saw it in its full, but bullet and bomb free, glory.

You have no idea what you are talking about.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>The Brits said "You continue with the terrorism... You die"</i></p>
<p>The Brits tried that for 250 years and it failed every single year. Then they tried something new - treating the Catholic community like real equals by enforcing justice. It wasn't perfect but 95% of the people just wanted peace and normality. When both sides saw the other side was trying to be part of the solution the hate mongers were marginalized.</p>
<p>That is how you defeat terrorism. Guns and torture failed for generations on both sides - the Brits were too powerful, the Catholic community had genuine grievances.</p>
<p>Unless you grew up in the Sectarian environment like N. Ireland or the West of Scotland you have no idea how it divides a community. I lived thru the simmering hatred of Glasgow for a decade and saw it in its full, but bullet and bomb free, glory.</p>
<p>You have no idea what you are talking about.</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93059</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;The terrorism stopped because the Brits and the SAS made it perfectly clear that the IRA will be exterminated if they continued..&lt;/i&gt;

You know nothing. My Dad&#039;s cousin was a Major in the UDR. I know from close sources that the end was brought about when the justice system was seen to be addressing the legitimate complaints of the Catholic community (the other half of my family are Catholic from just over the border). Once the IRA started to be vilified by their community and the UDF by theirs, the regular people wanted peace and the extremists were marginalized and the breeding grounds for the next generation of militants dried up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>The terrorism stopped because the Brits and the SAS made it perfectly clear that the IRA will be exterminated if they continued..</i></p>
<p>You know nothing. My Dad's cousin was a Major in the UDR. I know from close sources that the end was brought about when the justice system was seen to be addressing the legitimate complaints of the Catholic community (the other half of my family are Catholic from just over the border). Once the IRA started to be vilified by their community and the UDF by theirs, the regular people wanted peace and the extremists were marginalized and the breeding grounds for the next generation of militants dried up.</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93058</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;And that&#039;s a VERY big part of why patriotic Americans gave the Democrat Party, the heave-ho....&lt;/i&gt;

There you go again, creating terrorists. Stop trying to divide Americans. You can&#039;t defend the use of force against terrorism so you resort to blanket statements of division and hate.

I don&#039;t expect you to learn, but you never know. Terrorism is very difficult to stop. Individuals can become radicalized and the damage they do is limited only by the weapons they have. Some are small groups, like the &quot;Crusaders&quot; in Kansas and their loose lips give them away. Some leverage weaknesses in our systems like the 9/11 terrorists with their box cutters. An effective anti-terrorism strategy will:

1. Understand the steps to radicalization and monitors pathways such as viewing certain types of online content, etc.

2. Close weaknesses in the system, such as unlocked cockpit doors in planes.

3. Limit access to destructive weapons such as fertilizer or firearms

4. Address genuine political injustice like the systematic suppression of Catholics in N. Ireland until recently, etc. to ensure that the host communities are on the side of law enforcement

Now tell me where the Army fits in? What are they going to do?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>And that's a VERY big part of why patriotic Americans gave the Democrat Party, the heave-ho....</i></p>
<p>There you go again, creating terrorists. Stop trying to divide Americans. You can't defend the use of force against terrorism so you resort to blanket statements of division and hate.</p>
<p>I don't expect you to learn, but you never know. Terrorism is very difficult to stop. Individuals can become radicalized and the damage they do is limited only by the weapons they have. Some are small groups, like the "Crusaders" in Kansas and their loose lips give them away. Some leverage weaknesses in our systems like the 9/11 terrorists with their box cutters. An effective anti-terrorism strategy will:</p>
<p>1. Understand the steps to radicalization and monitors pathways such as viewing certain types of online content, etc.</p>
<p>2. Close weaknesses in the system, such as unlocked cockpit doors in planes.</p>
<p>3. Limit access to destructive weapons such as fertilizer or firearms</p>
<p>4. Address genuine political injustice like the systematic suppression of Catholics in N. Ireland until recently, etc. to ensure that the host communities are on the side of law enforcement</p>
<p>Now tell me where the Army fits in? What are they going to do?</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93057</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Nope. You can&#039;t understand because you don&#039;t want to.&lt;/I&gt;

Oh, I understand it perfectly..

And I have seen first hand that appeasement doesn&#039;t work..

It never has and it never will..

Terrorists are fighting to right any wrongs.  Terrorists don&#039;t fight for the people or for freedom..

&lt;I&gt; Look at Ireland - the rebellion there went on for centuries until a fair system of justice was developed.&lt;/I&gt;

Again, you display your ignorance..

The terrorism stopped because the Brits and the SAS made it perfectly clear that the IRA will be exterminated if they continued..

Brutal, savage naked force is what ended The Troubles..  Not any form of altruistic meeting of the minds or fairness...

The Brits said &lt;B&gt;&quot;You continue with the terrorism... You die&quot;&lt;/B&gt;

And THAT is exactly how you deal with terrorists..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Nope. You can't understand because you don't want to.</i></p>
<p>Oh, I understand it perfectly..</p>
<p>And I have seen first hand that appeasement doesn't work..</p>
<p>It never has and it never will..</p>
<p>Terrorists are fighting to right any wrongs.  Terrorists don't fight for the people or for freedom..</p>
<p><i> Look at Ireland - the rebellion there went on for centuries until a fair system of justice was developed.</i></p>
<p>Again, you display your ignorance..</p>
<p>The terrorism stopped because the Brits and the SAS made it perfectly clear that the IRA will be exterminated if they continued..</p>
<p>Brutal, savage naked force is what ended The Troubles..  Not any form of altruistic meeting of the minds or fairness...</p>
<p>The Brits said <b>"You continue with the terrorism... You die"</b></p>
<p>And THAT is exactly how you deal with terrorists..</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
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		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;And if the &quot;root cause&quot; is that some people are just assholes and like to kill??&lt;/i&gt;

You mean sociopaths? We have plenty of our own to worry about in this country.

&lt;i&gt;APPEASEMENT does not work...&lt;/i&gt;

Nope. You can&#039;t understand because you don&#039;t want to. You want macho solutions that make you feel good so you won&#039;t learn the lesson that over aggressive solutions don&#039;t work with terrorism - there is no there there so you end up killing innocent men women and children and create the next generation of terrorists. Good intelligence and police work can treat the symptoms and intelligent politics can address the root causes. All aggression does is create martyrs and more terrorists. Look at Ireland - the rebellion there went on for centuries until a fair system of justice was developed.

Not giving in to hatred isn&#039;t appeasement, it is strength and civilization. It is the better angels of our nature.

Or there is genocide. Just kill every man, woman and children.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>And if the "root cause" is that some people are just assholes and like to kill??</i></p>
<p>You mean sociopaths? We have plenty of our own to worry about in this country.</p>
<p><i>APPEASEMENT does not work...</i></p>
<p>Nope. You can't understand because you don't want to. You want macho solutions that make you feel good so you won't learn the lesson that over aggressive solutions don't work with terrorism - there is no there there so you end up killing innocent men women and children and create the next generation of terrorists. Good intelligence and police work can treat the symptoms and intelligent politics can address the root causes. All aggression does is create martyrs and more terrorists. Look at Ireland - the rebellion there went on for centuries until a fair system of justice was developed.</p>
<p>Not giving in to hatred isn't appeasement, it is strength and civilization. It is the better angels of our nature.</p>
<p>Or there is genocide. Just kill every man, woman and children.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As I said, your philosophy on self-defense is shared by the Democrat Party..

And that&#039;s a VERY big part of why patriotic Americans gave the Democrat Party, the heave-ho....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I said, your philosophy on self-defense is shared by the Democrat Party..</p>
<p>And that's a VERY big part of why patriotic Americans gave the Democrat Party, the heave-ho....</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As I said, your philosophy on self-defense is shared by the Democrat Party..

And that&#039;s a VERY big part of why patriotic Americans gave the Democrat Party, the heave-ho....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I said, your philosophy on self-defense is shared by the Democrat Party..</p>
<p>And that's a VERY big part of why patriotic Americans gave the Democrat Party, the heave-ho....</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;We need to identify the root causes and eliminate tem:&lt;/I&gt;

And if the &quot;root cause&quot; is that some people are just assholes and like to kill??

What are you going to propose??

That people just lie down and be killed to appease these assholes???

APPEASEMENT does not work...

It&#039;s been proven time and time again..

And THAT is what you are talking about..

Appeasement...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>We need to identify the root causes and eliminate tem:</i></p>
<p>And if the "root cause" is that some people are just assholes and like to kill??</p>
<p>What are you going to propose??</p>
<p>That people just lie down and be killed to appease these assholes???</p>
<p>APPEASEMENT does not work...</p>
<p>It's been proven time and time again..</p>
<p>And THAT is what you are talking about..</p>
<p>Appeasement...</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
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		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;But the point it raises is valid..&lt;/i&gt;

A pretend war crime raises a valid point? You&#039;re losing it.

Remember all those macho congressmen who demanded &quot;Jack Bauer&quot; exemptions to torture laws and real counter terrorism experts laughed at them?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>But the point it raises is valid..</i></p>
<p>A pretend war crime raises a valid point? You're losing it.</p>
<p>Remember all those macho congressmen who demanded "Jack Bauer" exemptions to torture laws and real counter terrorism experts laughed at them?</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
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		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;It would be a world ruled by NAZI Germany and Japan because Roosevelt, afraid of &quot;lashing out&quot; and hurting innocents, didn&#039;t enter WWII...

Your world is a fantasy... A utopia that exists only in your mind...&lt;/i&gt;

Nonsense - massed armies are easy to identify and attack. But the last time any army tried to match us in the field was in 2003 and it was one sided. Even then the army was trying to stop our invasion.

We need to keep a strong conventional military but it is now like our nuclear deterrent. Mostly to remind Russia and China not to attack us our the countries we have treaties with.

The conventional army is mostly useless against terrorism. Fighting terrorism is an intelligence and police action, which is and should be prosecuted intensely. Our last act of terrorism on U.S. soil was at Fort Lauderdale airport earlier this month. Who are you going to bomb? Who are you going to attack with artillery or missiles? Who do you tell the Marines to take out?

Look at the list of terrorist attacks in the U.S. for the last few years and most have been home grown. People have been filled with hatred or are simply insane and have been allowed access to firearms. The Army can&#039;t help here. Tanks are useless.

We need to identify the root causes and eliminate tem:

1. Insane people should not be allowed access to firearms

2. Us and Them arguments where people on one side decide who is a real American and who isn&#039;t (look in a mirror my friend, a lot of your posts have been promoting the view that only you are patriotic) create division that is the topsoil, and hateful rhetoric from extremists on the other side are the fertilizer in which radicalism grows.

3. Bombing a family to kill one member who is a terrorist creates more new terrorists.

4. Like it or not, we are the strongest nation on earth. Other nuclear powers need not fear us, but if we threaten everybody, we will create proliferation - look at North Korea and Iran - both were nervous but uncommitted until Bush 2 started his &quot;Axis of Evil&quot; talk, then they both ramped up nuclear programs. 45 needs to keep his stupid trap shut. We don&#039;t need to brag to be the strongest power on earth, we already are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>It would be a world ruled by NAZI Germany and Japan because Roosevelt, afraid of "lashing out" and hurting innocents, didn't enter WWII...</p>
<p>Your world is a fantasy... A utopia that exists only in your mind...</i></p>
<p>Nonsense - massed armies are easy to identify and attack. But the last time any army tried to match us in the field was in 2003 and it was one sided. Even then the army was trying to stop our invasion.</p>
<p>We need to keep a strong conventional military but it is now like our nuclear deterrent. Mostly to remind Russia and China not to attack us our the countries we have treaties with.</p>
<p>The conventional army is mostly useless against terrorism. Fighting terrorism is an intelligence and police action, which is and should be prosecuted intensely. Our last act of terrorism on U.S. soil was at Fort Lauderdale airport earlier this month. Who are you going to bomb? Who are you going to attack with artillery or missiles? Who do you tell the Marines to take out?</p>
<p>Look at the list of terrorist attacks in the U.S. for the last few years and most have been home grown. People have been filled with hatred or are simply insane and have been allowed access to firearms. The Army can't help here. Tanks are useless.</p>
<p>We need to identify the root causes and eliminate tem:</p>
<p>1. Insane people should not be allowed access to firearms</p>
<p>2. Us and Them arguments where people on one side decide who is a real American and who isn't (look in a mirror my friend, a lot of your posts have been promoting the view that only you are patriotic) create division that is the topsoil, and hateful rhetoric from extremists on the other side are the fertilizer in which radicalism grows.</p>
<p>3. Bombing a family to kill one member who is a terrorist creates more new terrorists.</p>
<p>4. Like it or not, we are the strongest nation on earth. Other nuclear powers need not fear us, but if we threaten everybody, we will create proliferation - look at North Korea and Iran - both were nervous but uncommitted until Bush 2 started his "Axis of Evil" talk, then they both ramped up nuclear programs. 45 needs to keep his stupid trap shut. We don't need to brag to be the strongest power on earth, we already are.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Nobody did it. It is a stupid story that has been debunked time and time again.&lt;/I&gt;

But the point it raises is valid..

THAT is what you keep missing..

&lt;B&gt;&quot;War is never imperative, Mr. Spock!&quot;
&quot;It is for them, Doctor. Vulcan, like Earth, had its aggressive, colonizing period...  Savage, even by Earth standards... And if the Romulans retain this martial philosophy, then weakness is something we dare not show.&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-STAR TREK TOS, Balance Of Terror</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Nobody did it. It is a stupid story that has been debunked time and time again.</i></p>
<p>But the point it raises is valid..</p>
<p>THAT is what you keep missing..</p>
<p><b>"War is never imperative, Mr. Spock!"<br />
"It is for them, Doctor. Vulcan, like Earth, had its aggressive, colonizing period...  Savage, even by Earth standards... And if the Romulans retain this martial philosophy, then weakness is something we dare not show."</b><br />
-STAR TREK TOS, Balance Of Terror</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;You want a world where the strong turn the other cheek, no matter the provocation...&lt;/I&gt;

Scratch that..

You want a world where an arbitrary ad hoc progressive group with a corrupt liberal agenda says when and when not to use force...

A group that would put a choker on the Avengers if Palestinian terrorists overrun Israeli borders, but then turned the Avengers loose against the Israelis when the Israelis defended themselves against Palestinian terrorism..

Thanx but no thanx... That&#039;s not a world I would want to be a part of..

Thanx to the election of President Trump, it&#039;s a world I won&#039;t have to WORRY about living in....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>You want a world where the strong turn the other cheek, no matter the provocation...</i></p>
<p>Scratch that..</p>
<p>You want a world where an arbitrary ad hoc progressive group with a corrupt liberal agenda says when and when not to use force...</p>
<p>A group that would put a choker on the Avengers if Palestinian terrorists overrun Israeli borders, but then turned the Avengers loose against the Israelis when the Israelis defended themselves against Palestinian terrorism..</p>
<p>Thanx but no thanx... That's not a world I would want to be a part of..</p>
<p>Thanx to the election of President Trump, it's a world I won't have to WORRY about living in....</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You remind me of General Ross in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON.....

Blaming the Avengers for what happened in New York and Washington DC and Sakovea and Wakanda....

But what HE (and you) fail to realize is how much WORSE things would have been if the Avengers HADN&#039;T acted...

You want a world where the strong turn the other cheek, no matter the provocation...

That&#039;s &quot;peace&quot; all right..  The peace of slavery.. The peace of the grave...

No thanks.. THAT kind of &quot;peace&quot; is a non-starter from the word GO...

&lt;B&gt;&quot;True peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the presence of JUSTICE&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-President Marshall, AIR FORCE ONE

You are not talking about justice.  You are talking about capitulation.. Fear...  Surrender...

Not on my watch....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You remind me of General Ross in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON.....</p>
<p>Blaming the Avengers for what happened in New York and Washington DC and Sakovea and Wakanda....</p>
<p>But what HE (and you) fail to realize is how much WORSE things would have been if the Avengers HADN'T acted...</p>
<p>You want a world where the strong turn the other cheek, no matter the provocation...</p>
<p>That's "peace" all right..  The peace of slavery.. The peace of the grave...</p>
<p>No thanks.. THAT kind of "peace" is a non-starter from the word GO...</p>
<p><b>"True peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the presence of JUSTICE"</b><br />
-President Marshall, AIR FORCE ONE</p>
<p>You are not talking about justice.  You are talking about capitulation.. Fear...  Surrender...</p>
<p>Not on my watch....</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93047</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;The strong need to suffer a little so everybody suffers less. &lt;/I&gt;

And WHO gets to decide who suffers??

You and your progressives???  

Your turn the other cheek and let terrorists kill with impunity is EXACTLY why Democrats have been totally and completely refuted by patriotic Americans...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>The strong need to suffer a little so everybody suffers less. </i></p>
<p>And WHO gets to decide who suffers??</p>
<p>You and your progressives???  </p>
<p>Your turn the other cheek and let terrorists kill with impunity is EXACTLY why Democrats have been totally and completely refuted by patriotic Americans...</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93046</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;You have to fight the idea - you fight bad ideas with good ideas, there is no one to use your power against unless you lash out at innocents - and that just acts to create more terrorists.&lt;/I&gt;

So, in YOUR world, you will never fight terrorism.. You will just let them brutally murder and kill innocents and you will NEVER respond because you are afraid of &quot;lashing out&quot; and hurting innocents..

I have to say, I don&#039;t think I like your world..

It would be a world ruled by NAZI Germany and Japan because Roosevelt, afraid of &quot;lashing out&quot; and hurting innocents, didn&#039;t enter WWII...

Your world is a fantasy... A utopia that exists only in your mind...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>You have to fight the idea - you fight bad ideas with good ideas, there is no one to use your power against unless you lash out at innocents - and that just acts to create more terrorists.</i></p>
<p>So, in YOUR world, you will never fight terrorism.. You will just let them brutally murder and kill innocents and you will NEVER respond because you are afraid of "lashing out" and hurting innocents..</p>
<p>I have to say, I don't think I like your world..</p>
<p>It would be a world ruled by NAZI Germany and Japan because Roosevelt, afraid of "lashing out" and hurting innocents, didn't enter WWII...</p>
<p>Your world is a fantasy... A utopia that exists only in your mind...</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93045</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;And when the weak lash out at you.. Do you still not use your strength?? What if they lash out at your family or at innocents...&lt;/i&gt;

That is why terrorists always win. They want a retaliation and they get it.

The strong need to suffer a little so everybody suffers less. That is the only lesson of strength. If you can catch and punish the evil you do, using the power of civilized law if you can, or a bullet if you can&#039;t, but if you unleash an army to fight terrorism, you&#039;ve lost before you started.

Read every military history of occupation and they all end the same way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>And when the weak lash out at you.. Do you still not use your strength?? What if they lash out at your family or at innocents...</i></p>
<p>That is why terrorists always win. They want a retaliation and they get it.</p>
<p>The strong need to suffer a little so everybody suffers less. That is the only lesson of strength. If you can catch and punish the evil you do, using the power of civilized law if you can, or a bullet if you can't, but if you unleash an army to fight terrorism, you've lost before you started.</p>
<p>Read every military history of occupation and they all end the same way.</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93044</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Regardless, the point was not whether Pershing or MacArthur or Patton or whoever actually did that..&lt;/i&gt;

Nobody did it. It is a stupid story that has been debunked time and time again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Regardless, the point was not whether Pershing or MacArthur or Patton or whoever actually did that..</i></p>
<p>Nobody did it. It is a stupid story that has been debunked time and time again.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93043</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;The terrorism that frightens you so much comes from the fear that for all your strength, somebody can catch you unaware when you are weak and hurt you.&lt;/I&gt;

Terrorism doesn&#039;t frighten me.. At least not in the sense that you mean..

&lt;I&gt; Progressive humans who have read history know that you need to be strong and then never use that strength. That is how you reduce suffering, not by lashing out at the weak.&lt;/I&gt;

And when the weak lash out at you..  Do you still not use your strength??  What if they lash out at your family or at innocents...

Still gonna keep that strength sheathed???

If you won&#039;t show your strength in self-defense or in defense of others, then you really HAVE no strength...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>The terrorism that frightens you so much comes from the fear that for all your strength, somebody can catch you unaware when you are weak and hurt you.</i></p>
<p>Terrorism doesn't frighten me.. At least not in the sense that you mean..</p>
<p><i> Progressive humans who have read history know that you need to be strong and then never use that strength. That is how you reduce suffering, not by lashing out at the weak.</i></p>
<p>And when the weak lash out at you..  Do you still not use your strength??  What if they lash out at your family or at innocents...</p>
<p>Still gonna keep that strength sheathed???</p>
<p>If you won't show your strength in self-defense or in defense of others, then you really HAVE no strength...</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93042</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;When it comes to fighting terrorists, you meet brute force with brute force.. You meet savagery with savagery...&lt;/i&gt;

You can&#039;t. Who are you fighting? The point of terrorism is that it is an idea that breeds hatred and results in madness.

You have to fight the idea - you fight bad ideas with good ideas, there is no one to use your power against unless you lash out at innocents - and that just acts to create more terrorists.

Do we really have to learn this lesson again and again and again?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>When it comes to fighting terrorists, you meet brute force with brute force.. You meet savagery with savagery...</i></p>
<p>You can't. Who are you fighting? The point of terrorism is that it is an idea that breeds hatred and results in madness.</p>
<p>You have to fight the idea - you fight bad ideas with good ideas, there is no one to use your power against unless you lash out at innocents - and that just acts to create more terrorists.</p>
<p>Do we really have to learn this lesson again and again and again?</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93041</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;It was a lie, as usual. Pershing never did any such thing. 45 doesn&#039;t care - he just makes up anything he wants, &lt;/I&gt;

Yea, I thought it was MacArthur that did that.. 

Regardless, the point was not whether Pershing or MacArthur or Patton or whoever actually did that..

The point is that you can&#039;t fight savage terrorists with Marquis De Queensberry rules...

&lt;B&gt;You don&#039;t fight a junkyard dog with ASPCA rules. What you do is you take the leash off your bigger, meaner dog.&lt;/B&gt;
-Senator, THE SIEGE

When it comes to fighting terrorists, you meet brute force with brute force.. You meet savagery with savagery...

That was President Trump&#039;s point, I believe...

And it&#039;s a dead on ballz accurate point...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>It was a lie, as usual. Pershing never did any such thing. 45 doesn't care - he just makes up anything he wants, </i></p>
<p>Yea, I thought it was MacArthur that did that.. </p>
<p>Regardless, the point was not whether Pershing or MacArthur or Patton or whoever actually did that..</p>
<p>The point is that you can't fight savage terrorists with Marquis De Queensberry rules...</p>
<p><b>You don't fight a junkyard dog with ASPCA rules. What you do is you take the leash off your bigger, meaner dog.</b><br />
-Senator, THE SIEGE</p>
<p>When it comes to fighting terrorists, you meet brute force with brute force.. You meet savagery with savagery...</p>
<p>That was President Trump's point, I believe...</p>
<p>And it's a dead on ballz accurate point...</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93040</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He makes me vomit. He doesn&#039;t understand America. Neither does anybody who cheers his hate and fear driven agenda.</description>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93039</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Romulan Proverb&lt;/i&gt;

We are humans. Progressive humans who have read history know that you need to be strong and then never use that strength. That is how you reduce suffering, not by lashing out at the weak. 

The terrorism that frightens you so much comes from the fear that for all your strength, somebody can catch you unaware when you are weak and hurt you.

This is why the only purpose of strength is to suffer a little so everybody else suffers a lot less.

That is the human lesson from history. It is a noble calling and America was moving towards being the brightest light in the history of humanity. Then 45 came along with all his little demons and fears and is unleashing the worst demons of our nature instead of the best angels.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Romulan Proverb</i></p>
<p>We are humans. Progressive humans who have read history know that you need to be strong and then never use that strength. That is how you reduce suffering, not by lashing out at the weak. </p>
<p>The terrorism that frightens you so much comes from the fear that for all your strength, somebody can catch you unaware when you are weak and hurt you.</p>
<p>This is why the only purpose of strength is to suffer a little so everybody else suffers a lot less.</p>
<p>That is the human lesson from history. It is a noble calling and America was moving towards being the brightest light in the history of humanity. Then 45 came along with all his little demons and fears and is unleashing the worst demons of our nature instead of the best angels.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93038</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While perusing for that Romulan quote, I came across this little gem...

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/05/15/heres-an-idea-harry/

Rather apropos considering the SCOTUS confirmation fight we&#039;re about to have...  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While perusing for that Romulan quote, I came across this little gem...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/05/15/heres-an-idea-harry/" rel="nofollow">http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/05/15/heres-an-idea-harry/</a></p>
<p>Rather apropos considering the SCOTUS confirmation fight we're about to have...  :D</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93037</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;I&#039;m not saying what Pershing did is a bad thing either..

Unlike President Trump, I WILL say it&#039;s a good thing...&lt;/i&gt;

It was a lie, as usual. Pershing never did any such thing. 45 doesn&#039;t care - he just makes up anything he wants, or gullibly repeats any story he&#039;s heard.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I'm not saying what Pershing did is a bad thing either..</p>
<p>Unlike President Trump, I WILL say it's a good thing...</i></p>
<p>It was a lie, as usual. Pershing never did any such thing. 45 doesn't care - he just makes up anything he wants, or gullibly repeats any story he's heard.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93036</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Trump described how Pershing allegedly dipped 50 bullets in pig’s blog and then shot 49 of 50 Muslims he had lined up. The 50th person was spared, Trump said, but Pershing gave him the blood-soaked bullet and told him to go back to his people and tell them what happened.

“He went back and said what just happened, and for 28 years there was no terrorism. So I’m not saying that’s a good thing, I’m not saying that’s a bad thing,” Trump said.&lt;/I&gt;

&lt;b&gt;&quot;afw&#039;ein Mnhei&#039;sahe&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Romulan Proverb, roughly translated to the latin term &quot;sans humanite&quot; which means,&lt;B&gt;I will give you no pity, you deserve no mercy and it serves you right!&lt;/B&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Trump described how Pershing allegedly dipped 50 bullets in pig’s blog and then shot 49 of 50 Muslims he had lined up. The 50th person was spared, Trump said, but Pershing gave him the blood-soaked bullet and told him to go back to his people and tell them what happened.</p>
<p>“He went back and said what just happened, and for 28 years there was no terrorism. So I’m not saying that’s a good thing, I’m not saying that’s a bad thing,” Trump said.</i></p>
<p><b>"afw'ein Mnhei'sahe"</b><br />
-Romulan Proverb, roughly translated to the latin term "sans humanite" which means,<b>I will give you no pity, you deserve no mercy and it serves you right!</b></p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93035</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;I’m not saying that’s a bad thing,” Trump said.&lt;/I&gt;

I&#039;m not saying what Pershing did is a bad thing either..

Unlike President Trump, I WILL say it&#039;s a good thing...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I’m not saying that’s a bad thing,” Trump said.</i></p>
<p>I'm not saying what Pershing did is a bad thing either..</p>
<p>Unlike President Trump, I WILL say it's a good thing...</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93034</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love...&lt;/I&gt;

Yea, compare that to the actions of the Left Wingery in the aftermath of the Trump election..

The Left as a whole lost all moral authority to talk about love....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love...</i></p>
<p>Yea, compare that to the actions of the Left Wingery in the aftermath of the Trump election..</p>
<p>The Left as a whole lost all moral authority to talk about love....</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93033</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have to say that it looks like the Left Wingery and the Anti-Trumpers on the Right got really rolled by this...   :D

http://tinyurl.com/2fcpre6

:D  heh</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to say that it looks like the Left Wingery and the Anti-Trumpers on the Right got really rolled by this...   :D</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2fcpre6" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/2fcpre6</a></p>
<p>:D  heh</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93032</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love...&lt;/i&gt;

MLK, 1958</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love...</i></p>
<p>MLK, 1958</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93031</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;I’m not saying that’s a bad thing,” Trump said.&lt;/i&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I’m not saying that’s a bad thing,” Trump said.</i></p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93030</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Trump described how Pershing allegedly dipped 50 bullets in pig’s blog and then shot 49 of 50 Muslims he had lined up. The 50th person was spared, Trump said, but Pershing gave him the blood-soaked bullet and told him to go back to his people and tell them what happened.

“He went back and said what just happened, and for 28 years there was no terrorism. So I’m not saying that’s a good thing, I’m not saying that’s a bad thing,” Trump said.&lt;/i&gt;

Police in Quebec City have arrested a suspect following a shooting at a mosque there that left six people dead and wounded eight others ...

Last June, during the holy month of Ramadan, as the CBC reported, someone also left a pig&#039;s head at Quebec City Islamic Cultural Centre, where Sunday night&#039;s attack took place.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Trump described how Pershing allegedly dipped 50 bullets in pig’s blog and then shot 49 of 50 Muslims he had lined up. The 50th person was spared, Trump said, but Pershing gave him the blood-soaked bullet and told him to go back to his people and tell them what happened.</p>
<p>“He went back and said what just happened, and for 28 years there was no terrorism. So I’m not saying that’s a good thing, I’m not saying that’s a bad thing,” Trump said.</i></p>
<p>Police in Quebec City have arrested a suspect following a shooting at a mosque there that left six people dead and wounded eight others ...</p>
<p>Last June, during the holy month of Ramadan, as the CBC reported, someone also left a pig's head at Quebec City Islamic Cultural Centre, where Sunday night's attack took place.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93029</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;This tweet from 45 is just a blatant lie. It takes weeks to get a visa - this could have been announced internally and people trained on the implications, etc.&lt;/I&gt;

Yea, and of course, the Odumbo sycophants that still permeate our civil service would NEVER leak it, right??  

Com&#039;on Neil.. This is another case of throwing every thing on the wall and hope something sticks..

This action was not illegal or unconstitutional..  

This action was not unprecedented..

This action was based on lists from the previous administration...

NOW your complaint is that there wasn&#039;t enough warning???  

Trump said over half a year ago that he was going to do this...

From a security point of view, this action makes perfect sense all the way around...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>This tweet from 45 is just a blatant lie. It takes weeks to get a visa - this could have been announced internally and people trained on the implications, etc.</i></p>
<p>Yea, and of course, the Odumbo sycophants that still permeate our civil service would NEVER leak it, right??  </p>
<p>Com'on Neil.. This is another case of throwing every thing on the wall and hope something sticks..</p>
<p>This action was not illegal or unconstitutional..  </p>
<p>This action was not unprecedented..</p>
<p>This action was based on lists from the previous administration...</p>
<p>NOW your complaint is that there wasn't enough warning???  </p>
<p>Trump said over half a year ago that he was going to do this...</p>
<p>From a security point of view, this action makes perfect sense all the way around...</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93028</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;If the ban were announced with a one week notice, the &quot;bad&quot; would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad &quot;dudes&quot; out there!&lt;/i&gt;

This tweet from 45 is just a blatant lie. It takes weeks to get a visa - this could have been announced internally and people trained on the implications, etc.

This is just another shoot from the hip with your eyes closed attempt to make everybody forget that Russia hacked the election. It is pointless, puts our IC and military in more danger pointlessly and is borne of fear to appeal to cowards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>If the ban were announced with a one week notice, the "bad" would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad "dudes" out there!</i></p>
<p>This tweet from 45 is just a blatant lie. It takes weeks to get a visa - this could have been announced internally and people trained on the implications, etc.</p>
<p>This is just another shoot from the hip with your eyes closed attempt to make everybody forget that Russia hacked the election. It is pointless, puts our IC and military in more danger pointlessly and is borne of fear to appeal to cowards.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93027</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Having said that, I *AM* surprised that Pakistan and Saudi are not on the list..

But, as the facts clearly show, it was Odumbo&#039;s list...

So any problems you have with the list, take it up with him...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having said that, I *AM* surprised that Pakistan and Saudi are not on the list..</p>
<p>But, as the facts clearly show, it was Odumbo's list...</p>
<p>So any problems you have with the list, take it up with him...</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93026</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;What a crock. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt don&#039;t have terrorists? Have you even heard of 9/11? San Bernardino (Pakistan born, raised in Saudi Arabia)?&lt;/I&gt;

If you have a problem with those on the list, take it up with Odumbo...

It was his administration that created the list...

&lt;I&gt;All the rest of the deaths from terrorism in the U.S. have comes from U.S. citizens.&lt;/I&gt;

That have sworn allegiance to ISIS....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>What a crock. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt don't have terrorists? Have you even heard of 9/11? San Bernardino (Pakistan born, raised in Saudi Arabia)?</i></p>
<p>If you have a problem with those on the list, take it up with Odumbo...</p>
<p>It was his administration that created the list...</p>
<p><i>All the rest of the deaths from terrorism in the U.S. have comes from U.S. citizens.</i></p>
<p>That have sworn allegiance to ISIS....</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93025</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;All of these countries have one thing in common: terrorism.&lt;/i&gt;

What a crock. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt don&#039;t have terrorists? Have you even heard of 9/11? San Bernardino (Pakistan born, raised in Saudi Arabia)?

All the rest of the deaths from terrorism in the U.S. have comes from U.S. citizens.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>All of these countries have one thing in common: terrorism.</i></p>
<p>What a crock. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt don't have terrorists? Have you even heard of 9/11? San Bernardino (Pakistan born, raised in Saudi Arabia)?</p>
<p>All the rest of the deaths from terrorism in the U.S. have comes from U.S. citizens.</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93024</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Hay Neil,

Didn&#039;t you say at one time you would accept the analysis of IBD?????

Well, there ya go... Start accepting. :D&lt;/i&gt;

I&#039;d take their market analysis seriously - they know as much about politics as the RNC knows about capital markets.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Hay Neil,</p>
<p>Didn't you say at one time you would accept the analysis of IBD?????</p>
<p>Well, there ya go... Start accepting. :D</i></p>
<p>I'd take their market analysis seriously - they know as much about politics as the RNC knows about capital markets.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93023</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;B&gt;Brookes: Pause in U.S. entry policies sensible
Trump’s order targets countries with terror risks

People will spin it anyway they like — and they will — but President Trump’s decision to take a pause and review travel to the United States from seven Middle Eastern and North African countries is sound national security policy.

It’s also completely defensible in these troubled times.

The presidential executive order will temporarily alter visa issuance, immigration and refugee flows to America from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen while U.S. entry programs are examined.

All of these countries have one thing in common: terrorism.&lt;/B&gt;
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2017/01/brookes_pause_in_us_entry_policies_sensible

It&#039;s all nothing but hysterical spin coming from the Left Wingery.....

That&#039;s all it is..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Brookes: Pause in U.S. entry policies sensible<br />
Trump’s order targets countries with terror risks</p>
<p>People will spin it anyway they like — and they will — but President Trump’s decision to take a pause and review travel to the United States from seven Middle Eastern and North African countries is sound national security policy.</p>
<p>It’s also completely defensible in these troubled times.</p>
<p>The presidential executive order will temporarily alter visa issuance, immigration and refugee flows to America from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen while U.S. entry programs are examined.</p>
<p>All of these countries have one thing in common: terrorism.</b><br />
<a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2017/01/brookes_pause_in_us_entry_policies_sensible" rel="nofollow">http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2017/01/brookes_pause_in_us_entry_policies_sensible</a></p>
<p>It's all nothing but hysterical spin coming from the Left Wingery.....</p>
<p>That's all it is..</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93022</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;do you mean something like this?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XvuM3DjvYf0/hqdefault.jpg&lt;/I&gt;

Oh, don&#039;t tease me...  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>do you mean something like this?</p>
<p><a href="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XvuM3DjvYf0/hqdefault.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XvuM3DjvYf0/hqdefault.jpg</a></i></p>
<p>Oh, don't tease me...  :D</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93021</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@TS [276],

do you mean something like this?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XvuM3DjvYf0/hqdefault.jpg</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@TS [276],</p>
<p>do you mean something like this?</p>
<p><a href="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XvuM3DjvYf0/hqdefault.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XvuM3DjvYf0/hqdefault.jpg</a></p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93020</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Looking ahead to the SCOTUS battle...

Anyone wanna lay any bets that the GOP can muster the Dem votes needed to overrule the filibuster??

Or will McConnell finish what Reid started and nuke the filibuster???

I am betting that the former will happen..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking ahead to the SCOTUS battle...</p>
<p>Anyone wanna lay any bets that the GOP can muster the Dem votes needed to overrule the filibuster??</p>
<p>Or will McConnell finish what Reid started and nuke the filibuster???</p>
<p>I am betting that the former will happen..</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93019</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;B&gt;It is hard to see how Trumps&#039; critics are helping their cause when they react to everything Trump does as if it were a world-ending catastrophe.&lt;/B&gt;

DING, DING, DING!!!  WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

You people are yer own worst enemies in this....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>It is hard to see how Trumps' critics are helping their cause when they react to everything Trump does as if it were a world-ending catastrophe.</b></p>
<p>DING, DING, DING!!!  WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!</p>
<p>You people are yer own worst enemies in this....</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93018</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hay Neil,

Didn&#039;t you say at one time you would accept the analysis of IBD?????

Well, there ya go... Start accepting.  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hay Neil,</p>
<p>Didn't you say at one time you would accept the analysis of IBD?????</p>
<p>Well, there ya go... Start accepting.  :D</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93017</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;B&gt;Are We Going To Freak Out Every Time Trump Does What He Promised?

Three months ago, Candidate Trump promised that on Day One of his presidency he would, if elected, &quot;suspend immigration from terror-prone regions where vetting cannot safely occur.&quot; President Trump didn&#039;t get around to that until Day Seven, which means he was a week late. Yet everyone is acting as if this all came out of the blue.

The executive order Trump signed Friday afternoon instituted a 90-day suspension of immigrants from countries listed by the Obama administration as having a significant foreign terrorist organization presence. The reason is to give relevant agencies the breathing room to review their procedures and make sure that &quot;adequate standards are established to prevent infiltration by foreign terrorists or criminals.&quot;

The order also suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days, giving Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence time to &quot;determine what additional procedures should be taken&quot; to make sure that terrorists aren&#039;t slipping in under the guise of refugees — a legitimate concern. It also sets a slightly lower 50,000 cap on refugees for this year than has been in effect over the past decade.

Trump&#039;s actions should not have come as a surprise to anyone who was paying even the slightest attention to the presidential campaign.&lt;/B&gt;
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/are-we-going-to-freak-out-every-time-trump-does-what-he-promised/

So, what gives???

Were ya&#039;all asleep during the campaign???

IBD asks a VERY good, VERY legitimate question..

Is the hysterical Left Wingery going to live up to it&#039;s name and hysterically freak out every time President Trump lives up to his promise???

I saids it befores and and I&#039;ll says it agains...

Ya&#039;all really need to PACE yerselves... It&#039;s going to be a long 8 years for ya&#039;all if ya don&#039;t....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Are We Going To Freak Out Every Time Trump Does What He Promised?</p>
<p>Three months ago, Candidate Trump promised that on Day One of his presidency he would, if elected, "suspend immigration from terror-prone regions where vetting cannot safely occur." President Trump didn't get around to that until Day Seven, which means he was a week late. Yet everyone is acting as if this all came out of the blue.</p>
<p>The executive order Trump signed Friday afternoon instituted a 90-day suspension of immigrants from countries listed by the Obama administration as having a significant foreign terrorist organization presence. The reason is to give relevant agencies the breathing room to review their procedures and make sure that "adequate standards are established to prevent infiltration by foreign terrorists or criminals."</p>
<p>The order also suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days, giving Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence time to "determine what additional procedures should be taken" to make sure that terrorists aren't slipping in under the guise of refugees — a legitimate concern. It also sets a slightly lower 50,000 cap on refugees for this year than has been in effect over the past decade.</p>
<p>Trump's actions should not have come as a surprise to anyone who was paying even the slightest attention to the presidential campaign.</b><br />
<a href="http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/are-we-going-to-freak-out-every-time-trump-does-what-he-promised/" rel="nofollow">http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/are-we-going-to-freak-out-every-time-trump-does-what-he-promised/</a></p>
<p>So, what gives???</p>
<p>Were ya'all asleep during the campaign???</p>
<p>IBD asks a VERY good, VERY legitimate question..</p>
<p>Is the hysterical Left Wingery going to live up to it's name and hysterically freak out every time President Trump lives up to his promise???</p>
<p>I saids it befores and and I'll says it agains...</p>
<p>Ya'all really need to PACE yerselves... It's going to be a long 8 years for ya'all if ya don't....</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93016</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;So Lindsay Graham and John McCain and now left wingers as well?&lt;/I&gt;

No... But they are obviously putting Party before Country...

&lt;I&gt;Wow - the 45-istas are getting really desperate - but you wouldn&#039;t know it from FoxNews - nothing above the fold on the whole fiasco - &lt;/I&gt;

That&#039;s because it&#039;s not really a fiasco..

Has President Trump done anything illegal or unconstitutional??

No, he has not..

Has President Trump done anything that MANY Presidents didn&#039;t do, like Odumbo and Carter??  

No he has not...

No fiasco whatsoever...  :D

&lt;I&gt; maybe they thing it is just crowds trying to get home from the &quot;biggest inauguration ever&quot; still ;)&lt;/I&gt;

Are you STILL harping on that???  :^/

Still playing the &quot;DOPE&quot; to President Trump&#039;s ROPE, eh??  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>So Lindsay Graham and John McCain and now left wingers as well?</i></p>
<p>No... But they are obviously putting Party before Country...</p>
<p><i>Wow - the 45-istas are getting really desperate - but you wouldn't know it from FoxNews - nothing above the fold on the whole fiasco - </i></p>
<p>That's because it's not really a fiasco..</p>
<p>Has President Trump done anything illegal or unconstitutional??</p>
<p>No, he has not..</p>
<p>Has President Trump done anything that MANY Presidents didn't do, like Odumbo and Carter??  </p>
<p>No he has not...</p>
<p>No fiasco whatsoever...  :D</p>
<p><i> maybe they thing it is just crowds trying to get home from the "biggest inauguration ever" still ;)</i></p>
<p>Are you STILL harping on that???  :^/</p>
<p>Still playing the "DOPE" to President Trump's ROPE, eh??  :D</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93015</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow - the 45-istas are getting really desperate - but you wouldn&#039;t know it from FoxNews - nothing above the fold on the whole fiasco - amazing how the bubble is being maintained - you must wonder what right wingers who get their news from Fox News online must think when they get to airports and see the protests - maybe they thing it is just crowds trying to get home from the &quot;biggest inauguration ever&quot; still ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow - the 45-istas are getting really desperate - but you wouldn't know it from FoxNews - nothing above the fold on the whole fiasco - amazing how the bubble is being maintained - you must wonder what right wingers who get their news from Fox News online must think when they get to airports and see the protests - maybe they thing it is just crowds trying to get home from the "biggest inauguration ever" still ;)</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93014</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So Lindsay Graham and John McCain and now left wingers as well?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So Lindsay Graham and John McCain and now left wingers as well?</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Evidence he is a left winger - and just being appalled by the current immigration ban stupidity isn&#039;t evidence.&lt;/I&gt;

The fact that he is pushing a Left Wingery anti-America agenda is sufficient evidence...

The fact that he wants to make it easier for terrorists to infiltrate our country is sufficient evidence...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Evidence he is a left winger - and just being appalled by the current immigration ban stupidity isn't evidence.</i></p>
<p>The fact that he is pushing a Left Wingery anti-America agenda is sufficient evidence...</p>
<p>The fact that he wants to make it easier for terrorists to infiltrate our country is sufficient evidence...</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
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		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In fact, the government specifically doesn&#039;t track the religion of new immigrants:

&lt;i&gt;Over the past 20 years, the United States has granted permanent residency status to an average of about 1 million immigrants each year. These new “green card” recipients qualify for residency in a wide variety of ways – as family members of current U.S. residents, recipients of employment visas, refugees and asylum seekers, or winners of a visa lottery – and they include people from nearly every country in the world. But their geographic origins gradually have been shifting. U.S. government statistics show that a smaller percentage come from Europe and the Americas than did so 20 years ago, and a growing share now come from Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region.

With this geographic shift, it is likely that the religious makeup of legal immigrants also has been changing. The U.S. government, however, does not keep track of the religion of new permanent residents. As a result, the figures on religious affiliation in this report are estimates produced by combining government statistics on the birthplaces of new green card recipients over the period between 1992 and 2012 with the best available U.S. survey data on the religious self-identification of new immigrants from each major country of origin.&lt;/i&gt;

http://www.pewforum.org/2013/05/17/the-religious-affiliation-of-us-immigrants/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In fact, the government specifically doesn't track the religion of new immigrants:</p>
<p><i>Over the past 20 years, the United States has granted permanent residency status to an average of about 1 million immigrants each year. These new “green card” recipients qualify for residency in a wide variety of ways – as family members of current U.S. residents, recipients of employment visas, refugees and asylum seekers, or winners of a visa lottery – and they include people from nearly every country in the world. But their geographic origins gradually have been shifting. U.S. government statistics show that a smaller percentage come from Europe and the Americas than did so 20 years ago, and a growing share now come from Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region.</p>
<p>With this geographic shift, it is likely that the religious makeup of legal immigrants also has been changing. The U.S. government, however, does not keep track of the religion of new permanent residents. As a result, the figures on religious affiliation in this report are estimates produced by combining government statistics on the birthplaces of new green card recipients over the period between 1992 and 2012 with the best available U.S. survey data on the religious self-identification of new immigrants from each major country of origin.</i></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pewforum.org/2013/05/17/the-religious-affiliation-of-us-immigrants/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pewforum.org/2013/05/17/the-religious-affiliation-of-us-immigrants/</a></p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93011</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Christians have ALWAYS enjoyed preferential treatment in immigration..

That&#039;s been codified in US law for MANY decades...&lt;/i&gt;

Really, evidence?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Christians have ALWAYS enjoyed preferential treatment in immigration..</p>
<p>That's been codified in US law for MANY decades...</i></p>
<p>Really, evidence?</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93010</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;If it was actually a ban, you would have a point... But it&#039;s not, so you don&#039;t... :D&lt;/i&gt;

---- TWEET ----

Donald J. Trump ? @realDonaldTrump

If the ban were announced with a one week notice, the &quot;bad&quot; would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad &quot;dudes&quot; out there!

5:31 AM - 30 Jan 2017

---- END TWEET ----

Your dear leader is the once calling it a ban, Michale.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>If it was actually a ban, you would have a point... But it's not, so you don't... :D</i></p>
<p>---- TWEET ----</p>
<p>Donald J. Trump ? @realDonaldTrump</p>
<p>If the ban were announced with a one week notice, the "bad" would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad "dudes" out there!</p>
<p>5:31 AM - 30 Jan 2017</p>
<p>---- END TWEET ----</p>
<p>Your dear leader is the once calling it a ban, Michale.</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93009</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Richer is a hysterical Left Winger who&#039;s opinion is worse than useless, because he sold out country to push Party...&lt;/i&gt;

Evidence he is a left winger - and just being appalled by the current immigration ban stupidity isn&#039;t evidence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Richer is a hysterical Left Winger who's opinion is worse than useless, because he sold out country to push Party...</i></p>
<p>Evidence he is a left winger - and just being appalled by the current immigration ban stupidity isn't evidence.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93008</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amend that to say &quot;PERSECUTED Christians&quot;....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amend that to say "PERSECUTED Christians"....</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93007</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;2. He stopped telling Christian groups that Syrian Christians would be preferred&lt;/I&gt;

Christians have ALWAYS enjoyed preferential treatment in immigration..

That&#039;s been codified in US law for MANY decades...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>2. He stopped telling Christian groups that Syrian Christians would be preferred</i></p>
<p>Christians have ALWAYS enjoyed preferential treatment in immigration..</p>
<p>That's been codified in US law for MANY decades...</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93006</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Yes - and explaining the implications of what would have happened if he included diplomats - i.e. that our diplomats&#039; visas would have been invalidated.&lt;/I&gt;

I concur...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Yes - and explaining the implications of what would have happened if he included diplomats - i.e. that our diplomats' visas would have been invalidated.</i></p>
<p>I concur...</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93005</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;So, you are saying that it&#039;s a GOOD thing that President Trump excluded those types of diplomatic visas...

OK... Glad we can find some common ground.. :D&lt;/i&gt;

Yes - and explaining the implications of what would have happened if he included diplomats - i.e. that our diplomats&#039; visas would have been invalidated.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>So, you are saying that it's a GOOD thing that President Trump excluded those types of diplomatic visas...</p>
<p>OK... Glad we can find some common ground.. :D</i></p>
<p>Yes - and explaining the implications of what would have happened if he included diplomats - i.e. that our diplomats' visas would have been invalidated.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93004</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A,

&lt;I&gt;But you need to own up to the fact that your generalization was a lie and apologize... and stop lying about me going forward.&lt;/I&gt;

Shit, is THAT what you are harping about???

Why didn&#039;t you SAY so!??

I apologize that I generalized and said &quot;ya&#039;all&quot; without exempting those who do not always state the things that other&#039;s state..  

For a while I tried to differentiate with my Notable Exceptions Noted  (NEN) but, yer right, I have gotten away from that..

So, I apologize for including you in my generalizations...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A,</p>
<p><i>But you need to own up to the fact that your generalization was a lie and apologize... and stop lying about me going forward.</i></p>
<p>Shit, is THAT what you are harping about???</p>
<p>Why didn't you SAY so!??</p>
<p>I apologize that I generalized and said "ya'all" without exempting those who do not always state the things that other's state..  </p>
<p>For a while I tried to differentiate with my Notable Exceptions Noted  (NEN) but, yer right, I have gotten away from that..</p>
<p>So, I apologize for including you in my generalizations...</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93003</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Neil,

&lt;I&gt;I was explaining the type of visas that were exempted - I used to work closely with an immigration lawyer when I ran a services division and we had a lot of engineers coming in and out of the U.S. so I understood what these visas are, and was simply explaining.&lt;/I&gt;

So, you are saying that it&#039;s a GOOD thing that President Trump excluded those types of diplomatic visas...

OK...  Glad we can find some common ground.. :D

&lt;I&gt;Robert Richer, a 35-year CIA veteran and former chief of the agency’s Near East division, said the ban was a “strategic mistake” that could undermine future efforts to recruit spies and collect vital information about terrorists and their plans. How, he asked, can CIA officers persuade Iraqi and Syrian nationals to risk their lives to help the United States?&lt;/I&gt;

If it was actually a ban, you would have a point... But it&#039;s not, so you don&#039;t...  :D

Richer is a hysterical Left Winger who&#039;s opinion is worse than useless, because he sold out country to push Party...

&lt;I&gt;Also, 45&#039;s pathetic protestations that this isn&#039;t about targeting Muslims would be a bit more convincing if:&lt;/I&gt;

It ISN&#039;T about targeting Muslims..  The list of countries was a list that ODUMBO compiled..

So, if it&#039;s ANYONE who is targeting muslims, it&#039;s yer Messiah, Odumbo...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neil,</p>
<p><i>I was explaining the type of visas that were exempted - I used to work closely with an immigration lawyer when I ran a services division and we had a lot of engineers coming in and out of the U.S. so I understood what these visas are, and was simply explaining.</i></p>
<p>So, you are saying that it's a GOOD thing that President Trump excluded those types of diplomatic visas...</p>
<p>OK...  Glad we can find some common ground.. :D</p>
<p><i>Robert Richer, a 35-year CIA veteran and former chief of the agency’s Near East division, said the ban was a “strategic mistake” that could undermine future efforts to recruit spies and collect vital information about terrorists and their plans. How, he asked, can CIA officers persuade Iraqi and Syrian nationals to risk their lives to help the United States?</i></p>
<p>If it was actually a ban, you would have a point... But it's not, so you don't...  :D</p>
<p>Richer is a hysterical Left Winger who's opinion is worse than useless, because he sold out country to push Party...</p>
<p><i>Also, 45's pathetic protestations that this isn't about targeting Muslims would be a bit more convincing if:</i></p>
<p>It ISN'T about targeting Muslims..  The list of countries was a list that ODUMBO compiled..</p>
<p>So, if it's ANYONE who is targeting muslims, it's yer Messiah, Odumbo...</p>
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		<title>By: altohone</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93002</link>
		<dc:creator>altohone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Troll
242

There was a time not too long ago... right after your hospitalization in fact... when I called you out for using you&#039;re hackneyed &quot;ya&#039;all&quot; bit that resulted in you including Don and I in a false generalization about what &quot;everybody&quot; here was doing or saying or something.

You weren&#039;t in such a tizzy at the time, and you managed to summon that tiny shred of integrity you can sometimes still find, and you admitted that you were wrong, and that you should have exempted us from the generalization.

I don&#039;t know if you&#039;re too busy playing the victim/victor right now or what, but we are in the exact same situation once again (the comment record is available for you to follow backwards), and this time you just won&#039;t admit reality.

Most everybody here is used to you lying TO us, but I know I&#039;m not alone in still taking offense when you lie ABOUT us.

If you lie ABOUT me, and I call you out for doing so, I&#039;m not the one &quot;starting it&quot;.

Since you&#039;re probably too lazy to go back to find where you went astray, here&#039;s one of many comparable examples from this thread-

from comment 241

&quot;Ya&#039;all cheered when Obama broke the law, pissed on the Constitution and defied the courts at EVERY turn&quot;

No.
&quot;We all&quot; didn&#039;t cheer.

I didn&#039;t cheer when Obama broke the law by refusing to prosecute the Bushie torturers.
I didn&#039;t cheer when Obama broke the law by refusing to prosecute his Wall Street banking buddies.
I didn&#039;t cheer when Obama continued the mass surveillance that violates our Constitution.
Etc.

And, you know it.

My offer from the other day is still on the table.
But you need to own up to the fact that your generalization was a lie and apologize... and stop lying about me going forward.

It&#039;s easy.

Instead of saying something like &quot;ya&#039;all think Obama is great&quot;, say &quot;ya&#039;all except the troll formerly known as asshole and Don think Obama is great&quot;.

Or, even easier, don&#039;t use &quot;ya&#039;all&quot; and address people individually, because sometimes your generalizations aren&#039;t true about Liz, CW, JM, neil, nypoet, Listen, and everybody else.

Dig deep.
Find that bit of integrity you sometimes briefly exhibit.
I&#039;m not asking too much.

A</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troll<br />
242</p>
<p>There was a time not too long ago... right after your hospitalization in fact... when I called you out for using you're hackneyed "ya'all" bit that resulted in you including Don and I in a false generalization about what "everybody" here was doing or saying or something.</p>
<p>You weren't in such a tizzy at the time, and you managed to summon that tiny shred of integrity you can sometimes still find, and you admitted that you were wrong, and that you should have exempted us from the generalization.</p>
<p>I don't know if you're too busy playing the victim/victor right now or what, but we are in the exact same situation once again (the comment record is available for you to follow backwards), and this time you just won't admit reality.</p>
<p>Most everybody here is used to you lying TO us, but I know I'm not alone in still taking offense when you lie ABOUT us.</p>
<p>If you lie ABOUT me, and I call you out for doing so, I'm not the one "starting it".</p>
<p>Since you're probably too lazy to go back to find where you went astray, here's one of many comparable examples from this thread-</p>
<p>from comment 241</p>
<p>"Ya'all cheered when Obama broke the law, pissed on the Constitution and defied the courts at EVERY turn"</p>
<p>No.<br />
"We all" didn't cheer.</p>
<p>I didn't cheer when Obama broke the law by refusing to prosecute the Bushie torturers.<br />
I didn't cheer when Obama broke the law by refusing to prosecute his Wall Street banking buddies.<br />
I didn't cheer when Obama continued the mass surveillance that violates our Constitution.<br />
Etc.</p>
<p>And, you know it.</p>
<p>My offer from the other day is still on the table.<br />
But you need to own up to the fact that your generalization was a lie and apologize... and stop lying about me going forward.</p>
<p>It's easy.</p>
<p>Instead of saying something like "ya'all think Obama is great", say "ya'all except the troll formerly known as asshole and Don think Obama is great".</p>
<p>Or, even easier, don't use "ya'all" and address people individually, because sometimes your generalizations aren't true about Liz, CW, JM, neil, nypoet, Listen, and everybody else.</p>
<p>Dig deep.<br />
Find that bit of integrity you sometimes briefly exhibit.<br />
I'm not asking too much.</p>
<p>A</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
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		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Also, 45&#039;s pathetic protestations that this isn&#039;t about targeting Muslims would be a bit more convincing if:

1. He managed to shut Giuliani up
2. He stopped telling Christian groups that Syrian Christians would be preferred</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also, 45's pathetic protestations that this isn't about targeting Muslims would be a bit more convincing if:</p>
<p>1. He managed to shut Giuliani up<br />
2. He stopped telling Christian groups that Syrian Christians would be preferred</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-93000</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Robert Richer, a 35-year CIA veteran and former chief of the agency’s Near East division, said the ban was a “strategic mistake” that could undermine future efforts to recruit spies and collect vital information about terrorists and their plans. How, he asked, can CIA officers persuade Iraqi and Syrian nationals to risk their lives to help the United States?

“This was a win for jihadists and other anti-U.S. forces,” said Richer, the deputy chief of the agency’s Operations Directorate during the George W. Bush administration. “It fuels the belief out there that Americans are anti-Islam. Otherwise, it accomplishes nothing, because the ones we are most concerned about can still get to the United States.”

Bloody idiot in the White House making things worse for our military and intelligence agencies. The Republicans need to clean up the mess they have made.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert Richer, a 35-year CIA veteran and former chief of the agency’s Near East division, said the ban was a “strategic mistake” that could undermine future efforts to recruit spies and collect vital information about terrorists and their plans. How, he asked, can CIA officers persuade Iraqi and Syrian nationals to risk their lives to help the United States?</p>
<p>“This was a win for jihadists and other anti-U.S. forces,” said Richer, the deputy chief of the agency’s Operations Directorate during the George W. Bush administration. “It fuels the belief out there that Americans are anti-Islam. Otherwise, it accomplishes nothing, because the ones we are most concerned about can still get to the United States.”</p>
<p>Bloody idiot in the White House making things worse for our military and intelligence agencies. The Republicans need to clean up the mess they have made.</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92999</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;&quot;The C-x and G-x visas are diplomatic visas which, if banned, would mean that every other country could throw out all American diplomats and stop government officials, including 45 himself, from traveling.&quot;

Thereby implying that President Trump&#039;s order encompasses those diplomatic VISAs when, in fact, it specifically EXCLUDED those types of VISAs for the EXACT reason you gave..&lt;/i&gt;

I was explaining the type of visas that were exempted - I used to work closely with an immigration lawyer when I ran a services division and we had a lot of engineers coming in and out of the U.S. so I understood what these visas are, and was simply explaining.

You are seeing demons where they don&#039;t exist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>"The C-x and G-x visas are diplomatic visas which, if banned, would mean that every other country could throw out all American diplomats and stop government officials, including 45 himself, from traveling."</p>
<p>Thereby implying that President Trump's order encompasses those diplomatic VISAs when, in fact, it specifically EXCLUDED those types of VISAs for the EXACT reason you gave..</i></p>
<p>I was explaining the type of visas that were exempted - I used to work closely with an immigration lawyer when I ran a services division and we had a lot of engineers coming in and out of the U.S. so I understood what these visas are, and was simply explaining.</p>
<p>You are seeing demons where they don't exist.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92998</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Heh Oh yea, I know.. But the intent behind it is more important then anything else.. :D&lt;/I&gt;

That&#039;s what&#039;s missing with my interactions with the Troll Formerly Known As Asshole...   

I know for a fact that he would love to see me dead and wasting away as worm-food....

When Neil or Liz or Joshua or CW et al attack me, I know it&#039;s done with affection and respect...  :D  And they realize the same when I reciprocate and respond in kind......

With TTFKAA, there is nothing but hysterical contempt that ooozes off of him..  

Watch.. He&#039;ll respond to this with something like &lt;B&gt;&quot;I don&#039;t wish you dead.. Yer not even worth THAT much thought or effort&quot;&lt;/B&gt; or words to that effect... You watch..  :D  I know my trolls...  :D

But, K Sara Sara... Life goes on..  The key is not to take shit like this too seriously....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Heh Oh yea, I know.. But the intent behind it is more important then anything else.. :D</i></p>
<p>That's what's missing with my interactions with the Troll Formerly Known As Asshole...   </p>
<p>I know for a fact that he would love to see me dead and wasting away as worm-food....</p>
<p>When Neil or Liz or Joshua or CW et al attack me, I know it's done with affection and respect...  :D  And they realize the same when I reciprocate and respond in kind......</p>
<p>With TTFKAA, there is nothing but hysterical contempt that ooozes off of him..  </p>
<p>Watch.. He'll respond to this with something like <b>"I don't wish you dead.. Yer not even worth THAT much thought or effort"</b> or words to that effect... You watch..  :D  I know my trolls...  :D</p>
<p>But, K Sara Sara... Life goes on..  The key is not to take shit like this too seriously....</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92997</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Since I felt compelled to explain to Paula that my comment wasn&#039;t an attack, it only seems fair that I clarify that my comment about you was an attack. :D&lt;/I&gt;

Heh  Oh yea, I know..  But the intent behind it is more important then anything else..  :D

&lt;I&gt;You attack Michale in one comment and then complain about a lack of civility in the next?
HYPOCRITE!&lt;/I&gt;

But I&#039;ll thank you not to do my job around here, eh??  :D

&lt;B&gt;&quot;Look! I have one job on this lousy ship, it&#039;s *stupid*, but I&#039;m gonna do it! Okay?!?!&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Gwen DeMarco, GALAXY QUEST

:D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Since I felt compelled to explain to Paula that my comment wasn't an attack, it only seems fair that I clarify that my comment about you was an attack. :D</i></p>
<p>Heh  Oh yea, I know..  But the intent behind it is more important then anything else..  :D</p>
<p><i>You attack Michale in one comment and then complain about a lack of civility in the next?<br />
HYPOCRITE!</i></p>
<p>But I'll thank you not to do my job around here, eh??  :D</p>
<p><b>"Look! I have one job on this lousy ship, it's *stupid*, but I'm gonna do it! Okay?!?!"</b><br />
-Gwen DeMarco, GALAXY QUEST</p>
<p>:D</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92994</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And President Trump is simply NOT SLOWING down!!!

&lt;B&gt;Trump signs executive order to slash regulations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday that will seek to dramatically pare back federal regulations by requiring agencies to cut two existing regulations for every new rule introduced.

&quot;This will be the biggest such act that our country has ever seen. There will be regulation, there will be control, but it will be normalized control,&quot; Trump said as he signed the order in the Oval Office, surrounded by a group of small business owners.

Trump&#039;s latest executive action will prepare a process for the White House to set an annual cap on the cost of new regulations, a senior official told reporters ahead of the signing.

For the rest of fiscal 2017, that cap on new regulations would be $0, the official said on customary condition of anonymity.&lt;/B&gt;
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-executive-order-slash-regulations-151135855--business.html

Love him or hate him...

It&#039;s simply UNDENIABLE that President Trump is keeping his campaign promises....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And President Trump is simply NOT SLOWING down!!!</p>
<p><b>Trump signs executive order to slash regulations</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday that will seek to dramatically pare back federal regulations by requiring agencies to cut two existing regulations for every new rule introduced.</p>
<p>"This will be the biggest such act that our country has ever seen. There will be regulation, there will be control, but it will be normalized control," Trump said as he signed the order in the Oval Office, surrounded by a group of small business owners.</p>
<p>Trump's latest executive action will prepare a process for the White House to set an annual cap on the cost of new regulations, a senior official told reporters ahead of the signing.</p>
<p>For the rest of fiscal 2017, that cap on new regulations would be $0, the official said on customary condition of anonymity.</b><br />
<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-executive-order-slash-regulations-151135855--business.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-executive-order-slash-regulations-151135855--business.html</a></p>
<p>Love him or hate him...</p>
<p>It's simply UNDENIABLE that President Trump is keeping his campaign promises....</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92992</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Otherwise, you are just as much of a sucker as Michale.&lt;/I&gt;

Awwwww, you say the nicest things!!!  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Otherwise, you are just as much of a sucker as Michale.</i></p>
<p>Awwwww, you say the nicest things!!!  :D</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92990</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is EXACTLY the problem...

Ya&#039;all have NOTHING but hysterical partisanship...

NO FACTS WHATSOEVER....

&lt;B&gt;OH MY GODS!!! CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS!!!

OH MY GODS!!!!  NUCLEAR LAUNCHES!!!!

OH MY GODS!!!!  CREATING DEATH CAMPS!!!!&lt;/B&gt;

waaa waaa waaa   Cry Cry Cry Cry  waaa waaa waaa

Give me some FACTS to work with.... 

But, to date, the ONLY &quot;facts&quot; you have is that President Trump&#039;s legal and constitutional order *INCLUDES* diplomatic VISAs, the terrorists that were CAUGHT after committing a terrorist attack in Canada re &quot;unidentified&quot; and that FORMER President (I love writing that) Odumbo *NEVER* violated any court orders or laws...

So, I can understand why you would want to jet, considering the quality of so-called &quot;arguments&quot; that have been here to date....

But hay.. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right??  :D

Have a nice siesta...  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is EXACTLY the problem...</p>
<p>Ya'all have NOTHING but hysterical partisanship...</p>
<p>NO FACTS WHATSOEVER....</p>
<p><b>OH MY GODS!!! CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS!!!</p>
<p>OH MY GODS!!!!  NUCLEAR LAUNCHES!!!!</p>
<p>OH MY GODS!!!!  CREATING DEATH CAMPS!!!!</b></p>
<p>waaa waaa waaa   Cry Cry Cry Cry  waaa waaa waaa</p>
<p>Give me some FACTS to work with.... </p>
<p>But, to date, the ONLY "facts" you have is that President Trump's legal and constitutional order *INCLUDES* diplomatic VISAs, the terrorists that were CAUGHT after committing a terrorist attack in Canada re "unidentified" and that FORMER President (I love writing that) Odumbo *NEVER* violated any court orders or laws...</p>
<p>So, I can understand why you would want to jet, considering the quality of so-called "arguments" that have been here to date....</p>
<p>But hay.. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right??  :D</p>
<p>Have a nice siesta...  :D</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92989</link>
		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That should hold me for a couple of months, adieu all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That should hold me for a couple of months, adieu all.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92988</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Well,it sure didn&#039;t take long for the Trumpster to create a Constitutional Crisis...&lt;/I&gt;

No one has created a constitutional crisis.

It&#039;s just whiney crying Left Wingers who STILL can&#039;t handle the reality of President Trump...

You LOST...  You were WRONG... About EVERYTHING....

Get over it....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Well,it sure didn't take long for the Trumpster to create a Constitutional Crisis...</i></p>
<p>No one has created a constitutional crisis.</p>
<p>It's just whiney crying Left Wingers who STILL can't handle the reality of President Trump...</p>
<p>You LOST...  You were WRONG... About EVERYTHING....</p>
<p>Get over it....</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92987</link>
		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yup, the link works.  I think the idea may have been inspired by the ad campaign for Amazon Primes &quot;Man in the High Castle.&quot;

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjegICBkOrRAhUG94MKHcC-D1AQjRwIBw&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMan-High-Castle-Season%2Fdp%2FB00RSGFRY8&amp;psig=AFQjCNF-q90vyLHQkyN4WK1gP1v5bH5CnQ&amp;ust=1485874499203075</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yup, the link works.  I think the idea may have been inspired by the ad campaign for Amazon Primes "Man in the High Castle."</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjegICBkOrRAhUG94MKHcC-D1AQjRwIBw&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMan-High-Castle-Season%2Fdp%2FB00RSGFRY8&amp;psig=AFQjCNF-q90vyLHQkyN4WK1gP1v5bH5CnQ&amp;ust=1485874499203075" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjegICBkOrRAhUG94MKHcC-D1AQjRwIBw&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMan-High-Castle-Season%2Fdp%2FB00RSGFRY8&amp;psig=AFQjCNF-q90vyLHQkyN4WK1gP1v5bH5CnQ&amp;ust=1485874499203075</a></p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92986</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cue the cries of &lt;B&gt;&quot;Well, that&#039;s different!!&quot;&lt;/B&gt;

But hay.. This time you are actually right...

It IS different..

Odumbo violated the court&#039;s ruling to push an unpopular Party agenda that HURTS America and the American people..

President Trump&#039;s people are violating the courts to PROTECT the American people and push a popular patriotic agenda...

Odumbo&#039;s actions HURT America and Americans..

President Trump&#039;s actions are HELPING Americans and keeping Americans safe...

So, yer right..

It *IS* different...  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cue the cries of <b>"Well, that's different!!"</b></p>
<p>But hay.. This time you are actually right...</p>
<p>It IS different..</p>
<p>Odumbo violated the court's ruling to push an unpopular Party agenda that HURTS America and the American people..</p>
<p>President Trump's people are violating the courts to PROTECT the American people and push a popular patriotic agenda...</p>
<p>Odumbo's actions HURT America and Americans..</p>
<p>President Trump's actions are HELPING Americans and keeping Americans safe...</p>
<p>So, yer right..</p>
<p>It *IS* different...  :D</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92985</link>
		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well,it sure didn&#039;t take long for the Trumpster to create a Constitutional Crisis...

Please visit the We The People website and read my petition:  Refurbish and Renew the Statue of Liberty to Celebrate Modern American Values

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/refurbish-and-renew-statue-liberty-celebrate-modern-american-values

It is satire, but I believe satire can be effective politics....and it&#039;s not any crazier than some of the other petitions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well,it sure didn't take long for the Trumpster to create a Constitutional Crisis...</p>
<p>Please visit the We The People website and read my petition:  Refurbish and Renew the Statue of Liberty to Celebrate Modern American Values</p>
<p><a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/refurbish-and-renew-statue-liberty-celebrate-modern-american-values" rel="nofollow">https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/refurbish-and-renew-statue-liberty-celebrate-modern-american-values</a></p>
<p>It is satire, but I believe satire can be effective politics....and it's not any crazier than some of the other petitions.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92984</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;I came to the same conclusion in Nov. I still think this is a GREAT column, I read every installment, but reading or responding to the nonsense in the Comments is simply a waste of time. The remainder are rational and informative and basically require no comment.&lt;/I&gt;

Yea.. Comments that are full of FACTS that refute the delusions and fake news of the Left Wingery...

I can see why someone who is enslaved by Party dogma would find those types of comments as nonsense..

But what is REALLY nonsense is denying the reality of President Trump.  And denying the reality that ya&#039;all have been WRONG at each and every juncture..

So, you tell me..

Who is full of nonsense and who is full of facts???  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I came to the same conclusion in Nov. I still think this is a GREAT column, I read every installment, but reading or responding to the nonsense in the Comments is simply a waste of time. The remainder are rational and informative and basically require no comment.</i></p>
<p>Yea.. Comments that are full of FACTS that refute the delusions and fake news of the Left Wingery...</p>
<p>I can see why someone who is enslaved by Party dogma would find those types of comments as nonsense..</p>
<p>But what is REALLY nonsense is denying the reality of President Trump.  And denying the reality that ya'all have been WRONG at each and every juncture..</p>
<p>So, you tell me..</p>
<p>Who is full of nonsense and who is full of facts???  :D</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92983</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JM,

&lt;I&gt;nd EXACTLY when did Obama break the law, piss on the Constitution or defy the court??? Can you point out even ONE example??? &lt;/I&gt;

I can point to hundreds of examples, but it would do no good.. Like Liz, you would simply refuse to see the facts and merely hold onto yer delusions..

&lt;I&gt;I know of NO instance where Obama continued an action AFTER a court ruling telling him to stop. UNLIKE TRUMP.&lt;/I&gt;

Of course.....  But ONLY because you refuse to acknowledge the FACTS....

&lt;B&gt;Obama Administration Violates Federal Court Order, Approves 2,000 More Amnesty Applications Despite Injunction&lt;/B&gt;
http://libertynews.com/2015/05/obama-administration-violates-federal-court-order-approves-2000-more-amnesty-applications-despite-injunction/

You prove my point once again..

Odumbo acted EXACTLY as you accuse President Trump of acting, but you fully support Odumbo because he has a &#039;-D&#039; after his name..

The facts are irrefutable...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JM,</p>
<p><i>nd EXACTLY when did Obama break the law, piss on the Constitution or defy the court??? Can you point out even ONE example??? </i></p>
<p>I can point to hundreds of examples, but it would do no good.. Like Liz, you would simply refuse to see the facts and merely hold onto yer delusions..</p>
<p><i>I know of NO instance where Obama continued an action AFTER a court ruling telling him to stop. UNLIKE TRUMP.</i></p>
<p>Of course.....  But ONLY because you refuse to acknowledge the FACTS....</p>
<p><b>Obama Administration Violates Federal Court Order, Approves 2,000 More Amnesty Applications Despite Injunction</b><br />
<a href="http://libertynews.com/2015/05/obama-administration-violates-federal-court-order-approves-2000-more-amnesty-applications-despite-injunction/" rel="nofollow">http://libertynews.com/2015/05/obama-administration-violates-federal-court-order-approves-2000-more-amnesty-applications-despite-injunction/</a></p>
<p>You prove my point once again..</p>
<p>Odumbo acted EXACTLY as you accuse President Trump of acting, but you fully support Odumbo because he has a '-D' after his name..</p>
<p>The facts are irrefutable...</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92982</link>
		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Liz -265
 
I came to the same conclusion in Nov.  I still think this is a GREAT column, I read every installment, but reading or responding to the nonsense in the Comments is simply a waste of time. The remainder are rational and informative and basically require no comment. 

Large chunks of the Comments Section have come to resemble National Enquirer headlines.

http://media.fyre.co/TXcHfunR9yD4zN3IxoWy_Bat_Boy_enquiere.jpg

Fake news. Gas Lighting. Like anything else, when speech is too cheap to meter, it gets wasted and becomes ecosystem pollution.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liz -265</p>
<p>I came to the same conclusion in Nov.  I still think this is a GREAT column, I read every installment, but reading or responding to the nonsense in the Comments is simply a waste of time. The remainder are rational and informative and basically require no comment. </p>
<p>Large chunks of the Comments Section have come to resemble National Enquirer headlines.</p>
<p><a href="http://media.fyre.co/TXcHfunR9yD4zN3IxoWy_Bat_Boy_enquiere.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://media.fyre.co/TXcHfunR9yD4zN3IxoWy_Bat_Boy_enquiere.jpg</a></p>
<p>Fake news. Gas Lighting. Like anything else, when speech is too cheap to meter, it gets wasted and becomes ecosystem pollution.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92981</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;

It&#039;s YOU who said 

&lt;B&gt;&quot;The C-x and G-x visas are diplomatic visas which, if banned, would mean that every other country could throw out all American diplomats and stop government officials, including 45 himself, from traveling.&quot;&lt;/B&gt;

Thereby implying that President Trump&#039;s order encompasses those diplomatic VISAs when, in fact, it specifically EXCLUDED those types of VISAs for the EXACT reason you gave..

So, either you made a mistake and misread President Trump&#039;s order

OR...

Or you were praising President Trump&#039;s order for it&#039;s wisdom of excluding the diplomatic visas..

Which was it??

Honest mistake or praising President Trump... :D</description>
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<p>It's YOU who said </p>
<p><b>"The C-x and G-x visas are diplomatic visas which, if banned, would mean that every other country could throw out all American diplomats and stop government officials, including 45 himself, from traveling."</b></p>
<p>Thereby implying that President Trump's order encompasses those diplomatic VISAs when, in fact, it specifically EXCLUDED those types of VISAs for the EXACT reason you gave..</p>
<p>So, either you made a mistake and misread President Trump's order</p>
<p>OR...</p>
<p>Or you were praising President Trump's order for it's wisdom of excluding the diplomatic visas..</p>
<p>Which was it??</p>
<p>Honest mistake or praising President Trump... :D</i></p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92980</link>
		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michale wrote:

&quot;Ya&#039;all cheered when Obama broke the law, pissed on the Constitution and defied the courts at EVERY turn..&quot;

And EXACTLY when did Obama break the law, piss on the Constitution or defy the court??? Can you point out even ONE example??? I know of NO instance where Obama continued an action AFTER a court ruling telling him to stop. UNLIKE TRUMP.

&quot;Once again, you have absolutely NO MORAL authority to say that..&quot;

I have PLENTY moral authority as a law abiding American citizen, that IS ALL I NEED.

Hypocrisy, your name is sounding more and more like &quot;Michaale.&quot; Or should I say &quot;desperation&quot; since your laughable attempt at defending Trump is becoming more and more shrill as Trump lurches from one disaster to another. And yes, this is another TRUMP IS TOAST post. How much you want to bet that Trump is forced out out office either through impeachment or other means before his 4 year term is up??? And for the record, I would still like to see Trump be a success because he is President and that is what would be best for the nation as a whole. But that is not the path he has started down on so far at all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michale wrote:</p>
<p>"Ya'all cheered when Obama broke the law, pissed on the Constitution and defied the courts at EVERY turn.."</p>
<p>And EXACTLY when did Obama break the law, piss on the Constitution or defy the court??? Can you point out even ONE example??? I know of NO instance where Obama continued an action AFTER a court ruling telling him to stop. UNLIKE TRUMP.</p>
<p>"Once again, you have absolutely NO MORAL authority to say that.."</p>
<p>I have PLENTY moral authority as a law abiding American citizen, that IS ALL I NEED.</p>
<p>Hypocrisy, your name is sounding more and more like "Michaale." Or should I say "desperation" since your laughable attempt at defending Trump is becoming more and more shrill as Trump lurches from one disaster to another. And yes, this is another TRUMP IS TOAST post. How much you want to bet that Trump is forced out out office either through impeachment or other means before his 4 year term is up??? And for the record, I would still like to see Trump be a success because he is President and that is what would be best for the nation as a whole. But that is not the path he has started down on so far at all.</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92979</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Yea... SURE ya were.. :D&lt;/i&gt;

Don&#039;t be dim Michale.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Yea... SURE ya were.. :D</i></p>
<p>Don't be dim Michale.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92978</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;What are you talking about. I was explaining why those visas were exempted.&lt;/I&gt;

Yea... SURE ya were..  :D

&lt;I&gt;The right wing is getting desperate. Graham and McCain are giving the more cowardly air cover and the power desperate are realizing their Faustian dilemma.

The is a Joe McCarthy moment for Republicans in DC.&lt;/I&gt;

TRUMP IS TOAST prediction #886

Bet ya hit #1000 TRUMP IS TOAST prediction today  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>What are you talking about. I was explaining why those visas were exempted.</i></p>
<p>Yea... SURE ya were..  :D</p>
<p><i>The right wing is getting desperate. Graham and McCain are giving the more cowardly air cover and the power desperate are realizing their Faustian dilemma.</p>
<p>The is a Joe McCarthy moment for Republicans in DC.</i></p>
<p>TRUMP IS TOAST prediction #886</p>
<p>Bet ya hit #1000 TRUMP IS TOAST prediction today  :D</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92977</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TS!!!!????

You ARE still alive!!!!

First Paula, then TS...

We&#039;re gettin&#039; the BAND back together!!!  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TS!!!!????</p>
<p>You ARE still alive!!!!</p>
<p>First Paula, then TS...</p>
<p>We're gettin' the BAND back together!!!  :D</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92976</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The right wing is getting desperate. Graham and McCain are giving the more cowardly air cover and the power desperate are realizing their Faustian dilemma. 

The is a Joe McCarthy moment for Republicans in DC.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The right wing is getting desperate. Graham and McCain are giving the more cowardly air cover and the power desperate are realizing their Faustian dilemma. </p>
<p>The is a Joe McCarthy moment for Republicans in DC.</p>
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		<title>By: neilm</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92975</link>
		<dc:creator>neilm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Did you actually READ the text of the order or did you just let Left Wingery Fake News mouthpiece CNN spoon feed it to you??

You DO realize that even your own text says that the types of visas you are whining about are **EXCLUDED** from President Trump&#039;s order...&lt;/I&gt;

What are you talking about. I was explaining why those visas were exempted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Did you actually READ the text of the order or did you just let Left Wingery Fake News mouthpiece CNN spoon feed it to you??</p>
<p>You DO realize that even your own text says that the types of visas you are whining about are **EXCLUDED** from President Trump's order...</i></p>
<p>What are you talking about. I was explaining why those visas were exempted.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92974</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Heh. No, just being my usual clear-as-mud self without an edit function. :)

I meant to say that my time was running out for the nonsense in this blog and, therefore, will no longer be wasting much of my time responding to those types of comments ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Heh. No, just being my usual clear-as-mud self without an edit function. :)</p>
<p>I meant to say that my time was running out for the nonsense in this blog and, therefore, will no longer be wasting much of my time responding to those types of comments ...</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92973</link>
		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Liz 260

Optimism? - or do you know something the rest of us don&#039;t?</description>
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<p>Optimism? - or do you know something the rest of us don't?</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92972</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;As of the time stamp on this post, the identities of the gunmen and their motives are unknown ...&lt;/I&gt;

This is what I am talking about..

Not only are the motives crystal clear, but the identities of the terrorists are well known, because they were captured!!

&lt;B&gt;Two men were arrested after six people were killed and eight were wounded in a shooting inside a mosque during evening prayers Sunday, in what Quebec&#039;s premier described as a &quot;murderous act directed at a specific community.&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-city-mosque-gun-shots-1.3957686

This is EXACTLY what I am talking about..  Neil, you... everyone is overlooking stone cold FACTS in yer zest and zeal to attack ANYTHING to do with President Trump...

I mean this with the utmost affection and respect, but it&#039;s ya&#039;all who are acting clueless, not me..  

I am the same chock full o&#039; facts fun-loving person I have always been... :D

It&#039;s ya&#039;all that need a fact and reality check...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>As of the time stamp on this post, the identities of the gunmen and their motives are unknown ...</i></p>
<p>This is what I am talking about..</p>
<p>Not only are the motives crystal clear, but the identities of the terrorists are well known, because they were captured!!</p>
<p><b>Two men were arrested after six people were killed and eight were wounded in a shooting inside a mosque during evening prayers Sunday, in what Quebec's premier described as a "murderous act directed at a specific community."</b><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-city-mosque-gun-shots-1.3957686" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-city-mosque-gun-shots-1.3957686</a></p>
<p>This is EXACTLY what I am talking about..  Neil, you... everyone is overlooking stone cold FACTS in yer zest and zeal to attack ANYTHING to do with President Trump...</p>
<p>I mean this with the utmost affection and respect, but it's ya'all who are acting clueless, not me..  </p>
<p>I am the same chock full o' facts fun-loving person I have always been... :D</p>
<p>It's ya'all that need a fact and reality check...</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92971</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Time is running out for clueless blog posts in the comments section.&lt;/I&gt;

Don&#039;t worry..

Time is NOT running out for making grandiose claims of &quot;clueless&quot; without ANY facts or reality to back it up..

So, yer safe....  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Time is running out for clueless blog posts in the comments section.</i></p>
<p>Don't worry..</p>
<p>Time is NOT running out for making grandiose claims of "clueless" without ANY facts or reality to back it up..</p>
<p>So, yer safe....  :D</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92970</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Clueless.&lt;/I&gt;

I understand why you would want to say that..

But the facts ARE the facts...

Terrorism is real...  It happens..  And the connection between terrorism and refugees is well documented..

The only question is why would ANYONE want to deny these facts??

Answer:  Because Party ideological agenda is more important...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Clueless.</i></p>
<p>I understand why you would want to say that..</p>
<p>But the facts ARE the facts...</p>
<p>Terrorism is real...  It happens..  And the connection between terrorism and refugees is well documented..</p>
<p>The only question is why would ANYONE want to deny these facts??</p>
<p>Answer:  Because Party ideological agenda is more important...</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92969</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Time is running out for clueless blog posts in the comments section.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Time is running out for clueless blog posts in the comments section.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92968</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Clueless.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clueless.</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92967</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;I don&#039;t understand what would prompt you to write such a thing as that??

As of the time stamp on this post, the identities of the gunmen and their motives are unknown ...&lt;/I&gt;

The prime minister and the mayor have all identified the act as an act of terrorism...

The perpetrators screamed ALLAH AHKBAR during the attack, so the motives are crystal clear...

This is the EXACT kind of attack that the US could have expected if it continued to allow unfettered, un-vetted refugees into this country...

It will be interesting to see if Prime Minister Trudeau walks back his YA&#039;ALL COME to muslim &#039;refugees&#039; for the safety of Canadians or if he throws Canadians under the bus in his quest to be Anti-President Trump...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I don't understand what would prompt you to write such a thing as that??</p>
<p>As of the time stamp on this post, the identities of the gunmen and their motives are unknown ...</i></p>
<p>The prime minister and the mayor have all identified the act as an act of terrorism...</p>
<p>The perpetrators screamed ALLAH AHKBAR during the attack, so the motives are crystal clear...</p>
<p>This is the EXACT kind of attack that the US could have expected if it continued to allow unfettered, un-vetted refugees into this country...</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see if Prime Minister Trudeau walks back his YA'ALL COME to muslim 'refugees' for the safety of Canadians or if he throws Canadians under the bus in his quest to be Anti-President Trump...</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92966</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michale,

&lt;I&gt;I bet Prime Minister Trudeau is re-thinking his ALL REFUGEES ARE WELCOME idea.......This is what can happen when there is unfettered un-vetted refugees...&lt;/I&gt;

I don&#039;t understand what would prompt you to write such a thing as that??

As of the time stamp on this post, the identities of the gunmen and their motives are unknown ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michale,</p>
<p><i>I bet Prime Minister Trudeau is re-thinking his ALL REFUGEES ARE WELCOME idea.......This is what can happen when there is unfettered un-vetted refugees...</i></p>
<p>I don't understand what would prompt you to write such a thing as that??</p>
<p>As of the time stamp on this post, the identities of the gunmen and their motives are unknown ...</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92965</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;B&gt;Trump&#039;s heartland voters shrug off global uproar over immigration ban

Many of President Donald Trump’s core political supporters had a simple message on Sunday for the fiercest opponents of his immigration ban: Calm down.

The relaxed reaction among the kind of voters who drove Trump’s historic upset victory - working- and middle-class residents of Midwest and the South - provided a striking contrast to the uproar that has gripped major coastal cities, where thousands of protesters flocked to airports where immigrants had been detained.

In the St. Louis suburb of Manchester, Missouri, 72-year-old Jo Ann Tieken characterized the president as bringing reason into an overheated debate.

“Somebody has to stand up, be the grown up and see what we can do better to check on people coming in,” she said. “I’m all for everybody to stop and take a breath … Just give it a chance.”&lt;/B&gt;
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-supporters-idUSKBN15E0BH?il=0

You see, this is what ya&#039;all simply refuse to comprehend..

This country is BEHIND President Trump 1000%...

The cops are behind President Trump...

The military are behind President Trump...

Patriotic Americans are behind President Trump...

The ONLY people who are attacking President Trump are people who put Party agenda first.. People who dream of open borders and America as just another cog in a globalist corporate hegemony on the same level as any banana republic lead by a tin-plated dictator with delusions of god-hood...

And they are a very small minority... Vocal and violent small minority to be sure, but still a very small minority..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Trump's heartland voters shrug off global uproar over immigration ban</p>
<p>Many of President Donald Trump’s core political supporters had a simple message on Sunday for the fiercest opponents of his immigration ban: Calm down.</p>
<p>The relaxed reaction among the kind of voters who drove Trump’s historic upset victory - working- and middle-class residents of Midwest and the South - provided a striking contrast to the uproar that has gripped major coastal cities, where thousands of protesters flocked to airports where immigrants had been detained.</p>
<p>In the St. Louis suburb of Manchester, Missouri, 72-year-old Jo Ann Tieken characterized the president as bringing reason into an overheated debate.</p>
<p>“Somebody has to stand up, be the grown up and see what we can do better to check on people coming in,” she said. “I’m all for everybody to stop and take a breath … Just give it a chance.”</b><br />
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-supporters-idUSKBN15E0BH?il=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-supporters-idUSKBN15E0BH?il=0</a></p>
<p>You see, this is what ya'all simply refuse to comprehend..</p>
<p>This country is BEHIND President Trump 1000%...</p>
<p>The cops are behind President Trump...</p>
<p>The military are behind President Trump...</p>
<p>Patriotic Americans are behind President Trump...</p>
<p>The ONLY people who are attacking President Trump are people who put Party agenda first.. People who dream of open borders and America as just another cog in a globalist corporate hegemony on the same level as any banana republic lead by a tin-plated dictator with delusions of god-hood...</p>
<p>And they are a very small minority... Vocal and violent small minority to be sure, but still a very small minority..</p>
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		<title>By: michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/01/27/ftp422/#comment-92964</link>
		<dc:creator>michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;I was going to post a long series of digs, but I felt that would be unworthy..

It&#039;s not COMPLETELY altruistic..  :D

We have here what Viper pilots refer to as a &quot;Target Rich Environment&quot; so I can afford to be magnanimous and show you the mercy you will, no doubt, refuse to show me..  :D

But, hay... That&#039;s OK...  I am just glad yer back...  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I was going to post a long series of digs, but I felt that would be unworthy..</p>
<p>It's not COMPLETELY altruistic..  :D</p>
<p>We have here what Viper pilots refer to as a "Target Rich Environment" so I can afford to be magnanimous and show you the mercy you will, no doubt, refuse to show me..  :D</p>
<p>But, hay... That's OK...  I am just glad yer back...  :D</i></p>
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