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		<title>By: glc</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/conventional-nights/comment-page-3/#comment-5021</link>
		<dc:creator>glc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Victor Davis Hanson,

You&#039;re brilliant.  

Love to digest everything you write.

And you&#039;re right.

Obama is arrogant.  I believe he is dangerous for this country.  Very.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Victor Davis Hanson,</p>
<p>You&#8217;re brilliant.  </p>
<p>Love to digest everything you write.</p>
<p>And you&#8217;re right.</p>
<p>Obama is arrogant.  I believe he is dangerous for this country.  Very.</p>
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		<title>By: Ron Kean</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/conventional-nights/comment-page-2/#comment-4927</link>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Leon,

I was a Democrat once.  I had long hair and marched in the late 60&#039;s.  
Later, I used to get angry at people and argued that Carter was good even thought interest rates were at 21% for a home! 

I had never met or talked to a Republican before.  I thought they were all cold fat old men like Mr. Potter in that Christmas movie.

Little mattered except to oppose them.  It&#039;s just blind stubborn prejudice. Think of all the intelligent otherwise sane people who didn&#039;t object to killing Jews or blacks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Leon,</p>
<p>I was a Democrat once.  I had long hair and marched in the late 60&#8217;s.<br />
Later, I used to get angry at people and argued that Carter was good even thought interest rates were at 21% for a home! </p>
<p>I had never met or talked to a Republican before.  I thought they were all cold fat old men like Mr. Potter in that Christmas movie.</p>
<p>Little mattered except to oppose them.  It&#8217;s just blind stubborn prejudice. Think of all the intelligent otherwise sane people who didn&#8217;t object to killing Jews or blacks.</p>
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		<title>By: Leon Ives</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leon Ives</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am in awe of such intelligent people such as Mary Grabar and many who comment on her website.  I guess what really inspires me is to see such intelligent people who are both smart and have a great deal of common sense.  One thing I can not figure out is how so many far-left liberals can be so intelligent and yet so ignorant when it comes to judging political leaders.  Well, they really are not leaders, but they occupy high level positions that have a very serious impact on our country and our lives.  And, I said intelligent people, but did not say smart and common sense.  Anyhow, here is a question I would ask all of you.

How can so many intelligent people be deceived by someone like Obama based on mere words and no deeds?  Can they truly believe he is capable of managing and leading America - one of the most diverse, powerful and prosperous countries in the world.  Is it because the main stream media as helped promote the agenda of those ultra-liberal within the Democratic National Committee?  Is it the enormous financial backing of those in the shadows, such as George Sorros?  After all, the conservative Christians make up the majority in America.  Perhaps that is part of the problem.  Has conservative America given up?  Are they being lazy by not getting involved, even when it comes to voting?  What events lead Obama to be where he is today, the DNC’s nomination for President with millions of supporters?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am in awe of such intelligent people such as Mary Grabar and many who comment on her website.  I guess what really inspires me is to see such intelligent people who are both smart and have a great deal of common sense.  One thing I can not figure out is how so many far-left liberals can be so intelligent and yet so ignorant when it comes to judging political leaders.  Well, they really are not leaders, but they occupy high level positions that have a very serious impact on our country and our lives.  And, I said intelligent people, but did not say smart and common sense.  Anyhow, here is a question I would ask all of you.</p>
<p>How can so many intelligent people be deceived by someone like Obama based on mere words and no deeds?  Can they truly believe he is capable of managing and leading America &#8211; one of the most diverse, powerful and prosperous countries in the world.  Is it because the main stream media as helped promote the agenda of those ultra-liberal within the Democratic National Committee?  Is it the enormous financial backing of those in the shadows, such as George Sorros?  After all, the conservative Christians make up the majority in America.  Perhaps that is part of the problem.  Has conservative America given up?  Are they being lazy by not getting involved, even when it comes to voting?  What events lead Obama to be where he is today, the DNC’s nomination for President with millions of supporters?</p>
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		<title>By: RJ</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/conventional-nights/comment-page-2/#comment-4921</link>
		<dc:creator>RJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Javelin, I tried to keep from aiding others in throwing your sorry ass under the bus, but now,after suggesting McCain&#039;s remarks on chasing Evil were a &quot;juvenile kneejerk comic book response&quot; and that his &quot;hubris and arrogance&quot; was just too much for you to bear...

Allow me to open the door as others kick your stupid being into a reality where you might find some truths.  

To wit:  McCain belongs to a very special club where its members from time to time gather and revisit the real hell they experienced.  Each has had to respond in his special manner then and since. Not all have succeeded to reach some manner of normal. 

McCain went on to where he is today.  Could the same be said for me, or perhaps you?  I&#039;m not so sure (for me).

McCain knows what freedom is and what some facets of evil are.  I would expect him to go after evil that he knows and detests.

Does he know of every kind of evil?  I doubt it, but if he were told of a new evil and he found it worthy, I am sure he would go after it, just like I think going after your ass might be worthy of me and the others of this list who have responded!

Are you the kind of person who stands at the fork in the road and always, always argues to the person about to make a directional choice that he is a jerk who doesn&#039;t know what he is doing?

Maybe you are the evil?  Projection.  Cowardice.  Fear. Castration anxieties?  Deep inside you do know. 

I&#039;ll go with coward.  Or stated another way:  I must go down a dark alley where evil might lurk with either McCain or you; who do I choose?  

It will never be you.  

However, if I saw your sorry ass being ground up via our bus, I just might be the first to run to you and offer immediate aid, life saving aid if possible. (Without guilt driving me) 

Nor would I be worried about you and your lawyer suing me later!

I too have kneejerk reactions to certain realities of life experiences.  

Javelin,buy a blow up doll and talk at it!  You&#039;ll be in total control...and in love!

Or wait for your Cherry 2000.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Javelin, I tried to keep from aiding others in throwing your sorry ass under the bus, but now,after suggesting McCain&#8217;s remarks on chasing Evil were a &#8220;juvenile kneejerk comic book response&#8221; and that his &#8220;hubris and arrogance&#8221; was just too much for you to bear&#8230;</p>
<p>Allow me to open the door as others kick your stupid being into a reality where you might find some truths.  </p>
<p>To wit:  McCain belongs to a very special club where its members from time to time gather and revisit the real hell they experienced.  Each has had to respond in his special manner then and since. Not all have succeeded to reach some manner of normal. </p>
<p>McCain went on to where he is today.  Could the same be said for me, or perhaps you?  I&#8217;m not so sure (for me).</p>
<p>McCain knows what freedom is and what some facets of evil are.  I would expect him to go after evil that he knows and detests.</p>
<p>Does he know of every kind of evil?  I doubt it, but if he were told of a new evil and he found it worthy, I am sure he would go after it, just like I think going after your ass might be worthy of me and the others of this list who have responded!</p>
<p>Are you the kind of person who stands at the fork in the road and always, always argues to the person about to make a directional choice that he is a jerk who doesn&#8217;t know what he is doing?</p>
<p>Maybe you are the evil?  Projection.  Cowardice.  Fear. Castration anxieties?  Deep inside you do know. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ll go with coward.  Or stated another way:  I must go down a dark alley where evil might lurk with either McCain or you; who do I choose?  </p>
<p>It will never be you.  </p>
<p>However, if I saw your sorry ass being ground up via our bus, I just might be the first to run to you and offer immediate aid, life saving aid if possible. (Without guilt driving me) </p>
<p>Nor would I be worried about you and your lawyer suing me later!</p>
<p>I too have kneejerk reactions to certain realities of life experiences.  </p>
<p>Javelin,buy a blow up doll and talk at it!  You&#8217;ll be in total control&#8230;and in love!</p>
<p>Or wait for your Cherry 2000.</p>
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		<title>By: Javelin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Javelin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain said at the Saddelback Event that he would meet Evil everywhere and defeat it. If that isn&#039;t some juvenile kneejerk comic book response then what is? Considering evil is part of the human condition that none of us is free from, isn&#039;t that ultimately a call to tyranny or mass suicide? You can&#039;t eliminate all evil any more than you can&#039;t eliminate all pollution unless we all go extinct.
Now, Dr, Hanson, lecture us about McCain&#039;s hubris and arrogance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain said at the Saddelback Event that he would meet Evil everywhere and defeat it. If that isn&#8217;t some juvenile kneejerk comic book response then what is? Considering evil is part of the human condition that none of us is free from, isn&#8217;t that ultimately a call to tyranny or mass suicide? You can&#8217;t eliminate all evil any more than you can&#8217;t eliminate all pollution unless we all go extinct.<br />
Now, Dr, Hanson, lecture us about McCain&#8217;s hubris and arrogance.</p>
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		<title>By: Ron Kean</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ron Kean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Javelin,

Congress gave Bush the authority to wage war.  They voted to let him decide.  It was legal.  Ask your Senator.

Our kids go to school and learn math, reading and writing.  We go to shops and listen to personalities on the radio.  

Because of President Bush&#039;s decision, the same goes for people in Iraq and Afghanistan.  They&#039;re free now because of him.

Perfect? No. Can everything change tomorrow? Yes.  But for now, through a window of opportunity, 50,000,000 people can build free countries whereas before, Saddam, Uday, Quesay, Taliban, Al Qaeda...yikes!  

Good luck to us all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Javelin,</p>
<p>Congress gave Bush the authority to wage war.  They voted to let him decide.  It was legal.  Ask your Senator.</p>
<p>Our kids go to school and learn math, reading and writing.  We go to shops and listen to personalities on the radio.  </p>
<p>Because of President Bush&#8217;s decision, the same goes for people in Iraq and Afghanistan.  They&#8217;re free now because of him.</p>
<p>Perfect? No. Can everything change tomorrow? Yes.  But for now, through a window of opportunity, 50,000,000 people can build free countries whereas before, Saddam, Uday, Quesay, Taliban, Al Qaeda&#8230;yikes!  </p>
<p>Good luck to us all.</p>
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		<title>By: jp</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/conventional-nights/comment-page-2/#comment-4914</link>
		<dc:creator>jp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kay...&quot;without oil, you would be completely naked in a forest with absolutely nothing than what you can pick up...&quot;  For all of the Liberals that keep us from drilling for our own oil, I wish that they would read this. Of course with the Dems they wouldn&#039;t accept it. And for all of the people who have said of Obama &quot;the Emperor has no clothes&quot;, it is also part of that equation, though with his almost total lack of experience to be President, not the complete story by any means. 
 
Informed of McCain&#039;s VP selection, a senior official with the Obama campaign questioned Palin&#039;s executive experience. Huh?

Recently one blog noted that ACORN had been able to find 75,000 new voters in a county (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) that already has 200,000 more registered voters than adults, according to the Census Bureau. This is the state where the democrats passed the new law to allow same day registration and voting on Election Day, no ID required.

Palin as McCain&#039;s VP pick certainly seems to be a popular choice, with many Hillary supporters saying they will join McCain. Way to go. I wish that in answer to BO&#039;s smear about &#039;how many houses does JMcC have&#039;, that McCain would do an ad saying &#039;my wife inherited some houses, no part of which were paid for by Rezco&#039;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kay&#8230;&#8221;without oil, you would be completely naked in a forest with absolutely nothing than what you can pick up&#8230;&#8221;  For all of the Liberals that keep us from drilling for our own oil, I wish that they would read this. Of course with the Dems they wouldn&#8217;t accept it. And for all of the people who have said of Obama &#8220;the Emperor has no clothes&#8221;, it is also part of that equation, though with his almost total lack of experience to be President, not the complete story by any means. </p>
<p>Informed of McCain&#8217;s VP selection, a senior official with the Obama campaign questioned Palin&#8217;s executive experience. Huh?</p>
<p>Recently one blog noted that ACORN had been able to find 75,000 new voters in a county (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) that already has 200,000 more registered voters than adults, according to the Census Bureau. This is the state where the democrats passed the new law to allow same day registration and voting on Election Day, no ID required.</p>
<p>Palin as McCain&#8217;s VP pick certainly seems to be a popular choice, with many Hillary supporters saying they will join McCain. Way to go. I wish that in answer to BO&#8217;s smear about &#8216;how many houses does JMcC have&#8217;, that McCain would do an ad saying &#8216;my wife inherited some houses, no part of which were paid for by Rezco&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>By: RJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>RJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Taking out Saddam of Iraq and attempting to establish a democratic governance was a good idea (see Israel); however, the execution of the plan to do so was not as smart as it should have been.  Thus, I am not so quick to throw Javelin under the bus.  

Were the lawyers in Congress and the Pentagon responsible for decisions insofar as how we went after Mullah Omar, the Taliban, and Osama in Afganistan?  

Fighting with one hand tied behind your back is not really smart, it&#039;s cocky.  Going into a war more worried about &quot;civilian&quot; causalities than wiping the enemy&#039;s energies off the face of the earth is not much different than tying that hand, now is it?  

Yea, counterinsurgency, green beret/seals, cultural sensitivities, fourth generation warfare, the new world; yada yada doo.

Smart bombs, up armored Humvees, being polite to prisoners, handing out money to those who claim your bombs hurt their families (and feelings of self worth); being so sensitive you don&#039;t chase after bad guys (like Al-Sadr) through Islamic cemeteries; not fighting on religious holidays so as not to offend the general population...more like a police action than a war machine, no?

Then again, when I see our local cops try to recruit new police officers they seem to dwell on their SWAT, quasi military forces during every television commercial, don&#039;t they?

Confusion?  How do we go about making changes?  Lawyers with guns?  Lawyers with words and guns?  Who shot Liberty Valance?  

The Democrats have two lawyers on their ticket, while the Republicans have a warrior and a &quot;frontier&quot; mom as candidates.

The Dems cry out for victims (ambulance chasing in it&#039;s highest form?) to be their soldiers, while the other team says &quot;let&#039;s get the job done now!&quot;

Meanwhile, that great culture of &quot;mustache men&quot; keeps pretending they need one hand dirty..one hand clean in the 21st century; along with &quot;protecting&quot; their women from we infidels.

Are the Russians onto something here?

I see the picture of Nicole and her Pussycat Dolls singing:  &quot;Don&#039;t you wish your girlfriend was hot like ME?&quot;

Some reality tv show we&#039;re living, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Taking out Saddam of Iraq and attempting to establish a democratic governance was a good idea (see Israel); however, the execution of the plan to do so was not as smart as it should have been.  Thus, I am not so quick to throw Javelin under the bus.  </p>
<p>Were the lawyers in Congress and the Pentagon responsible for decisions insofar as how we went after Mullah Omar, the Taliban, and Osama in Afganistan?  </p>
<p>Fighting with one hand tied behind your back is not really smart, it&#8217;s cocky.  Going into a war more worried about &#8220;civilian&#8221; causalities than wiping the enemy&#8217;s energies off the face of the earth is not much different than tying that hand, now is it?  </p>
<p>Yea, counterinsurgency, green beret/seals, cultural sensitivities, fourth generation warfare, the new world; yada yada doo.</p>
<p>Smart bombs, up armored Humvees, being polite to prisoners, handing out money to those who claim your bombs hurt their families (and feelings of self worth); being so sensitive you don&#8217;t chase after bad guys (like Al-Sadr) through Islamic cemeteries; not fighting on religious holidays so as not to offend the general population&#8230;more like a police action than a war machine, no?</p>
<p>Then again, when I see our local cops try to recruit new police officers they seem to dwell on their SWAT, quasi military forces during every television commercial, don&#8217;t they?</p>
<p>Confusion?  How do we go about making changes?  Lawyers with guns?  Lawyers with words and guns?  Who shot Liberty Valance?  </p>
<p>The Democrats have two lawyers on their ticket, while the Republicans have a warrior and a &#8220;frontier&#8221; mom as candidates.</p>
<p>The Dems cry out for victims (ambulance chasing in it&#8217;s highest form?) to be their soldiers, while the other team says &#8220;let&#8217;s get the job done now!&#8221;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, that great culture of &#8220;mustache men&#8221; keeps pretending they need one hand dirty..one hand clean in the 21st century; along with &#8220;protecting&#8221; their women from we infidels.</p>
<p>Are the Russians onto something here?</p>
<p>I see the picture of Nicole and her Pussycat Dolls singing:  &#8220;Don&#8217;t you wish your girlfriend was hot like ME?&#8221;</p>
<p>Some reality tv show we&#8217;re living, right?</p>
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		<title>By: &#8220;Obama&#8217;s Hellenic Hubris&#8221; &#171; Poppypundit</title>
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		<dc:creator>&#8220;Obama&#8217;s Hellenic Hubris&#8221; &#171; Poppypundit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: msnthrop</title>
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		<dc:creator>msnthrop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>VDH please put yourself to imagining what America will be like four years from now with John McCain at the helm, or God forbid he dies.  What do you imagine our country to look like with either one of the Republican nominees in charge?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>VDH please put yourself to imagining what America will be like four years from now with John McCain at the helm, or God forbid he dies.  What do you imagine our country to look like with either one of the Republican nominees in charge?</p>
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