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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221442</link>
		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just remember  it was from Balloon Juice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just remember  it was from Balloon Juice.</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221441</link>
		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Go right ahead. Cole has really been on this. And guess who he blames for all of it? Bush of course. It never ceases to amaze me how George Bush can get blamed for the antics of people like Michelle Malkin who obviously does not even like the man.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Go right ahead. Cole has really been on this. And guess who he blames for all of it? Bush of course. It never ceases to amaze me how George Bush can get blamed for the antics of people like Michelle Malkin who obviously does not even like the man.</p>
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		<title>By: AJStrata</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221428</link>
		<dc:creator>AJStrata</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Terrye,

Too funny.  Mind if I use it in a post?

AJStrata</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Terrye,</p>
<p>Too funny.  Mind if I use it in a post?</p>
<p>AJStrata</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221421</link>
		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why going after the Frosts was a bad idea, this is from the site AJ linked to, it seems there will be another PR effort on the part of the people supporting S-CHIP, this is part of John Cole&#039;s post at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.balloon-juice.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; Balloon Juice &lt;/a&gt;:

    Ad Campaign Criticizes Pro-Life Members of Congress for Voting against Childrenâ€™s Health Insurance

    Washington, DC- Catholics United will launch a radio advertising campaign targeting ten members of Congress whose opposition to the State Childrenâ€™s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) have compromised their pro-life voting records.

    The ads, which feature a mother urging her Congressional Representative to support SCHIP, will primarily air on Christian and talk radio stations from Monday Oct. 15 to Wednesday, Oct. 17 as Congress approaches a critical Oct. 18 vote to override President Bushâ€™s veto of bipartisan SCHIP legislation.

    â€œBuilding a true culture of life requires public policies that promote the welfare of the most vulnerable,â€ said Chris Korzen, executive director of Catholics United. â€œAt the heart of the Christian faith is a deep and abiding concern for the need of others. Pro-life Christians who serve in Congress should honor this commitment by supporting health care for poor children.â€

    ***

    The script for the radio commercial reads: â€œIâ€™m the mother of three children, and Iâ€™m pro-life. I believe that protecting the lives our children must be our nationâ€™s number one moral priority. Thatâ€™s why Iâ€™m concerned that Congressman X says heâ€™s pro-life but votes against health care for poor children. Thatâ€™s not pro-life. Thatâ€™s not pro-family. Tell Congressman X to vote for health care for children. Call him today at XXXX, thatâ€™s XXXXX.â€

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ATTN: Dan Riehl, Michelle Malkin, NRO, you have your marching orders. When the ad airs, it is your job to find out what you can about the woman reading the message. Some possible questions for you citizen journalists:

Is she really a woman?
What is her address and where can I find her house so I can drive by it?
Does she really have three kids?
Are they her kids?
Did she swap one in the hospital?
Is it possible she swapped one at the hospital?
Is she a good mother?
Is she really Catholic?
Does she go to church?
What was her last confession about?
Is she really pro-life?
Has she ever had an abortion?
Have her neighbors ever had an abortion?
Does she use birth control?
Has she ever done anything that could technically make her not Catholic? Not a good mother? Not pro-life?

And most important of all, what do her kitchen counters look like?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why going after the Frosts was a bad idea, this is from the site AJ linked to, it seems there will be another PR effort on the part of the people supporting S-CHIP, this is part of John Cole&#8217;s post at <a href="http://www.balloon-juice.com" rel="nofollow"> Balloon Juice </a>:</p>
<p>    Ad Campaign Criticizes Pro-Life Members of Congress for Voting against Childrenâ€™s Health Insurance</p>
<p>    Washington, DC- Catholics United will launch a radio advertising campaign targeting ten members of Congress whose opposition to the State Childrenâ€™s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) have compromised their pro-life voting records.</p>
<p>    The ads, which feature a mother urging her Congressional Representative to support SCHIP, will primarily air on Christian and talk radio stations from Monday Oct. 15 to Wednesday, Oct. 17 as Congress approaches a critical Oct. 18 vote to override President Bushâ€™s veto of bipartisan SCHIP legislation.</p>
<p>    â€œBuilding a true culture of life requires public policies that promote the welfare of the most vulnerable,â€ said Chris Korzen, executive director of Catholics United. â€œAt the heart of the Christian faith is a deep and abiding concern for the need of others. Pro-life Christians who serve in Congress should honor this commitment by supporting health care for poor children.â€</p>
<p>    ***</p>
<p>    The script for the radio commercial reads: â€œIâ€™m the mother of three children, and Iâ€™m pro-life. I believe that protecting the lives our children must be our nationâ€™s number one moral priority. Thatâ€™s why Iâ€™m concerned that Congressman X says heâ€™s pro-life but votes against health care for poor children. Thatâ€™s not pro-life. Thatâ€™s not pro-family. Tell Congressman X to vote for health care for children. Call him today at XXXX, thatâ€™s XXXXX.â€</p>
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<p>ATTN: Dan Riehl, Michelle Malkin, NRO, you have your marching orders. When the ad airs, it is your job to find out what you can about the woman reading the message. Some possible questions for you citizen journalists:</p>
<p>Is she really a woman?<br />
What is her address and where can I find her house so I can drive by it?<br />
Does she really have three kids?<br />
Are they her kids?<br />
Did she swap one in the hospital?<br />
Is it possible she swapped one at the hospital?<br />
Is she a good mother?<br />
Is she really Catholic?<br />
Does she go to church?<br />
What was her last confession about?<br />
Is she really pro-life?<br />
Has she ever had an abortion?<br />
Have her neighbors ever had an abortion?<br />
Does she use birth control?<br />
Has she ever done anything that could technically make her not Catholic? Not a good mother? Not pro-life?</p>
<p>And most important of all, what do her kitchen counters look like?</p>
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		<title>By: lurker9876</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221391</link>
		<dc:creator>lurker9876</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t have a problem voting for Romney or Guiliani.  I think that people are waiting until some of the primaries have gone past before contributing.  Hell, I just l told NRCC and RNC that I would not contribute to them until they show us how serious they are in adhering to the grassroots, conservative but close to the center principles (not to the far right).  Rein in uncontrolled spending.  Rein in earmarks and pork.  Reform the tax code in a very serious way and repeal the 16th amendment.  In the meantime, make the Bush tax cuts permanently.  Reform SSN and enact private accounts but not controlled by the government.  Repeal the death tax permanently.  Support the Bush Doctrine on the ME fully.

Perhaps, AJStrata should revive that topic about the &quot;center&quot; Republicans v. far right.  It just came out after the November 2006 elections.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t have a problem voting for Romney or Guiliani.  I think that people are waiting until some of the primaries have gone past before contributing.  Hell, I just l told NRCC and RNC that I would not contribute to them until they show us how serious they are in adhering to the grassroots, conservative but close to the center principles (not to the far right).  Rein in uncontrolled spending.  Rein in earmarks and pork.  Reform the tax code in a very serious way and repeal the 16th amendment.  In the meantime, make the Bush tax cuts permanently.  Reform SSN and enact private accounts but not controlled by the government.  Repeal the death tax permanently.  Support the Bush Doctrine on the ME fully.</p>
<p>Perhaps, AJStrata should revive that topic about the &#8220;center&#8221; Republicans v. far right.  It just came out after the November 2006 elections.</p>
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		<title>By: lurker9876</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221389</link>
		<dc:creator>lurker9876</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pete Domenici is just the latest Republican to announce he wonâ€™t seek re-election - reason:  health problems.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pete Domenici is just the latest Republican to announce he wonâ€™t seek re-election &#8211; reason:  health problems.</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221386</link>
		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And one more thing sadie, telling someone that going after this family is dumr or stupid is not the same thing as calling them stupid. I did not call anyone any names when I pointed out that I thought this was politically bad for the right.

And the very fact that I would be held up to ridicule for not walking in mindless lockstep or that people would feel the need to back through all the posts blah blah blah because I am not going with the flow says something very unpleasant about that socalled big tent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And one more thing sadie, telling someone that going after this family is dumr or stupid is not the same thing as calling them stupid. I did not call anyone any names when I pointed out that I thought this was politically bad for the right.</p>
<p>And the very fact that I would be held up to ridicule for not walking in mindless lockstep or that people would feel the need to back through all the posts blah blah blah because I am not going with the flow says something very unpleasant about that socalled big tent.</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221381</link>
		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>72% of the people in this country support the Democratic expansion of this program, if you are going to get on the opposite side of 3/4 of the people it is not a good idea to be attacking a family with injured kids when you do it.

It is dumb.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>72% of the people in this country support the Democratic expansion of this program, if you are going to get on the opposite side of 3/4 of the people it is not a good idea to be attacking a family with injured kids when you do it.</p>
<p>It is dumb.</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221379</link>
		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And you know something sadie, maybe you should follow the link AJ has here and find out how the other side of the political spectrum sees this.

They are calling Malkin, Stalkin Malkin. The whole thing once again was ridiculous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And you know something sadie, maybe you should follow the link AJ has here and find out how the other side of the political spectrum sees this.</p>
<p>They are calling Malkin, Stalkin Malkin. The whole thing once again was ridiculous.</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221378</link>
		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sadie:

Oh really? Great banana called me stupid. boris called me a liar. maybe you do not think that stupid and liar are names, but then you are not the one they were directed at.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadie:</p>
<p>Oh really? Great banana called me stupid. boris called me a liar. maybe you do not think that stupid and liar are names, but then you are not the one they were directed at.</p>
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		<title>By: sadie</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221316</link>
		<dc:creator>sadie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sorry Terrye that you have chosen to misrepresent the discussion on JOM last evening.  I observed the discussion and read a lot of people disagreeing with you but definately not calling you names.  
As a matter of fact one poster took the time to go thru all of your posts,  pointing out where you called others names!!
There was much ridiculing of your positions, but I don&#039;t remember personal attacks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sorry Terrye that you have chosen to misrepresent the discussion on JOM last evening.  I observed the discussion and read a lot of people disagreeing with you but definately not calling you names.<br />
As a matter of fact one poster took the time to go thru all of your posts,  pointing out where you called others names!!<br />
There was much ridiculing of your positions, but I don&#8217;t remember personal attacks.</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221286</link>
		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just looked at powerline and they are talking about the Frosts and they are actually linking to Michelle because she is posting pics of these people&#039;s cars. Doing a drive by of their home was not enough.

Is there any indication that these people were supposed to sell their cars to get on this program? I don&#039;t think so. So why do this? If they qualified for the program what is the point?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just looked at powerline and they are talking about the Frosts and they are actually linking to Michelle because she is posting pics of these people&#8217;s cars. Doing a drive by of their home was not enough.</p>
<p>Is there any indication that these people were supposed to sell their cars to get on this program? I don&#8217;t think so. So why do this? If they qualified for the program what is the point?</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sooth:

I don&#039;t think so. I know a lot of people right here in hicksville in who would vote for Giulliani.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sooth:</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think so. I know a lot of people right here in hicksville in who would vote for Giulliani.</p>
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		<title>By: Soothsayer</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4532/comment-page-1#comment-221252</link>
		<dc:creator>Soothsayer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Then that&#039;s more bad news for Republicans. Cause he&#039;s the only candidate with any chance at all.  Meanwhile, the National Republican Congressional Committee is technically insolvent, with millions more in debt than it has in the bank. 

The GOP canâ€™t raise moneyâ€“Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each brought in roughly twice as much cash in the third quarter as the top GOP competitorsâ€“and canâ€™t recruit candidates. The partyâ€™s base is demoralized and threatening to walk if Giuliani wins the nomination. 

Pete Domenici is just the latest Republican to announce he wonâ€™t seek re-election, Larry Craig is back in Congress, and the stench from the Mark Foley scandal remains strong. It would not be surprising if at least one or two once prominent Republicansâ€“Curt Weldon, Conrad Burns, Tom DeLayâ€“were indicted between now and next Fall.

I see the Democrats picking up 5 Senate seats and maybe 15 in the House.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Then that&#8217;s more bad news for Republicans. Cause he&#8217;s the only candidate with any chance at all.  Meanwhile, the National Republican Congressional Committee is technically insolvent, with millions more in debt than it has in the bank. </p>
<p>The GOP canâ€™t raise moneyâ€“Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each brought in roughly twice as much cash in the third quarter as the top GOP competitorsâ€“and canâ€™t recruit candidates. The partyâ€™s base is demoralized and threatening to walk if Giuliani wins the nomination. </p>
<p>Pete Domenici is just the latest Republican to announce he wonâ€™t seek re-election, Larry Craig is back in Congress, and the stench from the Mark Foley scandal remains strong. It would not be surprising if at least one or two once prominent Republicansâ€“Curt Weldon, Conrad Burns, Tom DeLayâ€“were indicted between now and next Fall.</p>
<p>I see the Democrats picking up 5 Senate seats and maybe 15 in the House.</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sooth:

I really do not think that his religion is Romney&#039;s problem. I think it is a personality kind of thing. People just do not warm to him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sooth:</p>
<p>I really do not think that his religion is Romney&#8217;s problem. I think it is a personality kind of thing. People just do not warm to him.</p>
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