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		<title>By: spiele</title>
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		<dc:creator>spiele</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi I have read this post.Thanks for sharing it.Just wana say it seems there is rather good reason to believe that Obama has settled on the &quot;apartheid&quot; narrative for Israel. On that narrative, Israel has to be reigned in first. Of course, this is madness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi I have read this post.Thanks for sharing it.Just wana say it seems there is rather good reason to believe that Obama has settled on the &#8220;apartheid&#8221; narrative for Israel. On that narrative, Israel has to be reigned in first. Of course, this is madness.</p>
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		<title>By: Ferd Berfle</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ferd Berfle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;That is who he is.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

He is and he isn&#039;t; he&#039;s both shadow and reflection--and that is the problem. Policies don&#039;t relate everything, especially when they are driven by the prevailing political wind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>That is who he is.</p></blockquote>
<p>He is and he isn&#8217;t; he&#8217;s both shadow and reflection&#8211;and that is the problem. Policies don&#8217;t relate everything, especially when they are driven by the prevailing political wind.</p>
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		<title>By: Lou Filliger</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lou Filliger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama not wearing a helmet has made me seriously consider wearing one, for the first time in my life.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama not wearing a helmet has made me seriously consider wearing one, for the first time in my life.</p>
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		<title>By: Martha Washington Collier</title>
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		<dc:creator>Martha Washington Collier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>from the NY Post today...

&lt;blockquote&gt;Michelle Obama&#039;s revenge for flirts

Last Updated: 6:21 AM, September 22, 2009

Posted: 1:33 AM, September 22, 2009
MICHELLE Obamagave her husband the silent treatment at one point in his campaign for president because so many women &quot;pushed their bodies up against his, slipped phone numbers into his pockets&quot; and whispered lewd suggestions in his ear, a new book out today claims.  In &quot; Barackand Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage&quot; (William Morrow), Christopher Andersenreports, &quot;On more than one occasion, Barack tried not to look startled when some random woman in the crowd would grasp him firmly by the derriere -- and sometimes try to hold on.&quot;  After an appearance in Peoria, Ill., the future president slid into the back of his SUV, and allegedly said, &quot;Jesus, I wish they&#039;d stop grabbing my ass.&quot;  &quot;Michelle, understandably was not amused,&quot; Andersen writes. He quotes her as saying, &quot;. . . I want to tell these women, &#039;Back off. Get a life.&#039; It&#039;s just embarrassing, that&#039;s all.&quot;  The book relates, &quot;Michelle knew that all the unseemly fawning nourished Barack&#039;s admittedly already oversize ego. &#039;He&#039;s loving it,&#039; she muttered at one point. &#039;He&#039;s a man, isn&#039;t he?&#039; Once again, she resorted to giving him the silent treatment.&quot;  Andersen cites rumors &quot;that it was more than just the random flirting from strangers that was getting to Michelle. Her husband, it would later be reported, had grown close to an attractive young African-American woman [working for the Obama campaign] named Vera Baker.  &quot;When Baker suddenly and inexplicably vanished from the campaign and resurfaced on the Caribbean island of Martinique, tongues reportedly began wagging. A jealous Michelle, it was suggested, had engineered Baker&#039;s departure.&quot;  Andersen writes that Baker later told a reporter, &quot;Nothing happened . . . I don&#039;t have anything to say.&quot; 

MICHELLE Obama gave her husband the silent treatment at one point in his campaign for president because so many women &quot;pushed their bodies up against his, slipped phone numbers into his pockets&quot; and whispered lewd suggestions in his ear, a new book out today claims.

In &quot;Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage&quot; (William Morrow), Christopher Andersen reports, &quot;On more than one occasion, Barack tried not to look startled when some random woman in the crowd would grasp him firmly by the derriere -- and sometimes try to hold on.&quot;

After an appearance in Peoria, Ill., the future president slid into the back of his SUV, and allegedly said, &quot;Jesus, I wish they&#039;d stop grabbing my ass.&quot;

&quot;Michelle, understandably was not amused,&quot; Andersen writes. He quotes her as saying, &quot;. . . I want to tell these women, &#039;Back off. Get a life.&#039; It&#039;s just embarrassing, that&#039;s all.&quot;

The book relates, &quot;Michelle knew that all the unseemly fawning nourished Barack&#039;s admittedly already oversize ego. &#039;He&#039;s loving it,&#039; she muttered at one point. &#039;He&#039;s a man, isn&#039;t he?&#039; Once again, she resorted to giving him the silent treatment.&quot;

Andersen cites rumors &quot;that it was more than just the random flirting from strangers that was getting to Michelle. Her husband, it would later be reported, had grown close to an attractive young African-American woman [working for the Obama campaign] named Vera Baker.

&quot;When Baker suddenly and inexplicably vanished from the campaign and resurfaced on the Caribbean island of Martinique, tongues reportedly began wagging. A jealous Michelle, it was suggested, had engineered Baker&#039;s departure.&quot;

Andersen writes that Baker later told a reporter, &quot;Nothing happened . . . I don&#039;t have anything to say.&quot;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Grabbing his a**?  Could we have a collective &quot;eeeeeeewwwwwweeeee&quot;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>from the NY Post today&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Michelle Obama&#8217;s revenge for flirts</p>
<p>Last Updated: 6:21 AM, September 22, 2009</p>
<p>Posted: 1:33 AM, September 22, 2009<br />
MICHELLE Obamagave her husband the silent treatment at one point in his campaign for president because so many women &#8220;pushed their bodies up against his, slipped phone numbers into his pockets&#8221; and whispered lewd suggestions in his ear, a new book out today claims.  In &#8221; Barackand Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage&#8221; (William Morrow), Christopher Andersenreports, &#8220;On more than one occasion, Barack tried not to look startled when some random woman in the crowd would grasp him firmly by the derriere &#8212; and sometimes try to hold on.&#8221;  After an appearance in Peoria, Ill., the future president slid into the back of his SUV, and allegedly said, &#8220;Jesus, I wish they&#8217;d stop grabbing my ass.&#8221;  &#8220;Michelle, understandably was not amused,&#8221; Andersen writes. He quotes her as saying, &#8220;. . . I want to tell these women, &#8216;Back off. Get a life.&#8217; It&#8217;s just embarrassing, that&#8217;s all.&#8221;  The book relates, &#8220;Michelle knew that all the unseemly fawning nourished Barack&#8217;s admittedly already oversize ego. &#8216;He&#8217;s loving it,&#8217; she muttered at one point. &#8216;He&#8217;s a man, isn&#8217;t he?&#8217; Once again, she resorted to giving him the silent treatment.&#8221;  Andersen cites rumors &#8220;that it was more than just the random flirting from strangers that was getting to Michelle. Her husband, it would later be reported, had grown close to an attractive young African-American woman [working for the Obama campaign] named Vera Baker.  &#8220;When Baker suddenly and inexplicably vanished from the campaign and resurfaced on the Caribbean island of Martinique, tongues reportedly began wagging. A jealous Michelle, it was suggested, had engineered Baker&#8217;s departure.&#8221;  Andersen writes that Baker later told a reporter, &#8220;Nothing happened . . . I don&#8217;t have anything to say.&#8221; </p>
<p>MICHELLE Obama gave her husband the silent treatment at one point in his campaign for president because so many women &#8220;pushed their bodies up against his, slipped phone numbers into his pockets&#8221; and whispered lewd suggestions in his ear, a new book out today claims.</p>
<p>In &#8220;Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage&#8221; (William Morrow), Christopher Andersen reports, &#8220;On more than one occasion, Barack tried not to look startled when some random woman in the crowd would grasp him firmly by the derriere &#8212; and sometimes try to hold on.&#8221;</p>
<p>After an appearance in Peoria, Ill., the future president slid into the back of his SUV, and allegedly said, &#8220;Jesus, I wish they&#8217;d stop grabbing my ass.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Michelle, understandably was not amused,&#8221; Andersen writes. He quotes her as saying, &#8220;. . . I want to tell these women, &#8216;Back off. Get a life.&#8217; It&#8217;s just embarrassing, that&#8217;s all.&#8221;</p>
<p>The book relates, &#8220;Michelle knew that all the unseemly fawning nourished Barack&#8217;s admittedly already oversize ego. &#8216;He&#8217;s loving it,&#8217; she muttered at one point. &#8216;He&#8217;s a man, isn&#8217;t he?&#8217; Once again, she resorted to giving him the silent treatment.&#8221;</p>
<p>Andersen cites rumors &#8220;that it was more than just the random flirting from strangers that was getting to Michelle. Her husband, it would later be reported, had grown close to an attractive young African-American woman [working for the Obama campaign] named Vera Baker.</p>
<p>&#8220;When Baker suddenly and inexplicably vanished from the campaign and resurfaced on the Caribbean island of Martinique, tongues reportedly began wagging. A jealous Michelle, it was suggested, had engineered Baker&#8217;s departure.&#8221;</p>
<p>Andersen writes that Baker later told a reporter, &#8220;Nothing happened . . . I don&#8217;t have anything to say.&#8221;
</p></blockquote>
<p>Grabbing his a**?  Could we have a collective &#8220;eeeeeeewwwwwweeeee&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: susan h</title>
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		<dc:creator>susan h</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please someone, explain to me WHY the DNC chose him over Hillary.  18,000,000 voters did vote for her and as people got to know her, they respected her intelligence and realized she was a great candidate and would have made a fabulous president.  What did the DNC see in this unqualified suit, that they broke every rule of law and the DNC rules to get him in?
P.S.  I still believe in Hillary too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please someone, explain to me WHY the DNC chose him over Hillary.  18,000,000 voters did vote for her and as people got to know her, they respected her intelligence and realized she was a great candidate and would have made a fabulous president.  What did the DNC see in this unqualified suit, that they broke every rule of law and the DNC rules to get him in?<br />
P.S.  I still believe in Hillary too.</p>
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		<title>By: Linda Mac</title>
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		<dc:creator>Linda Mac</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you have, again, hit the nail on the head.  I supported Hillary and continue to believe that she would have been the better POTUS; however, I hoped that being a Democrat would make Obama a better choice than McCain.  So far, my hopes have not been supported by much in the Obama administration.  I am also terribly afraid that he sold health care reform out to the insurance and big Pharma before we even started.  The examples you have represneted are all senseless grandiose decisions on his part.  He is living a dream without responsibility and I am afraid we will be left with the continued nightmare.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you have, again, hit the nail on the head.  I supported Hillary and continue to believe that she would have been the better POTUS; however, I hoped that being a Democrat would make Obama a better choice than McCain.  So far, my hopes have not been supported by much in the Obama administration.  I am also terribly afraid that he sold health care reform out to the insurance and big Pharma before we even started.  The examples you have represneted are all senseless grandiose decisions on his part.  He is living a dream without responsibility and I am afraid we will be left with the continued nightmare.</p>
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		<title>By: Pat Racimora</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pat Racimora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, it&#039;s a cartoon Word Nerd! Different strokes...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, it&#8217;s a cartoon Word Nerd! Different strokes&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: NoBamaNoWay</title>
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		<dc:creator>NoBamaNoWay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i&#039;ve always thought that obama&#039;s rise in chicago politics was just a little too convenient.  i strongly suspect that some favors were called in to get his opponents thrown off the ballot, and whoever called them in would obviously have wanted to be assured that they would get something in return.  Zero ran for state house earlier and lost, so he probably decided that if he wants to win, he&#039;s going to have to do things the Chicago Way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;ve always thought that obama&#8217;s rise in chicago politics was just a little too convenient.  i strongly suspect that some favors were called in to get his opponents thrown off the ballot, and whoever called them in would obviously have wanted to be assured that they would get something in return.  Zero ran for state house earlier and lost, so he probably decided that if he wants to win, he&#8217;s going to have to do things the Chicago Way.</p>
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		<title>By: NoBamaNoWay</title>
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		<dc:creator>NoBamaNoWay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>couldn&#039;t have said it better, Kathleen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>couldn&#8217;t have said it better, Kathleen.</p>
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		<title>By: ConfusedAmerican</title>
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		<dc:creator>ConfusedAmerican</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was wondering about Obama&#039;s Kanye Comment as an example for our children.

I did think it was really great and gentlemanly that Obama stood up Taylor Swift.

But when Obama used the name &quot;JackA$$&quot; he really didn&#039;t present a very good picture for our kids.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was wondering about Obama&#8217;s Kanye Comment as an example for our children.</p>
<p>I did think it was really great and gentlemanly that Obama stood up Taylor Swift.</p>
<p>But when Obama used the name &#8220;JackA$$&#8221; he really didn&#8217;t present a very good picture for our kids.</p>
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		<title>By: BJinChicago</title>
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		<dc:creator>BJinChicago</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pat,
I so much wanted the POTUS to select a rescue dog for the families pet. It would have been a wonderful message to the nation, especially if he had taken a video crew to the shelter. There are so many wonderful animals in shelters around the country, many now given up because their owners could not afford to keep them.

Your other two points are also good. 

Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pat,<br />
I so much wanted the POTUS to select a rescue dog for the families pet. It would have been a wonderful message to the nation, especially if he had taken a video crew to the shelter. There are so many wonderful animals in shelters around the country, many now given up because their owners could not afford to keep them.</p>
<p>Your other two points are also good. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: TeakWoodKite aka It's not just me.</title>
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		<dc:creator>TeakWoodKite aka It's not just me.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BO riding with out a helmet? Pat, whats to protect when it made from wood?

Makes Pinocchio jealous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BO riding with out a helmet? Pat, whats to protect when it made from wood?</p>
<p>Makes Pinocchio jealous.</p>
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		<title>By: socalannie</title>
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		<dc:creator>socalannie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Farmers Market where I live is very expensive.  The produce there is considerably more expensive than our local Whole Foods!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Farmers Market where I live is very expensive.  The produce there is considerably more expensive than our local Whole Foods!</p>
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		<title>By: Word Nerd</title>
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		<dc:creator>Word Nerd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you sure you want to sign your name so large on these drawings?  If I had your level of &quot;talent&quot; I&#039;m not sure I&#039;d want the world to know my real name.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you sure you want to sign your name so large on these drawings?  If I had your level of &#8220;talent&#8221; I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;d want the world to know my real name.</p>
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		<title>By: Onofre's arm</title>
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		<dc:creator>Onofre's arm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, I just had my comment sucked up as well. Perhaps it&#039;s because I used the &quot;N&quot; word too many times, (Narcissist). Hope it soon materializes, I&#039;m too lazy to write it again.

(I&#039;m really NOT lazy, I actually like work soooo much, that I&#039;m saving it for last!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, I just had my comment sucked up as well. Perhaps it&#8217;s because I used the &#8220;N&#8221; word too many times, (Narcissist). Hope it soon materializes, I&#8217;m too lazy to write it again.</p>
<p>(I&#8217;m really NOT lazy, I actually like work soooo much, that I&#8217;m saving it for last!)</p>
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