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		<title>Obama and McCain Tax Proposals Chart</title>
		<link>http://www.crankypot.com/2008/09/21/obama-and-mccain-tax-proposals-chart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just look at the plans and tell me if McCains plan is not direct spit in the face to middle and low income families.  I thopught Bush&#8217;s plan was bad, but this guy is just biggest sleezball in politics today.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just look at the plans and tell me if McCains plan is not direct spit in the face to middle and low income families.  I thopught Bush&#8217;s plan was bad, but this guy is just biggest sleezball in politics today.</p>
<p>According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both proposing tax plans that would result in cuts for most American families. Obama&#8217;s plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy. For the approximately 147,000 families that make up the top 0.1 percent of the income scale, the difference between the two plans is stark. While McCain offers a $269,364 tax cut, Obama would raise their taxes, on average, by $701,885 &#8211; a difference of nearly $1 million.</p>
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<p>Source of study is non-partisan tax policy center.( www.taxpolicycenter.org/)<br />
Source of little article summary before image is Washington post.</p>
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		<title>Super Delegates &#8211; Truly Moronic Bunch</title>
		<link>http://www.crankypot.com/2008/06/03/super-delegates-truly-moronic-bunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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I have been watching this presidential democratic race since the beginning now, and I am really getting sick of these fuckers called &#8220;super delegates&#8221;. Can they just make up their precious minds and pick a side for fuck sake. What else do they need to know about these candidates? Pick a candidate, and let this [...]]]></description>
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<p>I have been watching this presidential democratic race since the beginning now, and I am really getting sick of these fuckers called &#8220;super delegates&#8221;. Can they just make up their precious minds and pick a side for fuck sake. What else do they need to know about these candidates? Pick a candidate, and let this circus end! Do we really have to wait until they feel like they have enough info? Is there anything more to know about Hilary or Obama at this point, or do these &#8220;super delegates&#8221; waiting for some kind of a scandal to break out, so they can pick opposing side? Everything there is to know about each candidate is known by now, and the only thing everyone is waiting is for these fuckers to show some god damn respect for their own party by picking a candidate and let this charade end, otherwise republicans will eat them up for lunch in November, and those precious &#8220;super fuckers&#8221; will be responsible for biggest crime since the native Indian genocide. So make up your god damn mind and choose. You&#8217;re not THAT important!</p>
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		<title>Next President Will Have An Easy Job</title>
		<link>http://www.crankypot.com/2008/05/18/next-president-will-have-an-easy-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 02:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s truly sad to find out after almost 8 years of W&#8217;s rule, not one good thing he accomplished in his &#8220;presidency&#8221;. Not one! I have really tried, but the best republicans and conservatives can do is: Banned partial birth abortion,  signed no child left behind bill and cut taxes. All of those three [...]]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s truly sad to find out after almost 8 years of W&#8217;s rule, not one good thing he accomplished in his &#8220;presidency&#8221;. Not one! I have really tried, but the best republicans and conservatives can do is: Banned partial birth abortion,  signed no child left behind bill and cut taxes. All of those three turned out disastrous, and republicans should hide under the fucking rock every time any of those disasters are mentioned.</p>
<p>This&#8230; &#8220;walking disaster&#8221; we call president, did more to fuck up this country, than all of the republican presidents combined (ok so I&#8217; m biased against republicans. I consider it to be the healthiest thing citizen can do, so sue me for caring). He actually fucked up this country (and some of the others as well) so much, that the next president will actually have an easy job unfucking it.  Yes, an easy job! Everyone is saying how the next president will have a tough job, will have to really be on his/hers game, will have to work overtime, bla bla bla, but I really don&#8217;t see how&#8217;s that possible. The fact is, things cannot get more fucked up than there are now; no matter who&#8217;s in the office. It really does not matter who you vote for next year. We&#8217;re at the bottom right now, and the only way to go is up. On the fuck scale, this is fuckup of tantric proportions.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, qualifications for the next president should only be that he&#8217;s a human being, and maybe that he can wipe himself with no external help, and conditions in this country would surely improve. You can even put a fucking chipmunk in the oval office, and things would definitely be less fucked up, so whoever is the next president can look forward to a walk in the fucking park.</p>
<p>Note: If you&#8217;re easily offended by the use of the word &#8220;fuck&#8221; in this article.. Fuck off!</p>
<p>BTW: Here&#8217;s a uhm&#8230; satiric look at Bush&#8217;s <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/04/23_resume.html" target="_blank">resume</a></span>.</p>
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		<title>George Bush Gets Booed At 2008 National Openers</title>
		<link>http://www.crankypot.com/2008/03/30/george-bush-gets-booed-at-2008-national-openers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bush&#8217;s Latest Approval Ratings</title>
		<link>http://www.crankypot.com/2008/03/19/bushs-latest-approval-ratings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Here&#8217;s the excerpt from todays&#8217; CNN article:
Just 31 percent of Americans approve of how President Bush is handling his job, according to a poll released Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.
A new poll out Wednesday finds that 67 percent of those surveyed disapprove of President Bush.
Full article here: Poll: Bush&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s the excerpt from todays&#8217; CNN article:</p>
<p><em>Just 31 percent of Americans approve of how President Bush is handling his job, according to a poll released Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.<br />
A new poll out Wednesday finds that 67 percent of those surveyed disapprove of President Bush.</em></p>
<p>Full article here: Poll: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/19/bush.poll/index.html?eref=rss_topstories">Bush&#8217;s approval hits new low</a><br />
There&#8217;s something terribly wrong here. If you don&#8217;t know what that is, I will tell you. It&#8217;s that number 31% that it&#8217;s bothering me. Article says ONLY 31% support president. ONLY?! Are you fucking kidding me? I would&#8217;ve guessed much, much lower. The real questions is not the other 67% who don&#8217;t support the president, but I am wondering who are those 31% of mongoloids that do. In any normal and healthy society this number could not reach 1% but statistical chance alone dictates that you will always have certain percentage of retards and chimp monks supporting this guy so 4% will probably be a closest number, but 31%. Come on. Who&#8217;re we kidding.</p>
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		<title>Republicans &#8211; True Patriots. NOT</title>
		<link>http://www.crankypot.com/2008/02/27/republicans-true-patriots-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Is worshiping a flags and pins considered patriotic?
Is giving the president free hands to do whatever he wants juts to protect country from â€œterroristsâ€ patriotic?
Is protecting the business interests over publicâ€™s considered patriotic?
Is putting your party before people considered patriotic?
Is cutting off medical benefits to the vets patriotic?
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Is worshiping a flags and pins considered patriotic?<br />
Is giving the president free hands to do whatever he wants juts to protect country from â€œterroristsâ€ patriotic?<br />
Is protecting the business interests over publicâ€™s considered patriotic?<br />
Is putting your party before people considered patriotic?<br />
Is cutting off medical benefits to the vets patriotic?<br />
Is trying to privatizing social security by giving it to criminals on the Wall Street patriotic?<br />
Is fighting so hard for oil and drug companies instead for people considered patriotic?<br />
Is running for government office on a â€œgovernment is badâ€ platform considered patriotic or just plain stupid?<br />
I really have no idea who in the right mind could vote republican (except really rich) since; all of the above are republican characteristics.<br />
First thing I asked myself is â€œwhy would anyone hold such a stanceâ€? Answer actually came to me real quick. Because theyâ€™re cowards. Thatâ€™s why! Republicans and people who vote republicans gotta be the most insecure, out of touch, hypocritical, scared little creatures on the planet. Fear is another reason why theyâ€™re lobbying against gun control. They need guns to protect their precious land from the enemy that will never come. What enemy? Blacks? Latinos? Roger Rabbit? Theyâ€™re sorry bunch indeed. Sorry if you get offended but I cannot be kind about this and actually I donâ€™t give a shit if you do get offended.  Grow up! Moving on.<br />
Every scandal republicans got involved in is the exact thing theyâ€™re lobbying against it. Itâ€™s like clockwork. Iâ€™ll bet you that 80% of republicans that are militantly promoting â€œfamily valuesâ€ and â€œmoralityâ€ are either gays or they cheat on their wives, but letâ€™s go back to the terrorist thing.<br />
You mean to tell me that youâ€™re ready to let government listen to your phone calls, take you to jail with no warrants or explanations and destroy every little bit of democracy and privacy you have left just because youâ€™re scared of few fundamentalist cave dwellers? Sure you might say: â€œtheyâ€™re more dangerous that you thinkâ€. Yes they are, but theyâ€™re still cave dwellers!<br />
There is more chance to get killed (and I mean by guns) just by going to high school or college these days, than by terrorists. And you people are scared of insignificant statistical chance? So whoâ€™s real coward here?</p>
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		<title>Bush thinks economy is down because we built too many houses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Following is excerpt from George Bush&#8217;s interview from Today&#8217;s Show.
Bush: &#8220;Yeah, because weâ€™re buying equipment, and people are working. I think this economy is down because we built too many houses (Curry: hmmmmm) and the economy is adjusting. On the other hand weâ€™re just about to kick out 157 billion dollars to our taxpayersâ€¦â€¦what would [...]]]></description>
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<p>Following is excerpt from George Bush&#8217;s interview from Today&#8217;s Show.</p>
<p>Bush: &#8220;Yeah, because weâ€™re buying equipment, and people are working. <strong>I think this economy is down because we built too many houses</strong> (Curry: hmmmmm) and the economy is adjusting. On the other hand weâ€™re just about to kick out 157 billion dollars to our taxpayersâ€¦â€¦what would have been had we abandoned Iraq when times were tough and let those soldiers die in vain..&#8221;</p>
<p>WTF??? Now, when this guy goes to G3 summit or any kind of important meeting to represent United States of America, aren&#8217;t you embarressed? I know I am. And people that voted for this guy should not only be embarrassed, but should be on their fucking knees begging forgiveness from rest of us sane citizens.<br />
Click <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/19/bush-says-the-economy-is-bad-because-they-built-too-many-houses/">here</a> for full video.</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m the Decider</title>
		<link>http://www.crankypot.com/2008/02/08/im-the-decider/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the best stickers I&#8217;ve seen around.<br />
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		<title>Bill Clinton&#8217;s Achievements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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This is just little something for some of those idiots out there who think Bill Clinton&#8217;s sex scandal was more important then any other of his achievements. It&#8217;s really funny what you get when you compare Clinton&#8217;s list with the list (mostly failures) of our president today. Seriously people. Grow up!!!



 Clinton presided over the [...]]]></description>
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This is just little something for some of those idiots out there who think Bill Clinton&#8217;s sex scandal was more important then any other of his achievements. It&#8217;s really funny what you get when you compare Clinton&#8217;s list with the list (mostly failures) of our president today. Seriously people. Grow up!!!</p>
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<li><strong> Clinton presided over the longest period of peace-time economic expansion in American history, which included a balanced budget and a reported federal surplus.</strong></li>
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<li><strong>Clinton left office with a 65% approval rating, the highest end-of-presidency rating of any President that came into office after World War II.</strong></li>
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<li><strong>In August 1993, Clinton signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, which passed Congress without a single Republican vote. It cut taxes for 15 million low-income families, made tax cuts available to 90% of small businesses,[37] and raised taxes on the wealthiest 1.2% of taxpayers[38]. Additionally, it mandated that the budget be balanced over a number of years, through the implementation of spending restraints.</strong></li>
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<li><strong>In 1994, Clinton sent U.S. forces to Haiti as part of the negotiated restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide&#8217;s presidency. He also withdrew U.S. forces from Somalia (1994), where while helping to avert famine they had suffered casualties in a futile effort to capture a Somali warlord. Clinton promoted peace negotiations in the Middle East, which bore fruit in important agreements, and in the former Yugoslavia, which led to a peace agreement in late 1995. He also restored U.S. diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1995.</strong></li>
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<li><strong>Clinton succeeded in brokering peace negotiations in Northern Ireland between warring Catholics and Protestants</strong></li>
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<li><strong>In 1997, Clinton and the Republicans agreed on a deal that combined tax cuts and reductions in spending to produce the first balanced federal budget in three decades.</strong></li>
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<li><strong>During the eight years of the presidency, the economy expanded by 50% in real terms, and by the end of his tenure the US had a gross national product of $10,000bn &#8211; one quarter of the entire world economic output.</strong></li>
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<li><strong>The booming US economy has brought economic benefits right across the income spectrum.</strong></li>
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<li><strong>The unemployment rate has dropped by half, to 4%, a 40-year-low, while the economy has created some 15 million jobs. </strong></li>
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<li><strong>In December 1999, Clinton was among 18 included in Gallup&#8217;s List of Widely Admired People of the 20th century, from a poll conducted of the American people.</strong></li>
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		<title>Same Ol&#8217; Corn Flakes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pretty self explanatory but so true.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pretty self explanatory but so true.<br />
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