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	<description>Harangues that just make sense</description>
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		<title>By: SteveG</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2008/08/26/another-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-379437</link>
		<dc:creator>SteveG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Carter, but without the foreign policy gravitas one gets from spending so much time underwater.
(Which does seem to explain Carter&#039;s economic policies...)


IQ tests are skewed towards test taking skills, so make it a common sense test.
I had a neighbor a few years ago who is a college professor that reported me to the zoning police...The zoning police come over, demand permits, blueprints, inspection cards, generally wasting my time, irritating the heck outta me and proceed to do some setback measurements and find.... that college professor genius guy has a bunch of violations in plain sight. The zoning cops return to the office after taking pictures and measurements of his stuff.... mine was fine.

So I call the guy and ask if he called the authorities on me, and he screams at me with the indignation of the righteous that of course he did... I should have the zone police sicced on me and just goes off on a tirade. So I interrupt the guy and tell him &quot;that&#039;s funny, because they just finished apologizing to me for the inconvenience, and went back to the office to process the violations they found at your place&quot; the guy just kept shouting about how he was right and how &quot;everyone should get together and call the police&quot; on me.
Which made it really fun when I heard jackhammers next door...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Carter, but without the foreign policy gravitas one gets from spending so much time underwater.<br />
(Which does seem to explain Carter&#8217;s economic policies&#8230;)</p>
<p>IQ tests are skewed towards test taking skills, so make it a common sense test.<br />
I had a neighbor a few years ago who is a college professor that reported me to the zoning police&#8230;The zoning police come over, demand permits, blueprints, inspection cards, generally wasting my time, irritating the heck outta me and proceed to do some setback measurements and find&#8230;. that college professor genius guy has a bunch of violations in plain sight. The zoning cops return to the office after taking pictures and measurements of his stuff&#8230;. mine was fine.</p>
<p>So I call the guy and ask if he called the authorities on me, and he screams at me with the indignation of the righteous that of course he did&#8230; I should have the zone police sicced on me and just goes off on a tirade. So I interrupt the guy and tell him &#8220;that&#8217;s funny, because they just finished apologizing to me for the inconvenience, and went back to the office to process the violations they found at your place&#8221; the guy just kept shouting about how he was right and how &#8220;everyone should get together and call the police&#8221; on me.<br />
Which made it really fun when I heard jackhammers next door&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Ropelight</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2008/08/26/another-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-379317</link>
		<dc:creator>Ropelight</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ll take a church full of ordinary, god fearing, honest, citizens over a college faculty of arrogant, self-righteous, hollow men every day of the week. Heck, open the telephone book and take the names at random, and I&#039;d still put them up against the faculty in a foot race, an IQ test, or a Bar-B-Que cook off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll take a church full of ordinary, god fearing, honest, citizens over a college faculty of arrogant, self-righteous, hollow men every day of the week. Heck, open the telephone book and take the names at random, and I&#8217;d still put them up against the faculty in a foot race, an IQ test, or a Bar-B-Que cook off.</p>
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		<title>By: JD</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2008/08/26/another-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-379306</link>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oiram - My answer had nothing to do with feelings. McCain is not the favored son of the boogeyman religious right, which was your question.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oiram &#8211; My answer had nothing to do with feelings. McCain is not the favored son of the boogeyman religious right, which was your question.</p>
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		<title>By: Dmac</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2008/08/26/another-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-379304</link>
		<dc:creator>Dmac</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I’d say the Obama is more like Truman — spawn of a corrupt machine, hostile to business and capable of grasping defeat out of the jaws of victory by firing his best general rather than admit he’s wrong.&quot; 

To compare Obama to Truman in any way, shape or form is an insult to logic and Truman himself. Truman correctly investigated the widespread corruption and malfeasance on the part of our country&#039;s defense contractors, thereby leading our armed services to have full capabilities on a wartime footing much earlier than expected.  MacCarthur was an arrogant ass and often tried to appeal to public sentiment over his commander in chief, which is a serious infraction for a military officer. MacCarthur also wanted to start a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula in order to stave off the Chinese assault - a serious miscalculation, which Truman correctly overruled. Truman was also responsible for leading the country out of the post WWII years, in which economic disruptions and worldwide refugee masses were on the verge of overwhelming what was left of Europe&#039;s infrastructure. Thus we had the Marshall Plan, which many historians correctly credit for saving Europe as we know it today. Truman also recognized the need to confront the Soviets early on, and initiated forward defenses on the many border nations of the USSR. I could add in so many other amazing attributes of Truman&#039;s tenure in office, like the Berlin Airlift, the decision to drop the bomb (thereby saving millions of lives, both American, Japanese and Russian), etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I’d say the Obama is more like Truman — spawn of a corrupt machine, hostile to business and capable of grasping defeat out of the jaws of victory by firing his best general rather than admit he’s wrong.&#8221; </p>
<p>To compare Obama to Truman in any way, shape or form is an insult to logic and Truman himself. Truman correctly investigated the widespread corruption and malfeasance on the part of our country&#8217;s defense contractors, thereby leading our armed services to have full capabilities on a wartime footing much earlier than expected.  MacCarthur was an arrogant ass and often tried to appeal to public sentiment over his commander in chief, which is a serious infraction for a military officer. MacCarthur also wanted to start a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula in order to stave off the Chinese assault &#8211; a serious miscalculation, which Truman correctly overruled. Truman was also responsible for leading the country out of the post WWII years, in which economic disruptions and worldwide refugee masses were on the verge of overwhelming what was left of Europe&#8217;s infrastructure. Thus we had the Marshall Plan, which many historians correctly credit for saving Europe as we know it today. Truman also recognized the need to confront the Soviets early on, and initiated forward defenses on the many border nations of the USSR. I could add in so many other amazing attributes of Truman&#8217;s tenure in office, like the Berlin Airlift, the decision to drop the bomb (thereby saving millions of lives, both American, Japanese and Russian), etc.</p>
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		<title>By: Oiram</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2008/08/26/another-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-379292</link>
		<dc:creator>Oiram</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#28 Rope, You claim the MSM selected McCain.  I was asking if it could be other forces.

Never mind JD answered my question based on his feelings contrary to mine.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#28 Rope, You claim the MSM selected McCain.  I was asking if it could be other forces.</p>
<p>Never mind JD answered my question based on his feelings contrary to mine.</p>
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		<title>By: JD</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2008/08/26/another-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-379288</link>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt; don’t you think the religious right might have had a hand in selecting the GOP candidate by way of voting rights?.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Nope.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> don’t you think the religious right might have had a hand in selecting the GOP candidate by way of voting rights?.</p></blockquote>
<p>Nope.</p>
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		<title>By: Ropelight</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2008/08/26/another-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-379287</link>
		<dc:creator>Ropelight</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#27, I&#039;m willing to answer a question, but please be a bit more clear. I can&#039;t quite make out what you&#039;re trying to say.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#27, I&#8217;m willing to answer a question, but please be a bit more clear. I can&#8217;t quite make out what you&#8217;re trying to say.</p>
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		<title>By: Oiram</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2008/08/26/another-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-379285</link>
		<dc:creator>Oiram</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#26 Ropelight, One question, don&#039;t you think the religious right might have had a hand in selecting the GOP candidate by way of voting rights?.

Also by way of Romney being a Mormon?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#26 Ropelight, One question, don&#8217;t you think the religious right might have had a hand in selecting the GOP candidate by way of voting rights?.</p>
<p>Also by way of Romney being a Mormon?</p>
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		<title>By: Ropelight</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2008/08/26/another-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-379281</link>
		<dc:creator>Ropelight</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#24, Max,

That&#039;s Ropelight, not &#039;line. Yes, I share your concern. McCain and I parted company when he came out for amnesty. My vote for him will actually be a vote against THE ONE. But, since MSM selected the GOP candidate this election, we have to play the hand we hold.

My consolation is the example of SCOTUS nominee, Harriot Meyers. The outrage was so broad and deep that W had to bail out. If McCain tries to reward illegal aliens with US citizenship, I have high hopes McCain will feel the same heat, cranked up so high it sets his rear end on fire.

Amnesty is  unacceptable under any guise. McCain says he got the message, but I don&#039;t believe it. It&#039;s the one issue which keeps me from sending him a check. Unless I hear the right pledge, signed in blood, he&#039;ll get my vote, but that&#039;s it, no contributions, no bumper sticker, no yard signs, no nothing.

As for the PC crowd, they&#039;re such mealey mouth cowards they&#039;d kiss the feet of Osama bin Ladin as he chopped of their useless heads.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#24, Max,</p>
<p>That&#8217;s Ropelight, not &#8216;line. Yes, I share your concern. McCain and I parted company when he came out for amnesty. My vote for him will actually be a vote against THE ONE. But, since MSM selected the GOP candidate this election, we have to play the hand we hold.</p>
<p>My consolation is the example of SCOTUS nominee, Harriot Meyers. The outrage was so broad and deep that W had to bail out. If McCain tries to reward illegal aliens with US citizenship, I have high hopes McCain will feel the same heat, cranked up so high it sets his rear end on fire.</p>
<p>Amnesty is  unacceptable under any guise. McCain says he got the message, but I don&#8217;t believe it. It&#8217;s the one issue which keeps me from sending him a check. Unless I hear the right pledge, signed in blood, he&#8217;ll get my vote, but that&#8217;s it, no contributions, no bumper sticker, no yard signs, no nothing.</p>
<p>As for the PC crowd, they&#8217;re such mealey mouth cowards they&#8217;d kiss the feet of Osama bin Ladin as he chopped of their useless heads.</p>
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		<title>By: JD</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2008/08/26/another-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-379278</link>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LN - I stand corrected.

AD - Consider yourself denounced.  And good morning to you as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LN &#8211; I stand corrected.</p>
<p>AD &#8211; Consider yourself denounced.  And good morning to you as well.</p>
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