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		<title>By: Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/10/04/lgbt-activists-join-progressive-rally-challenging-tea-party/#comment-5481</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You seem to have this knee-jerk reaction regarding black issues and read into any post an attack against blacks.  You might want to examine it, because you come across a bit crazy in your posts.   Also criticism of Obama as president is not criticism of him as black.  Just a thought . . .]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You seem to have this knee-jerk reaction regarding black issues and read into any post an attack against blacks.  You might want to examine it, because you come across a bit crazy in your posts.   Also criticism of Obama as president is not criticism of him as black.  Just a thought . . .</p>
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		<title>By: Jason Stein</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason Stein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not form what I heard.  And I&#039;m told - I was out knocking on doors for progressive candidates, that the press ignored tens of thousands who came to protest Glen Beck - the morman asshole of the asshole church of Prop Hate.

Some people, like Beck will do anything for the multimillion $$ pay they get.  For poisoning the well of American Politics.   Hey, if America falls apart they&#039;ll have tens of millions invested in gold.  And can buy their own jet plane (entry costs about 10 mil+1 mill per year to run and maintain (I&#039;m a commercially licensed pilot).

To go live in Monaco or whereever else big money will buy them comfort and security.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not form what I heard.  And I&#8217;m told &#8211; I was out knocking on doors for progressive candidates, that the press ignored tens of thousands who came to protest Glen Beck &#8211; the morman asshole of the asshole church of Prop Hate.</p>
<p>Some people, like Beck will do anything for the multimillion $$ pay they get.  For poisoning the well of American Politics.   Hey, if America falls apart they&#8217;ll have tens of millions invested in gold.  And can buy their own jet plane (entry costs about 10 mil+1 mill per year to run and maintain (I&#8217;m a commercially licensed pilot).</p>
<p>To go live in Monaco or whereever else big money will buy them comfort and security.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason Stein</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/10/04/lgbt-activists-join-progressive-rally-challenging-tea-party/#comment-5377</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason Stein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BTW - the catholic church has yet to EXcommunicate hitler, because that would be admitting their guilt.

And the RATZI Pope in 2009 Unexcommunicated a Bishop Williamson, a a holocaust denier.

Reminds me of the old line by the right wing churches - &quot;give me a child by the age of 7 and I&#039;ll make him a &quot;good&quot;  christian for life.

Of course - the kid doesnt have the experience or guts to say &quot;Bullshit&quot;

And you can replace &quot;Christian&quot; with Nazi.  Especailly seeing that Pope RATZInger was born in 1928 and grew up in Nazi germany.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW &#8211; the catholic church has yet to EXcommunicate hitler, because that would be admitting their guilt.</p>
<p>And the RATZI Pope in 2009 Unexcommunicated a Bishop Williamson, a a holocaust denier.</p>
<p>Reminds me of the old line by the right wing churches &#8211; &#8220;give me a child by the age of 7 and I&#8217;ll make him a &#8220;good&#8221;  christian for life.</p>
<p>Of course &#8211; the kid doesnt have the experience or guts to say &#8220;Bullshit&#8221;</p>
<p>And you can replace &#8220;Christian&#8221; with Nazi.  Especailly seeing that Pope RATZInger was born in 1928 and grew up in Nazi germany.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason Stein</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/10/04/lgbt-activists-join-progressive-rally-challenging-tea-party/#comment-5376</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason Stein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeh - and I am your monkey&#039;s uncle.  I&#039;ve played your kind of game on some republcian web sites.

If bush had his way, and if you realize who was behind him, it was the christo-facists of the bible belt in the south.  The same people whose culture gave us sslavery, the still active KKK, and segtregation.  And would turn gay people in the near    &quot;Jews of germany&quot;, and you know where that led.  In fact they don&#039;t have to turn you into the new Jews, because germany&#039;s gays joined the Jews in hitlers ovens.

And if there is a shred of truth to what you claim to be,  the bailout was an absoltuely necessary thing.  There was an article in some magazine last year, and I&#039;ve seen confirmation of the story recently.  On a friday, the govt called together the key banking people, and the key fed reserve people.   

And the situation was simple - if we don&#039;t do anything, the financial markets will NOT open on monday.

And that would have totally destroyed the economy.  It would have been 1929 all over again.  I remember my parents telling me stories about it    Dad graduated college in 1929. His only job in his chemical engineering field lasted 4 months.  I also know how his family almost lost their home (a 3 decker) for want of a $10 or $20 mortgage payment.  And how his car was up on blocks for 6 months because he didn&#039;thave $10 for the required insurance in MA.

And I think the only way that my parents survived the depression was an uncle who was a very capable CPA, and catered to the moneyed people.  He supported most of the family - 5 familes - on my mothers side.

And he said he got a little better, then collapsed again in 1937.  Only the upcoming war - a lousy scene - began to bring the economy up.  And I was the first child,  Conceived in spring of 1939.  My parents having waited 6 years to have a child due to economics.

Whetehr you like the democrats or not, they are the only realistic to the republicans.   And I&#039;ve studies the republicans and I&#039;ve studied nazi germany.  Adn so much of the republican mantra comes right out of the nazis

eg If you tell a lie often enough and outrageous enough, it will be seen as the truth.   (Goebbels who got hitler elected.)

all the way to the BS about  calling democrats elites - that is also what hitler did to the Jews and others he hated.

The list goes on.  I only wish I could take most of the republcian party - especially the leadership, and send them str8 to an Islamic hell.

but since we cant do that,  Its a susre bet that we shouldn&#039;t support what has as its ultimate goal turning America into a state run by big corporations and the religious extremists.  Greed and theocracy.

And where did theocracy come in re the nazis - well , Hitler was born and baptised CAtholic, and he leveraged the churches hatred of the Jews (the &quot;christ killers) to get elected.  

And like bush and his gang, and huckabee etc, he often talked about moral values - his speeches are preserved in a great library in a book in this country.

And every german soldiers belt buckle said on it   &quot;Gott mit Uns&quot; close enougn to the english that we should all be able to translate it,  especially if you drop one letter in the last word.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeh &#8211; and I am your monkey&#8217;s uncle.  I&#8217;ve played your kind of game on some republcian web sites.</p>
<p>If bush had his way, and if you realize who was behind him, it was the christo-facists of the bible belt in the south.  The same people whose culture gave us sslavery, the still active KKK, and segtregation.  And would turn gay people in the near    &#8220;Jews of germany&#8221;, and you know where that led.  In fact they don&#8217;t have to turn you into the new Jews, because germany&#8217;s gays joined the Jews in hitlers ovens.</p>
<p>And if there is a shred of truth to what you claim to be,  the bailout was an absoltuely necessary thing.  There was an article in some magazine last year, and I&#8217;ve seen confirmation of the story recently.  On a friday, the govt called together the key banking people, and the key fed reserve people.   </p>
<p>And the situation was simple &#8211; if we don&#8217;t do anything, the financial markets will NOT open on monday.</p>
<p>And that would have totally destroyed the economy.  It would have been 1929 all over again.  I remember my parents telling me stories about it    Dad graduated college in 1929. His only job in his chemical engineering field lasted 4 months.  I also know how his family almost lost their home (a 3 decker) for want of a $10 or $20 mortgage payment.  And how his car was up on blocks for 6 months because he didn&#8217;thave $10 for the required insurance in MA.</p>
<p>And I think the only way that my parents survived the depression was an uncle who was a very capable CPA, and catered to the moneyed people.  He supported most of the family &#8211; 5 familes &#8211; on my mothers side.</p>
<p>And he said he got a little better, then collapsed again in 1937.  Only the upcoming war &#8211; a lousy scene &#8211; began to bring the economy up.  And I was the first child,  Conceived in spring of 1939.  My parents having waited 6 years to have a child due to economics.</p>
<p>Whetehr you like the democrats or not, they are the only realistic to the republicans.   And I&#8217;ve studies the republicans and I&#8217;ve studied nazi germany.  Adn so much of the republican mantra comes right out of the nazis</p>
<p>eg If you tell a lie often enough and outrageous enough, it will be seen as the truth.   (Goebbels who got hitler elected.)</p>
<p>all the way to the BS about  calling democrats elites &#8211; that is also what hitler did to the Jews and others he hated.</p>
<p>The list goes on.  I only wish I could take most of the republcian party &#8211; especially the leadership, and send them str8 to an Islamic hell.</p>
<p>but since we cant do that,  Its a susre bet that we shouldn&#8217;t support what has as its ultimate goal turning America into a state run by big corporations and the religious extremists.  Greed and theocracy.</p>
<p>And where did theocracy come in re the nazis &#8211; well , Hitler was born and baptised CAtholic, and he leveraged the churches hatred of the Jews (the &#8220;christ killers) to get elected.  </p>
<p>And like bush and his gang, and huckabee etc, he often talked about moral values &#8211; his speeches are preserved in a great library in a book in this country.</p>
<p>And every german soldiers belt buckle said on it   &#8220;Gott mit Uns&#8221; close enougn to the english that we should all be able to translate it,  especially if you drop one letter in the last word.</p>
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		<title>By: Bill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My biggest question is how did you ever get some much space to post your reply?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My biggest question is how did you ever get some much space to post your reply?</p>
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		<title>By: Bill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim - I am finding (and for a long time now) that other progressive groups will throw us under the bus whenever they can.  We are quite expendable and very often aren&#039;t included in their &quot;list&quot; of acceptable issues and groups.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tim &#8211; I am finding (and for a long time now) that other progressive groups will throw us under the bus whenever they can.  We are quite expendable and very often aren&#8217;t included in their &#8220;list&#8221; of acceptable issues and groups.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reporter neglected to mention that, despite being organized by more than 400 union/liberal groups, the rally was a relative bust in terms of turnout.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reporter neglected to mention that, despite being organized by more than 400 union/liberal groups, the rally was a relative bust in terms of turnout.</p>
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		<title>By: Ben</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And your so The first Black President made you realize who the hell you really were! 
George Bush bailed banks out also. Why didn&#039;t that change your mind then????

LIAR, LIAR MISS HONEY YOUR PANTS IS ON FIRE 
Now go to hell with the rest of the KKK Gays and The Tea Party!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And your so The first Black President made you realize who the hell you really were!<br />
George Bush bailed banks out also. Why didn&#8217;t that change your mind then????</p>
<p>LIAR, LIAR MISS HONEY YOUR PANTS IS ON FIRE<br />
Now go to hell with the rest of the KKK Gays and The Tea Party!</p>
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		<title>By: Peter Ryskewecz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter Ryskewecz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TITLE:  A &quot;Former Gay Democrat; Now A Gay Tea Party Republican&quot;


I am Gay, and I have spent nearly half a century as a thoughtless &quot;liberal&quot; gay-clone, believing everything the gay ghetto and my labor union has told me.  I have blamed the decimation of gay men dying of AIDS on Reagan, Bush, Cheney, Rove and Gingrich.  I have dutifully voted Democratic in almost every election since John F. Kennedy.  I have called for a &quot;French Revolution&quot; in America and preached the socialist gospel of European superiority to anybody who would listen.  But I have changed!

What brought about this change?  In one word:  Obama !!!

His taxpayer bailouts of the incompetent rich contradicted his beautiful rhetoric of condemning the rich when he campaigned for President.  His health-care reform is a farce and does not control costs for any age-group. His star has faded,. His luster is diminished, just as millions of people have lost their homes and their employment.  He blames Bush, but unemployment used to be almost half of what it is in today&#039;s Obama-world.

He has left us so deeply in debt that China, our primary creditor, is almost certain to become the world&#039;s most powerful economy.  Even Europe is telling Obama he is going in the wrong direction.

He implores us to vote for Democrats;  and if we don&#039;t, there will be no funding for AIDS.  Yet Bush spent hundreds of millions on AIDS, as did Reagan and Gingrich.  I no longer believe Gay propaganda and Gay editorial writers.

I am tired of being expected blindly to follow a Democratic Party that usurps my Gayness to raise millions, only to raise my taxes and to promote bogus fear of Republicans to extort even more money from my friends and me.

During this campaign season, I have attended numerous GOP and &quot;Gay&quot; GOP events.  None of the Republican candidates or GOP activists treated me like an alien.  All of them welcomed my patriotism and my gayness. Now I realize how much  &quot;so-called progressive gay activists&quot; lie and exaggerate about right-wing homophobia.

I am fed-up with being told that because I am Gay, I must vote Democratic! Otherwise, I will hate myself.  I am tired of Gay left-wing demagoguery in the Gay blogs and publications.

In 2008, over one out of three Gay voters voted for John McCain in an otherwise dismal year for the GOP. They must have been on to something.  I can only hope, for my country and for my unemployed friends and family, that even more Gays  will vote Republican in November.




South Florida]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TITLE:  A &#8220;Former Gay Democrat; Now A Gay Tea Party Republican&#8221;</p>
<p>I am Gay, and I have spent nearly half a century as a thoughtless &#8220;liberal&#8221; gay-clone, believing everything the gay ghetto and my labor union has told me.  I have blamed the decimation of gay men dying of AIDS on Reagan, Bush, Cheney, Rove and Gingrich.  I have dutifully voted Democratic in almost every election since John F. Kennedy.  I have called for a &#8220;French Revolution&#8221; in America and preached the socialist gospel of European superiority to anybody who would listen.  But I have changed!</p>
<p>What brought about this change?  In one word:  Obama !!!</p>
<p>His taxpayer bailouts of the incompetent rich contradicted his beautiful rhetoric of condemning the rich when he campaigned for President.  His health-care reform is a farce and does not control costs for any age-group. His star has faded,. His luster is diminished, just as millions of people have lost their homes and their employment.  He blames Bush, but unemployment used to be almost half of what it is in today&#8217;s Obama-world.</p>
<p>He has left us so deeply in debt that China, our primary creditor, is almost certain to become the world&#8217;s most powerful economy.  Even Europe is telling Obama he is going in the wrong direction.</p>
<p>He implores us to vote for Democrats;  and if we don&#8217;t, there will be no funding for AIDS.  Yet Bush spent hundreds of millions on AIDS, as did Reagan and Gingrich.  I no longer believe Gay propaganda and Gay editorial writers.</p>
<p>I am tired of being expected blindly to follow a Democratic Party that usurps my Gayness to raise millions, only to raise my taxes and to promote bogus fear of Republicans to extort even more money from my friends and me.</p>
<p>During this campaign season, I have attended numerous GOP and &#8220;Gay&#8221; GOP events.  None of the Republican candidates or GOP activists treated me like an alien.  All of them welcomed my patriotism and my gayness. Now I realize how much  &#8220;so-called progressive gay activists&#8221; lie and exaggerate about right-wing homophobia.</p>
<p>I am fed-up with being told that because I am Gay, I must vote Democratic! Otherwise, I will hate myself.  I am tired of Gay left-wing demagoguery in the Gay blogs and publications.</p>
<p>In 2008, over one out of three Gay voters voted for John McCain in an otherwise dismal year for the GOP. They must have been on to something.  I can only hope, for my country and for my unemployed friends and family, that even more Gays  will vote Republican in November.</p>
<p>South Florida</p>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was somewhat disappointed by the lack of emphasis on LGBT rights at the rally. A few of the speakers addressed our issues, but it was really more about issues. Considering how many LGBT organizations were participating, one might have hoped for a bit more coverage.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was somewhat disappointed by the lack of emphasis on LGBT rights at the rally. A few of the speakers addressed our issues, but it was really more about issues. Considering how many LGBT organizations were participating, one might have hoped for a bit more coverage.</p>
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