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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/discuss/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Today's Papers</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/1649/ShowForum.aspx</link><description>Today's Papers</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61120.2)</generator><item><title>Re: Hondorus is a crap country</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947701.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:28:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2947701</guid><dc:creator>doodahman</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947701.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1649&amp;PostID=2947701</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/discuss/Themes/slate/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Helipilot:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Price of bananas may go up by a dime.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Which sums up in a nutshell why people in this country ought to shove the sanctimonious bullshit about "democracy" overseas and just focus on our own shit. Running the empire just is not our thing. Screaming about "democracy" when in fact our imperial interest is just making the other countries toe the globalization line just confuses the sheep and begs us to get into quagmires that only help the arms merchants and the banksters.  &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Our thing is to buckle down, figure out a way to earn money from abroad, and get our financial, infrastructure, health and education ducks in order. That supports world wide democracy by being a good example. That's the proper internationalist paradigm. &lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Hondorus is a crap country</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947610.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:08:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2947610</guid><dc:creator>Helipilot</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947610.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1649&amp;PostID=2947610</wfw:commentRss><description>Price of bananas may go up by a dime.</description></item><item><title>Re: the intelligent folks are more than likley</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947542.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:51:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2947542</guid><dc:creator>doodahman</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947542.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1649&amp;PostID=2947542</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/discuss/Themes/slate/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;volition:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;to be another version of Pain in the Ass when our choices are limited to 2-dimensional this way or that way and nothing in between thinkers.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;status flat &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Yeah, well it's hard to get worked up over a nuance. &lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Reality once again shuts down the GOPig Noise Machine</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947537.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:50:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2947537</guid><dc:creator>doodahman</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947537.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1649&amp;PostID=2947537</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/discuss/Themes/slate/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;NCmusicman:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;Freedom of speech and Democracy - Hispanic Style.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Kinda sounds more like you libs doesn't it?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Hey, has anyone ever told you what a shitsucking idiot you are?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; HAH. I'm just joking. We know you get told that like twenty times a day. Points to you for perseverance. &lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Reality once again shuts down the GOPig Noise Machine</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947352.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:02:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2947352</guid><dc:creator>NCmusicman</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947352.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1649&amp;PostID=2947352</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;Freedom of speech and Democracy - Hispanic Style.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Kinda sounds more like you libs doesn't it?&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: the intelligent folks are more than likley</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947333.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:56:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2947333</guid><dc:creator>volition</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947333.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1649&amp;PostID=2947333</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;to be another version of Pain in the Ass when our choices are limited to 2-dimensional this way or that way and nothing in between thinkers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;status flat &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Reality once again shuts down the GOPig Noise Machine</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947269.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:38:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2947269</guid><dc:creator>doodahman</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2947269.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1649&amp;PostID=2947269</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;Just when the Limbaugh Idiot's Brigade was hitting its stride demanding that we get mixed up in another disastrous foreign imbroglio with Iran, Honduras saves the day. Gosh, where are all the brave defenders of democracy now when right here in our own hemisphere, a sitting president was kidnapped by military grads of the US School of Americas, replaced by a right wing asshole, the opposition leader assassinated and demonstrators being shot at in the street? &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Nowhere. Which is exactly where they should remain until they become so old and enfeebled that they can't be a pain in the ass to the intelligent folks any more. &lt;/P&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>