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		<title>By: readerOfTeaLeaves</title>
		<link>http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/01/06/another-25-billion-pissed-away-by-george-bush/#comment-124782</link>
		<dc:creator>readerOfTeaLeaves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Yup.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And JohnLopresti, what an interesting discovery you’ve made:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Besides enhancing the value of these reports by providing live links to the source documents at each IG office, additionally there should be an addendum explaining the diplomatic reference to noncompliant or incompletely responsive IGs…&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here’s hoping that Waxman  is simply in Phase II of laying a foundation for some interesting conversations going forward. Perhaps his next phase will fill in some information gaps…?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yup.</p>
<p>And JohnLopresti, what an interesting discovery you’ve made:</p>
<blockquote><p>Besides enhancing the value of these reports by providing live links to the source documents at each IG office, additionally there should be an addendum explaining the diplomatic reference to noncompliant or incompletely responsive IGs…</p></blockquote>
<p>Here’s hoping that Waxman  is simply in Phase II of laying a foundation for some interesting conversations going forward. Perhaps his next phase will fill in some information gaps…?</p>
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		<title>By: sagesse</title>
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		<dc:creator>sagesse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Kind of off-topic - But with the “pissed away” title discussing money down the drain, this recently disclosed quarter million dollar Bush Interior Secretary Kempthorne bathroom remodel seemed to somehow fit in.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wolves.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/kempthorne-struggles-to-construct-clean-image-and-bathroom/#comment-69453&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://wolves.wordpress.com/20.....ment-69453&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kind of off-topic &#8211; But with the “pissed away” title discussing money down the drain, this recently disclosed quarter million dollar Bush Interior Secretary Kempthorne bathroom remodel seemed to somehow fit in.</p>
<p><a href="http://wolves.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/kempthorne-struggles-to-construct-clean-image-and-bathroom/#comment-69453" rel="nofollow">http://wolves.wordpress.com/20&#8230;..ment-69453</a></p>
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		<title>By: JohnLopresti</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnLopresti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I appreciate the IG report link.  Waxman’s tables usually prove to have enduring value.  In this instance, to find the referenced reports requires searches, as the footnotes provide only the physical document name for each of the “(63) IGs (which) provided partial or full responses to this new Committee request”.  Besides enhancing the value of these reports by providing live links to the source documents at each IG office, additionally there should be an addendum explaining the diplomatic reference to noncompliant or incompletely responsive IGs.  For example, having in mind the Bremmer testimony about $12. BBN USD &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14352&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; lost, I looked in the current Waxman IG oversight report for mention of the USaid organization, but there were only summary points, no link-thru to an actual IG report whose own executive summary might identify more specific losses by incident, and suggested remedies; however, in the turmoil of the occupation, likely none of the discovered loss nodes would exist in their prior configuration, such is the chaos of conflict and civil disruption.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Three decades ago a reactionary septuagenarian obtained election to the US House based on an antistudent liberation campaign he conducted; he was reputed to snooze during budget meetings, a critique to which he provided a rejoinder about the boredom he experienced when ensconced with bureaucrats to whom point five was the meetingroom surrogate for the figure $500. million USD.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appreciate the IG report link.  Waxman’s tables usually prove to have enduring value.  In this instance, to find the referenced reports requires searches, as the footnotes provide only the physical document name for each of the “(63) IGs (which) provided partial or full responses to this new Committee request”.  Besides enhancing the value of these reports by providing live links to the source documents at each IG office, additionally there should be an addendum explaining the diplomatic reference to noncompliant or incompletely responsive IGs.  For example, having in mind the Bremmer testimony about $12. BBN USD <a href="http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14352" rel="nofollow">bricks</a><a></a> lost, I looked in the current Waxman IG oversight report for mention of the USaid organization, but there were only summary points, no link-thru to an actual IG report whose own executive summary might identify more specific losses by incident, and suggested remedies; however, in the turmoil of the occupation, likely none of the discovered loss nodes would exist in their prior configuration, such is the chaos of conflict and civil disruption.</p>
<p>Three decades ago a reactionary septuagenarian obtained election to the US House based on an antistudent liberation campaign he conducted; he was reputed to snooze during budget meetings, a critique to which he provided a rejoinder about the boredom he experienced when ensconced with bureaucrats to whom point five was the meetingroom surrogate for the figure $500. million USD.</p>
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		<title>By: freepatriot</title>
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		<dc:creator>freepatriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;off topic, but in line with klynn @ 1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;poppy’s trial balloon must have popped in his face. Now I’m seeing reports that jeb bush is thinking of passing on that senate seat&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;guess he don’t want to face the barrage of shoes that the bush family has in it’s future&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the Constitution prohibits ”corruption of blood”, but common sense don’t&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;have a nice life&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>off topic, but in line with klynn @ 1</p>
<p>poppy’s trial balloon must have popped in his face. Now I’m seeing reports that jeb bush is thinking of passing on that senate seat</p>
<p>guess he don’t want to face the barrage of shoes that the bush family has in it’s future</p>
<p>the Constitution prohibits ”corruption of blood”, but common sense don’t</p>
<p>have a nice life</p>
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		<title>By: radiofreewill</title>
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		<dc:creator>radiofreewill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;As President, imvho, Bush has never been interested in promoting the Rule of Law - his Maniacal Focus has been on making everyone Do As He Says.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, the suggested refinements to the processes of the Law by the IGs, in all likelihood, probably captured less of Chimpy’s attention than a good butt-scratching - after all, in Bush’s mind there is no problem that can’t be solved by a wave of his UE hand - that waving motion is all the ‘legal process’ Bush needed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Still, in two weeks, the Curtain will be pulled-back on Bush, and We will begin to reconcile the Small, Hateful, Sadistic, Petty, Tyrannical Narccissist with the Shameless-Actor who played the role of ‘Father of Our Nation in a Time of Peril, Our President.’ &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s not going to be pretty…&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As President, imvho, Bush has never been interested in promoting the Rule of Law &#8211; his Maniacal Focus has been on making everyone Do As He Says.</p>
<p>So, the suggested refinements to the processes of the Law by the IGs, in all likelihood, probably captured less of Chimpy’s attention than a good butt-scratching &#8211; after all, in Bush’s mind there is no problem that can’t be solved by a wave of his UE hand &#8211; that waving motion is all the ‘legal process’ Bush needed.</p>
<p>Still, in two weeks, the Curtain will be pulled-back on Bush, and We will begin to reconcile the Small, Hateful, Sadistic, Petty, Tyrannical Narccissist with the Shameless-Actor who played the role of ‘Father of Our Nation in a Time of Peril, Our President.’ </p>
<p>It’s not going to be pretty…</p>
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		<title>By: BoxTurtle</title>
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		<dc:creator>BoxTurtle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Boxturtle (Insanity is&lt;strike&gt; don’t&lt;/strike&gt; doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Boxturtle (Spellcheckers are great, I spelled “don’t” perfectly)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Boxturtle (Insanity is<strike> don’t</strike> doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results)</p>
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<p>Boxturtle (Spellcheckers are great, I spelled “don’t” perfectly)</p>
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		<title>By: BoxTurtle</title>
		<link>http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/01/06/another-25-billion-pissed-away-by-george-bush/#comment-124709</link>
		<dc:creator>BoxTurtle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I  never meant to accuse Waxman of wasting time and I apologize if it came across that way. But $25B doesn’t sound like that much when compared to the Bailout costs or the interest on all this debt we’re piling up because congress won’t fund what they legislate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But making recommendations to BushCo is like peeing up a rope, only less satisifying. How many of Waxman’s lawful orders has BushCo simply blown off? And Waxman expects them to respect his RECOMMENDATIONS?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Boxturtle (Insanity is don’t the same thing over and over, expecting different results)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I  never meant to accuse Waxman of wasting time and I apologize if it came across that way. But $25B doesn’t sound like that much when compared to the Bailout costs or the interest on all this debt we’re piling up because congress won’t fund what they legislate.</p>
<p>But making recommendations to BushCo is like peeing up a rope, only less satisifying. How many of Waxman’s lawful orders has BushCo simply blown off? And Waxman expects them to respect his RECOMMENDATIONS?</p>
<p>Boxturtle (Insanity is don’t the same thing over and over, expecting different results)</p>
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		<title>By: readerOfTeaLeaves</title>
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		<dc:creator>readerOfTeaLeaves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Well, if I put 25,900.000.000 into my calculator and divide by 13,847, then I arrive at $1,870,441.25 per recommendation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, that’s not accurate; some would have saved far more than that.&lt;br /&gt;
But for anyone who wants to bleat that Waxman’s wasting taxpayer time, it might be pointed out that just under $2 million per recommendation ain’t chump change.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, if I put 25,900.000.000 into my calculator and divide by 13,847, then I arrive at $1,870,441.25 per recommendation.</p>
<p>Obviously, that’s not accurate; some would have saved far more than that.<br />
But for anyone who wants to bleat that Waxman’s wasting taxpayer time, it might be pointed out that just under $2 million per recommendation ain’t chump change.</p>
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		<title>By: plunger</title>
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		<dc:creator>plunger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Is anybody completely fed up yet?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The IDF is absolutely targeting civilians intentionally.  In fact, they are targeting the schools of UN workers INTENTIONALLY.  This is purposeful.  They want every motherfucker on earth to get the message - &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;“try to stop us and we will fucking fill you and your family.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Very simple.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The groundwork for this exact approach was laid first in Iraq, when Mossad bombed the UN offices in Baghdad at the outset of the OCCUPATION there, killing the French leader of the UN forces.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NEXT - They intentionally and repeatedly bombed a known UN observation post during the recent GENOCIDE in Lebanon - ignoring direct appeals by the UN forces stationed there until they dropped a bomb directly on them, on purpose, wile talking to them on the radio, killing all of the UN Observers in the process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND NOW THIS:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Israel_escalates_offensive_into_Gaza_cities_0106.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://rawstory.com/news/2008/....._0106.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Targeting babies.  Are you sufficiently fucking disgusted with Israel’s Zionist Likud and their AIPAC-funded US co-conspirator dual-citizen Congressman, Senators and DOD Spies yet?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;THE US IS BEING BLACKMAILED INTO SILENT COMPLICITY.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is anybody completely fed up yet?</p>
<p>The IDF is absolutely targeting civilians intentionally.  In fact, they are targeting the schools of UN workers INTENTIONALLY.  This is purposeful.  They want every motherfucker on earth to get the message &#8211; </p>
<blockquote><p>“try to stop us and we will fucking fill you and your family.”</p>
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<p>Very simple.</p>
<p>The groundwork for this exact approach was laid first in Iraq, when Mossad bombed the UN offices in Baghdad at the outset of the OCCUPATION there, killing the French leader of the UN forces.</p>
<p>NEXT &#8211; They intentionally and repeatedly bombed a known UN observation post during the recent GENOCIDE in Lebanon &#8211; ignoring direct appeals by the UN forces stationed there until they dropped a bomb directly on them, on purpose, wile talking to them on the radio, killing all of the UN Observers in the process.</p>
<p>AND NOW THIS:</p>
<p><a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Israel_escalates_offensive_into_Gaza_cities_0106.html" rel="nofollow">http://rawstory.com/news/2008/&#8230;.._0106.html</a></p>
<p>Targeting babies.  Are you sufficiently fucking disgusted with Israel’s Zionist Likud and their AIPAC-funded US co-conspirator dual-citizen Congressman, Senators and DOD Spies yet?</p>
<p>THE US IS BEING BLACKMAILED INTO SILENT COMPLICITY.</p>
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		<title>By: bmaz</title>
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		<dc:creator>bmaz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;May be the best piece of work you get with Ed Towns’ signature on it.  Best frame it while you can.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>May be the best piece of work you get with Ed Towns’ signature on it.  Best frame it while you can.</p>
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