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			<title>Todd Williams says:</title>
			<link>http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/72-72/12442-policy-and-the-personal#comment-198782</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With Lord Romney's name on all the documents as CEO, Chairman of the Board, Owner, etc., does anybody really believe he had nothing to do with running the company? Oh he just sat in Salt Lake City running his Olympic project and never made a call to Bain? He never attended a board meeting? He never talked to his fiancial people about Bain? You have to be either a naive fool, an idiot or just plan crooked to believe Lord Romney's tale. Let's get real.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Todd Williams</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:17:16 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>barbaratodish says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A lot of good ANY amount of money is when you are SOOOOO defensive ABOUT money that YOU ARE your defensiveness! Consider the 1%: they are SOOOOO defensive about their billions, that they are unable to BE in the present! The 1%, etc., and the 1% wannabees (most people?)must always GUARD, and distance themselves in gated communities, etc., they must constantly "purchase" their privacy (which privacy seeking is really only an excuse to distract from their essence, namely their emotional physical, etc., DEFENSIVENESS)f rom others that are "in" on the game of the ILLUSION that great sums of money purchase freedom when, in fact, all millions and billions do is get you surrounded by "yes" men and women who remove you further and further away from the awareness that you have LOST you and replaced YOU with money! To prove this, just look at the lengths the 1%, etc., goes to silence anyone who points out that money HAS them! Why, even this post may not appear! lol http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/barbaratodish]]></description>
			<dc:creator>barbaratodish</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:25:40 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>BradFromSalem says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I always remember to paraphrase a line from the Jefferson Airplane's "We Can Be Together". Everything they say we are, They are. They say we are waging Class warfare. They are.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>BradFromSalem</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:59:47 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>RLF says:</title>
			<link>http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/72-72/12442-policy-and-the-personal#comment-198638</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you haven't noticed...the government isn't exactly holding CEO's feet to the fire for all actions that happen under their time at the helm.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>RLF</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:58:33 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>SG691 says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[But how relevant is Romney's Bain experience? Some could business leaders can manage people, although it seems that has not been Romney's strength. Baseball managers can manage people; are they therefore qualified to run the country? Successful business leaders are particularly skilled and making a profit. Somehow, through all the trials and decisions of business decision-making , they turn a profit! Good job! But that's not what U.S. president's are supposed to be doing. So WHAT'S BUSINESS GOT TO DO WITH IT?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>SG691</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:02:59 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Skippydelic says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Which, of course, is why the *Republicans* are the ones making all the noise about this *being* a 'class war'...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Skippydelic</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:55:11 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Skippydelic says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You mean he doesn't already?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Skippydelic</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:52:49 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Skippydelic says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I don't recall ever hearing of anything like that, but at the same time, I don't think - as much as I'd like to see it - that Romney will be indicted by the SEC before the election, simply because it would look like it was *politically* motivated. Plus, I'm not sure what the statute of limitations is on that crime; if it's passed, Romney *can't* be tried for it.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Skippydelic</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:49:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>LeeBlack says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Krugman's statement, "First of all, this election really is — in substantive, policy terms — about the rich versus the rest." is really focusing on the key issue. All the millions being poured into Romney's campaign makes this clear. It is the Republicans that have made this a 'class war'.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>LeeBlack</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:22:51 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Bodiotoo says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If Romney wins Hannity will sing the praises of Facism.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bodiotoo</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:33:25 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Bodiotoo says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Unfortunately a vast number of honest Americans have bought into the whole Faux Noise programming.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bodiotoo</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:32:10 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Billsy says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Even if it turns out that Romney was not "running" bain capital in those years, it begs the question "What is an owner's vs. a manager's responsibility? " If Romney owns major stock in Bain capital, thereby profiting from it, he can't dodge responsibility for the company's actions. Your post is well stated. thanks!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Billsy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:12:14 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Feral Dogz says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It is important that the Obama campaign and the press (what's left of it) hold Romney's feet to the fire on this issue. He can't have it both ways and there seems to be a clear "paper" trail to indicate his activities at Bain during the time in question. Demanding an apology for being caught with his hand in the cookie jar is ridiculous and only serves to accentuate his sense of entitlement. If there is anyone still undecided about how to vote, this will hurt Romney, and rightfully so.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Feral Dogz</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:03:53 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>reiverpacific says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Of course, of course. Trouble is, "they" own the hypnotic mass media to which the "average" every-fourth-ye ar mass-consumer tunes in for their opiate fix and listens to all the sound-byte sensationalism pushed out as filler, political and otherwise, between omnipresent and ever more frequent and lengthy commercials, which tells 'em that if they buy plenty stuff and vote against their possibly more engaged and progressive "Smart-ass interlectr'll" (I'm not makin' this up, I've heard it said that way!) grassroots neighbors, the plutocrats will take care of them and allow just enough of their amassed lucre to trickle down and keep "These patriotic [substitute "idiotic"] Americans" in a state of lowered expectations and bare-bones existence. THAT'S the point; critical mass is only effective if it is indeed critical and willing to push back in solidarity against the robber-baron and potential new slave owner hubrists on high. It's also why the military and joint-chiefs are constantly looking for a new "Enemy" or "Axis of Evil", or will fabricate one if any extractable resources exsist that can be sucked out of the earth for their master's and string-puller's profit. Don' EVER imagine that they are fighting or invading to keep us safe!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>reiverpacific</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:15:33 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Patrice Ayme says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Plutocrats are real people. They want it all, that means, they want more. It's intensely personal. It's all about them. They are facing their big break: if, in this outrageous situation, they can have their taxes reduced further, they will get into the envious situation of the ancient regime, the ones of the lords in the Middle Ages. This was characterized by lower tax brackets, it was as simple as that. So what we have, right now, is an intense psychological struggle. The psychology of the few, increasingly pathological, against the psychology of the many, who just cannot get to grip with the fact that they are like babies, while some nasty morons propose to steal their lunch, for all to hear. So, yes, it's all very personal, and the best books are written with the acts and facts of individuals.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Patrice Ayme</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:19:38 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Peacedragon says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Since the rest outnumber the rich greatly, we only have to convince people that Krugman speaks the truth to win.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Peacedragon</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:31:46 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>BradFromSalem says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There are two critical reasons for the Obama campaign to focus on Romney's experience at Bain. First, Gov. Romney has been using his Bain CEO experience as the key qualifier for him to be President. As far as I know he hardly ever speaks of his term in MA our his government subsidized rescue of the Olympics on equal footing. An example of the absurdity of Romney complaining is when a team shifts the infield way over for a left handed pull hitter, then the batter bunts. Your offense is based on what the defense gives you. The second reason would be important even if Romney discounted his Bain experience. He appears to have committed a felony by falsifying Securities and Exchange Commission filings. This is a case of outright fraud, similar to the fraudulent behavior at Enron. CEO Romney was named in these documents as the CEO, and it further identified him as responsible for all actions that Bain took. As long as his name was on those documents as being responsible, he was. Even if he only participated in Bain business occasionally. I wonder if we have ever had a major candidate running for President while preparing or even standing trial?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>BradFromSalem</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:31:24 -0800</pubDate>
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