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		<title>Comment on Supreme Court Allows Corporate Funding of Political Campaigns by Diva Kimbrough</title>
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		<dc:creator>Diva Kimbrough</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is contributing to the more money you have the more powerful you can become. What ever happened to hardworking government officials servicing the people for the good. This is the worst from the Supreme Court!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is contributing to the more money you have the more powerful you can become. What ever happened to hardworking government officials servicing the people for the good. This is the worst from the Supreme Court!!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Supreme Court Allows Corporate Funding of Political Campaigns by Obama&#8217;s First State of the Union Speech</title>
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		<dc:creator>Obama&#8217;s First State of the Union Speech</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] him to, but never expected to hear.  He even scolded the Supreme Court for last week&#8217;s ruling that allows corporations to fund political campaigns. With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] him to, but never expected to hear.  He even scolded the Supreme Court for last week&#8217;s ruling that allows corporations to fund political campaigns. With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Supreme Court Allows Corporate Funding of Political Campaigns by Captain Willard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Captain Willard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And the most aggravating part of this Supreme Court decision and the election of Senator Brown is that Democrats WON in November.  They took over the White House and increased their majorities in both houses of Congress, yet the minority party that is bent on destroying our country somehow manages to control the debate.  

They control it with the ridiculous filibuster rule and their belligerent FOX News mouthpiece that inexplicably became the most-watched “news” channel in America.  Gee.... do you think Fox Newscorp should be allowed to fund political campaigns?  Do you think they’ve already been doing that for the last decade by using their shows to bash Democrats and praise Republicans?
 
Someday....  Someday....  the terrorists in our own country won&#039;t be fighting the infidels.  They&#039;ll rise up to fight the greedy fat fucks that are sending our country down the shithole.  Maybe they&#039;ll start by bombing Goldman Sachs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And the most aggravating part of this Supreme Court decision and the election of Senator Brown is that Democrats WON in November.  They took over the White House and increased their majorities in both houses of Congress, yet the minority party that is bent on destroying our country somehow manages to control the debate.  </p>
<p>They control it with the ridiculous filibuster rule and their belligerent FOX News mouthpiece that inexplicably became the most-watched “news” channel in America.  Gee&#8230;. do you think Fox Newscorp should be allowed to fund political campaigns?  Do you think they’ve already been doing that for the last decade by using their shows to bash Democrats and praise Republicans?</p>
<p>Someday&#8230;.  Someday&#8230;.  the terrorists in our own country won&#8217;t be fighting the infidels.  They&#8217;ll rise up to fight the greedy fat fucks that are sending our country down the shithole.  Maybe they&#8217;ll start by bombing Goldman Sachs.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Supreme Court Allows Corporate Funding of Political Campaigns by Cyndy Nasman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cyndy Nasman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BravO!
Maybe what this country needs is a revolution.  
Those who don&#039;t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BravO!<br />
Maybe what this country needs is a revolution.<br />
Those who don&#8217;t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Comment on Massachusetts Senate Race is about Republicans Filibustering the Healthcare Bill by NJ Barnes</title>
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		<dc:creator>NJ Barnes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s no question that the election of a Republican to fill the late Senator Edward Kennedy&#039;s seat would be an unmitigated disaster for the country and a travesty to his memory. Meaningful health-care insurance reform would almost certainly be dead for another generation. And if the GOP makes big gains in the fall you can add climate change legislation and stronger regulatory control over the big banks that nearly destroyed our economy, to the list of casualties.

But it will also beg the question: do America and the GOP deserve each other? How else to explain that grumpy Americans are apparently turning to the GOP, who created the economic mess we&#039;re currently suffering, have fought against tough regulatory reform of big banks and who couldn&#039;t care less about predatory insurance industry practices against ordinary Americans, to punish the other political party, the Democrats, who inherited the mess but who can&#039;t fix it in a year but who are trying to provide good health-care insurance to every American?

If Brown wins on Tuesday, all I can say is: Good luck, America. But then my family and I have good health insurance so why the hell should I care about anyone else? Hey, that&#039;s not bad; I&#039;ll make an American yet!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s no question that the election of a Republican to fill the late Senator Edward Kennedy&#8217;s seat would be an unmitigated disaster for the country and a travesty to his memory. Meaningful health-care insurance reform would almost certainly be dead for another generation. And if the GOP makes big gains in the fall you can add climate change legislation and stronger regulatory control over the big banks that nearly destroyed our economy, to the list of casualties.</p>
<p>But it will also beg the question: do America and the GOP deserve each other? How else to explain that grumpy Americans are apparently turning to the GOP, who created the economic mess we&#8217;re currently suffering, have fought against tough regulatory reform of big banks and who couldn&#8217;t care less about predatory insurance industry practices against ordinary Americans, to punish the other political party, the Democrats, who inherited the mess but who can&#8217;t fix it in a year but who are trying to provide good health-care insurance to every American?</p>
<p>If Brown wins on Tuesday, all I can say is: Good luck, America. But then my family and I have good health insurance so why the hell should I care about anyone else? Hey, that&#8217;s not bad; I&#8217;ll make an American yet!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Michael Scheuer and Glenn Beck Wish for Bin Laden to Destroy America by DE Teodoru</title>
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		<dc:creator>DE Teodoru</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s not fair to misinterpret what Scheuer said. HE DOES NOT WANT THE US ATTACKED but feels that only a nuclear attack on a city would wake up American politicians to allocate needed assets to go after binLaden instead of chasing after cheap oil. He really has a point for we abandoned getting binLaden in 2001, hoping to getting Iraq&#039;s oil all to ourselves, getting bumkus in the end as the Chinese got the oil instead. Now we&#039;re going after the Taliban because we want to pacify Afghnaistan so we can lay accross it north-south gas&amp;oil pipelines from the oil and gas rich &quot;stans&quot; above Afghnaistan for export via Indian ports. Mike McConnell, Bush&#039;s chief of intel insisted that cheap energy is our top national security issue. To fill-er-up their SUVs, scummy obese middle-aged Americans, raised in the 1970s ME-IST culture and now suffering from &quot;ain&#039;t my kid goimg to war&quot; disconnect syndrome, are more than willing to send our mom and dad soldiers to die, leaving lots of orphans and widows on the homefront, as expeditionary forces conquering an oil empire for us instead of investing in oil-free energy. Corporate America has long been in command and it could care less about binLaden. All it wants is skyward rocketing of Wall Street. Scheuer decries the way Bush used binLaden as an excuse to build an oil empire. He can&#039;t forget that we had Obama by the short hairs but let him go because Cheney and Rumsfeld insisted on investing our forces to conquer Iraq for cheap oil and to appease their neocon and right wing Israeli campaign funders. And so Scheuer cries in frustration that only binLaden nuking a city will get us back on track. Be fair, don&#039;t be a Bush-it type like the Republicans, misrepresenting a man who, right or wrong, you can always count on to put America&#039;s safety above self. You can&#039;t say that about a lot of our Republicans and Democrats in Congress!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not fair to misinterpret what Scheuer said. HE DOES NOT WANT THE US ATTACKED but feels that only a nuclear attack on a city would wake up American politicians to allocate needed assets to go after binLaden instead of chasing after cheap oil. He really has a point for we abandoned getting binLaden in 2001, hoping to getting Iraq&#8217;s oil all to ourselves, getting bumkus in the end as the Chinese got the oil instead. Now we&#8217;re going after the Taliban because we want to pacify Afghnaistan so we can lay accross it north-south gas&amp;oil pipelines from the oil and gas rich &#8220;stans&#8221; above Afghnaistan for export via Indian ports. Mike McConnell, Bush&#8217;s chief of intel insisted that cheap energy is our top national security issue. To fill-er-up their SUVs, scummy obese middle-aged Americans, raised in the 1970s ME-IST culture and now suffering from &#8220;ain&#8217;t my kid goimg to war&#8221; disconnect syndrome, are more than willing to send our mom and dad soldiers to die, leaving lots of orphans and widows on the homefront, as expeditionary forces conquering an oil empire for us instead of investing in oil-free energy. Corporate America has long been in command and it could care less about binLaden. All it wants is skyward rocketing of Wall Street. Scheuer decries the way Bush used binLaden as an excuse to build an oil empire. He can&#8217;t forget that we had Obama by the short hairs but let him go because Cheney and Rumsfeld insisted on investing our forces to conquer Iraq for cheap oil and to appease their neocon and right wing Israeli campaign funders. And so Scheuer cries in frustration that only binLaden nuking a city will get us back on track. Be fair, don&#8217;t be a Bush-it type like the Republicans, misrepresenting a man who, right or wrong, you can always count on to put America&#8217;s safety above self. You can&#8217;t say that about a lot of our Republicans and Democrats in Congress!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Charles Krauthammer is Koo Koo in the Coconut by John Byrnes</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Byrnes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We don’t need to profile!

We don’t need to profile. At the Center for Aggression Management, we use easily-applied, measurable and culturally-neutral body language and behavior exhibited by people who intend to perpetrate a terrorist act.  This unique methodology utilizes proven research from the fields of psychology, medicine and law enforcement which, when joined together, identify clear, easily-used physiologically-based characteristics of individuals who are about to engage in terrorist activities in time to prevent their Moment of Commitment.

Since the foiled terrorist attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian national on Northwest Flight 253 to Detroit, the President has repeatedly stated that there has been a systemic failure as he reiterates his commitment to fill this gap in our security.  This incident, like the Fort Hood shooting, exemplifies why our government must apply every valid preventative approach to identify a potential terrorist. 

The myriad methods to identify a terrorist, whether “no-fly list,” “explosive and weapons detection,” mental illness based approaches, “profiling” or “deception detection” - all continue to fail us.  Furthermore, the development of deception detection training at Boston Logan Airport demonstrated that the Israeli methods of interrogation will not work in the United States.

All media outlets are discussing the need for profiling of Muslim Arabs, but profiling does not work for the following three reasons:

1.	In practice, ethnic profiling tells us that within a certain group of people there is a higher probability for a terrorist; it does not tell us who the next terrorist is!

2.	Ethnic profiling is contrary to the value our society places on diversity and freedom from discrimination based on racial, ethnic, religious, age and/or gender based criteria. If we use profiling it will diminish our position among the majority of affected citizens who support us as a beacon of freedom and liberty.

3.	By narrowing our field of vision, profiling can lead to the consequence of letting terrorists go undetected, because the terrorist may not be part of any known “profile worthy” group – e.g., the Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh

Our unique methodology for screening passengers can easily discern (independently of race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, age, and gender) the defining characteristics of human beings who are about to engage in terrorist acts. 

The question is when will our government use true “hostile intent” through the “continuum of aggressive behavior” to identify potential terrorists?  Only when observers focus specifically on “aggressive behavior” do the objective and culturally neutral signs of “aggression” clearly stand out, providing the opportunity to prevent these violent encounters. This method will not only make all citizens safer, but will also pass the inevitable test of legal defensibility given probable action by the ACLU.

As our Government analyzes what went wrong regarding Abdulmatallab’s entrance into the United States, you can be assured that Al Qaeda is also analyzing how their plans went wrong.  Who do you think will figure it out first . . . ?

Visit our blog at http://blog.AggressionManagement.com where we discuss the shooting at Fort Hood and the attempted terrorist act on Flight 253.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We don’t need to profile!</p>
<p>We don’t need to profile. At the Center for Aggression Management, we use easily-applied, measurable and culturally-neutral body language and behavior exhibited by people who intend to perpetrate a terrorist act.  This unique methodology utilizes proven research from the fields of psychology, medicine and law enforcement which, when joined together, identify clear, easily-used physiologically-based characteristics of individuals who are about to engage in terrorist activities in time to prevent their Moment of Commitment.</p>
<p>Since the foiled terrorist attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian national on Northwest Flight 253 to Detroit, the President has repeatedly stated that there has been a systemic failure as he reiterates his commitment to fill this gap in our security.  This incident, like the Fort Hood shooting, exemplifies why our government must apply every valid preventative approach to identify a potential terrorist. </p>
<p>The myriad methods to identify a terrorist, whether “no-fly list,” “explosive and weapons detection,” mental illness based approaches, “profiling” or “deception detection” &#8211; all continue to fail us.  Furthermore, the development of deception detection training at Boston Logan Airport demonstrated that the Israeli methods of interrogation will not work in the United States.</p>
<p>All media outlets are discussing the need for profiling of Muslim Arabs, but profiling does not work for the following three reasons:</p>
<p>1.	In practice, ethnic profiling tells us that within a certain group of people there is a higher probability for a terrorist; it does not tell us who the next terrorist is!</p>
<p>2.	Ethnic profiling is contrary to the value our society places on diversity and freedom from discrimination based on racial, ethnic, religious, age and/or gender based criteria. If we use profiling it will diminish our position among the majority of affected citizens who support us as a beacon of freedom and liberty.</p>
<p>3.	By narrowing our field of vision, profiling can lead to the consequence of letting terrorists go undetected, because the terrorist may not be part of any known “profile worthy” group – e.g., the Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh</p>
<p>Our unique methodology for screening passengers can easily discern (independently of race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, age, and gender) the defining characteristics of human beings who are about to engage in terrorist acts. </p>
<p>The question is when will our government use true “hostile intent” through the “continuum of aggressive behavior” to identify potential terrorists?  Only when observers focus specifically on “aggressive behavior” do the objective and culturally neutral signs of “aggression” clearly stand out, providing the opportunity to prevent these violent encounters. This method will not only make all citizens safer, but will also pass the inevitable test of legal defensibility given probable action by the ACLU.</p>
<p>As our Government analyzes what went wrong regarding Abdulmatallab’s entrance into the United States, you can be assured that Al Qaeda is also analyzing how their plans went wrong.  Who do you think will figure it out first . . . ?</p>
<p>Visit our blog at <a href="http://blog.AggressionManagement.com" rel="nofollow">http://blog.AggressionManagement.com</a> where we discuss the shooting at Fort Hood and the attempted terrorist act on Flight 253.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Paul Krugman&#8217;s Happy Thoughts about the Oughts by Kyle Stanley</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/paul-krugmans-happy-thoughts-about-the-oughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-48048</link>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Stanley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I disagree with Paul.  Although this decade hasn’t been the best it certainly hasn’t been the worst and looking at the glass half empty isn’t going to help anyone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I disagree with Paul.  Although this decade hasn’t been the best it certainly hasn’t been the worst and looking at the glass half empty isn’t going to help anyone.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Sarah Palin, The &#8220;Common Sense&#8221; Choice for President by The greatest recruitment tool of all is Al Qaeda’s successes towards its goal of World Domination in the name of Islam &#171; VotingFemale Speaks!</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/sarah-palin-the-common-sense-choice-for-president.html/comment-page-1#comment-48047</link>
		<dc:creator>The greatest recruitment tool of all is Al Qaeda’s successes towards its goal of World Domination in the name of Islam &#171; VotingFemale Speaks!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Sarah Palin, The &#8220;Common Sense&#8221; Choice for President by Detroit Muslims Brazenly Flaunt Islamic Jihad; This is an OUTRAGE &#171; VotingFemale Speaks!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Detroit Muslims Brazenly Flaunt Islamic Jihad; This is an OUTRAGE &#171; VotingFemale Speaks!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Sarah Palin, The &#8220;Common Sense&#8221; Choice for President by Sarah Palin Crushes Barack Hussein Obama Junior &#171; VotingFemale Speaks!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sarah Palin Crushes Barack Hussein Obama Junior &#171; VotingFemale Speaks!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Volvo XC70 &#8211; Immobilizer. See Manual. by Andy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have the same problem with my XC70, 2002. However I do not have the remote so I cannot try this 5 times. At some other place I found the information that immobilizer resets after 5 hours. This is why I know that it starts overnight after problems in the evening. I am considering switching immobilizer off completely.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have the same problem with my XC70, 2002. However I do not have the remote so I cannot try this 5 times. At some other place I found the information that immobilizer resets after 5 hours. This is why I know that it starts overnight after problems in the evening. I am considering switching immobilizer off completely.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Senate Health-Care Bill Stinks by NJ Barnes</title>
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		<dc:creator>NJ Barnes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I side with Krugman rather than Dean. Whatever its flaws, even the Senate bill is a giant step forward in reforming the health insurance system. It curbs some of the more disgusting practices of the insurance industry such as dropping people who get sick, or denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, and it extends coverage to most of the uninsured. And it helps many more people who would otherwise find out, to their consternation, that their insurance left them vulnerable to crippling out-of-pocket expenses.

The Democrats deserve both our support and our admiration (well most of them anyway) for persevering in the face of unprincipled Republicans, recalcitrant so-called moderate Democrats, hateful right-wing media jerks machine and an indifferent and largely ignorant electorate. 

If the Democrats pull it off, we will all owe them a debt of gratitude - one that I don&#039;t doubt that Americans will repay by voting for the GOP in the mid-term elections in 2010.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I side with Krugman rather than Dean. Whatever its flaws, even the Senate bill is a giant step forward in reforming the health insurance system. It curbs some of the more disgusting practices of the insurance industry such as dropping people who get sick, or denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, and it extends coverage to most of the uninsured. And it helps many more people who would otherwise find out, to their consternation, that their insurance left them vulnerable to crippling out-of-pocket expenses.</p>
<p>The Democrats deserve both our support and our admiration (well most of them anyway) for persevering in the face of unprincipled Republicans, recalcitrant so-called moderate Democrats, hateful right-wing media jerks machine and an indifferent and largely ignorant electorate. </p>
<p>If the Democrats pull it off, we will all owe them a debt of gratitude &#8211; one that I don&#8217;t doubt that Americans will repay by voting for the GOP in the mid-term elections in 2010.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Hedge Fund Managers are Greedy Rapists by The Old Viking</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Old Viking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Might have stressed that this is the break they have been getting--paying capital gains taxes instead on income tax.  These investment advisors and hedge fund managers can take advantage of this tax structure because they are often compensated through a scheme that, in part, pays them according to the returns on the fund. The industry standard for hedge fund managers is “two and twenty,” which is shorthand for an “overhead” fee of 2% of capital under management plus carried interest (often called a “carry”) of 20% of the returns on the fund. Thus a $100 million fund earning 20% would pay its fund manager $2 million for overhead and $4 million in carry. The carry portion of their compensation is treated under the tax code as capital gains for the fund manager and is taxable at the much lower capital gains tax rate of 15%.
 
And the GOP thinks this if fair!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Might have stressed that this is the break they have been getting&#8211;paying capital gains taxes instead on income tax.  These investment advisors and hedge fund managers can take advantage of this tax structure because they are often compensated through a scheme that, in part, pays them according to the returns on the fund. The industry standard for hedge fund managers is “two and twenty,” which is shorthand for an “overhead” fee of 2% of capital under management plus carried interest (often called a “carry”) of 20% of the returns on the fund. Thus a $100 million fund earning 20% would pay its fund manager $2 million for overhead and $4 million in carry. The carry portion of their compensation is treated under the tax code as capital gains for the fund manager and is taxable at the much lower capital gains tax rate of 15%.</p>
<p>And the GOP thinks this if fair!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Taxing the Rich – Not a &#8220;War on the Wealthy&#8221; – Not Socialism by Hege Fund Managers are Greedy Rapists</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/taxing-the-rich-%e2%80%93-not-a-war-on-the-wealthy-%e2%80%93-not-socialism.html/comment-page-1#comment-48011</link>
		<dc:creator>Hege Fund Managers are Greedy Rapists</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] said it before and I&#8217;ll say it again:  IT&#8217;S NOT WRONG TO TAX THE RICH!  Increasing the rate on hedge-fund managers from 15% to 35% is a step in the right direction, but [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] said it before and I&#8217;ll say it again:  IT&#8217;S NOT WRONG TO TAX THE RICH!  Increasing the rate on hedge-fund managers from 15% to 35% is a step in the right direction, but [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Best Health Care System in the World? by Thanks Irish fella who has your CD's</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/the-best-health-care-system-in-the-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-48002</link>
		<dc:creator>Thanks Irish fella who has your CD's</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post. You&#039;re missing one minor detail though. Freedom. We have Freedom, unlike those 36 socialist nations ahead of us who don&#039;t have freedoms!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post. You&#8217;re missing one minor detail though. Freedom. We have Freedom, unlike those 36 socialist nations ahead of us who don&#8217;t have freedoms!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Halloween Candy is Cursed and will Poison Your Soul! by Greenbomb101</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/asides/halloween-candy-is-cursed-and-will-poison-your-soul.html/comment-page-1#comment-48000</link>
		<dc:creator>Greenbomb101</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve done one better.  I have a .PDF version of that lunacy and I plan to keep it and post it every year.  In the meantime I have a whole jar of &quot;timed-release&quot; curses on the shelf above my desk that look like foil-wrapped cchocolate in the shape of ears, eyes, fingers... BTW once the curse is released how long does it stay in effect?  What&#039;s the expiration date on a curse?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve done one better.  I have a .PDF version of that lunacy and I plan to keep it and post it every year.  In the meantime I have a whole jar of &#8220;timed-release&#8221; curses on the shelf above my desk that look like foil-wrapped cchocolate in the shape of ears, eyes, fingers&#8230; BTW once the curse is released how long does it stay in effect?  What&#8217;s the expiration date on a curse?</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Best Health Care System in the World? by The Best Health Care System in the World? &#124; Drakz News Station</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/the-best-health-care-system-in-the-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-47979</link>
		<dc:creator>The Best Health Care System in the World? &#124; Drakz News Station</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] here to read the rest: The Best Health Care System in the World?   Share and [...]</description>
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		<title>Comment on Stephen Colbert on Washington State Referendum 71 by Captain Willard</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/stephen-colbert-on-washington-state-referendum-71.html/comment-page-1#comment-47968</link>
		<dc:creator>Captain Willard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s okay Tony.  Boys like balls.  They like to kick them, throw them, bat them, roll them, and talk about them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s okay Tony.  Boys like balls.  They like to kick them, throw them, bat them, roll them, and talk about them.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Stephen Colbert on Washington State Referendum 71 by Tony</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/stephen-colbert-on-washington-state-referendum-71.html/comment-page-1#comment-47966</link>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not completely off topic, I have to share my two year old son&#039;s reaction to watching a football game for the first time. To my chagrin, he was very excited:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9KxKx4PLE</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not completely off topic, I have to share my two year old son&#8217;s reaction to watching a football game for the first time. To my chagrin, he was very excited:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9KxKx4PLE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9KxKx4PLE</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Halloween Candy is Cursed and will Poison Your Soul! by Tom</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/asides/halloween-candy-is-cursed-and-will-poison-your-soul.html/comment-page-1#comment-47964</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s the original: http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/prophetic-insight/23723-the-danger-of-celebrating-halloween?showall=1

Absolutely nuts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s the original: <a href="http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/prophetic-insight/23723-the-danger-of-celebrating-halloween?showall=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/prophetic-insight/23723-the-danger-of-celebrating-halloween?showall=1</a></p>
<p>Absolutely nuts.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Halloween Candy is Cursed and will Poison Your Soul! by wolf</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/asides/halloween-candy-is-cursed-and-will-poison-your-soul.html/comment-page-1#comment-47962</link>
		<dc:creator>wolf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Growing up, I had a super cheapo great aunt who would buy candy on sale after Halloween and then give the candies to us kids as Christmas, I mean Xmas, presents.  I wonder if she knew she was working for Lucifer?  What would Ms. Daniels think about that?
Ha Ha, RIP, you ol&#039; Bat,
Kari</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Growing up, I had a super cheapo great aunt who would buy candy on sale after Halloween and then give the candies to us kids as Christmas, I mean Xmas, presents.  I wonder if she knew she was working for Lucifer?  What would Ms. Daniels think about that?<br />
Ha Ha, RIP, you ol&#8217; Bat,<br />
Kari</p>
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		<title>Comment on Rush Limbaugh Fooled by Fake Obama Thesis by Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/media/rush-limbaugh-fooled-by-fake-obama-thesis.html/comment-page-1#comment-47960</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So Rusky does not fact check?  Wow, what a surprised.

Oh, and when contronted that he was punked, he defended himself by saying &quot;we stand by the fabricated quote because we know Obama thinks it anyway&quot;

After so many years of mis-labeling and mis-characterizing others he gets smacked down by the NFL &quot;Not For Limbaugh&quot;.  Great job NFL.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So Rusky does not fact check?  Wow, what a surprised.</p>
<p>Oh, and when contronted that he was punked, he defended himself by saying &#8220;we stand by the fabricated quote because we know Obama thinks it anyway&#8221;</p>
<p>After so many years of mis-labeling and mis-characterizing others he gets smacked down by the NFL &#8220;Not For Limbaugh&#8221;.  Great job NFL.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Torture Torture and More Torture:  Now is the Time to Prosecute the Bush Administration by Media Channel 2.0 &#8212; Blog &#8212; Interrogation Memos and Miss California Drive the Online Debate</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/torture-torture-and-more-torture-now-is-the-time-to-prosecute-the-bush-administration.html/comment-page-1#comment-47958</link>
		<dc:creator>Media Channel 2.0 &#8212; Blog &#8212; Interrogation Memos and Miss California Drive the Online Debate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] prisoners does not send the right message to the rest of the world,&#8221; declared Brad at harikari.com. &#8220;Waterboarding is inhumane, immoral, and illegal so, by Bush and Rumsfeld&#8217;s own [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] prisoners does not send the right message to the rest of the world,&#8221; declared Brad at harikari.com. &#8220;Waterboarding is inhumane, immoral, and illegal so, by Bush and Rumsfeld&#8217;s own [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Friday Night Videos &#8211; Patti Smith, Rosanne Cash, and Elvis Costello by Tony</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/music/friday-night-videos-patti-smith-rosanne-cash-and-elvis-costello.html/comment-page-1#comment-47950</link>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh my god. That Patti Smith thing is one of the greatest things I&#039;ve ever seen. I loved Kids Are People Too when I was a kid, but I have no recollection of what the show was about or what was on it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my god. That Patti Smith thing is one of the greatest things I&#8217;ve ever seen. I loved Kids Are People Too when I was a kid, but I have no recollection of what the show was about or what was on it.</p>
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