<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Afternoon Open Thread</title> <atom:link href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/</link> <description>A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:58:52 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>By: Kim Kardashian pussy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-823218</link> <dc:creator>Kim Kardashian pussy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:03:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-823218</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Kim Kardashian...&lt;/strong&gt;[...]whenever you watch this kardashian sex tape. 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We recommend all our readers go and check these out[...]…...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Popular Sites We Like&#8230;</strong></p><p>[...]some interesting sites worth visitng. We recommend all our readers go and check these out[...]…&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: khrish</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-332605</link> <dc:creator>khrish</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:03:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-332605</guid> <description>I&#039;m so sick of Joe I could just reach through the screen an wring his wrinkly old neck. Somebody needs to start taking some action to end action in all this mess. Remove him from that chair. He has shown his true colors during the campaign and I don&#039;t know why they even put him in a position to be seen. I&#039;m sick, sick of him. All  these old coots need to go home. They&#039;ve been living on the welfare of the taxpayers all of their lives.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;m so sick of Joe I could just reach through the screen an wring his wrinkly old neck. Somebody needs to start taking some action to end action in all this mess. Remove him from that chair. He has shown his true colors during the campaign and I don&#39;t know why they even put him in a position to be seen. I&#39;m sick, sick of him. All  these old coots need to go home. They&#39;ve been living on the welfare of the taxpayers all of their lives.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: khrish</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322492</link> <dc:creator>khrish</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:03:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322492</guid> <description>I&#039;m so sick of Joe I could just reach through the screen an wring his wrinkly old neck. Somebody needs to start taking some action to end action in all this mess. Remove him from that chair. He has shown his true colors during the campaign and I don&#039;t know why they even put him in a position to be seen. I&#039;m sick, sick of him. All  these old coots need to go home. They&#039;ve been living on the welfare of the taxpayers all of their lives.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;m so sick of Joe I could just reach through the screen an wring his wrinkly old neck. Somebody needs to start taking some action to end action in all this mess. Remove him from that chair. He has shown his true colors during the campaign and I don&#39;t know why they even put him in a position to be seen. I&#39;m sick, sick of him. All  these old coots need to go home. They&#39;ve been living on the welfare of the taxpayers all of their lives.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: AM2k9</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322401</link> <dc:creator>AM2k9</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:05:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322401</guid> <description>&quot;So, Marshall is right. Obama has been more interested in sending out a pro-business signal to re-assure business interests and to court independent voters. I believe he has made a political calculation that he can hold his base of support even if he adopts a more center-left positioning because they have nowhere else to go. It’s not like they are going to vote for the Republicans. This has been an effective way to power for left-leaning mainstream parties for at least 15 years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, I suspect that the Obama Administration was taken by surprise by how huge post-bailout profits in the banking sector were. He probably also never anticipated the lack of political antennae Wall Street executives showed in paying large bonuses. So, his pro-business emphasis has backfired and he finds himself in a position where he must ratchet up the populist rhetoric – not necessarily to be followed by any concrete actions.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;d disagree.  There&#039;s no one in Obama&#039;s economic team with a history of advocating/fighting for poor people.  Not one (with the exception of Obama&#039;s community organizing days and that was almost 20 years ago).  So, what happens when you get Rahm Emmanuel, timmy, Larry, Jason Fruman....you get massive bank bailouts and a reluctance to put poor people&#039;s first.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;So, Marshall is right. Obama has been more interested in sending out a pro-business signal to re-assure business interests and to court independent voters. I believe he has made a political calculation that he can hold his base of support even if he adopts a more center-left positioning because they have nowhere else to go. It’s not like they are going to vote for the Republicans. This has been an effective way to power for left-leaning mainstream parties for at least 15 years.</p><p>However, I suspect that the Obama Administration was taken by surprise by how huge post-bailout profits in the banking sector were. He probably also never anticipated the lack of political antennae Wall Street executives showed in paying large bonuses. So, his pro-business emphasis has backfired and he finds himself in a position where he must ratchet up the populist rhetoric – not necessarily to be followed by any concrete actions.&#8221;</p><p>I&#39;d disagree.  There&#39;s no one in Obama&#39;s economic team with a history of advocating/fighting for poor people.  Not one (with the exception of Obama&#39;s community organizing days and that was almost 20 years ago).  So, what happens when you get Rahm Emmanuel, timmy, Larry, Jason Fruman&#8230;.you get massive bank bailouts and a reluctance to put poor people&#39;s first.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: AM2k9</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322402</link> <dc:creator>AM2k9</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:01:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322402</guid> <description>that&#039;s scary.  I mean, it only means that BO can sign the shittiest of bills and people wont give a hoop.  Perception is reality.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>that&#39;s scary.  I mean, it only means that BO can sign the shittiest of bills and people wont give a hoop.  Perception is reality.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: AM2k9</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322400</link> <dc:creator>AM2k9</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:57:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322400</guid> <description>Let the &quot;is not sh*t but gold&quot; season begin.  Funny thing is that a lot of democratic apologist will try to sell this no good piece of legislation under the pretenses that there&#039;s &quot;enough good&quot; in here! Do these MoFos NOT know how less inclined we&#039;re to support them in 2010? I mean, I&#039;ve been saying for a while now that the only thing the dems have to offer is &quot;at least we arent the republicans.&quot; Well, let me tell you, I may not vote republican the next time around, but I sure wont be in a hurry to vote for the democrats.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;and Harry Reid has to go.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let the &#8220;is not sh*t but gold&#8221; season begin.  Funny thing is that a lot of democratic apologist will try to sell this no good piece of legislation under the pretenses that there&#39;s &#8220;enough good&#8221; in here! Do these MoFos NOT know how less inclined we&#39;re to support them in 2010? I mean, I&#39;ve been saying for a while now that the only thing the dems have to offer is &#8220;at least we arent the republicans.&#8221; Well, let me tell you, I may not vote republican the next time around, but I sure wont be in a hurry to vote for the democrats.</p><p>and Harry Reid has to go.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: aleth</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322385</link> <dc:creator>aleth</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:17:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322385</guid> <description>Honestly the left or whatever the blogosphere left is they don&#039;t know how to use their power properly. What is the point of going after Lieberman&#039;s wife, what was the point of giving lieberman a blackface? What is the whole point seriously FDL? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Why not fight on policy instead Rove tactics, disgusting at best.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Honestly the left or whatever the blogosphere left is they don&#39;t know how to use their power properly. What is the point of going after Lieberman&#39;s wife, what was the point of giving lieberman a blackface? What is the whole point seriously FDL?</p><p>Why not fight on policy instead Rove tactics, disgusting at best.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Angelar</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322380</link> <dc:creator>Angelar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:46:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322380</guid> <description>hmmmmm.....will be interesting to hear the results of this.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/12/14/white-house-to-restore-emails-from-plame-cover-up-period/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/12/14/wh...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;White House to Restore Emails from Plame Cover-Up Period&lt;br&gt;By: emptywheel Monday December 14, 2009 11:48 am        &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The National Security Archive has released a list of dates for which the White House will restore emails under its settlement agreement.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That list includes almost all of the most suspect dates when email was missing, most notably the period (between September 29 and October 7, 2003) when Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby were working on a cover story in Jackson Hole. This is the period, remember, when Libby told Cheney the story he was going to tell the FBI–that he had learned of Plame’s identity from Tim Russert, not from Cheney himself. And it is also the period during which we know Fitzgerald was seeking emails, but did not receive them. (He did receive at least one email, printed out from a hard drive, after the more intense search for emails started in 2005.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I would have liked to see the emails through 2004–when it became clear Fitzgerald would subpoena Judy Miller and Matt Cooper, and when, in response to Rove turning over a key email to Fitzgerald, someone did some highly suspicious searches in the White House email system.&quot;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hmmmmm&#8230;..will be interesting to hear the results of this.</p><p><a href="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/12/14/white-house-to-restore-emails-from-plame-cover-up-period/" rel="nofollow">http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/12/14/wh&#8230;</a></p><p>&#8220;White House to Restore Emails from Plame Cover-Up Period<br />By: emptywheel Monday December 14, 2009 11:48 am</p><p>The National Security Archive has released a list of dates for which the White House will restore emails under its settlement agreement.</p><p>That list includes almost all of the most suspect dates when email was missing, most notably the period (between September 29 and October 7, 2003) when Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby were working on a cover story in Jackson Hole. This is the period, remember, when Libby told Cheney the story he was going to tell the FBI–that he had learned of Plame’s identity from Tim Russert, not from Cheney himself. And it is also the period during which we know Fitzgerald was seeking emails, but did not receive them. (He did receive at least one email, printed out from a hard drive, after the more intense search for emails started in 2005.</p><p>I would have liked to see the emails through 2004–when it became clear Fitzgerald would subpoena Judy Miller and Matt Cooper, and when, in response to Rove turning over a key email to Fitzgerald, someone did some highly suspicious searches in the White House email system.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mon_dieu_ishmael</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322378</link> <dc:creator>mon_dieu_ishmael</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:33:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322378</guid> <description>Back to the original plan for subsidized medical insurance?  The Medicare ploy is just a way to hide the true cost of the program.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back to the original plan for subsidized medical insurance?  The Medicare ploy is just a way to hide the true cost of the program.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: morphus</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322374</link> <dc:creator>morphus</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:08:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322374</guid> <description>Absolutely misguided, the are also there to govern. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I see, against, entitlement programs, but passes a $600B defense budget without a single complaint.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely misguided, the are also there to govern.</p><p>I see, against, entitlement programs, but passes a $600B defense budget without a single complaint.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Angelar</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322371</link> <dc:creator>Angelar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:01:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322371</guid> <description>fyi &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/holiday-favorite-white-house-christmas-2009-returns-to-hgtv-on-sunday-december-20-at-8-pm-etpt-79235302.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/holiday...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Holiday Favorite &#039;White House Christmas 2009&#039; Returns to HGTV on Sunday, December 20, at 8 pm ET/PT&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- With a new First Family in residence at the &quot;people&#039;s house,&quot; viewer favorite White House Christmas 2009 returns to HGTV on Sunday, December 20, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Designer Genevieve Gorder offers viewers an insider&#039;s look at how dozens of volunteers find inspiration in this year&#039;s decor theme, &quot;Reflect, Rejoice, Renew,&quot; to give the White House a traditional yet fresh and eco-friendly transformation for the holidays.....&quot;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>fyi</p><p><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/holiday-favorite-white-house-christmas-2009-returns-to-hgtv-on-sunday-december-20-at-8-pm-etpt-79235302.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/holiday&#8230;</a></p><p>&#8220;Holiday Favorite &#39;White House Christmas 2009&#39; Returns to HGTV on Sunday, December 20, at 8 pm ET/PT</p><p>KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; With a new First Family in residence at the &#8220;people&#39;s house,&#8221; viewer favorite White House Christmas 2009 returns to HGTV on Sunday, December 20, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Designer Genevieve Gorder offers viewers an insider&#39;s look at how dozens of volunteers find inspiration in this year&#39;s decor theme, &#8220;Reflect, Rejoice, Renew,&#8221; to give the White House a traditional yet fresh and eco-friendly transformation for the holidays&#8230;..&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mon_dieu_ishmael</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322372</link> <dc:creator>mon_dieu_ishmael</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:01:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322372</guid> <description>1) its what parties out of power do, 2) the republicans as a group are against the expansion entitlement programs.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1) its what parties out of power do, 2) the republicans as a group are against the expansion entitlement programs.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: morphus</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322369</link> <dc:creator>morphus</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:55:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322369</guid> <description>Good catch, it was in today&#039;s rss news feed.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good catch, it was in today&#39;s rss news feed.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: morphus</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322368</link> <dc:creator>morphus</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:54:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322368</guid> <description>What is the purpose of the delay?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is the purpose of the delay?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Angelar</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322367</link> <dc:creator>Angelar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:47:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322367</guid> <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121398303&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obamas Join Stars For Christmas Benefit Concert&lt;br&gt;by The Associated Press&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;President Barack Obama wipes a tear after singing on stage with first lady Michelle Obama, and George Lopez during Christmas in Washington at the National Building Museum in Washington Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The festivities, hosted by comedian George Lopez, took place at the National Building Museum and benefited the Children&#039;s National Medical Center.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;This season we celebrate that sacred moment, the birth of a child, the message of love preached to the world,&quot; Obama said from the stage, where he was joined by first lady Michelle Obama. &quot;More than 2,000 years later, that spirit still inspires us.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The president spoke of helping those in need during the holidays, as well as honoring those in the military.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;With our men and women in uniform serving far from home, in harm&#039;s way, our fervent wish remains this season, and all seasons: Let there be peace on earth,&quot; he said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diamond kicked off the concert by performing &quot;Joy to the World&quot; and &quot;Winter Wonderland.&quot; Blige wowed the crowd with &quot;The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire).&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Two of the holiday songs were original numbers. Country group Sugarland performed &quot;Gold and Green&quot; and Rob Thomas sang &quot;A New York Christmas.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;R&amp;B singer Usher sang &quot;Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas&quot; and Internet sensation Justin Bieber performed &quot;Someday at Christmas.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After addressing the crowd, the Obamas stayed on stage with all the performers to sing carols, starting with &quot;Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.&quot; The president wiped a tear from his eye during the sing-along.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The concert will air Dec. 20 on TNT.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121398303" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st&#8230;</a></p><p>Obamas Join Stars For Christmas Benefit Concert<br />by The Associated Press</p><p>President Barack Obama wipes a tear after singing on stage with first lady Michelle Obama, and George Lopez during Christmas in Washington at the National Building Museum in Washington Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009.</p><p>The festivities, hosted by comedian George Lopez, took place at the National Building Museum and benefited the Children&#39;s National Medical Center.</p><p>&#8220;This season we celebrate that sacred moment, the birth of a child, the message of love preached to the world,&#8221; Obama said from the stage, where he was joined by first lady Michelle Obama. &#8220;More than 2,000 years later, that spirit still inspires us.&#8221;</p><p>The president spoke of helping those in need during the holidays, as well as honoring those in the military.</p><p>&#8220;With our men and women in uniform serving far from home, in harm&#39;s way, our fervent wish remains this season, and all seasons: Let there be peace on earth,&#8221; he said.</p><p>Diamond kicked off the concert by performing &#8220;Joy to the World&#8221; and &#8220;Winter Wonderland.&#8221; Blige wowed the crowd with &#8220;The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire).&#8221;</p><p>Two of the holiday songs were original numbers. Country group Sugarland performed &#8220;Gold and Green&#8221; and Rob Thomas sang &#8220;A New York Christmas.&#8221;</p><p>R&#038;B singer Usher sang &#8220;Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas&#8221; and Internet sensation Justin Bieber performed &#8220;Someday at Christmas.&#8221;</p><p>After addressing the crowd, the Obamas stayed on stage with all the performers to sing carols, starting with &#8220;Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.&#8221; The president wiped a tear from his eye during the sing-along.</p><p>The concert will air Dec. 20 on TNT.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322366</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:34:15 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322366</guid> <description>condolences to the family</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>condolences to the family</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: jelana</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322365</link> <dc:creator>jelana</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:28:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322365</guid> <description>The article is over 13 years old.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The article is over 13 years old.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: RobM</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/12/afternoon-open-thread-237/comment-page-1/#comment-322363</link> <dc:creator>RobM</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:19:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=18430#comment-322363</guid> <description>rikyrah&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You asked if I thought our country could win in Afghanistan given the military, as a reflection of our country, is racist and unwilling as a whole to understand culture in warfare. I don&#039;t know if you saw &lt;a href=&quot;http://sitemaker.umich.edu/satran/home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;essay in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/opinion/13atran.html&amp;OQ=_rQ3D1&amp;OP=6d0df24dQ2FQ278hEQ27i.Q2ABu..1Q5EQ27Q5ERRQ5DQ27bQ5EQ27bvQ27.Q7ErUr.UQ27bvT1uTUGQ601Q22Z&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NYT&lt;a/ rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;I have to say after reading it for the third time I have to change the odds of our countries success to 40 60 from 70 30. the article gives much credence to the difference between knowing something and understanding it.&lt;br&gt;The salient thing he had to say, &quot;A key factor helping the Taliban is the moral outrage of the Pashtun trubes against those who deny them autonomy, including a right to bear arms to defend their tribal code, known as Pashtunwali.&quot; According to Mr Atran this code protects Al Queda as &quot;guests&quot; even if they do wrong things against others. So the issue of winning becomes how much modern secular lifestyles(?) can be introduced to ween them away from AQ while simultaneously improving their lives in a manner that they approve of. For example, will we accept schools for women but schools that only teach &quot;woman&#039;s work&quot;?&lt;br&gt;For those people whom want to argue we can&#039;t succeed it does provide plenty of ammunition for your arguments as well&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rikyrah</p><p>You asked if I thought our country could win in Afghanistan given the military, as a reflection of our country, is racist and unwilling as a whole to understand culture in warfare. I don&#39;t know if you saw <a href="http://sitemaker.umich.edu/satran/home" rel="nofollow">essay in the </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/opinion/13atran.html&#038;OQ=_rQ3D1&#038;OP=6d0df24dQ2FQ278hEQ27i.Q2ABu..1Q5EQ27Q5ERRQ5DQ27bQ5EQ27bvQ27.Q7ErUr.UQ27bvT1uTUGQ601Q22Z" rel="nofollow">NYT</a><a / rel="nofollow"> on Sunday.<br />I have to say after reading it for the third time I have to change the odds of our countries success to 40 60 from 70 30. the article gives much credence to the difference between knowing something and understanding it.<br />The salient thing he had to say, &#8220;A key factor helping the Taliban is the moral outrage of the Pashtun trubes against those who deny them autonomy, including a right to bear arms to defend their tribal code, known as Pashtunwali.&#8221; According to Mr Atran this code protects Al Queda as &#8220;guests&#8221; even if they do wrong things against others. So the issue of winning becomes how much modern secular lifestyles(?) can be introduced to ween them away from AQ while simultaneously improving their lives in a manner that they approve of. For example, will we accept schools for women but schools that only teach &#8220;woman&#39;s work&#8221;?<br />For those people whom want to argue we can&#39;t succeed it does provide plenty of ammunition for your arguments as well</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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