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	<title>Silent Hope</title>
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		<title>You Have Got To Be Kidding Me. Please, Just Shut The &#8212;- Up.</title>
		<link>http://silent-hope.com/archives/125</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are these people really serious? Can someone help explain to me how some Americans could be this blatantly stupid?
To those who support this movement: please show me a picture of one black person protesting at any of these rallies. Please prove me wrong so that way I can stop thinking that Tea Party protesters are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are these people really serious? Can someone help explain to me how some Americans could be this blatantly stupid?</p>
<p>To those who support this movement: please show me a picture of one black person protesting at any of these rallies. Please prove me wrong so that way I can stop thinking that Tea Party protesters are just a bunch of racist uneducated idiots who are afraid to have a mixed-race person as president. Because it&#8217;s really beginning to look that way.</p>
<p>And even better, please tell me why you weren&#8217;t protesting well over a decade ago when Reagan helped bring one of the largest tax increases in American history, and why many Republicans now portray him as a saint despite his political shortcomings. Seriously. I might have been a Republican in the past, but the more I see garbage like this I&#8217;m glad I changed. I know there are some intelligent Republicans out there who don&#8217;t think this way, yes, but the below video is just pathetic.</p>
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		<title>Snowpocalypse 2010: Pennsylvania&#8217;s &#8220;RECORD. BREAKING. STORRRRRRRRRRM!!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://silent-hope.com/archives/124</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So this week has been quite an eventful week weather wise for Pennsylvania and it&#8217;s surrounding states. On Saturday my town got hit with 18&#8243;-23&#8243; inches of snow (including snow drifts), with another foot and a half of snow hitting the state on Wednesday, sending many areas (including mine) into blizzard/white-out conditions and basically crippling [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So this week has been quite an eventful week weather wise for Pennsylvania and it&#8217;s surrounding states. On Saturday my town got hit with 18&#8243;-23&#8243; inches of snow (including snow drifts), with another foot and a half of snow hitting the state on Wednesday, sending many areas (including mine) into blizzard/white-out conditions and basically crippling the state <em>[and my cellphone from the amount of concerned texts I got asking why the hell I was at work and not at home].</em> While I may wonder now why I came in, with the weather the way it was&#8230;it&#8217;s safe to say this is the worst storm I&#8217;ve ever had since I&#8217;ve lived in this house, and potentially one of the worst I&#8217;ve ever seen. period. The fact that Philadelphia set a record for the worst snowfall in a season since the 1800s (in one week!), suggests that perhaps this<em> is</em> the worst winter&#8230;and we&#8217;re not even done yet. I&#8217;d expect more snow before the spring.</p>
<p>Wonderful. Here are two videos I made to document the storm:</p>
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<p>And of course, pictures of today (the aftermath) are in the Gallery section.</p>

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		<title>Jay-Z Pretty Much Unintentionally Predicted Michael Jackson&#8217;s Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to Lost+ just now (the remix of Coldplay&#8217;s Lost! that has a rap verse from Jay-Z) and a certain verse caught my ear:
With the same sword they knight you, they gon&#8217; good night you with
Shit, that&#8217;s only half if they like you
That ain&#8217;t even the half what they might do
Don&#8217;t believe me, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was listening to Lost+ just now (the remix of Coldplay&#8217;s Lost! that has a rap verse from Jay-Z) and a certain verse caught my ear:</p>
<p>With the same sword they knight you, they gon&#8217; good night you with<br />
Shit, that&#8217;s only half if they like you<br />
That ain&#8217;t even the half what they might do<br />
<strong>Don&#8217;t believe me, ask Michael<br />
See Martin, see Malcolm<br />
See Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome<br />
See Jesus, see Judas<br />
See Caesar, see Brutus, see success is like suicide</strong><br />
Suicide, it&#8217;s a suicide<br />
If you succeed, prepare to be crucified</p>
<p>Every person named in the verse was either murdered or killed, including Michael Jackson who&#8217;s death was ruled a homicide due to an overdose of Propofol administered by his (then) current doctor.</p>
<p>Creepy? Yeah just a little.</p>

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		<title>Sammy Sosa: WTF?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
		
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Once upon a time there was a baseball Major League Baseball right fielder named Samuel Peralta Sosa. Loved by the Chicago Cubs and baseball fans across the country, he was regaled as one of baseball&#8217;s all time greatest hitters accomplishing 609 home runs, a .273 batting average and a 1,667 RBI count. Only a select [...]]]></description>
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<p>Once upon a time there was a baseball Major League Baseball right fielder named Samuel Peralta Sosa. Loved by the Chicago Cubs and baseball fans across the country, he was regaled as one of baseball&#8217;s all time greatest hitters accomplishing 609 home runs, a .273 batting average and a 1,667 RBI count. Only a select few had ever come close to achieving such a record, and many thought this bright star from the Dominican Republic would go on to become a Major League Hall of Famer, joining the likes of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Willie Mays as one of the greatest baseball players of all time.</p>
<p>On June 3, 2009, after a long and glamorous run in Baseball, Sosa announced his intention to retire from the MLB. He made the announcement in the Dominican Republic (the place where he was born) and said (in an interview with ESPN) that he was &#8220;calmly looking forward to his induction within the Baseball Hall of Fame&#8221; since his &#8220;statistics were up to par&#8221;.</p>
<p><center><a href='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/17sosa6501.jpg' title='17sosa6501.jpg' rel="lightbox[115]"><img src='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/17sosa6501.jpg' alt='17sosa6501.jpg' /></a><br />
<em>Two juicers, embraced in a manly dope hug</em></center></p>
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<p>Unfortunately kids; as poor Sammy Sosa (as well as Mark McGwire and 103 other baseball players) would soon discover, the Hall of Fame is only reserved for players who got there through natural performance, true skill and without the assistance of any illegal performance enhancing drugs or corked bats (as Sammy was caught using back in 2003). As information came out concerning Sammy&#8217;s long history of cheating and not playing fair, and basically being a Major League Asshole, his image became tarnished and he disappeared from the public eye. Never to be seen as a black man again (but later to resurface as a white man. See below).</p>
<p><center><a href='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/slide_3539_50190_large1.jpg' title='slide_3539_50190_large1.jpg' rel="lightbox[115]"><img src='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/slide_3539_50190_large1.jpg' alt='slide_3539_50190_large1.jpg' /></a></center></p>
<p>With the above pictures, Sammy Sosa shows all of us why you should never turn your body into a human chemistry set. With loss of pigmentation being a reported side effect of steroids, it&#8217;s safe to show that he should&#8217;ve laid off the juice. When you refuse to become talented the natural way, and instead rely on drugs to accomplish your dreams; sometimes god [or fate if you are an athiest], comes back to bite you in the ass.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s look at how a few other famous dopers would look with steroid lightened skin*:</p>
<p><strong>Manny Ramirez<br />
</strong><br />
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<p><strong>Alex Rodriquez (A-Roidz)<br />
</strong><br />
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***</p>
<p>Losers. Quit your jobs, and give the bat to someone who actually deserves it. You are a disgrace to Major League Baseball, and your teams are even more disgraceful for paying you big contracts after your drug use is already well known. Go choke on a baseball.</p>
<p><em>*It should be noted that this article was intended to be fun and to ridicule those who use steroids, and is not meant to undermine the very real and very serious disease called Vitiligo, a skin lightening disease that millions of people worldwide suffer from everyday. While the above subjects likely contracted such symptoms from steroid use (and not due to vitiligo), people with vitiligo receive the disease via genetics or other factors NOT pertaining to steroids/drugs and go through unfortunate and unnecessary discrimination everyday as a result of this disease. One of the most famous victims to suffer from the disease was Michael Jackson, and other famous figures have suffered from the disease as well. To find out more about vitiligo, and what you can do to help establish a cure please go to http://nvfi.org/index.php and donate money. It should also be stated that this article is neither endorsed, sponsored or condoned by the National Vitiligo Foundation and that all views expressed within this article are the views of the original writer, and him alone.</em></p>

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		<title>Seriously, They&#8217;re Just Tits.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
		
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Am I the only one who has been absolutely dumbfounded by the hoopla surrounding Meghan McCain recentely over the past few weeks? For those who do not know, Meghan McCain has been the subject of criticism in the media lately over a picture she posted on her twitter; showing her cleavage in a prominent fashion, or in the very least showing more tit then religious zealots in the South can handle...]]></description>
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<p>Am I the only one who has been absolutely dumbfounded by the hoopla surrounding Meghan McCain recentely over the past few weeks? For those who do not know, Meghan McCain has been the subject of criticism in the media lately over a picture she posted on her twitter; prominently showing her cleavage, or in the very least showing more tit then the press can handle.</p>
<p>My question is, what&#8217;s the big deal? Get over it! <strong>Seriously they&#8217;re just tits.</strong> Most of these people up in arms (including the morons on her twitter calling her a &#8220;slut&#8221;) have likely seen breasts in their lifetime, have had sex dozens of times, or probably even have seen worse in movies or on television. Remind me why it is a crime for a woman (an attractive woman might I add) to show a little bit of cleavage, or be confident in her figure when men are over-sexualized, shirtless, semi-nude and indecent in magazine ads all the time without complaint? Why is a woman being treated differently than a male? Where was the criticism of Lenny Kravitz when he showed his ass on twitter? This sickening double standard enforced on female society shows that despite how far we have come to ensure women receive equal or fair treatment, that we..as a people, still have very far to go for women&#8217;s rights before this discrimination can come to an end.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a man, who doesn&#8217;t believe woman are inferior, and who also believes that a woman can do a job just as well as a man, if not even better. I do not object to a woman being President, or even Vice President, and I even hope to see such a thing happen sometime in my lifetime.</p>
<p>Which is why I feel it is time that we stop referring to women as the &#8216;weaker sex&#8217;. Women go through more pain and discrimination than males in this society, and yet they still face the world with courage and an infallible drive to succeed and prove society wrong. Despite being pressured by society to conform to what they believe a woman should act like, many women defy these expectations and accomplish great things.</p>
<p>There is no reason women should be treated differently, and even as a guy&#8230;I feel woman should receive more respect. </p>
<p>Girls: If you have a beautiful figure, and you feel confident about it&#8230;don&#8217;t be afraid to wear sexy clothes that show it off. Being sexy and confident does not make you a slut despite what people might try to tell you.</p>
<p>Be confident in yourself and if you&#8217;ve got it? Flaunt it.</p>

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		<title>Hey Everyone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a heads up, I wanted to let everybody know that I haven&#8217;t forgot about Silent Hope nor have I decided to abandon it and quit posting in it. Life has just came at me hard recentely, and with my 23rd birthday recently having passed, and my mind being busy working on several top secret [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a heads up, I wanted to let everybody know that I haven&#8217;t forgot about Silent Hope nor have I decided to abandon it and quit posting in it. Life has just came at me hard recentely, and with my 23rd birthday recently having passed, and my mind being busy working on several top secret projects&#8230;I haven&#8217;t had a chance to get around to updating this site like I should.</p>
<p>That will change soon. Thanks to everyone who keeps visiting!</p>

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		<title>Late To The Punch: Xzibit Meme</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So in my quest to forever be late to the punch in discovering internet memes (I wasn't firin mah lazars, or voting for pedobear until long after others had done so), I stumbled across an absolutely hilarious meme featuring Xzibit that plays on Pimp My Ride's bizarre fascination with putting things in cars that really don't need to be there in the first place. Here are a few of my favorites...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So in my quest to forever be late to the punch in discovering internet memes (I wasn&#8217;t firin mah lazars, or voting for pedobear until long after others had done so), I stumbled across an absolutely hilarious meme featuring Xzibit that plays on Pimp My Ride&#8217;s bizarre fascination with putting things in cars that really don&#8217;t need to be there in the first place. Here are a few of my favorites:</p>
<p><a href='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/xzibit-anne-frank.jpg' title='xzibit-anne-frank.jpg' rel="lightbox[106]"><img src='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/xzibit-anne-frank.jpg' alt='xzibit-anne-frank.jpg' /></a></p>
<p><a href='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/14-xzibit3.jpg' title='14-xzibit3.jpg' rel="lightbox[106]"><img src='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/14-xzibit3.jpg' alt='14-xzibit3.jpg' /></a></p>
<p><a href='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bh0ccnyqkhgjwj45aqcc4gfao1_500.jpg' title='bh0ccnyqkhgjwj45aqcc4gfao1_500.jpg' rel="lightbox[106]"><img src='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bh0ccnyqkhgjwj45aqcc4gfao1_500.jpg' alt='bh0ccnyqkhgjwj45aqcc4gfao1_500.jpg' /></a></p>
<p>And this last one kinda speaks for itself on so many levels:</p>
<p><a href='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/5ruww93uxpf4r490phskbegeo1_400.jpg' title='5ruww93uxpf4r490phskbegeo1_400.jpg' rel="lightbox[106]"><img src='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/5ruww93uxpf4r490phskbegeo1_400.jpg' alt='5ruww93uxpf4r490phskbegeo1_400.jpg' /></a></p>
<p>Hilarious. I don&#8217;t care if I&#8217;m way late to the punch on this one. It&#8217;s still funny. You can view more at <a href="www.yodawgyo.com">www.yodawgyo.com</a>. Epic win.</p>

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		<title>Against It Before They Were For It: The Teabaggers Strike Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of politics; irony is a dish best served cold. Upon making Red White And Crude I intended this site to be part social commentary and part political satire. My mission for this site was to offer a sarcastic/lighthearted view of the political spectrum; and while usually I am the one doing the mockery, occasionally there will be time when a story is so ludicrous on it's own merits, that it basically makes fun of itself. The latest story I bring to you all is just that, and I'm certain I couldn't make up a story like this even if I tried...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the world of politics; irony is a dish best served cold. Upon making Red White And Crude I intended this site to be part social commentary and part political satire. My mission for this site was to offer a sarcastic/lighthearted view of the political spectrum; and while usually I am the one doing the mockery, occasionally there will be time when a story is so ludicrous on it&#8217;s own merits, that it basically makes fun of itself. The latest story I bring to you all is just that, and I&#8217;m certain I couldn&#8217;t make up a story like this even if I tried.</p>
<p>Quoting the Wall Street Journal:</p>
<p>&#8220;Protesters who attended Saturday’s Tea Party rally in Washington found a new reason to be upset: Apparently they are unhappy with the level of service provided by the subway system.</p>
<p>Rep. Kevin Brady asked for an explanation of why <strong>the government-run subway system </strong>didn’t, in his view, adequately prepare for this past weekend’s rally to protest<strong> government spending and government services.</strong>&#8221;</p>
<p>In a way I wish the above was a joke. I wish this was something I could&#8217;ve made up myself, but astonishingly the teabaggers really did use a government run public transit service, to gain transportation to their rally against government spending and government services.</p>
<p>Not only that, but it seems they are now claiming the service provided by the DC Metro was inadequate and not up to the needs of the teabaggers who attended the rally. A service that is funded by tax payer money, and (funnily enough) would&#8217;ve been upgraded through a version of the stimulus plan that contained money to upgrade that very metro station&#8230;a bill that Brady opposed and voted against (FAIL!).</p>
<p><center><a href='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/simpsons_nelson_haha2uwr.jpg' title='simpsons_nelson_haha2uwr.jpg' rel="lightbox[103]"><img src='http://silent-hope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/simpsons_nelson_haha2uwr.jpg' alt='simpsons_nelson_haha2uwr.jpg' /></a></center></p>
<p>The above irony only dictates why Republican leaders should not be trusted to uphold the best interests of the American people. In their quest to derail the President and stand against him on his most important measures (keep in mind the Stimulus passed with ZERO Republican support), they are short handing the constituents they have sworn to protect, even going as far to reject stimulus funds to prove a point (and further driving their state into poverty in the process).</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a ridiculous reality which is supported by these very people who go these rallies and hold signs, protesting the Public Health Care Option, and Big Government. Looking at how much Republicans have defied the best interests of Americans for political gain, it almost makes me wonder if the teabaggers really know what they&#8217;re protesting against, or as Carter put it so truthfully&#8230;these protests are racially charged.-</p>
<p>Wouldn&#8217;t surprise me. With organizations like the KKK, Sons of Confederate Veterans (that defends slavery as a benign institution), etc being allowed to exist in this country; and screams of Obama being Muslim filling the air at every protest, it&#8217;s clear that as much as we felt we had passed that horrible point in our country&#8217;s history&#8230;it&#8217;s still very much alive in the hearts of teabaggers opening their mouths wide for the cause of freedom.</p>
<p><em>(You&#8217;re welcome for that visual.)</em></p>

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		<title>Sorry Miss Taitz, Judge Land Wont &#8216;Let You Finish&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a day of mourning, and a time to hang our heads in respect of a movement that never was. Yesterday; in a court of law, the birther movement effectively came to an end when Federal Judge Clay Land declared a lawsuit by Army Capt. Connie Rhodes to be 'frivilous', threatening Orly Taitz with legal sanctions shall she continue her crusade against our current President. Stating that <em>"Unlike in Alice in Wonderland, simply saying something is so does not make it so,";</em> Judge Land proceeded to blast miss Taitz for her mockery of the court, voicing his obvious displeasure in her antics that have become a headache for the federal court in the last few months....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today is a day of mourning, and a time to hang our heads in respect of a movement that never was. Yesterday; in a court of law, the birther movement effectively came to an end when Federal Judge Clay Land declared a lawsuit by Army Capt. Connie Rhodes to be &#8216;frivilous&#8217;, threatening Orly Taitz with legal sanctions shall she continue her crusade against our current President. Stating that <em>&#8220;Unlike in Alice in Wonderland, simply saying something is so does not make it so,&#8221;;</em> Judge Land proceeded to blast miss Taitz for her mockery of the court, voicing his obvious displeasure in her antics that have become a headache for the federal court in the last few months.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Thus, Plaintiff&#8217;s counsel, who champions herself as a defender of liberty and freedom, seeks to use the power of the judiciary to compel a citizen, albeit the President of the United States, to &#8220;prove his innocence&#8221; to &#8220;charges&#8221; that are based upon conjecture and speculation. Any middle school civics student would readily recognize the irony of abandoning fundamental principles upon which our Country was founded in order to purportedly &#8220;protect and preserve&#8221; those very principles.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>It would be a sign for any conspiracy fueled lawyer to hang up their gloves and call it quits; but luckily for us (<em>since she&#8217;s so easy to make fun of</em>), Miss Taitz refused to call it quits and stated that Judge Land should be tried for treason against his country.</p>
<p>Now her comments are putting her in hot water, as a fellow member of the California bar (who currently practices in Ohio) has filed an <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2009/09/complaint-to-california-bar-re-orly-taitz-91709.php?page=1">official complaint</a> against miss Taitz, declaring her an embarrassment to the legal profession (and rightfully so):</p>
<p>&#8220;I respectfully request that you investigate Ms. Taitz&#8217;s conduct and impose an appropriate sanction. She is an embarrassment to the profession,&#8221; said Subodh Chandra who further charged &#8220;Taitz is violating the code by filing frivolous suits and pursuing actions based on &#8220;corrupt motive of passion of interest, namely, discriminatory and political motives.&#8221;</p>
<p>Although the review process may take several months, the end result (if Orly is found guilty of the above complaint) could range anywhere from private reproval to potential disbarment.</p>
<p>Hmm too bad. Can&#8217;t say we&#8217;re sad to see you go!</p>

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		<title>NO&#8230;YOU LIE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Obama's approval ratings back on the rise; and the conservative tea-party movement losing steam, Republicans recentely resorted to holding a large rally at Washington D.C. in the hopes that Americans would decide Obama is unfit to be president. Knowing that the media gets a woodie for any demonstrations against our current President, the 'teabaggers' grabbed their misspelled/ignorant/occasionally racist protest signs and marched their way through the capitol. The question is, did it even work? Read on...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With Obama&#8217;s approval ratings back on the rise; and the conservative tea-party movement losing steam, Republicans recentely resorted to holding a large rally at Washington D.C. in the hopes that Americans would decide Obama is unfit to be president. Knowing that the media gets a woodie for any demonstrations against our current President, the &#8216;teabaggers&#8217; grabbed their misspelled/ignorant/occasionally racist protest signs and marched their way through the capitol. The question is, did it even work?</p>
<p>In estimates provided by the teabaggers themselves, it was stated that anywhere from 1.5 to 2 million protesters were on hand at the recent rally to protest Obama&#8217;s economic and health care policies. Conservative blogs lit up with what was purported to be an aerial photo of the demonstration, eagerly frothing at the mouth at what they felt was a sign that Obama&#8217;s popular status in the country was coming to an end. Conservatives sipped their tea, and slapped eachother five, congratulating eachother on their acheivements until reality sunk in a few days later.</p>
<p>In official estimates provided by fire police in the area it has now been revealed that only 50,000-70,000 people showed up to the rally&#8230;a far cry from the 1.5-2million estimate provided by the teabaggers at the event. To put this into perspective, that is only 0.025% of the country&#8217;s 2009 estimated population of 305 million. Not even one percent of the country showed up to protest against President Obama.</p>
<p>As for the photo itself? It&#8217;s not from the event, or even from any events this year. The picture shows an overhead view of the Promise Keepers rally that took place in 1997. This is evidenced by the fact that the National Museum of The American Indian (which opened in 2004 and is located at the corner of Fourth Street and Independence Avenue and should be in the upper right hand corner of the National Mall, next to the Air and Space Museum) is nowhere to be found, and that from comments made by the fire police..the crowd “only filled the Capitol grounds, maybe up to Third Street&#8221; but not up to the Washington Monument as shown. Therefore, in the words of Mr. Joe Wilson himself, I suppose it&#8217;s safe to tell the teabaggers: &#8220;YOU LIE!&#8221;.<br />
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What&#8217;s worse for these protesters is these protests had absolutely no effect on the American people; as Obama&#8217;s approval ratings (in recent polling) are now higher than they were in August, and most people now support Obama&#8217;s vision of Healthcare reform. Which just goes to say, if a Paranoid Republican falls in the woods, does anybody really care? </em></p>

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