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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 23:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 04:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 04:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 16:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Jed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-355129</link>
		<dc:creator>Jed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Monk,
According to the Union of Radical Religious Reactionaries (hereafter referred to as URRR!), the New England states have always been full of them deckedent libril pannywaists, so maybe nobody can see the difference.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Monk,<br />
According to the Union of Radical Religious Reactionaries (hereafter referred to as URRR!), the New England states have always been full of them deckedent libril pannywaists, so maybe nobody can see the difference.</p>
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		<title>By: Jed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-354209</link>
		<dc:creator>Jed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 03:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Boxic,
Quoting religious right wingnuts like Jacoby and Colson to support your bias doesn't do anything except put all the nuts in one pile, and I'm not sure either of them would want to find themselves in a pile with you. Quoting Wilson was just plain irrelevant. Either find yourself a rational argument or quit bellyaching about something that is really of no consequence to you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boxic,<br />
Quoting religious right wingnuts like Jacoby and Colson to support your bias doesn&#8217;t do anything except put all the nuts in one pile, and I&#8217;m not sure either of them would want to find themselves in a pile with you. Quoting Wilson was just plain irrelevant. Either find yourself a rational argument or quit bellyaching about something that is really of no consequence to you.</p>
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		<title>By: Boxlock</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-354082</link>
		<dc:creator>Boxlock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 02:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“The most important consequence of marriage is, that the husband and the wife become in law only one person... Upon this principle of union, almost all the other legal consequences of marriage depend.” —James Wilson

“Society has a vested interest in promoting only traditional marriage. Men and women are not interchangeable, and same-sex unions—no matter how devoted and enduring—cannot take the place of a married husband and wife. The essential function of marriage is to unite male and female. That is the only kind of union that can produce new life, and therefore the only kind of union in which society has a survival stake.” —Jeff Jacoby

“Over the centuries in Western civilization, public policy has recognized the vital role of the family that the heterosexual family needed to be protected and defended in the law, because it provided crucial benefits for the well-being of society and family. That is different than a question of civil rights.” —Chuck Colson</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“The most important consequence of marriage is, that the husband and the wife become in law only one person&#8230; Upon this principle of union, almost all the other legal consequences of marriage depend.” —James Wilson</p>
<p>“Society has a vested interest in promoting only traditional marriage. Men and women are not interchangeable, and same-sex unions—no matter how devoted and enduring—cannot take the place of a married husband and wife. The essential function of marriage is to unite male and female. That is the only kind of union that can produce new life, and therefore the only kind of union in which society has a survival stake.” —Jeff Jacoby</p>
<p>“Over the centuries in Western civilization, public policy has recognized the vital role of the family that the heterosexual family needed to be protected and defended in the law, because it provided crucial benefits for the well-being of society and family. That is different than a question of civil rights.” —Chuck Colson</p>
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		<title>By: Monkeyhawk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353640</link>
		<dc:creator>Monkeyhawk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 16:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It has been four and a half years since same-sex marriages were legalized in Massachusetts, and for some reason the Bay State has not descended into a perverted bacchanal, families have not been torn asunder by the destructive power of these new unions, and the bonds holding society together have not been torn to shreds. Incredibly, the prophecies of doom were wrong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has been four and a half years since same-sex marriages were legalized in Massachusetts, and for some reason the Bay State has not descended into a perverted bacchanal, families have not been torn asunder by the destructive power of these new unions, and the bonds holding society together have not been torn to shreds. Incredibly, the prophecies of doom were wrong.</p>
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		<title>By: Jed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353622</link>
		<dc:creator>Jed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 15:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stoned,
Okay, she exists, but she obviously was unqualified to do the job she was hired to do. Would you hire a rabid satanist to hire and fire your church personnel or an active KKK member to oversee civil rights compliance? Well, no doubt you would, but that doesn't make it right. She was in a position in which her personal prejudices hindered her job performance and should be fired The school will probably be sued if she made decisions for the school based on her bias. She set her employer up for legal action, and in all fairness, she or her church should pay the legal expenses of the school in any lawsuits arising from her discriminatory actions and statements.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stoned,<br />
Okay, she exists, but she obviously was unqualified to do the job she was hired to do. Would you hire a rabid satanist to hire and fire your church personnel or an active KKK member to oversee civil rights compliance? Well, no doubt you would, but that doesn&#8217;t make it right. She was in a position in which her personal prejudices hindered her job performance and should be fired The school will probably be sued if she made decisions for the school based on her bias. She set her employer up for legal action, and in all fairness, she or her church should pay the legal expenses of the school in any lawsuits arising from her discriminatory actions and statements.</p>
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		<title>By: BlueJay</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353386</link>
		<dc:creator>BlueJay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 03:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks ksagnostic for the qualifier.

    I have a few of my own to add. My subcription to kfg's comment based on bloggers here is ALSO qualified by...

    How many times a poster claims to be Christian.

    How often they revert to posting bible verse.

    And how they judge others who call themselves Christians.

     Hooray your advocacy here WS!

      I wish Obama had it. When he did the McClurkin thing for votes?

     That hurt a friend of mine. And I don't bail on friends to work with enemies like Obama wants us to.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks ksagnostic for the qualifier.</p>
<p>    I have a few of my own to add. My subcription to kfg&#8217;s comment based on bloggers here is ALSO qualified by&#8230;</p>
<p>    How many times a poster claims to be Christian.</p>
<p>    How often they revert to posting bible verse.</p>
<p>    And how they judge others who call themselves Christians.</p>
<p>     Hooray your advocacy here WS!</p>
<p>      I wish Obama had it. When he did the McClurkin thing for votes?</p>
<p>     That hurt a friend of mine. And I don&#8217;t bail on friends to work with enemies like Obama wants us to.</p>
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		<title>By: Jed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353381</link>
		<dc:creator>Jed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 03:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WS,
"Sorry, dude, but adults in relationships have sex.
Get over it."

I'm 63, and I certainly haven't gotten over it yet, and hope I never do!
The true test though isn't how many partners, but how many times with the same partner. Most guys (well, maybe not Boxic) can usually find someone they can bullshit once, but the repeat business is what pays off!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WS,<br />
&#8220;Sorry, dude, but adults in relationships have sex.<br />
Get over it.&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m 63, and I certainly haven&#8217;t gotten over it yet, and hope I never do!<br />
The true test though isn&#8217;t how many partners, but how many times with the same partner. Most guys (well, maybe not Boxic) can usually find someone they can bullshit once, but the repeat business is what pays off!</p>
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		<title>By: WSClark</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353375</link>
		<dc:creator>WSClark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 02:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"I don’t condemn you….you do that yourself!"

And how so? Because I haven't given up sex at the age of 56? Because I am unmarried and have dated multiple women over the past twenty years?

Sorry, dude, but adults in relationships have sex.

Get over it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I don’t condemn you….you do that yourself!&#8221;</p>
<p>And how so? Because I haven&#8217;t given up sex at the age of 56? Because I am unmarried and have dated multiple women over the past twenty years?</p>
<p>Sorry, dude, but adults in relationships have sex.</p>
<p>Get over it.</p>
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		<title>By: Boxlock</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353372</link>
		<dc:creator>Boxlock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 02:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don't condemn you....you do that yourself!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t condemn you&#8230;.you do that yourself!</p>
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		<title>By: WSClark</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353366</link>
		<dc:creator>WSClark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 02:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"And those with LOTS of class keeps the number at ONE, one special woman for a lifetime, or death."

Doesn't always work that way, Lick. Some of us just have a way with women and we don't end up with just one. Some of us are way beyond one when we marry for the first time and the numbers keep growing throughout life.

There is no reason to condemn me because I have had more than one woman in my life.

Class has nothing to do with it.

Life happens.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;And those with LOTS of class keeps the number at ONE, one special woman for a lifetime, or death.&#8221;</p>
<p>Doesn&#8217;t always work that way, Lick. Some of us just have a way with women and we don&#8217;t end up with just one. Some of us are way beyond one when we marry for the first time and the numbers keep growing throughout life.</p>
<p>There is no reason to condemn me because I have had more than one woman in my life.</p>
<p>Class has nothing to do with it.</p>
<p>Life happens.</p>
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		<title>By: ksagnostic</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353363</link>
		<dc:creator>ksagnostic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 02:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"Well, John_S, you have the primary human resources officer make quite frankly discriminatory remarks."

Should have been

"Well, John_S, you have the primary human resources officer for a public university making quite frankly discriminatory remarks."

I think my sentence lost something on the second or third edit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Well, John_S, you have the primary human resources officer make quite frankly discriminatory remarks.&#8221;</p>
<p>Should have been</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, John_S, you have the primary human resources officer for a public university making quite frankly discriminatory remarks.&#8221;</p>
<p>I think my sentence lost something on the second or third edit.</p>
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		<title>By: ksagnostic</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353361</link>
		<dc:creator>ksagnostic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 02:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, John_S, you have the primary human resources officer make quite frankly discriminatory remarks. If a person in her position had made similar comments about people of a particular religious belief (yes, even evangelical Christians) the result probably would have been very similar if not the same. If you are a Human Resources professional for an institution with a non-discrimination policy, making comments critical of a particular group of people is going to get you into trouble. The consequence, in this case, quite frankly, was logical. 

As for the rest of your comments:

"ksagnostic,
gay relationships can be erroneously viewed as marriage only in a climate where marriage is in decline."

Statement of opinion masquerading as a statement of unsupported fact. It's also highly offensive bullsh*t. Like I said before, I know same sex couples who have lived marriage. They have stayed together, raised children, and supported one another though very difficult circumstances. Do you know what the end of a successful marriage is in almost all cases? A relationship that continues, where two people lovingly support each other through good times and bad, until one is left to grieve for the other. That is "happily ever after". That...is...what...(successful) marriage...is. I know same sex couples who have done that, in spite of the fact that they don't get the "benefits".  To claim that that kind of committment between same sex couples only happens in an environment where marriage is in decline is complete and total bullsh*t. As the article you yourself referenced indicated, marriage was already in decline in Scandanavia. There is no evidence, and none was presented, that correlation between decline in "traditional" heterosexual marriage and greater acceptance in same gender marriages indicates any sort of causation. And certainly, I have seen plenty of heterosexual marriages that have done just fine between partners who have no trouble with the idea of same sex marriages. It certainly hasn't interfered with me and my wife making a lifelong committment to each other, even though we both already experienced the loss of a spouse. We clearly believe in marriage. 

"But a decline in marriage has resulted in a population decrease in many european countries. It only goes to show how important marriage is for the future of society. No other type of relationship has as many benefits as marriage."

No, a decline in the birth rate is responsible for the population decrease (and with immigration, there isn't really a decline). Certainly, in a number of countries where birthrates are high, "traditional" marriage rates are not.  

And in this country, areas with higher acceptance of the idea of gay marriage are not areas where marriage is "weakest".

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/weekinreview/14pamb.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, John_S, you have the primary human resources officer make quite frankly discriminatory remarks. If a person in her position had made similar comments about people of a particular religious belief (yes, even evangelical Christians) the result probably would have been very similar if not the same. If you are a Human Resources professional for an institution with a non-discrimination policy, making comments critical of a particular group of people is going to get you into trouble. The consequence, in this case, quite frankly, was logical. </p>
<p>As for the rest of your comments:</p>
<p>&#8220;ksagnostic,<br />
gay relationships can be erroneously viewed as marriage only in a climate where marriage is in decline.&#8221;</p>
<p>Statement of opinion masquerading as a statement of unsupported fact. It&#8217;s also highly offensive bullsh*t. Like I said before, I know same sex couples who have lived marriage. They have stayed together, raised children, and supported one another though very difficult circumstances. Do you know what the end of a successful marriage is in almost all cases? A relationship that continues, where two people lovingly support each other through good times and bad, until one is left to grieve for the other. That is &#8220;happily ever after&#8221;. That&#8230;is&#8230;what&#8230;(successful) marriage&#8230;is. I know same sex couples who have done that, in spite of the fact that they don&#8217;t get the &#8220;benefits&#8221;.  To claim that that kind of committment between same sex couples only happens in an environment where marriage is in decline is complete and total bullsh*t. As the article you yourself referenced indicated, marriage was already in decline in Scandanavia. There is no evidence, and none was presented, that correlation between decline in &#8220;traditional&#8221; heterosexual marriage and greater acceptance in same gender marriages indicates any sort of causation. And certainly, I have seen plenty of heterosexual marriages that have done just fine between partners who have no trouble with the idea of same sex marriages. It certainly hasn&#8217;t interfered with me and my wife making a lifelong committment to each other, even though we both already experienced the loss of a spouse. We clearly believe in marriage. </p>
<p>&#8220;But a decline in marriage has resulted in a population decrease in many european countries. It only goes to show how important marriage is for the future of society. No other type of relationship has as many benefits as marriage.&#8221;</p>
<p>No, a decline in the birth rate is responsible for the population decrease (and with immigration, there isn&#8217;t really a decline). Certainly, in a number of countries where birthrates are high, &#8220;traditional&#8221; marriage rates are not.  </p>
<p>And in this country, areas with higher acceptance of the idea of gay marriage are not areas where marriage is &#8220;weakest&#8221;.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/weekinreview/14pamb.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/weekinreview/14pamb.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Boxlock</title>
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		<dc:creator>Boxlock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 02:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WS,
Anybody with any class at all never compares those numbers.
And those with LOTS of class keeps the number at ONE, one special woman for a lifetime, or death.
Try to pick up some class will ya?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WS,<br />
Anybody with any class at all never compares those numbers.<br />
And those with LOTS of class keeps the number at ONE, one special woman for a lifetime, or death.<br />
Try to pick up some class will ya?</p>
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		<title>By: Jed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353342</link>
		<dc:creator>Jed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 01:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, and Stoned, I'm not really worried about a decline in population. We seemed to have been fruitful and miltiplied all that's necessary and more for the time being. 6.2 Billion and counting....!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, and Stoned, I&#8217;m not really worried about a decline in population. We seemed to have been fruitful and miltiplied all that&#8217;s necessary and more for the time being. 6.2 Billion and counting&#8230;.!</p>
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		<title>By: Jed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353337</link>
		<dc:creator>Jed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 01:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stoned,
Traditional marrige probably is in decline, but to lay that at the feet of gay people is ludicrous to say the least. If you take a look at the statistical breadowns, evangelical christians are among the most divorced group in the country, and it ain't 'cause you're gay! 
Radical changes in the business world as we transition from an industrial to an information economy have had a profound effect on marrige. Where one income used to support a family, it now often takes two, and if the present trends continue, it may soon require three. Polygamy?
Women who used to depend on their husbands for economic support are finding that they can do almost as well without putting up with your beer swilling and watching football on TV, unshaven and in your underwear. They demand more out of marriage, and when you don't supply it, they move on. And when you insist, as some of you religious folk do, that god assigned her the role of washing out your dirty shorts, fixing your dinner and shoveling out a kid every nine months, you're lucky if you escape with only a divorce!
But while that old time relation is declining, a new marriage paradigm is developing that recognizes the rights of both partners. It also recognizes that we get our choice of lifemates, and a particular gender arrangement is not a requirement. If you don't get the picture, ask your children and grandchildren. Most of them do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stoned,<br />
Traditional marrige probably is in decline, but to lay that at the feet of gay people is ludicrous to say the least. If you take a look at the statistical breadowns, evangelical christians are among the most divorced group in the country, and it ain&#8217;t &#8217;cause you&#8217;re gay!<br />
Radical changes in the business world as we transition from an industrial to an information economy have had a profound effect on marrige. Where one income used to support a family, it now often takes two, and if the present trends continue, it may soon require three. Polygamy?<br />
Women who used to depend on their husbands for economic support are finding that they can do almost as well without putting up with your beer swilling and watching football on TV, unshaven and in your underwear. They demand more out of marriage, and when you don&#8217;t supply it, they move on. And when you insist, as some of you religious folk do, that god assigned her the role of washing out your dirty shorts, fixing your dinner and shoveling out a kid every nine months, you&#8217;re lucky if you escape with only a divorce!<br />
But while that old time relation is declining, a new marriage paradigm is developing that recognizes the rights of both partners. It also recognizes that we get our choice of lifemates, and a particular gender arrangement is not a requirement. If you don&#8217;t get the picture, ask your children and grandchildren. Most of them do.</p>
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		<title>By: WSClark</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/will-gay-marriage-ruling-energize-gop/#comment-353327</link>
		<dc:creator>WSClark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 01:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"Now I know you are a geyser of B.S."

Ya' wanna compare numbers, Licker? You don't know me from Adam, yet you think you can make that statement? Loser. Let's compare numbers, chump.

I got you beat....................</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Now I know you are a geyser of B.S.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ya&#8217; wanna compare numbers, Licker? You don&#8217;t know me from Adam, yet you think you can make that statement? Loser. Let&#8217;s compare numbers, chump.</p>
<p>I got you beat&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Boxlock</title>
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		<dc:creator>Boxlock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 01:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"Any other questions?"

Nope...you've answered it more than satisfactorily.
Now I know you are a geyser of B.S., and I can now believe what others have claimed...that you can't be believed even for a minute.
But dream on, you are a legend in your own mind, just no one else's.
WS you're a hoot.
PS: I still think you should ask the farmer for advice, she's the expert.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Any other questions?&#8221;</p>
<p>Nope&#8230;you&#8217;ve answered it more than satisfactorily.<br />
Now I know you are a geyser of B.S., and I can now believe what others have claimed&#8230;that you can&#8217;t be believed even for a minute.<br />
But dream on, you are a legend in your own mind, just no one else&#8217;s.<br />
WS you&#8217;re a hoot.<br />
PS: I still think you should ask the farmer for advice, she&#8217;s the expert.</p>
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		<title>By: WSClark</title>
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		<dc:creator>WSClark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"And just how experienced are you? "

Jeez, do you really want to go there? Really?

Let's just say that I am quite experienced with women and I am well familiar with the "box lick" technique. With a woman, I sure as Hell know what I am doing and they appreciate it immensely.

Any other questions?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;And just how experienced are you? &#8221;</p>
<p>Jeez, do you really want to go there? Really?</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s just say that I am quite experienced with women and I am well familiar with the &#8220;box lick&#8221; technique. With a woman, I sure as Hell know what I am doing and they appreciate it immensely.</p>
<p>Any other questions?</p>
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		<title>By: john_s</title>
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		<dc:creator>john_s</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ksagnostic,
gay relationships can be erroneously viewed as marriage only in a climate where marriage is in decline. But a decline in marriage has resulted in a population decrease in many european countries. It only goes to show how important marriage is for the future of society. No other type of relationship has as many benefits as marriage.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ksagnostic,<br />
gay relationships can be erroneously viewed as marriage only in a climate where marriage is in decline. But a decline in marriage has resulted in a population decrease in many european countries. It only goes to show how important marriage is for the future of society. No other type of relationship has as many benefits as marriage.</p>
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