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		<title>By: beber</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409536</link>
		<dc:creator>beber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;What do you suppose figuring the why’s etc. behind the way cattle face will do for us?&quot; -- Ms Inks.

Well, for one thing, it was fun. I suppose is we could all find our inner cow, we wouldn&#039;t be lost so much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;What do you suppose figuring the why’s etc. behind the way cattle face will do for us?&#8221; &#8212; Ms Inks.</p>
<p>Well, for one thing, it was fun. I suppose is we could all find our inner cow, we wouldn&#8217;t be lost so much.</p>
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		<title>By: MaxGrobnik</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409474</link>
		<dc:creator>MaxGrobnik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cosmos - Thank you MaxGrobnik, for yet again proving that you AGW deniers are very, very dumb.

Anthropogenic GHG’s are causing Earth to become warmer.

That warming is causing “climate change”.
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I know, it&#039;s Global Warming that is causing Global Cooling.

I get it.

Whatever happens, you think you have a nice lil argument to get more Government money and more Government control for your cause.  Advanced Extortion, and you&#039;ve bought into the game hook, line, and sinker, or you&#039;re just one of the best actors ever who hasn&#039;t one an Oscar.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cosmos &#8211; Thank you MaxGrobnik, for yet again proving that you AGW deniers are very, very dumb.</p>
<p>Anthropogenic GHG’s are causing Earth to become warmer.</p>
<p>That warming is causing “climate change”.<br />
=====================================================</p>
<p>I know, it&#8217;s Global Warming that is causing Global Cooling.</p>
<p>I get it.</p>
<p>Whatever happens, you think you have a nice lil argument to get more Government money and more Government control for your cause.  Advanced Extortion, and you&#8217;ve bought into the game hook, line, and sinker, or you&#8217;re just one of the best actors ever who hasn&#8217;t one an Oscar.</p>
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		<title>By: samkan</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409430</link>
		<dc:creator>samkan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maggot, 

 It must be really sad for you to know for a fact that there are billions more of us &quot;delusional&quot; people in the world than there are folks like you, that think you are somehow more intelligent than we are. How does it feel going to schizophrenic doctors with schizophrenic nurses? Do you have a schizophrenic banker, schizophrenic lawyer.. how about a schizophrenic accountant? Uh oh.. you better be careful, It&#039;s likely the tax man, the firefighters and the police are schizophrenic too. You must live in a scary world there Doug.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maggot, </p>
<p> It must be really sad for you to know for a fact that there are billions more of us &#8220;delusional&#8221; people in the world than there are folks like you, that think you are somehow more intelligent than we are. How does it feel going to schizophrenic doctors with schizophrenic nurses? Do you have a schizophrenic banker, schizophrenic lawyer.. how about a schizophrenic accountant? Uh oh.. you better be careful, It&#8217;s likely the tax man, the firefighters and the police are schizophrenic too. You must live in a scary world there Doug.</p>
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		<title>By: Chas</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409425</link>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting  Organization....

http://www.mufon.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting  Organization&#8230;.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mufon.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mufon.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Chas</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409415</link>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good night;  Good  luck;  God  Bless  ----
Whatever you conceive God to be!!

Blessings  ALL!!!

So mote it be!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good night;  Good  luck;  God  Bless  &#8212;-<br />
Whatever you conceive God to be!!</p>
<p>Blessings  ALL!!!</p>
<p>So mote it be!!</p>
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		<title>By: Chas</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409414</link>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whether its  a  puddle of goo,   or  dust  from  the  ground,  it  seems  that  &quot;Man&quot;  comes  from  the  chemical  make-up  of  the  EARTH... Which  I  think is  scientifically  significant...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whether its  a  puddle of goo,   or  dust  from  the  ground,  it  seems  that  &#8220;Man&#8221;  comes  from  the  chemical  make-up  of  the  EARTH&#8230; Which  I  think is  scientifically  significant&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Nathaniel</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409413</link>
		<dc:creator>Nathaniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maggotpunk,

So what makes your &quot;fairy tale&quot; of a puddle of goo magically creating life any more believable?

Where is your proof?

You are right, I am honest.  Just waiting for you to be as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maggotpunk,</p>
<p>So what makes your &#8220;fairy tale&#8221; of a puddle of goo magically creating life any more believable?</p>
<p>Where is your proof?</p>
<p>You are right, I am honest.  Just waiting for you to be as well.</p>
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		<title>By: Nathaniel</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409412</link>
		<dc:creator>Nathaniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MonkeyHawk,

You basically agreed with me and the sad part is that you don&#039;t even realize it.

I am not saying that creation or God is less absurd than the &quot;puddle of goo&quot; at all.  I am saying that believing in the &quot;puddle of goo&quot; is also not any less absurd than what I believe.

Nice try though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MonkeyHawk,</p>
<p>You basically agreed with me and the sad part is that you don&#8217;t even realize it.</p>
<p>I am not saying that creation or God is less absurd than the &#8220;puddle of goo&#8221; at all.  I am saying that believing in the &#8220;puddle of goo&#8221; is also not any less absurd than what I believe.</p>
<p>Nice try though.</p>
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		<title>By: BlueJay</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409409</link>
		<dc:creator>BlueJay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He is KansasGolfnut and his mommy and daddy paid for his message.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He is KansasGolfnut and his mommy and daddy paid for his message.</p>
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		<title>By: KSGolfnut</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409407</link>
		<dc:creator>KSGolfnut</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s certainly laughable (but hardly surprising) that the HBC machinists gave up four weeks of pay for the pittance of concession they got from the company.

Someone at local lodge 733 might want to consider a BCCC quickie course in economics.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s certainly laughable (but hardly surprising) that the HBC machinists gave up four weeks of pay for the pittance of concession they got from the company.</p>
<p>Someone at local lodge 733 might want to consider a BCCC quickie course in economics.</p>
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		<title>By: Indie</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409312</link>
		<dc:creator>Indie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain is sending Lieberman and Graham to Georgia ?  

Who made him the State Department -- 

He is not a maverick,  he is a dangerous man who believes the presidency is his entitlement --- the Repubs need to reign him in -- find another candidate he is slowly becoming a bigger embarrasment than our C student  president --- his record is worse than having no record at all ---</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain is sending Lieberman and Graham to Georgia ?  </p>
<p>Who made him the State Department &#8212; </p>
<p>He is not a maverick,  he is a dangerous man who believes the presidency is his entitlement &#8212; the Repubs need to reign him in &#8212; find another candidate he is slowly becoming a bigger embarrasment than our C student  president &#8212; his record is worse than having no record at all &#8212;</p>
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		<title>By: lindainks55</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409253</link>
		<dc:creator>lindainks55</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sometimes I run across a news article that just seems so senseless I can&#039;t help but share.  What do you suppose figuring the why&#039;s etc. behind the way cattle face will do for us?  Maybe you&#039;re right, beber, and we&#039;ll learn humanity should be sleeping with their feet hanging off the mattress and toes pointed south...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes I run across a news article that just seems so senseless I can&#8217;t help but share.  What do you suppose figuring the why&#8217;s etc. behind the way cattle face will do for us?  Maybe you&#8217;re right, beber, and we&#8217;ll learn humanity should be sleeping with their feet hanging off the mattress and toes pointed south&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: beber</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409249</link>
		<dc:creator>beber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>May have to do with sun coming up in the east and setting in the west, don&#039;t you think. The cattle probably don&#039;t like to face into the sun any more than people do. I wonder if anyone has correlated the data with time of day. It would be interesting to know in which direction people sleep. Feet north, feet east, etc?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>May have to do with sun coming up in the east and setting in the west, don&#8217;t you think. The cattle probably don&#8217;t like to face into the sun any more than people do. I wonder if anyone has correlated the data with time of day. It would be interesting to know in which direction people sleep. Feet north, feet east, etc?</p>
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		<title>By: cosmos_originally</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409238</link>
		<dc:creator>cosmos_originally</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MaxGrobnik posted August 25, 2008 at 2:06 pm

&quot;Cosmos: 1) Global warming causes “climate change”.

..

Wow!

So it can get hotter, and man is causing it.

It can get colder, and man is causing that too.

Amazing.&quot;
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Thank you MaxGrobnik, for yet again proving that you AGW deniers are very, very dumb.

Anthropogenic GHG&#039;s are causing Earth to become warmer.

That warming is causing &quot;climate change&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MaxGrobnik posted August 25, 2008 at 2:06 pm</p>
<p>&#8220;Cosmos: 1) Global warming causes “climate change”.</p>
<p>..</p>
<p>Wow!</p>
<p>So it can get hotter, and man is causing it.</p>
<p>It can get colder, and man is causing that too.</p>
<p>Amazing.&#8221;<br />
&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p>Thank you MaxGrobnik, for yet again proving that you AGW deniers are very, very dumb.</p>
<p>Anthropogenic GHG&#8217;s are causing Earth to become warmer.</p>
<p>That warming is causing &#8220;climate change&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: lindainks55</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409204</link>
		<dc:creator>lindainks55</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry about that!  WOW!  I copied waaaaay more than I thought.  Guess that&#039;s what the &quot;comment preview&quot; is for.  Again, sorry!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry about that!  WOW!  I copied waaaaay more than I thought.  Guess that&#8217;s what the &#8220;comment preview&#8221; is for.  Again, sorry!</p>
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		<title>By: lindainks55</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409202</link>
		<dc:creator>lindainks55</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cattle shown to align north-south 


Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way?

Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction.

Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by herdsmen and hunters for thousands of years. 

The Earth can be viewed as a huge magnet, with magnetic north and south situated close to the geographical poles.

Many species - including birds and salmon - are known to use the Earth&#039;s magnetic fields in migration, rather like a natural GPS.

A few studies have shown that some mammals - including bats - also use a &quot;magnetic compass&quot; to help their sense of direction. 

 	
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Cattle shown to align north-south
By Elizabeth Mitchell
Science reporter, BBC News

Cattle (J Cerveny)
Cattle partake in some directional grazing

Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way?

Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction.

Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by herdsmen and hunters for thousands of years.

In the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences, scientists say the Earth&#039;s magnetic fields may influence the behaviour of these animals.

The Earth can be viewed as a huge magnet, with magnetic north and south situated close to the geographical poles.

Many species - including birds and salmon - are known to use the Earth&#039;s magnetic fields in migration, rather like a natural GPS.

A few studies have shown that some mammals - including bats - also use a &quot;magnetic compass&quot; to help their sense of direction.

Dr Sabine Begall, from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, has mainly studied the magnetic sense of mole rats - African animals that live in underground tunnels.

&quot;We were wondering if larger animals also have this magnetic sense,&quot; she told BBC News.
Deer (J Cerveny)
This sense may be quite widespread in the animal kingdom

Dr Begall and colleagues first decided to study the natural behaviour of domestic cattle.

The researchers surveyed Google Earth images of 8,510 grazing and resting cattle in 308 pasture plains across the globe.

&quot;Sometimes it took hours and hours to find some pictures with good resolution,&quot; said Dr Begall.

The scientists were unable to distinguish between the head and rear of the cattle, but could tell that the animals tended to face either north or south. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7575459.stm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cattle shown to align north-south </p>
<p>Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way?</p>
<p>Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction.</p>
<p>Wild deer also display this behaviour &#8211; a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by herdsmen and hunters for thousands of years. </p>
<p>The Earth can be viewed as a huge magnet, with magnetic north and south situated close to the geographical poles.</p>
<p>Many species &#8211; including birds and salmon &#8211; are known to use the Earth&#8217;s magnetic fields in migration, rather like a natural GPS.</p>
<p>A few studies have shown that some mammals &#8211; including bats &#8211; also use a &#8220;magnetic compass&#8221; to help their sense of direction. </p>
<p>Page last updated at 21:04 GMT, Monday, 25 August 2008 22:04 UK<br />
E-mail this to a friend 	Printable version<br />
Cattle shown to align north-south<br />
By Elizabeth Mitchell<br />
Science reporter, BBC News</p>
<p>Cattle (J Cerveny)<br />
Cattle partake in some directional grazing</p>
<p>Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way?</p>
<p>Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction.</p>
<p>Wild deer also display this behaviour &#8211; a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by herdsmen and hunters for thousands of years.</p>
<p>In the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences, scientists say the Earth&#8217;s magnetic fields may influence the behaviour of these animals.</p>
<p>The Earth can be viewed as a huge magnet, with magnetic north and south situated close to the geographical poles.</p>
<p>Many species &#8211; including birds and salmon &#8211; are known to use the Earth&#8217;s magnetic fields in migration, rather like a natural GPS.</p>
<p>A few studies have shown that some mammals &#8211; including bats &#8211; also use a &#8220;magnetic compass&#8221; to help their sense of direction.</p>
<p>Dr Sabine Begall, from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, has mainly studied the magnetic sense of mole rats &#8211; African animals that live in underground tunnels.</p>
<p>&#8220;We were wondering if larger animals also have this magnetic sense,&#8221; she told BBC News.<br />
Deer (J Cerveny)<br />
This sense may be quite widespread in the animal kingdom</p>
<p>Dr Begall and colleagues first decided to study the natural behaviour of domestic cattle.</p>
<p>The researchers surveyed Google Earth images of 8,510 grazing and resting cattle in 308 pasture plains across the globe.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sometimes it took hours and hours to find some pictures with good resolution,&#8221; said Dr Begall.</p>
<p>The scientists were unable to distinguish between the head and rear of the cattle, but could tell that the animals tended to face either north or south. </p>
<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7575459.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7575459.stm</a></p>
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		<title>By: Maggotpunk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409199</link>
		<dc:creator>Maggotpunk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nathan and Samkan are being honest.  They admit there is nothing to support their creationism delusion.  They just reject reality and substitute a fairy tale much like a child plays &#039;pretend&#039;.  I&#039;m just impressed that schizophrenic people can function just fine in today&#039;s society the way they do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nathan and Samkan are being honest.  They admit there is nothing to support their creationism delusion.  They just reject reality and substitute a fairy tale much like a child plays &#8216;pretend&#8217;.  I&#8217;m just impressed that schizophrenic people can function just fine in today&#8217;s society the way they do.</p>
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		<title>By: lindainks55</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409197</link>
		<dc:creator>lindainks55</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I tell you we MUST stay vigilant!  There is still time for bushco to mess up even more!  It seems they couldn&#039;t do more harm, but they want to and we must keep them from being able to follow through on their evil desires!
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Cheney To Visit Georgia Next Week

The trip will put the Bush administration&#039;s most prominent hawk in a war zone still occupied by lingering Russian troops, and is likely to irritate leaders in Moscow, who have condemned the United States for siding with Georgia in the conflict. 

It will also underscore the extent of disagreement within the Bush administration over how forcefully to confront Moscow. Cheney and his aides unsuccessfully argued in favor of increasing military aid to the fledgling Georgian democracy, according to officials familiar with the debate. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502142.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I tell you we MUST stay vigilant!  There is still time for bushco to mess up even more!  It seems they couldn&#8217;t do more harm, but they want to and we must keep them from being able to follow through on their evil desires!<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p>Cheney To Visit Georgia Next Week</p>
<p>The trip will put the Bush administration&#8217;s most prominent hawk in a war zone still occupied by lingering Russian troops, and is likely to irritate leaders in Moscow, who have condemned the United States for siding with Georgia in the conflict. </p>
<p>It will also underscore the extent of disagreement within the Bush administration over how forcefully to confront Moscow. Cheney and his aides unsuccessfully argued in favor of increasing military aid to the fledgling Georgian democracy, according to officials familiar with the debate. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502142.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502142.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Monkeyhawk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409177</link>
		<dc:creator>Monkeyhawk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Nathaniel

&lt;i&gt;&quot;...to believe that life just formed from some puddle of goo?&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

Again with the &quot;puddle of goo,&quot; boy?

How is that any more absurd than:

&lt;i&gt;&quot;And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul?”&lt;/i&gt;

Dust is good?  Goo is bad?

Give us the theological distinction, boy.  I&#039;ll look elsewhere for the the scientific theories.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Nathaniel</p>
<p><i>&#8220;&#8230;to believe that life just formed from some puddle of goo?&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Again with the &#8220;puddle of goo,&#8221; boy?</p>
<p>How is that any more absurd than:</p>
<p><i>&#8220;And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul?”</i></p>
<p>Dust is good?  Goo is bad?</p>
<p>Give us the theological distinction, boy.  I&#8217;ll look elsewhere for the the scientific theories.</p>
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		<title>By: samkan</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409176</link>
		<dc:creator>samkan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maggot.. 
 
There is no scientific evidence for Creationism... I never said there was. I believe in Creation through faith.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maggot.. </p>
<p>There is no scientific evidence for Creationism&#8230; I never said there was. I believe in Creation through faith.</p>
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		<title>By: Nathaniel</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409170</link>
		<dc:creator>Nathaniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maggotpunk,

You see, I don&#039;t have to prove God to you, I simply assume him to be part of the equation.  

Isn&#039;t that how &quot;science&quot; works with Evolution?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maggotpunk,</p>
<p>You see, I don&#8217;t have to prove God to you, I simply assume him to be part of the equation.  </p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t that how &#8220;science&#8221; works with Evolution?</p>
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		<title>By: Nathaniel</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409165</link>
		<dc:creator>Nathaniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Creationsist fantasy land.

Sounds like a good name for a Christian theme park to me!

So is it a fantasy for you as well to believe that life just formed from some puddle of goo?

Oh yes, that is right.  Evolution doesn&#039;t claim to know about how life began, it just assumes it did.

Ok.  I don&#039;t claim to know about how God came to be nor do I have proof of God.  I just assume he is.  Just like Evolution!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Creationsist fantasy land.</p>
<p>Sounds like a good name for a Christian theme park to me!</p>
<p>So is it a fantasy for you as well to believe that life just formed from some puddle of goo?</p>
<p>Oh yes, that is right.  Evolution doesn&#8217;t claim to know about how life began, it just assumes it did.</p>
<p>Ok.  I don&#8217;t claim to know about how God came to be nor do I have proof of God.  I just assume he is.  Just like Evolution!</p>
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		<title>By: Maggotpunk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409154</link>
		<dc:creator>Maggotpunk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Asking for evidence of your claims is not being rational?  I suppose in creationist fantasy land asking questions and demanding evidence is an unpardonable crime.  Thanks, I&#039;ll stick with reality and real rational thought, which continues to evade the dishonest creationists (which is redundant).

Nothing upsets creationists more than asking them to support their claims.  Perhaps because they know their viewpoint holds no water but they just aren&#039;t honest enough to admit it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Asking for evidence of your claims is not being rational?  I suppose in creationist fantasy land asking questions and demanding evidence is an unpardonable crime.  Thanks, I&#8217;ll stick with reality and real rational thought, which continues to evade the dishonest creationists (which is redundant).</p>
<p>Nothing upsets creationists more than asking them to support their claims.  Perhaps because they know their viewpoint holds no water but they just aren&#8217;t honest enough to admit it.</p>
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		<title>By: outlander</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409151</link>
		<dc:creator>outlander</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am having to agree with samkan, Maggie. You are not a rational person with whom to have a discussion with. So I&#039;m through too. You have proven only your own lack of objective thinking ability.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am having to agree with samkan, Maggie. You are not a rational person with whom to have a discussion with. So I&#8217;m through too. You have proven only your own lack of objective thinking ability.</p>
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		<title>By: Maggotpunk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/08/open-thread-825-2/#comment-409146</link>
		<dc:creator>Maggotpunk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Outlander whines,
&quot;Same evidence. Different interpretation.&quot;

A conclusion can only be based on the facts.  There was no study on a god creating the chromosomes so no such conclusion can be derived.  You might as well say leprechauns did it as it means as much as the pointless drivel creationists like to cram in.

So if you, Samkan, or any other creationist can point out which information in the article led to such a conclusion then I&#039;d love to hear it.  All I&#039;ve been getting is whining, excuses, lies, and dodges.  How about if creationists don&#039;t have anything intelligent to say then don&#039;t say anything at all?  It would spare you guys additional embarrassment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Outlander whines,<br />
&#8220;Same evidence. Different interpretation.&#8221;</p>
<p>A conclusion can only be based on the facts.  There was no study on a god creating the chromosomes so no such conclusion can be derived.  You might as well say leprechauns did it as it means as much as the pointless drivel creationists like to cram in.</p>
<p>So if you, Samkan, or any other creationist can point out which information in the article led to such a conclusion then I&#8217;d love to hear it.  All I&#8217;ve been getting is whining, excuses, lies, and dodges.  How about if creationists don&#8217;t have anything intelligent to say then don&#8217;t say anything at all?  It would spare you guys additional embarrassment.</p>
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