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<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113</link>
<description>Bush&apos;s Big Speech: He wants 21,500 more U.S.troops in Iraq. Bush&apos;s Big Speech: Non-apology apology out of touch with public opinion. Bush&apos;s Big Speech: He threatens Iran and Syria. The L.A. Times Responds: Saying Bush&apos;s Plan is just like Vietnam. Democrats Respond: They threaten to block the troop escalation. Republicans Repsond: They wonder if they should support Bush or... not. The Arab Response: Sending more U.S. troops is a bad idea. Democrats: Want to raise the minimum wage. Democrats and Republicans: Daring Bush to veto new stem cell bill. Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd: Announces he will throw his hat in...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:10:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Gabriel</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Josh, thanks for titling the last item "Fundie Parent" and not "They Will Know We are Christians." I'm afraid it may cost you your job, though. </p>]]></description>
<author>Gabriel</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587546</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587546</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:12:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by seattle98104</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>yeah that parent is a fucking nutjob.  and people say the bible isn't dangerous;  in the hands of morons the bible creates asshats that believe global warming is god's plan to burn us all up--which to them is a good thing.</p>

<p>what a tool.</p>]]></description>
<author>seattle98104</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587555</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587555</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:50:38 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by seattle98104</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>oh and the idiot in that article saying evolution is "only a theory" should be no where near a school board.</p>

<p>FUCK FEDERAL WAY.</p>]]></description>
<author>seattle98104</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587556</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587556</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:52:14 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Gabriel</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>There are so many amazing things about that article, like the dude's name being Frosty Hardison. Or his quote that "condoms don't belong in classroom, and neither does Al Gore." Eh? </p>

<p>Or:<br />
<blockquote>"The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."</blockquote></p>

<p>And how about this spin from Larson, the school board member:</p>

<blockquote>"Somebody could say you're killing free speech, and my retort to them would be we're encouraging free speech," said Larson, a lawyer. "The beauty of our society is we allow debate."</blockquote>
Hmm, I suppose censorship <em>does</em> encourage free speech. 

<p>Here's a major problem: the school board is insisting that whenever the movie is shown, a "credible" opposing viewpoint must also be shown. I've certainly never heard a credible opposing viewpoint on this. </p>]]></description>
<author>Gabriel</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587558</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587558</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:58:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Gabriel</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Dan, where does a place like Federal Way fit in the scheme of the urban archipelago? A sort of barely submerged outlying reef? A volcanic undersea ridge?</p>]]></description>
<author>Gabriel</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587559</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587559</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:13:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Brendan</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Point one:   The only credible alternative viewpoint is the view that Al Gore's position doesn't do enough to stop global warming. Let's argue that point to the school board and shift the Overton window.</p>

<p>Point two:   The fundie says the bible says the world will burn up in the end.   Isn't that what Gore is saying?</p>]]></description>
<author>Brendan</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587561</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587561</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:24:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by catalina vel-duray</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Gabriel, I don't know if you know this or not, but the phrase "They will know we are  Christians..." is from a 60's era hymn-ish sort of song titled "They will know we are Christians by Our Love". My sister went to Catholic school in the 60's, and used to sing that song over and over and over and over. That was annoying enough, but when you add to the mix that she's tone deaf....</p>]]></description>
<author>catalina vel-duray</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587562</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587562</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:25:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by catalina vel-duray</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>and by the way - it's sad to see how Federal Way hates their students, and wants them to fail in life. </p>]]></description>
<author>catalina vel-duray</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587565</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587565</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:28:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Gabriel</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Brendan,<br />
I think that Frosty is arguing that Gore is trying to meddle with God's apocalyptic incinerator. To fight global warming is to fight God's will. It's certainly an amazingly weird position, acknowledging global warming and saying that it's our destiny to fry. </p>]]></description>
<author>Gabriel</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587566</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587566</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:29:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Gabriel</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@7 Yeah, I knew it was a hymn but I don't think I've ever heard it sung. </p>]]></description>
<author>Gabriel</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587567</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587567</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:31:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by catalina vel-duray</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Gabriel, consider yourself lucky - it's right down there with "Kumbaya" ;-)</p>]]></description>
<author>catalina vel-duray</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587568</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587568</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:33:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Marage</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Eric B. And Rakim - Casualties Of War Lyrics</p>

<p> Casualties of War!</p>

<p>Casualties of war; as I approach the barricade<br />
Where's the enemy?  Who do I invade?<br />
Bullets of Teflon, bulletproof vest rip<br />
Tear ya outta ya frame with a bag full of clips<br />
Cause I got a family that waits for my return<br />
To get back home is my main concern<br />
I'ma get back to New York in one piece<br />
but I'm bent in the sand that is hot as the city streets<br />
Sky lights up like fireworks blind me<br />
Bullets, whistlin over my head remind me...<br />
President Bush said attack<br />
Flashback to Nam, I might not make it back<br />
Missile hits the area, screams wake me up<br />
from a war of dreams, heat up the M-16<br />
Basic training, trained for torture<br />
Take no prisoners, and I just caught ya<br />
Addicted to murder, send more bodybags<br />
They can't identify em, leave the nametags<br />
I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor<br />
CASUALTIES OF WAR! (4X)</p>

<p>Day divides the night and night divides the day<br />
It's all hard work and no play<br />
More than combat, it's far beyond that<br />
Cause I got a kill or be killed kind of attack<br />
Area's mapped out, there'll be no, Stratego<br />
Me and my platoon make a boom wherever we go<br />
But what are we here for?  Who's on the other side of the wall?<br />
Somebody give the President a call<br />
But I hear warfare scream through the air<br />
Back to the battlegrounds, it's war they declare<br />
A Desert Storm: let's see who reigns supreme<br />
Something like Monopoly: a government scheme<br />
Go to the Army, be all you can be<br />
Another dead soldier?  Hell no, not me<br />
So I start letting off ammunition in every direction<br />
Allah is my only protection<br />
 <br />
But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same<br />
and this is Asia, from where I came<br />
I'm on the wrong side, so change the target<br />
Shooting at the general; and where's the sergeant?<br />
Blame it on John Hardy Hawkins for bringing me to America<br />
Now it's mass hysteria<br />
I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor<br />
CASUALTIES OF WAR! (4X)</p>

<p>The war is over, for now at least<br />
Just because they lost it don't mean it's peace<br />
It's a long way home, it's a lot to think about<br />
Whole generation, left in doubt<br />
Innocent families killed in the midst<br />
It'll be more dead people after this<br />
So I'm glad to be alive and walkin<br />
Half of my platoon came home in coffins<br />
Except the general, buried in the Storm<br />
in bits and pieces no need to look for em<br />
I played it slick and got away with it<br />
Rigged it up so they would think they did it<br />
Now I'm home on reserves and you can bet<br />
when THEY call, I'm going AWOL<br />
Cause it ain't no way I'm going back to war<br />
when I don't know who or what I'm fighting for<br />
So I wait for terrorists to attack<br />
Every time a truck backfires I fire back<br />
I look for shelter when a plane is over me<br />
Remember Pearl Harbor?  New York could be over, G<br />
Kamikaze, strapped with bombs<br />
No peace in the East, they want revenge for Saddam<br />
Did I hear gunshots, or thunder?<br />
No time to wonder, somebody's going under<br />
Put on my fatigues and my camoflouge<br />
Take control, cause I'm in charge<br />
When I snapped out of it, it was blood, dead bodies on the floor<br />
CASUALTIES OF WAR! (4X)<br />
</p>]]></description>
<author>Marage</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587570</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587570</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:41:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by konstantconsumer</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>god.  i really hope the democrats will actually stop the surge.  i know that they have funding power.  could they set a per soldier amount, with a max of such and such.  then, decrease that max amount over time, so that we are forced to remove troops.  that way, individual troops aren't undersupplied, but bush is forced to remove the ones that we don't have the budget for?</p>]]></description>
<author>konstantconsumer</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587575</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587575</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:53:32 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Marage</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Between 1945 and 1963, more than 382,000 civilian and military personnel were exposed to atmospheric and underwater atomic tests. Nearly three-quarters of veterans exposed to the tests have since died, many from cancers related to the tests, according to the National Association of Atomic Veterans. Because the tests were classified as top secret, no documentation of this service was entered in these veterans' service or medical records. Veterans exposed to these atomic tests can sign up with the Veterans Administration's Ionizing Radiation Register, should additional benefits be granted. For more information, visit the National Association of Atomic Veterans website.</p>]]></description>
<author>Marage</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587577</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587577</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:55:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Gabriel</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>David Beckham is coming to America. Yes, <em>that</em> America.</p>]]></description>
<author>Gabriel</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587585</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587585</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:32:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by brian</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Vancouver, Canada born "Peggy Yvonne Middleton" age 84 dead.<br />
<a href="http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsdef/decarlobio.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsdef/decarlobio.html</a></p>]]></description>
<author>brian</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587606</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587606</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:01:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Fnarf</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Hey, Nick: fuck off. Test when you have something to say.<br /><br />
In other news, the PI published a nice cartoon showing a park ranger at Mt. Rainier begging -- they need $36 million, and have been reduced to appealing for public contributions -- with a note that $36 million is what we spend in Iraq in FOUR HOURS.</p>]]></description>
<author>Fnarf</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587621</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587621</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:23:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Nick</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Maing, FNARF. I'm just up in here trying to re-code this comments template and adjust the CSS accordingly. Besides, the test comments will disappear shortly</p>

<p>Thanks for your input on the site, btw!</p>]]></description>
<author>Nick</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587648</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587648</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:57:57 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by longball</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Wow, who knew that Federal way was adopting the Kansas model of public education. Congrats, morons. Next they'll be required to teach alternatives to the controcversial Copernican/Gallilean view that the earth revolves around the sun. </p>]]></description>
<author>longball</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587656</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c587656</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:34:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by azazello.</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi!Q<br />
Great site!</p>]]></description>
<author>azazello.</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c596836</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c596836</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:49:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by azazello.</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi!Q<br />
Great site!</p>]]></description>
<author>azazello.</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c596947</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c596947</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:28:34 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by azazello.</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi!Q<br />
Great site!</p>]]></description>
<author>azazello.</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c596951</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c596951</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:35:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by drukbq</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>abcbaa1a39<br />
jhdsgfj7</p>]]></description>
<author>drukbq</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c599424</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_morning_news_113#c599424</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:51:05 -0800</pubDate>
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