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		<title>By: mythusmage</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/02/13/smooth-operator/#comment-37995</link>
		<dc:creator>mythusmage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2005 04:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Richard, for you an alternate ending.



So this guy walks into a bar and says, &quot;I just heard a really great North Korean joke. Wanna hear it?&quot;



And the bartender holds up his hand. &quot;Before you get yourself in trouble, friend, I&#039;m North Korean. The bouncer is North Korean. The cook is North Korean Those two guys at the pool table are North Korean. You sure you really wanna tell that joke?&quot;



So the guy says, &quot;Nah, you probably heard it already.&quot;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Richard, for you an alternate ending.</p>
<p>So this guy walks into a bar and says, &#8220;I just heard a really great North Korean joke. Wanna hear it?&#8221;</p>
<p>And the bartender holds up his hand. &#8220;Before you get yourself in trouble, friend, I&#8217;m North Korean. The bouncer is North Korean. The cook is North Korean Those two guys at the pool table are North Korean. You sure you really wanna tell that joke?&#8221;</p>
<p>So the guy says, &#8220;Nah, you probably heard it already.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Fausta</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/02/13/smooth-operator/#comment-37994</link>
		<dc:creator>Fausta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Glad to hear the surgery went well.

Wishing Roger a quick and complete recovery,
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad to hear the surgery went well.</p>
<p>Wishing Roger a quick and complete recovery,</p>
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		<title>By: greenmamba</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/02/13/smooth-operator/#comment-37993</link>
		<dc:creator>greenmamba</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s wishing Roger a swift recovery.



I have gallstones.  Funny thing is they haven&#039;t bothered me since my wife and I split up, despite my Atkins diet and curry fetishes.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s wishing Roger a swift recovery.</p>
<p>I have gallstones.  Funny thing is they haven&#8217;t bothered me since my wife and I split up, despite my Atkins diet and curry fetishes.</p>
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		<title>By: richard mcenroe</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/02/13/smooth-operator/#comment-37992</link>
		<dc:creator>richard mcenroe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rick ó from what I understand of the story and context, Jordan hasn&#039;t had much input on actual programming at CNN for a while.  According to CNN&#039;s own releases, his job mostly consisted of setting up new overseas offices and dealing with bodies like the WEF and the other venues where he has made similar claims.



I&#039;ve heard intelligent, informed speculation that CNN is worried that it might come out Jordan has been making more censorship-for-access deals as he did with Saddam, with some other distasteful potentates.  Thus, they basically cut their losses to avoid having more laundry rummaged through.




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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rick ó from what I understand of the story and context, Jordan hasn&#8217;t had much input on actual programming at CNN for a while.  According to CNN&#8217;s own releases, his job mostly consisted of setting up new overseas offices and dealing with bodies like the WEF and the other venues where he has made similar claims.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve heard intelligent, informed speculation that CNN is worried that it might come out Jordan has been making more censorship-for-access deals as he did with Saddam, with some other distasteful potentates.  Thus, they basically cut their losses to avoid having more laundry rummaged through.</p>
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		<title>By: Rick Ballard</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/02/13/smooth-operator/#comment-37991</link>
		<dc:creator>Rick Ballard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Richard,



Do you really think the bloggers took Jordan down? You don&#039;t think that the suits at CNN have been looking at sinking ratings for as long as they could stand it. Jordan&#039;s announcement that he was enlarging CNN&#039;s anti-American narrative to include unfounded accusations of murder of journalists by the evil Bushitlermilitary may have provided the suits with the opportunity to make a much longed for move against the managerial/editorial idiots responsible for CNN&#039;s slide.



The suits ought to send flowers and thank you cards to all bloggers for offering a new excuse for forcing the use of golden parachutes.




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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Richard,</p>
<p>Do you really think the bloggers took Jordan down? You don&#8217;t think that the suits at CNN have been looking at sinking ratings for as long as they could stand it. Jordan&#8217;s announcement that he was enlarging CNN&#8217;s anti-American narrative to include unfounded accusations of murder of journalists by the evil Bushitlermilitary may have provided the suits with the opportunity to make a much longed for move against the managerial/editorial idiots responsible for CNN&#8217;s slide.</p>
<p>The suits ought to send flowers and thank you cards to all bloggers for offering a new excuse for forcing the use of golden parachutes.</p>
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		<title>By: Katherine</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/02/13/smooth-operator/#comment-37990</link>
		<dc:creator>Katherine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John,



ìNow, how do we have a Roger comment section without humor?î



Too late!  I am already laughing hysterically at Richardís jokes.   But the key is to prevent Roger from reading them. Morphine dripÖMmmmÖ.


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John,</p>
<p>ìNow, how do we have a Roger comment section without humor?î</p>
<p>Too late!  I am already laughing hysterically at Richardís jokes.   But the key is to prevent Roger from reading them. Morphine dripÖMmmmÖ.</p>
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		<title>By: blogaddict</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/02/13/smooth-operator/#comment-37989</link>
		<dc:creator>blogaddict</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ll resist the temptation to engage in any of my usual overwhelmingly witty repartee.



Roger, I wish you a speedy and easy recovery!!
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll resist the temptation to engage in any of my usual overwhelmingly witty repartee.</p>
<p>Roger, I wish you a speedy and easy recovery!!</p>
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		<title>By: mshyde</title>
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		<dc:creator>mshyde</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A swift recovery, and then back to the grind! :)
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A swift recovery, and then back to the grind! <img src='http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: richard mcenroe</title>
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		<dc:creator>richard mcenroe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On a genuinely serious note, Ed Morrissey of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; Captain&#039;s Quarters &lt;/a&gt; is asking for our prayers and good wishes for his wife&#039;s pancreas transplant.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On a genuinely serious note, Ed Morrissey of <a href="http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/" rel="nofollow"> Captain&#8217;s Quarters </a> is asking for our prayers and good wishes for his wife&#8217;s pancreas transplant.</p>
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		<title>By: richard mcenroe</title>
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		<dc:creator>richard mcenroe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, OK, if we&#039;re all gonna be little Sammy Sobersides, lemme repeat this from the previous thread:



Just watched Fox News Sunday here in LA, and was reminded that while we may like some dinosaurs, they are still dinosaurs.



Inexplicably, Joe Biden is still being trotted out as a foreign affairs expert. Has no one else in the Senate ever bought a plane ticket to somewhere east of Paris?



Then we got to the pundit panel, and the brontosaurs paraded. Everybody seemed to think that the selection of Howard Dean was no big deal, that his public statements would be of no matter next to his abilities to organize and raise money (they seemed unaware that it was Joe Trippi who raised the money and did the organizing, but never mind). But Howard Dean didn&#039;t really matter to the Dems&#039; future, because the electorate doesn&#039;t vote based on the Party Chairman, but because they love old Ironbritches Clinton. So Howard Dean, not really a big deal.



Then they got to the Eason Jordan dismissal. Everyone agreed, the bloggers did old Eason in, although to a man, woman and Juan Williams they were puzzled and surprised by his resignation, because they just didn&#039;t see what he did as a firing offense. In short, after two weeks, these elite journalists were completely ignorant of the story they were blathering on.



And they couldn&#039;t make the important connection. Howard Dean matters because bloggers took down Eason Jordan, and Dan Rather, and Trent Lott. Hillary will not be able to run away from the Howler, whose every speech and comment will be broadcast throughout the internet and hung around her neck like the anchor chain of the Titanic. This is either going to cripple her ability to run to the center, or cripple Dean&#039;s ability to get out his leftwing vote for the party. But not one of the experts, right or left, on TV this morning, got that.








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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, OK, if we&#8217;re all gonna be little Sammy Sobersides, lemme repeat this from the previous thread:</p>
<p>Just watched Fox News Sunday here in LA, and was reminded that while we may like some dinosaurs, they are still dinosaurs.</p>
<p>Inexplicably, Joe Biden is still being trotted out as a foreign affairs expert. Has no one else in the Senate ever bought a plane ticket to somewhere east of Paris?</p>
<p>Then we got to the pundit panel, and the brontosaurs paraded. Everybody seemed to think that the selection of Howard Dean was no big deal, that his public statements would be of no matter next to his abilities to organize and raise money (they seemed unaware that it was Joe Trippi who raised the money and did the organizing, but never mind). But Howard Dean didn&#8217;t really matter to the Dems&#8217; future, because the electorate doesn&#8217;t vote based on the Party Chairman, but because they love old Ironbritches Clinton. So Howard Dean, not really a big deal.</p>
<p>Then they got to the Eason Jordan dismissal. Everyone agreed, the bloggers did old Eason in, although to a man, woman and Juan Williams they were puzzled and surprised by his resignation, because they just didn&#8217;t see what he did as a firing offense. In short, after two weeks, these elite journalists were completely ignorant of the story they were blathering on.</p>
<p>And they couldn&#8217;t make the important connection. Howard Dean matters because bloggers took down Eason Jordan, and Dan Rather, and Trent Lott. Hillary will not be able to run away from the Howler, whose every speech and comment will be broadcast throughout the internet and hung around her neck like the anchor chain of the Titanic. This is either going to cripple her ability to run to the center, or cripple Dean&#8217;s ability to get out his leftwing vote for the party. But not one of the experts, right or left, on TV this morning, got that.</p>
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