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indy_azcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:44 PM
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Ben Domenech Resigns
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:45 PM
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1. That didn't take long. n/t
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:46 PM
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2. That was quick.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:46 PM
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3. No surprise.
He had become a liability.
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central scrutinizer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:47 PM
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4. aww, don't go away mad
just go away
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:16 PM
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29. Hey! You're plagiarizing Mötley Crüe
:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Of course, who can blame you for tapping such a font of pithy wisdom?

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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:37 PM
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37. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

"Girl, don't go away mad, girl, just go away!"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:49 PM
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41. I'll ditto that
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:48 PM
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5. isn't this latest breaking news?
Yippee!!
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:49 PM
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6. I believe it is!
ha ha ha ha ha! :rofl:
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indy_azcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:52 PM
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10. I agree, but it 'tis a blog-ish link ;-)
still fun... maybe Skinner et al will let 'er slide.

:shrug:
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:51 PM
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7. I left a message on their comments section.
Same handle as I use here. Told them they should convene another hearing on blogger ethics. :D

Then I told them their credability was shot.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:51 PM
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8. I wonder what ignorant,narrow-minded, foul-mouthed, political hack
they are going to choose as a replacement?
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 04:47 PM
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48. Whoever it is, let's dig up all the dirt on 'em too.
:D

Let's get criminal repuke reporters fired! :bounce:

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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 12:50 PM
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:52 PM
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9. I wonder if he'll put WP on his resume?
Fucking rat asshole, good riddance.
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centristo Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:53 PM
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11. bwahahahahhaha
another one bites the dust. Is anyone keeping track of how many Repubs have resigned from posts, private or civil, in shame? It's almost too many to count.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:54 PM
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12. Hey Hey Hey, Good Bye...
Hate it when I agree with Michelle Malkin...

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004834.htm
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klook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 04:47 PM
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47. "...the Left should cease its sick gloating
and leave him and his family alone."

Hmmm, maybe she's right....

Naaah! :evilgrin:
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 07:56 PM
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55. Why Michelle?
You and your fellow repukes were gloating during the Jason Blair debacle.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 10:33 PM
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57. I don't think this is an apt analogy, as far as I know Blair did not
promote any particular political ideology, unlike this guy.
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TexasLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:54 PM
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13. "Sunshine is the best disinfectant."
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:54 PM
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14. Ha Ha! What a Douche!
:rofl:
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:54 PM
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15. You gotta see their defense of the pinhead
Evidently, all those people he stole from gave him permission, but the dog ate all the permission slips.

"And now those opposed to Ben have googled prior writings that on the surface appear suspicious, but only because permissions obtained and judgments made offline were not reflected online by an out dated and out of business campus newspaper. But that's all the opponents want - just enough to sabotage a career, though in the process they will sabotage themselves. Facts have no meaning. Only impressions have any bearing on this. The charges of plagarism are false, meant to bring down a good and honest man. The presented facts to prove plagarism are specious -- products of shoddy work. One could easily think the producers of 60 Minutes II were behind them."

For a good laugh, read the whole thing. Us liberals are shooting ourselves in the foot because now the mainstream will never hire another blogger! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. No, asshole, another plagiarizing hatemongering pinhead blogger.

http://redstate.org/story/2006/3/23/22434/5436

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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:57 PM
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18. Someone needs to send that to PJ O'Rourke and ask for a response
The WaPo, perhaps.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:06 PM
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25. Crap, he slept through the "footnotes" portion of his "College Writing"
class, apparently!!!

Gee, I might try to use that logic--"Look, man, Tolstoi GAVE ME PERMISSION to copy WAR AND PEACE!" Think it'll work???

I especially love where they blame THE NEWSPAPER for his transgressions!!

The only idiot who sabotaged this idiot's career was the idiot, himself. But ya gotta love the pretzel-like logic they use to defend him...he must have compromising Polaroids, or sumptin'!

The wounded angst in the post, and the comments that follow, are a delight to behold, certainly. There isn't much that is funnier than a whining rightie!!!
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:14 PM
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28. I got a server error when I clicked your link.
Is Red State offline?
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indy_azcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:19 PM
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30. looks like the server got overworked
some interesting reads over at dailykos tho:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/24/13724/1544
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:42 PM
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38. Worked for me when I clicked
Maybe it's getting too many hits...
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Boomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 04:16 PM
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43. Ignorance masquerading as indignation
Quotes, with or without permission, are clearly marked as quotes and have prominent attributions to the source. Only the length of the quote raises issues of copyright legality.

Quotes without markup and without attributions ARE PLAGIARISM.
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liberal_patriot_md Donating Member (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 04:54 PM
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49. Is it just me, or is it funny that those pinheads can't spell "plagiarism"
never mind identifying it.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 10:20 PM
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56. maybe they should start cribbing from the dictionary. n/t
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klook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 05:03 PM
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50. So now they support open-source?? (eom)
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 05:27 AM
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64. That's rich, "Facts have no meaning".
Edited on Sat Mar-25-06 05:28 AM by ClintonTyree
In a way, I guess they're correct, Facts certainly haven't gotten in the way of the GOP's rise to power and reign of terror. 'The presented facts to prove plagiarism as specious--products of shoddy work". :wtf: Let me get this straight. It's the people who caught him plagiarizing that are at fault, not the plagiarizer himself? :eyes: OK.......! The good old "responsibility" party strikes again. :puke:
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:54 PM
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16. Here's his sign-off:
I regret that I have but one life to give for my country. What light through yonder window breaks. Call me Ishmael. Seacrest out!
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:59 PM
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20. lol!
:rofl:
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:19 PM
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31. OMFG!
Damn funny people here today.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 12:53 PM
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IselaB Donating Member (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:23 PM
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33. LOL
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:47 PM
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40. Heheheh...
:applause: Very clever and very funny. :applause:

Sid
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Catrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 05:05 PM
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51. He might consider joining the military
Send that boy some recruitment forms and let him do his whining over there so we don't have to listen to it here!

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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 05:33 PM
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53. LOL! good riddens to that nasty piece of work!
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 12:49 AM
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60. I'm always late to the party.
Thank goodness the jokes are still here when I arrive.

I LMAO at your post. Bravo! "Seacrest out."
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Nostradammit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 01:56 AM
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61. Perfect! LMAO!
:rofl:
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 06:16 AM
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65. LMAO!!!!
Seacrest out hehehehe :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:55 PM
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17. Great - now what about the ass that hired him? nt
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merbex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 01:58 PM
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19. I linked over there(thanks!) and left a comment
Hey, Washington Post -

Do you have to wonder why newspaper readership is down?
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finecraft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:03 PM
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21. "in order to maintain our journalistic integrity." HA!HA!HA!
Nice try guys, but the Washington Post hasn't had any journalistic integrity in a long, long time. After this stunt, I put the Post in the same class as "The Enquirer".
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NightOwwl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 05:51 PM
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54. Hey! The Enquirer gave us the classic "Bush's Booze Crisis."
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/63426 :rofl:

I gotta say, after this episode, The Enquirer has a hellavu lot more journalistic integrity than WaPo.

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Pithy Cherub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:04 PM
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22. Was the 'long goodbye' plagarized by Ben too?
:rofl:
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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:05 PM
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23. SHORTEST. CAREER ARC. EVER. -or- ""What's Next for Ben?"
My gods. This boy isn't yet 25 and already he needs career rehabilitation. What's next for our young anti-hero?


Pumping slurpees?
Selling oranges next to the freeway in LA?
Asking, "Do you want butter on that?"

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
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madame defarge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:24 PM
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34. Pairing up with Jeff Gannon... n/t
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Midnight Rambler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:30 PM
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35. Fox News, of course
n/t
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ozymandius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:05 PM
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24. In tribute to Ben, I offer my own personal take on the matter:
Ben Domenech Resigns

In the past 24 hours, we learned of allegations that Ben Domenech plagiarized material that appeared under his byline in various publications prior to washingtonpost.com contracting with him to write a blog that launched Tuesday.

An investigation into these allegations was ongoing, and in the interim, Domenech has resigned, effective immediately.

When we hired Domenech, we were not aware of any allegations that he had plagiarized any of his past writings. In any cases where allegations such as these are made, we will continue to investigate those charges thoroughly in order to maintain our journalistic integrity.

Not copied and pasted from someplace else so stop saying that!!!
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Brazenly Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:46 PM
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39. hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
brill!
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:11 PM
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26. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha!
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:11 PM
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27. Take no prisoners
only their dogtags for souvenirs.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:21 PM
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32. damn straight
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 02:36 PM
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36. Gee, what'll the WaPo do for "balance" now? Hire Drudge?
As for Domenech, good riddance to really bad rubbish! :grr:
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 04:10 PM
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42. He's being "gannonized" :-)
Conservative Blogger Getting "Gannonized"
Ben Domenech, welcome to my world! Editor & Publisher has a story about Lefty bloggers' reactions to the Washington Post trying to introduce a little balance to its hopelessly liberal newspaper. The same folks for whom "diversity" is a religion, have begun the smear campaign against someone who has a point of view they disagree with. It's just another attempt to take down a conservative by any means necessary. I expect this to get very, very personal.
Posted by jeffgannon at 09:09 AM

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IselaB Donating Member (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 04:40 PM
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44. Is that an actual quote?
Do you have a link?

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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 05:19 PM
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52. Yes, that's guckert's own words. It's from his blog....jeffgannon.com
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 11:20 PM
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58. Priceless!
"It's just another attempt to take down a conservative by any means necessary."

Those durn Lefty bloggers. They disagreed with Gannon's point of view and they forced him to pose for nude pictures and sell himself online for sex. Is there nothing to which they won't stoop? Heaven help us!
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 02:08 AM
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63. Yeah what a low blow for those lefties to shine a light on our plagiarism
and fake news!
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 04:44 PM
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45. AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 04:44 PM
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46. WoooooHOOOO - chennee-ing a-hole! n/t
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number6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 11:38 PM
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59. ha ha
:bounce: ;)
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 01:58 AM
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62. He's not old enough to resign.
Let's just say he quit. :P
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 08:37 AM
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66. National Review found several more cases of plagiarism!!
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 09:13 AM
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67. another Fucking Punk.... Piece of Shit.....Fuck him...
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 01:03 PM
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70. Another road kill on the Information Superhighway
road pizza deluxe.
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 01:20 PM
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71. Domenech is much creepier than people realize...
Edited on Sat Mar-25-06 01:25 PM by Jade Fox
He wrote this under a pseudonym on a conservative blog:

"People who are poor and black are a drag on society. We would all be better off if there were fewer of them. Since we have, with little success, spent trillions of dollars over the past several decades trying to make poor blacks non-poor, it is time we recognize that there are more efficient means of eliminating the drag. Stated so bluntly, many readers might find that way of putting the matter morally problematic. The extermination of anti-social elements does, after all, have a somewhat controversial history. One thinks, perhaps inevitably, of the Holocaust....."

Exterminating anti-social elements is "somewhat controversial"???? Geezus.

http://www.redstate.com/story/2005/9/30/123649/894
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/to-jim-brady-the-wapo-s_b_17854.html
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