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		<title>By: Alfred</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alfred]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#039;t call someone an a..h...,either, because they are brown]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can&#8217;t call someone an a..h&#8230;,either, because they are brown</p>
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		<title>By: Bill North</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill North]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Really? Are you serious? Does this person have a real job that actually invokes intelligence? If this is the best way that this individual can find to occupy their time, their job description needs to be re-evaluated or just eliminated all together. How small, petty
 and inconsequential. Do something real. And how does this individual 
account for the number of unfortunate homeless people in that fair city 
who now are only a citizen of this terrific country? They are not paying
 taxes - they will not show up as residents as the street has no mailbox
 - but by whatever unfortunate circumstances have put them into the 
street, they are still CITIZENS of the United States of America.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really? Are you serious? Does this person have a real job that actually invokes intelligence? If this is the best way that this individual can find to occupy their time, their job description needs to be re-evaluated or just eliminated all together. How small, petty<br />
 and inconsequential. Do something real. And how does this individual<br />
account for the number of unfortunate homeless people in that fair city<br />
who now are only a citizen of this terrific country? They are not paying<br />
 taxes &#8211; they will not show up as residents as the street has no mailbox<br />
 &#8211; but by whatever unfortunate circumstances have put them into the<br />
street, they are still CITIZENS of the United States of America.</p>
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		<title>By: Lummi</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lummi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2013 02:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if Commissar Bronstein, while using his historical reference about &quot;brown bag&quot; being offensive to black people, gave any thought as to how many &quot;black&quot; people are , in fact, actually black. I recall reading back in the &#039;70s, in certain quarters of the black community, the blacker your pigmentation, the &quot;purer&quot; you were considered to be. But then we must bear in mind that Seattle and it environs pretty much control State government, where a few years ago, the word &quot;oriental&quot; was expunged from the official lexicon.  The Bay Area is considered by some locals to be a Conservative bastion, and UC Berkeley to be a branch of Oral Roberts University.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if Commissar Bronstein, while using his historical reference about &#8220;brown bag&#8221; being offensive to black people, gave any thought as to how many &#8220;black&#8221; people are , in fact, actually black. I recall reading back in the &#8217;70s, in certain quarters of the black community, the blacker your pigmentation, the &#8220;purer&#8221; you were considered to be. But then we must bear in mind that Seattle and it environs pretty much control State government, where a few years ago, the word &#8220;oriental&#8221; was expunged from the official lexicon.  The Bay Area is considered by some locals to be a Conservative bastion, and UC Berkeley to be a branch of Oral Roberts University.</p>
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		<title>By: Curmudgeon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Curmudgeon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2013 17:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Demunist Commiecrats at work.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Demunist Commiecrats at work.</p>
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		<title>By: Anne</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 19:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Thought Police look for ANYTHING that might imply, in any way, thru any method, by any means something that might offend or upset or anger someone.  Just love to hear people talk who say what they mean and are NOT worried about being politically correct. They&#039;re just honest.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Thought Police look for ANYTHING that might imply, in any way, thru any method, by any means something that might offend or upset or anger someone.  Just love to hear people talk who say what they mean and are NOT worried about being politically correct. They&#8217;re just honest.</p>
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		<title>By: SGM Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SGM Bob]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did NOT write this comment!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did NOT write this comment!</p>
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		<title>By: PapaSmurf</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PapaSmurf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smurfs would object!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Smurfs would object!</p>
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		<title>By: Really?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Really?]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe they should ban the name &quot;Bronstein.&quot;  It sounds a lot like BROWNstein.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe they should ban the name &#8220;Bronstein.&#8221;  It sounds a lot like BROWNstein.</p>
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		<title>By: herb benty</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[herb benty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wish that were true.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wish that were true.</p>
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		<title>By: cHUCK</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/seattle-bans-the-word-citizen-because-it-might-offend-non-citizens/comment-page-1/#comment-5299407</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cHUCK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agreed.  See my post, above.  If you know anyone living and working in Seattle, esp. city employees, this is something you should share with them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agreed.  See my post, above.  If you know anyone living and working in Seattle, esp. city employees, this is something you should share with them.</p>
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		<title>By: cHUCK</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cHUCK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There may be a better way.  The City of Seattle might be sued by both citizens at large and city employees subjected to this stupid rule.  It all depends on what the penalty is for &quot;violation&quot; of the rule.  Any effort to enforce it might be deemed a violation of the 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech.



There&#039;s nothing in our Constitution that suggests that speech must be racially, ethnically or color neutral or non-offensive.  Using the &quot;N&quot; word can&#039;t be effectively outlawed, even if it&#039;s offensive to virtually everyone,  because free speech has traditionally been upheld in the courts - even to the point of dismissing charges against persons who burned the U.S. flag as a sign of protest (a case that made national news years ago).



The only exceptions, and they&#039;ve been discussed many times over the years, are incitement to commit crimes or riots or false representation of an emergency - such as shouting &quot;FIRE&quot; in a crowded room or building.



If racial slurs or other offensive words could be legally banned,  a large portion of the population would be either in court or in jail.  The City of Seattle needs a lesson in civil rights, and this is a good issue to raise.  The prohibited words are inherently inoffensive and the rule is arbitrary and irrational.



If several city employees were to get together, openly &quot;violate&quot; the stupid rule and get slapped with some sort of punishment, then hire a good Constitutional lawyer, and take the City of Seattle to federal court, it might nip this sort of thing in the bud before it gets totally out of control.  As a minimum, it would make the City of Seattle appear extremely foolish.  At best, it might cost the City of Seattle a significant amount in both personal and punitive damages.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There may be a better way.  The City of Seattle might be sued by both citizens at large and city employees subjected to this stupid rule.  It all depends on what the penalty is for &#8220;violation&#8221; of the rule.  Any effort to enforce it might be deemed a violation of the 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s nothing in our Constitution that suggests that speech must be racially, ethnically or color neutral or non-offensive.  Using the &#8220;N&#8221; word can&#8217;t be effectively outlawed, even if it&#8217;s offensive to virtually everyone,  because free speech has traditionally been upheld in the courts &#8211; even to the point of dismissing charges against persons who burned the U.S. flag as a sign of protest (a case that made national news years ago).</p>
<p>The only exceptions, and they&#8217;ve been discussed many times over the years, are incitement to commit crimes or riots or false representation of an emergency &#8211; such as shouting &#8220;FIRE&#8221; in a crowded room or building.</p>
<p>If racial slurs or other offensive words could be legally banned,  a large portion of the population would be either in court or in jail.  The City of Seattle needs a lesson in civil rights, and this is a good issue to raise.  The prohibited words are inherently inoffensive and the rule is arbitrary and irrational.</p>
<p>If several city employees were to get together, openly &#8220;violate&#8221; the stupid rule and get slapped with some sort of punishment, then hire a good Constitutional lawyer, and take the City of Seattle to federal court, it might nip this sort of thing in the bud before it gets totally out of control.  As a minimum, it would make the City of Seattle appear extremely foolish.  At best, it might cost the City of Seattle a significant amount in both personal and punitive damages.</p>
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		<title>By: lokiswife</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[lokiswife]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s what happens when you legalize pot....it brings out the real wacko in people who were just slightly wacko before...and the liberals who run Seattle were never the smartest bananas in the bunch.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s what happens when you legalize pot&#8230;.it brings out the real wacko in people who were just slightly wacko before&#8230;and the liberals who run Seattle were never the smartest bananas in the bunch.</p>
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		<title>By: William Stevens</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/seattle-bans-the-word-citizen-because-it-might-offend-non-citizens/comment-page-2/#comment-5299367</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Stevens]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see the &#039;Civil Service Cretins&#039; are back at it again in Seattle this time.  One never knows where these Control Freaks are going to come out from under their slimy rocks.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see the &#8216;Civil Service Cretins&#8217; are back at it again in Seattle this time.  One never knows where these Control Freaks are going to come out from under their slimy rocks.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bottom line is that it is communist thinking that is our enemy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The bottom line is that it is communist thinking that is our enemy.</p>
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		<title>By: Keepyourkindofchange</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keepyourkindofchange]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I hear the term brown bag, I think of lunch.  I have never heard blacks referred to this way... ever!  Must be a Seattle thing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I hear the term brown bag, I think of lunch.  I have never heard blacks referred to this way&#8230; ever!  Must be a Seattle thing.</p>
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		<title>By: NotYour UsualPolitics</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NotYour UsualPolitics]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local Acorn Chapter? Acorn has no chapters Acorn disbanded 3 years ago they don&#039;t exist anymore. Insofar as not paying taxes ask Wesley Snipes how that works out for a person. He was a member of the Sovereign Citizen (whoops there goes that word) Movement of the 90&#039;s who claimed the Income tax amendment was never properly ratified by the states. He went to Federal Prison for it with a sentence of 3 years. After the Blade movies he deserved prison but I thought 3 years was a high price for bad acting......lol]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Local Acorn Chapter? Acorn has no chapters Acorn disbanded 3 years ago they don&#8217;t exist anymore. Insofar as not paying taxes ask Wesley Snipes how that works out for a person. He was a member of the Sovereign Citizen (whoops there goes that word) Movement of the 90&#8242;s who claimed the Income tax amendment was never properly ratified by the states. He went to Federal Prison for it with a sentence of 3 years. After the Blade movies he deserved prison but I thought 3 years was a high price for bad acting&#8230;&#8230;lol</p>
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		<title>By: Jo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe he said, &quot;play&quot;, as in ACT, at being morally superior...b/c we all know they are not too sure what morality is, as in the WORD, IS.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe he said, &#8220;play&#8221;, as in ACT, at being morally superior&#8230;b/c we all know they are not too sure what morality is, as in the WORD, IS.</p>
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		<title>By: Jo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zeke....if you are a Christian, that is what you MUST believe.  IT doesn&#039;t make you hateful toward others or paranoid or schizophrenic.....  It is similar to the fact that if you believe the world is round, you cannot believe it is also flat.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zeke&#8230;.if you are a Christian, that is what you MUST believe.  IT doesn&#8217;t make you hateful toward others or paranoid or schizophrenic&#8230;..  It is similar to the fact that if you believe the world is round, you cannot believe it is also flat.</p>
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		<title>By: Jo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing is &quot;gospel&quot; except for THE GOSPEL.  Period.  Beck just has a lot more connection to reality than anyone I have heard for the last 20 years from the left.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing is &#8220;gospel&#8221; except for THE GOSPEL.  Period.  Beck just has a lot more connection to reality than anyone I have heard for the last 20 years from the left.</p>
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		<title>By: Jo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry.....ACORN is NUTS by definition...look it up!  (hahahaha) but if you are not literate enough to use a dictionary, just check out their behavior....and Beck doesn&#039;t even come close.   While he isn&#039;t a favorite of mine, you lose credibility just by trying to say they are similar.  One  has a fair amount of common sense.  The other, ACORN (and their related henchmen) has (have) NO SENSE, whatsoever!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry&#8230;..ACORN is NUTS by definition&#8230;look it up!  (hahahaha) but if you are not literate enough to use a dictionary, just check out their behavior&#8230;.and Beck doesn&#8217;t even come close.   While he isn&#8217;t a favorite of mine, you lose credibility just by trying to say they are similar.  One  has a fair amount of common sense.  The other, ACORN (and their related henchmen) has (have) NO SENSE, whatsoever!!</p>
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