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	<title>Comments on: Liam Neeson Blasts Bill de Blasio&#8217;s Anti-Horse Campaign</title>
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		<title>By: pcuvie</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh well if the horses were trained then that is a different story. Wait a minute, people were trained to be slaves as well, so maybe, based on his training theory, Liam is not opposed to human slavery. Liam loves horses or loves horse slavery? Way to go DeBlasio.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh well if the horses were trained then that is a different story. Wait a minute, people were trained to be slaves as well, so maybe, based on his training theory, Liam is not opposed to human slavery. Liam loves horses or loves horse slavery? Way to go DeBlasio.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex McDonald</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex McDonald]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2014 21:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s what horses are for.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s what horses are for.</p>
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		<title>By: crookedstick</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[crookedstick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah yes, Liam, probably observes them from his penthouse overlooking Central Park or through the darkened glass of his limousine. He needs to stand in traffic 9 hours a day with blaring horns and impatient drivers. He needs to stand and sleep on concrete 24 hours a day. I won&#039;t even suggesy he wer heavy, chafing, harnesses while he does it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah yes, Liam, probably observes them from his penthouse overlooking Central Park or through the darkened glass of his limousine. He needs to stand in traffic 9 hours a day with blaring horns and impatient drivers. He needs to stand and sleep on concrete 24 hours a day. I won&#8217;t even suggesy he wer heavy, chafing, harnesses while he does it.</p>
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		<title>By: MoxieGirl123</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And Neeson should stick to what he does best - being an action figure in your standard fare action figure movie.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Neeson should stick to what he does best &#8211; being an action figure in your standard fare action figure movie.</p>
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		<title>By: kashiehkash</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kashiehkash]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2014 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[all these people who want to keep carriage horses in NYC....hook yourself up to a rickshaw and start pulling tourists around in Midtown NYC traffic...see how you like it]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>all these people who want to keep carriage horses in NYC&#8230;.hook yourself up to a rickshaw and start pulling tourists around in Midtown NYC traffic&#8230;see how you like it</p>
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		<title>By: BarryBarry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York can go Fk itself. These morons voted him in, deal with it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New York can go Fk itself. These morons voted him in, deal with it.</p>
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		<title>By: Lorenz</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if there would be any debate here if the internal combustion engine had not been invented?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if there would be any debate here if the internal combustion engine had not been invented?</p>
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		<title>By: ZZ</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ZZ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[McKeever had NOTHING yo do with commie de Blasio and his undeniable corruption. Unfounded stories about carriage driver cruelty have nothing to do with the facts.


You are a stupid leftwing troll (is there any other kind?) You don&#039;t own a horse and you never go near them. F you, leftard.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McKeever had NOTHING yo do with commie de Blasio and his undeniable corruption. Unfounded stories about carriage driver cruelty have nothing to do with the facts.</p>
<p>You are a stupid leftwing troll (is there any other kind?) You don&#8217;t own a horse and you never go near them. F you, leftard.</p>
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		<title>By: ZZ</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ZZ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[De Blasio is not an alleged Marxist. Nobody can practice Marxism and claim otherwise. His words and actions are plain to see, you commutard. Identifying him as a commie scumbag may win him points in a craphole like NYC but it doesn&#039;t in real America.


Liam Neeson decried de Blasio&#039;s corruption. Is that good enough for the ponies you love, freakshow?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>De Blasio is not an alleged Marxist. Nobody can practice Marxism and claim otherwise. His words and actions are plain to see, you commutard. Identifying him as a commie scumbag may win him points in a craphole like NYC but it doesn&#8217;t in real America.</p>
<p>Liam Neeson decried de Blasio&#8217;s corruption. Is that good enough for the ponies you love, freakshow?</p>
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		<title>By: ZZ</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ZZ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You absolutely did say people got rich from Reagan&#039;s tax cuts. You listed them by name, douchetard. 


Tax cuts help the &quot;rich.&quot; They also help the poor and middle class. They do not create &quot;rich&quot; people.


   
Obama has hurt Americans of every economic class. That is irrefutable. De Bladio is a typical communist. That is irrefutable.


These are facts and truths. Do you like them? Try to answer before your caregiver ups your meds.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You absolutely did say people got rich from Reagan&#8217;s tax cuts. You listed them by name, douchetard. </p>
<p>Tax cuts help the &#8220;rich.&#8221; They also help the poor and middle class. They do not create &#8220;rich&#8221; people.</p>
<p>Obama has hurt Americans of every economic class. That is irrefutable. De Bladio is a typical communist. That is irrefutable.</p>
<p>These are facts and truths. Do you like them? Try to answer before your caregiver ups your meds.</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If it talks like a commi, walks like a commi, acts like a commi, guess what? It&#039;s a gaddamn commi.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If it talks like a commi, walks like a commi, acts like a commi, guess what? It&#8217;s a gaddamn commi.</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how many goddamn times you effing communist try communism, you always end up with mass graves filled with lots of bodies, we are no longer going to be nice about it with you communist.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No matter how many goddamn times you effing communist try communism, you always end up with mass graves filled with lots of bodies, we are no longer going to be nice about it with you communist.</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 21:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So in other words, your a Marxist/leftist/progressive? The folks on the left have made it impossible to be nice about our demise anymore, time for the velvet glove to come off and the mailed fist to be put on and used with extreme prejudice. The time for niceties and pleasantries with you on the left are over.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So in other words, your a Marxist/leftist/progressive? The folks on the left have made it impossible to be nice about our demise anymore, time for the velvet glove to come off and the mailed fist to be put on and used with extreme prejudice. The time for niceties and pleasantries with you on the left are over.</p>
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		<title>By: Crassus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crassus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#039;t referring to Richardson&#039;s political beliefs, Junior.  Don&#039;t know what they were and don&#039;t care.  I was referring to her tragic death because of the socialistic Canadian health care system and the fact that country had no facilities with which to save her.  Ms. Richardson was 63 miles away from the nearest hospital which had no facilities with which to treat head injuries.  She had to be medevaced (sp) to NYC and by that time it was too late to save her life. So yes I would say that liberalism (or socialism if you prefer) was a horror for Liam Neeson.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wasn&#8217;t referring to Richardson&#8217;s political beliefs, Junior.  Don&#8217;t know what they were and don&#8217;t care.  I was referring to her tragic death because of the socialistic Canadian health care system and the fact that country had no facilities with which to save her.  Ms. Richardson was 63 miles away from the nearest hospital which had no facilities with which to treat head injuries.  She had to be medevaced (sp) to NYC and by that time it was too late to save her life. So yes I would say that liberalism (or socialism if you prefer) was a horror for Liam Neeson.</p>
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		<title>By: Wolfthatknowsall</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wolfthatknowsall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never have I worried about winning the &quot;hearts and minds&quot; of New Yorkers.  But you have raised an interesting issue ...

Is it &quot;cruel&quot; to operate carriage horses?  State your proofs, please, and not your bleeding heart ...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Never have I worried about winning the &#8220;hearts and minds&#8221; of New Yorkers.  But you have raised an interesting issue &#8230;</p>
<p>Is it &#8220;cruel&#8221; to operate carriage horses?  State your proofs, please, and not your bleeding heart &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Wolfthatknowsall</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wolfthatknowsall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is he a Marxist or isn&#039;t he?  Reading some of his rhetoric, I think he&#039;d be proud to wear the title ...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is he a Marxist or isn&#8217;t he?  Reading some of his rhetoric, I think he&#8217;d be proud to wear the title &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: TJHillgardner</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TJHillgardner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 12:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Didn&#039;t say they got rich through tax cuts. Obviously, they got rich because they developed businesses that were very successful.  But what the tax cuts did was allow them to amass wealth on the scale that had not been seen since the days before the crash of &#039;29. Moreover, just saying that things are all government&#039;s fault doesn&#039;t make it so. If you cannot understand that a lower tax rate allows multi-millionaires to amass more wealth, you cannot be helped.

Your views are held by parrots who repeat talking points of conservatives. No thinking person can honestly say that tax rates have no effect on wealth. Blame everything on Obama. I never voted for the guy, but I like truth and facts and you put forth nothing but political rhetoric. See ya.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Didn&#8217;t say they got rich through tax cuts. Obviously, they got rich because they developed businesses that were very successful.  But what the tax cuts did was allow them to amass wealth on the scale that had not been seen since the days before the crash of &#8217;29. Moreover, just saying that things are all government&#8217;s fault doesn&#8217;t make it so. If you cannot understand that a lower tax rate allows multi-millionaires to amass more wealth, you cannot be helped.</p>
<p>Your views are held by parrots who repeat talking points of conservatives. No thinking person can honestly say that tax rates have no effect on wealth. Blame everything on Obama. I never voted for the guy, but I like truth and facts and you put forth nothing but political rhetoric. See ya.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeeves</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeeves]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boss Tweed style corruption shown by de Blassio pandering to his Paymaster whilst getting his own glove puppet installed as Council Speaker makes me almost ashamed to be a Democrat.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Boss Tweed style corruption shown by de Blassio pandering to his Paymaster whilst getting his own glove puppet installed as Council Speaker makes me almost ashamed to be a Democrat.</p>
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		<title>By: excusesexcusesexcuses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[excusesexcusesexcuses]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[liam neeson made these comments several years ago -- this is not new but you are trying to make it so to boost your blog.  You are twisting facts.

You are against welfare?  check this out.

The City of NY gave Shamrock Stable owner Ian MCKeever a city owned building on W. 48th St for $5,000 a month some years ago.  When they took it back many years later because they sold it, it was reported that it was worth $60,000 a month in rent. No one gets that kind of property for a pittance of $5K.   The City also gave McKeever more entitlements by outfitting his stable at a cost of $500,000 on the tax payers dime.  

Yes ... McKeever got Green Card welfare and is no better than a &quot;welfare mother&quot; whom you hate.  

Why don&#039;t you report on the driver who was charged with animal cruelty by the NYPD on December 20th.  He was working his horse for four days lame; the horse had thrush, which mostly comes from filthy urine soaked stall bedding.  Nice pristine stables?  I don&#039;t think so.  

You have no idea what you are talking about.  The unwanted carriage horses have been going to the  kill auctions for ever.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>liam neeson made these comments several years ago &#8212; this is not new but you are trying to make it so to boost your blog.  You are twisting facts.</p>
<p>You are against welfare?  check this out.</p>
<p>The City of NY gave Shamrock Stable owner Ian MCKeever a city owned building on W. 48th St for $5,000 a month some years ago.  When they took it back many years later because they sold it, it was reported that it was worth $60,000 a month in rent. No one gets that kind of property for a pittance of $5K.   The City also gave McKeever more entitlements by outfitting his stable at a cost of $500,000 on the tax payers dime.  </p>
<p>Yes &#8230; McKeever got Green Card welfare and is no better than a &#8220;welfare mother&#8221; whom you hate.  </p>
<p>Why don&#8217;t you report on the driver who was charged with animal cruelty by the NYPD on December 20th.  He was working his horse for four days lame; the horse had thrush, which mostly comes from filthy urine soaked stall bedding.  Nice pristine stables?  I don&#8217;t think so.  </p>
<p>You have no idea what you are talking about.  The unwanted carriage horses have been going to the  kill auctions for ever.</p>
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		<title>By: Truth</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Truth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guess the NYPD better do away with its &quot;cruel&quot; and &quot;abusive&quot; stable of horses, then, huh? 


This is why we know that the carriage ban is a ruse to enrich de Blasio&#039;s real estate mogul patron. In the New New York City, DB can have horses, but blue-collar workers can&#039;t have horses (but 1% property tycoons can have their stables).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guess the NYPD better do away with its &#8220;cruel&#8221; and &#8220;abusive&#8221; stable of horses, then, huh? </p>
<p>This is why we know that the carriage ban is a ruse to enrich de Blasio&#8217;s real estate mogul patron. In the New New York City, DB can have horses, but blue-collar workers can&#8217;t have horses (but 1% property tycoons can have their stables).</p>
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