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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:06:48 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RONNIE IS SINGING AGAIN!]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=172</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:36:21 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>thisWARisours</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&amp;friendID=434920005" target="_blank">http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus...=434920005</a><br />
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His new band has one song up from their demo with vocals!<br />
<br />
<blockquote><cite>Quote:</cite> 	<br />
<br />
DEMO with Ronnie Radke Vocals<br />
<br />
THIS IS NOT MEANT TO IMPRESS LABELS OR PROMOTERS ETC... IT IS SIMPLY FOR THE FANS.. ALL OF YOU WANTED TO HEAR RONNIES VOICE, AND WHAT THE FANS WANT THE FANS GET.. AFTERALL WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT THIS WOULDNT MEAN ANYTHING!!!<br />
<br />
This demo was done on February 24th of 2007.. Me and Ronnie went and layed the vocals to just put something down..  The whole thing was done free style.. nothing was planned out or written.. It is a rough cut.. Nothing was fixed or altered...<br />
<br />
It will not be used as one of our songs, however I wanted to put something up for you guys in the meantime just to give you a small taste of what is to come.. But trust this, what will come is beyond what you are even imagining...<br />
<br />
<br />
Thank you all..<br />
<br />
<br />
Love, FBTW</blockquote>
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<br />
His new band has one song up from their demo with vocals!<br />
<br />
<blockquote><cite>Quote:</cite> 	<br />
<br />
DEMO with Ronnie Radke Vocals<br />
<br />
THIS IS NOT MEANT TO IMPRESS LABELS OR PROMOTERS ETC... IT IS SIMPLY FOR THE FANS.. ALL OF YOU WANTED TO HEAR RONNIES VOICE, AND WHAT THE FANS WANT THE FANS GET.. AFTERALL WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT THIS WOULDNT MEAN ANYTHING!!!<br />
<br />
This demo was done on February 24th of 2007.. Me and Ronnie went and layed the vocals to just put something down..  The whole thing was done free style.. nothing was planned out or written.. It is a rough cut.. Nothing was fixed or altered...<br />
<br />
It will not be used as one of our songs, however I wanted to put something up for you guys in the meantime just to give you a small taste of what is to come.. But trust this, what will come is beyond what you are even imagining...<br />
<br />
<br />
Thank you all..<br />
<br />
<br />
Love, FBTW</blockquote>
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			<title><![CDATA[I really need to know...]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=171</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:09:48 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>StevenSegaul</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[What it is that Ronnie screams right before Bryan's solo in "The Guillotine". It's bothering me.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What it is that Ronnie screams right before Bryan's solo in "The Guillotine". It's bothering me.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[I Don't Need Your Jesus. - Marilyn Monroe]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=169</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:44:27 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>ForTheLoveOfMusic</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I'm pretty obssesive when it comes to finding good ones. Not saying that the "I Don't Need Your Jesus." quote by Marliyn Monroe is my all time favorite but it's there.<br />
<br />
Here's one of my Faves that I'm thinking about putting on a shirt from Zazzle on, along with a "TEAM CRAIG" logo on it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.-Fight Club<br />
<br />
Xnay on putting the Fight Club part. I think that quote pertains to the Band <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Big Grin" title="Big Grin" /><br />
<br />
<br />
What's your favorite quote?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm pretty obssesive when it comes to finding good ones. Not saying that the "I Don't Need Your Jesus." quote by Marliyn Monroe is my all time favorite but it's there.<br />
<br />
Here's one of my Faves that I'm thinking about putting on a shirt from Zazzle on, along with a "TEAM CRAIG" logo on it.<br />
<br />
<br />
Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.-Fight Club<br />
<br />
Xnay on putting the Fight Club part. I think that quote pertains to the Band <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Big Grin" title="Big Grin" /><br />
<br />
<br />
What's your favorite quote?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[)=<]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=168</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:51:38 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Under The Ashes</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[My dad's an asshole.  While we were at Radioshack picking up my mic, he told the guy there that I have an "Imaginary" band.  Well it's not fuckin' imaginary.  Everybody in my band is real, I didn't make them up.  He's a fuckin' asshole.  How the hell is he going to say that my band is imaginary?   He met two of the other members already.  Jackass.  I was going to write about it, but I don't want to screw things up and write about every fuckin' situation that happens.  I hate parents so much.  He doesn't even deserve to be called my dad.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[My dad's an asshole.  While we were at Radioshack picking up my mic, he told the guy there that I have an "Imaginary" band.  Well it's not fuckin' imaginary.  Everybody in my band is real, I didn't make them up.  He's a fuckin' asshole.  How the hell is he going to say that my band is imaginary?   He met two of the other members already.  Jackass.  I was going to write about it, but I don't want to screw things up and write about every fuckin' situation that happens.  I hate parents so much.  He doesn't even deserve to be called my dad.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Supports for UK tour]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=167</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:47:43 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>victhevamp</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ordered my Tickets for birmingham <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Big Grin" title="Big Grin" /> but does anyone know who the supports are going to be? its driving me mad i carnt find it out anywhere <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/sad.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Sad" title="Sad" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ordered my Tickets for birmingham <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Big Grin" title="Big Grin" /> but does anyone know who the supports are going to be? its driving me mad i carnt find it out anywhere <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/sad.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Sad" title="Sad" />]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[etf fanfictions?]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=165</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:58 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>xChErYlX</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[i no this is totlly lame and all but does anyone got any fsnfictions or no any sites wit etf ff cuz im soo totally bored cuz im on winter break..and i hav nothing to do...at all and i love reading and all...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[i no this is totlly lame and all but does anyone got any fsnfictions or no any sites wit etf ff cuz im soo totally bored cuz im on winter break..and i hav nothing to do...at all and i love reading and all...]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Just recieved my awesome Escape The Fate shirt!]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=164</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:23:23 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>thisWARisours</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[This looks so awesome!<br />
<br />
<img src="http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9317/etfnewpy4.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: etfnewpy4.jpg&#93;" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This looks so awesome!<br />
<br />
<img src="http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9317/etfnewpy4.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: etfnewpy4.jpg]" />]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to help Ronnie get out of jail soon!]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=163</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:46:10 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Orlie</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well it has been posted on FBTW ( From Behind these walls) myspace but here it is for those who missed it out:<br />
<br />
You should make a letter with the following title:<br />
<br />
"Dear Parole Board"  - Regarding Ronald J. Radke 1023230<br />
<br />
Write why you love/like/want ronnie out of prison, why he influenced you or his music makes a difference to you..<br />
Write with you heart don't try to write stuff like "just cuz hes cool and he sings good luv his style hihi"<br />
The more of you write, the higher the probability that the people working to get him out will be helped so mind your words and dont waste your time cursing at them for putting him in jail.<br />
<br />
Then send it to:<br />
<blockquote><cite>Quote:</cite>Samantha Skellington<br />
<br />
5836 S. Pecos Rd.<br />
<br />
Las Vegas, NV 89120</blockquote>
<br />
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TO RONNIE IF YOU LIKE WHAT HE DID TILL NOW (except the drugs part duhh)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">References:<br />
<a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;friendID=434920005&amp;blogID=457086276" target="_blank">Click here to read the entire blog thingy</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Well it has been posted on FBTW ( From Behind these walls) myspace but here it is for those who missed it out:<br />
<br />
You should make a letter with the following title:<br />
<br />
"Dear Parole Board"  - Regarding Ronald J. Radke 1023230<br />
<br />
Write why you love/like/want ronnie out of prison, why he influenced you or his music makes a difference to you..<br />
Write with you heart don't try to write stuff like "just cuz hes cool and he sings good luv his style hihi"<br />
The more of you write, the higher the probability that the people working to get him out will be helped so mind your words and dont waste your time cursing at them for putting him in jail.<br />
<br />
Then send it to:<br />
<blockquote><cite>Quote:</cite>Samantha Skellington<br />
<br />
5836 S. Pecos Rd.<br />
<br />
Las Vegas, NV 89120</blockquote>
<br />
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TO RONNIE IF YOU LIKE WHAT HE DID TILL NOW (except the drugs part duhh)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">References:<br />
<a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;friendID=434920005&amp;blogID=457086276" target="_blank">Click here to read the entire blog thingy</a></span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Escape The Fate - "Something" Music Video (it's on MTV.com)]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=161</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:32:37 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>StevenSegaul</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Go listen to it.<br />
I didn't know they made it.<br />
<br />
Here's the link:<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTR8kVD5JKY&amp;fmt=18" target="_blank">Click Here</a><br />
<br />
I changed the link so that it works now. Thanks to monte-etf.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Go listen to it.<br />
I didn't know they made it.<br />
<br />
Here's the link:<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTR8kVD5JKY&amp;fmt=18" target="_blank">Click Here</a><br />
<br />
I changed the link so that it works now. Thanks to monte-etf.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[What are you listening to currently?]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=160</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:06:27 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Under The Ashes</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[At this very moment, what are you doing and listening to if anything at the moment.  I feel that we might be able to get to know each other a little better by knowing what material we each listen to and with what goes on.  This is also for the fun of it too of course.<br />
<br />
Right now I'm listening to "Cellar Door" while doing homework mindless from it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[At this very moment, what are you doing and listening to if anything at the moment.  I feel that we might be able to get to know each other a little better by knowing what material we each listen to and with what goes on.  This is also for the fun of it too of course.<br />
<br />
Right now I'm listening to "Cellar Door" while doing homework mindless from it.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Houston on February 12th?]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=157</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:31:42 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>laurelfairy</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Anyone else going? :&#93; I was super excited that ETF came to Texas and I got to go to San Antonio to see them. Now that they're coming to my home town, I'm ultra psyched.  n________n]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Anyone else going? :] I was super excited that ETF came to Texas and I got to go to San Antonio to see them. Now that they're coming to my home town, I'm ultra psyched.  n________n]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[RONNIE's NEW BAND!!!]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=156</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:11:29 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Serephy</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Great news! Apparently, Ronnie's got a new band ready to go! It's called From Behind These Walls. So far, they have a demo up with no lyrics yet here:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&amp;friendID=434920005" target="_blank">http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus...=434920005</a><br />
<br />
And I got it from this article:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/ronnieradke/journals/3499221/ronnie-radke-starts-new-band/" target="_blank">http://www.buzznet.com/tags/ronnieradke/...-new-band/</a><br />
<br />
So, what do you guys think?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Great news! Apparently, Ronnie's got a new band ready to go! It's called From Behind These Walls. So far, they have a demo up with no lyrics yet here:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&amp;friendID=434920005" target="_blank">http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus...=434920005</a><br />
<br />
And I got it from this article:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/ronnieradke/journals/3499221/ronnie-radke-starts-new-band/" target="_blank">http://www.buzznet.com/tags/ronnieradke/...-new-band/</a><br />
<br />
So, what do you guys think?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Did anyone see???]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=155</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:53:42 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>ForTheLoveOfMusic</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;">That guy hurl his shoes at Bush???<br />
<br />
Fucking Hilarious! It would have made my day if I would have seen the jackass get hit square in the face.<br />
<br />
I don't consider myself unpatriotic. He ran the U.S. into the ground.<br />
<br />
Here is an article I found off of the net about the incident:<br />
<br />
BAGHDAD — On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference. <br />
"This is a farewell kiss, you dog!" shouted the protester in Arabic. He was identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, 28, a correspondent for al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt. <br />
Bush ducked both shoes as they whizzed past his head and landed with a thud against the wall behind him. <br />
"It was a size 10," Bush joked later. <br />
The president later traveled from Iraq to Afghanistan. <br />
Bush visited the Iraqi capital just 37 days before he hands the war off to his successor, Barack Obama, who has pledged to end it. The president wanted to highlight a drop in violence in a nation still riven by ethnic strife and to celebrate a recent U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, which calls for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011. <br />
"The war is not over," Bush said, adding that "it is decisively on its way to being won." <br />
In many ways, the unannounced trip was a victory lap without a clear victory. Nearly 150,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq fighting a war that is intensely disliked across the globe. More than 4,200 members of the U.S. military have died in the conflict, which has cost U.S. taxpayers &#36;576 billion since it began five years and nine months ago. <br />
Polls show most Americans believe the United States erred in invading Iraq in 2003. Bush ordered the nation into war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq while citing intelligence claiming the Middle East nation harbored weapons of mass destruction. The weapons were never found, the intelligence was discredited, Bush's credibility with U.S. voters dived, and Saddam was captured and executed. <br />
"There is still more work to be done," Bush said after his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. <br />
It was at that point the journalist stood up and threw a shoe from about 20 feet away. Bush ducked, and it narrowly missed his head. The second shoe came quickly, and Bush ducked again while several Iraqis grabbed the man and dragged him to the floor while he yelled, "Killer of Iraqis! Killer of children!" <br />
In Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of contempt. Iraqis whacked a statue of Saddam with their shoes after U.S. Marines toppled it to the ground following the 2003 invasion. <br />
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino suffered an eye injury in the news conference melee. <br />
Bush brushed off the incident, comparing it with political protests at home. <br />
"So what if a guy threw his shoe at me?" he said. <br />
Al-Maliki, who spoke before the incident, praised postwar progress: "Today, Iraq is moving forward in every field." <br />
After the news conference, Bush took a 15-minute helicopter ride through dark skies over Baghdad to Camp Victory. Telling hundreds of troops he was "heading into retirement," Bush blamed Saddam for the 2003 invasion and said, "America is safer and more secure" than it was before the war. <br />
For Bush, the war is the issue around which both he and the country defined his two terms in office. He saw the invasion and continuing fight as a necessary action to protect Americans and fight terrorism. Though his decision won support at first, the public now has largely decided that the United States needs to get out of Iraq. <br />
Air Force One landed at Baghdad International Airport in the afternoon local time after a secretive Saturday night departure from Washington. In a sign of security gains in this war zone, Bush received a formal arrival ceremony — a flourish absent in his three earlier trips. <br />
Bush soon began a rapid-fire series of meetings with top Iraqi leaders. <br />
He met first with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and the country's two vice presidents, Tariq al-Hashemi and Adel Abdul-Mahdi. Later, Bush met with al-Maliki, and he and al-Maliki signed a ceremonial copy of the security agreement. <br />
The Bush administration and even White House critics credit last year's military buildup with the security gains in Iraq. Last month, attacks fell to the lowest monthly level since the war began in 2003. <br />
Still, it's unclear what will happen when the U.S. troops leave. While violence has slowed in Iraq, attacks continue, especially in the north. <br />
It was Bush's last trip to the war zone before Obama takes office Jan. 20. <br />
Obama has promised he will bring all U.S. combat troops back home from Iraq a little over a year into his term, as long as commanders agree a withdrawal would not endanger American personnel or Iraq's security. Obama has said the drawdown in Iraq would allow him to shift troops and bolster the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. <br />
Bush arrived unannounced early today in Afghanistan, where the Taliban are trying to regain their hold on a country that served as the first front seven years ago in the U.S. fight against terrorism. <br />
Bush reasserted that the United States is militarily committed in Afghanistan, where 20,000 more troops are likely to be sent, bringing the total to about 52,000. <br />
During his second and final visit to Afghanistan as commander in chief, Bush planned to hold a rally with U.S. troops at Bagram Air Base and meet later with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.</div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;">That guy hurl his shoes at Bush???<br />
<br />
Fucking Hilarious! It would have made my day if I would have seen the jackass get hit square in the face.<br />
<br />
I don't consider myself unpatriotic. He ran the U.S. into the ground.<br />
<br />
Here is an article I found off of the net about the incident:<br />
<br />
BAGHDAD — On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference. <br />
"This is a farewell kiss, you dog!" shouted the protester in Arabic. He was identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, 28, a correspondent for al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt. <br />
Bush ducked both shoes as they whizzed past his head and landed with a thud against the wall behind him. <br />
"It was a size 10," Bush joked later. <br />
The president later traveled from Iraq to Afghanistan. <br />
Bush visited the Iraqi capital just 37 days before he hands the war off to his successor, Barack Obama, who has pledged to end it. The president wanted to highlight a drop in violence in a nation still riven by ethnic strife and to celebrate a recent U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, which calls for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011. <br />
"The war is not over," Bush said, adding that "it is decisively on its way to being won." <br />
In many ways, the unannounced trip was a victory lap without a clear victory. Nearly 150,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq fighting a war that is intensely disliked across the globe. More than 4,200 members of the U.S. military have died in the conflict, which has cost U.S. taxpayers &#36;576 billion since it began five years and nine months ago. <br />
Polls show most Americans believe the United States erred in invading Iraq in 2003. Bush ordered the nation into war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq while citing intelligence claiming the Middle East nation harbored weapons of mass destruction. The weapons were never found, the intelligence was discredited, Bush's credibility with U.S. voters dived, and Saddam was captured and executed. <br />
"There is still more work to be done," Bush said after his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. <br />
It was at that point the journalist stood up and threw a shoe from about 20 feet away. Bush ducked, and it narrowly missed his head. The second shoe came quickly, and Bush ducked again while several Iraqis grabbed the man and dragged him to the floor while he yelled, "Killer of Iraqis! Killer of children!" <br />
In Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of contempt. Iraqis whacked a statue of Saddam with their shoes after U.S. Marines toppled it to the ground following the 2003 invasion. <br />
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino suffered an eye injury in the news conference melee. <br />
Bush brushed off the incident, comparing it with political protests at home. <br />
"So what if a guy threw his shoe at me?" he said. <br />
Al-Maliki, who spoke before the incident, praised postwar progress: "Today, Iraq is moving forward in every field." <br />
After the news conference, Bush took a 15-minute helicopter ride through dark skies over Baghdad to Camp Victory. Telling hundreds of troops he was "heading into retirement," Bush blamed Saddam for the 2003 invasion and said, "America is safer and more secure" than it was before the war. <br />
For Bush, the war is the issue around which both he and the country defined his two terms in office. He saw the invasion and continuing fight as a necessary action to protect Americans and fight terrorism. Though his decision won support at first, the public now has largely decided that the United States needs to get out of Iraq. <br />
Air Force One landed at Baghdad International Airport in the afternoon local time after a secretive Saturday night departure from Washington. In a sign of security gains in this war zone, Bush received a formal arrival ceremony — a flourish absent in his three earlier trips. <br />
Bush soon began a rapid-fire series of meetings with top Iraqi leaders. <br />
He met first with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and the country's two vice presidents, Tariq al-Hashemi and Adel Abdul-Mahdi. Later, Bush met with al-Maliki, and he and al-Maliki signed a ceremonial copy of the security agreement. <br />
The Bush administration and even White House critics credit last year's military buildup with the security gains in Iraq. Last month, attacks fell to the lowest monthly level since the war began in 2003. <br />
Still, it's unclear what will happen when the U.S. troops leave. While violence has slowed in Iraq, attacks continue, especially in the north. <br />
It was Bush's last trip to the war zone before Obama takes office Jan. 20. <br />
Obama has promised he will bring all U.S. combat troops back home from Iraq a little over a year into his term, as long as commanders agree a withdrawal would not endanger American personnel or Iraq's security. Obama has said the drawdown in Iraq would allow him to shift troops and bolster the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. <br />
Bush arrived unannounced early today in Afghanistan, where the Taliban are trying to regain their hold on a country that served as the first front seven years ago in the U.S. fight against terrorism. <br />
Bush reasserted that the United States is militarily committed in Afghanistan, where 20,000 more troops are likely to be sent, bringing the total to about 52,000. <br />
During his second and final visit to Afghanistan as commander in chief, Bush planned to hold a rally with U.S. troops at Bagram Air Base and meet later with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.</div>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Any plans for Brazil on this Album's Tour?]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=154</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:33:36 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Disenchanted</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Is there any chance for us? <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Rolleyes" title="Rolleyes" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Is there any chance for us? <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Rolleyes" title="Rolleyes" />]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[new music needed!]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=153</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:22:59 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>X0beYOUniqueX0</dc:creator>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=153</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[oh k well I need some new music to listen too<br />
<br />
Obviouslyy I like Escape the Fate, but I also like The devil wears prada, paramore, silverstein, cute is what we aim for, metro station, cash cash, breath carolina yeah stuff like that soo alternative and screamo pretty much well i need somemore music to listen to soo any suggestions would be helpful thnx!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[oh k well I need some new music to listen too<br />
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Obviouslyy I like Escape the Fate, but I also like The devil wears prada, paramore, silverstein, cute is what we aim for, metro station, cash cash, breath carolina yeah stuff like that soo alternative and screamo pretty much well i need somemore music to listen to soo any suggestions would be helpful thnx!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Blackout]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=149</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:31:38 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>*RubyRansom*</dc:creator>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=149</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[Does anybody here know this awesome band from Wales? <br />
ETF should have been on tour together with them in october in the U.K. but they had to cancel the gigs <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/sad.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Sad" title="Sad" /> ...<br />
Anyway, please check them out, these guys absolutely deserve any kind of attention. They are amazing on CD, live they burn down houses^^ and they are some of the nicest and some of the most warmhearted people I've ever met. <br />
Yes, I admit, they're one of my addictions... Check them out and you'll understand why <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/cool.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /><br />
<br />
Here you can find some information about them:<br />
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<a href="http://www.myspace.com/theblackout" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/theblackout</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.lastfm.de/music/The+Blackout" target="_blank">http://www.lastfm.de/music/The+Blackout</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b0SlOGsWYI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b0SlOGsWYI</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blackout_(band)" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blackout_(band)</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Does anybody here know this awesome band from Wales? <br />
ETF should have been on tour together with them in october in the U.K. but they had to cancel the gigs <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/sad.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Sad" title="Sad" /> ...<br />
Anyway, please check them out, these guys absolutely deserve any kind of attention. They are amazing on CD, live they burn down houses^^ and they are some of the nicest and some of the most warmhearted people I've ever met. <br />
Yes, I admit, they're one of my addictions... Check them out and you'll understand why <img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/cool.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /><br />
<br />
Here you can find some information about them:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/theblackout" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/theblackout</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.lastfm.de/music/The+Blackout" target="_blank">http://www.lastfm.de/music/The+Blackout</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b0SlOGsWYI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b0SlOGsWYI</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blackout_(band)" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blackout_(band)</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[This War Is Ours Live?]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=148</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:10:41 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>thisWARisours</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I was wondering, I looked at the setlists and it says that they play The Guillotine Part 2 live....but there is like NO video of them doing it?<br />
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It's BY FAR my favorite EtF song and I am just dying to see a live video of it!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I was wondering, I looked at the setlists and it says that they play The Guillotine Part 2 live....but there is like NO video of them doing it?<br />
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It's BY FAR my favorite EtF song and I am just dying to see a live video of it!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baton Rouge, LA]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=145</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:56:14 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Give_Me_Reason</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Come on, no good bands come to Louisiana<br />
i need a good concert<br />
and all the good ones i have to miss, and they wont come back 4 like 2 years]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Come on, no good bands come to Louisiana<br />
i need a good concert<br />
and all the good ones i have to miss, and they wont come back 4 like 2 years]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[It's Just Me or 10 Miles Wide]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=144</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:53:57 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Give_Me_Reason</dc:creator>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=144</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[These hav to be my fav ETF songs, i cant decide lol<img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/huh.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Huh" title="Huh" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[These hav to be my fav ETF songs, i cant decide lol<img src="http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/images/smilies/huh.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Huh" title="Huh" />]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Are you scared of???]]></title>
			<link>http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=142</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:59:08 -0500</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>namedrop</dc:creator>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://escapethefate.net/etfforum/showthread.php?tid=142</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[death]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[death]]></content:encoded>
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