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Above all else, Chris Matthews loves the game of politics. As show after show prove, he makes no value judgments, applies no moral compass. Playing the game well is admirable, even if your character is not. But every once in a while, reality creeps into the discussion and Matthews reacts to the net result of treating life as a game of partisan one-ups-man-ship. Such as it was on Monday, as Matthews spoke to conservative talk show host Michael Smerconish -- who rather surprisingly endorsed Obama last week -- about Rush Limbaugh's racist reaction to Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama.

I don't know how you get into this tribalist talk. We could make all kinds of assumptions, but we have no knowledge of a person's inner beliefs. ... You know what drives me crazy? When somebody says 'well, I know you're Catholic, so you must believe this.' Or 'I know you're Jewish, you must believe this.' Or 'I know you're black, you must believe this.' Give us all a break, Rush. Let us think. Let us think. Let us decide.

I'd like to think that he is waking up to the nastiness of the right but sadly, as my buddies at MM's Country Fair point out, Chris Matthews has a history of "tribalist talk" himself.

Chris is an authoritarian follower, as described in John Dean's book. That should tell you all you need to know about Mr. Matthews. If he wasn't he would know that the big mouth pervert, Limbaugh, is not on the radio to teach people to think for themselves. His purpose is just the opposite. His purpose is to spout ideology which causes brain-death for all practical purposes.


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When Is This SOB Going To Be Arrested?

So, The fat fool wants riots. The only people who listen to him are ditto heads and wingnuts. He wants everyone to see the American left? What in the hell is he talking about? Is he back on the hillbilly heroin? Does he really believe that the police can't tell the difference between the American left and the people who are his listeners?

This is not 1968, Pig boy. It was not a democratic president that lied us into war this time and there haven't been three assassinations of people who were then called liberals, the last of which was Bobby Kennedy.

It has been my observation that the Republicans simply love chaos. They have figured out that many, many crimes can be committed during chaos and money can be made. They don't give a damn who gets hurt as long as it isn't their bank accounts and it never is.

If some blogger had done this, the FBI would be on their door step by now. I am a big believer in free speech, but calling for riots anywhere is just insane, and crazy people should not be given a huge damn megaphone.

My fear is that riots are coming soon enough and it won't be about Democrats or Republicans.

DENVER -- Talk show host Rush Limbaugh is sparking controversy again after he made comments that appear to call for riots in Denver during the Democratic National Convention this summer.He said the riots would ensure a Democrat is not elected as president, and his listeners have a responsibility to make sure it happens."Riots in Denver, the Democrat Convention would see to it that we don't elect Democrats," Limbaugh said during Wednesday's radio broadcast. He then went on to say that's the best thing that could happen to the country.Limbaugh cited Al Sharpton, saying the Barack Obama supporter threatened to superdelegates that "there's going to be trouble" if the presidency is taken from Obama. Several callers called in to the radio show to denounce Limbaugh's comments, when he later stated, "I am not inspiring or inciting riots, I am dreaming of riots in Denver."

Limbaugh said with massive riots in Denver, which he called part of "Operation Chaos," the people on the far left would look bad."There won't be riots at our convention," Limbaugh said of the Republican National Convention. "We don't riot. We don't burn our cars. We don't burn down our houses. We don't kill our children. We don't do half the things the American left does." He believes electing Democrats will hurt America's security and economy and appeared to call on his listeners to make sure that doesn't happen."We do, hopefully, the right thing for the sake of this country. We're the only one in charge of our affairs. We don't farm out our defense if we elect Democrats ... and riots in Denver, at the Democratic Convention will see to it we don't elect Democrats. And that's the best damn thing that can happen to this country, as far as I can think," Limbaugh said.

Later, Limbaugh downplayed his "dreaming of riots in Denver" statement, and said that he wasn't calling for riots and was referring to warnings of trouble if superdelegates decide the nomination at the Democratic National Convention.

Limbaugh's comments prompted Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to say, "Anyone who would call for riots in an American city has clearly lost their bearings."Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar also responded to Limbaugh's comments Friday, asking Lee Larsen, senior vice president of Clear Channel Radio Rocky Mountain Region to reprimand Limbaugh."As I read Mr. Limbaugh's comments about riots at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, they appear to me to be a clear exhortation that those riots are exactly what he wants to happen," Salazar said in a letter to Larsen.

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Rush Limberballs Has It All Figured Out....God Help Us.

It seems that people from both sides of this election keep grasping for historical straws in order to explain 2008.

The thing is, there is no historical precedent for this election, unless it is, maybe, 1968. But in order for that to be a sure fit, there would need to be bullets, not ballots. We must be over that, by now.

Limbaugh, the clown, seems to think that it will take Clinton to bloody up Obama for McCain to win. Sorry statement on the GOP; that they need Hillary to do their bidding for them. Huh, maybe they do and maybe she is doing just that. After all, the two of them are good buds, from what we hear.

Perhaps the GOP has to have McCain v. Clinton. Either way, the sins of Bush/Cheney will be forgotten quickly, swept under the rug, whatever. We remember that is exactly what happened when Bill was elected. Iran/Contra was forgiven and forgotten quickly.

Sometimes, forgiveness is not the best thing for the country.

This is definitely one of those times. There can be no forgiveness, nor can we forget what Bush and Cheney have done....to innocents in foreign countries and to our own country.

Published on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 by The Nation

Now It Gets Dangerous for Democrats

by John Nichols

Here is what conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh said about the prospect of a continuing contest for the Democratic presidential nomination on the eve of the Ohio primary and the Texas primacaucuses that have - with “good enough” finishes for Hillary Clinton — assured the race will go on:

“We need Barack Obama bloodied up politically.”

Limbaugh explained to fellow right-wing gabber Laura Ingraham - yes, they are now interviewing each other — that Obama has gotten this far in his race for the presidency with most of his popular appeal intact. As such, he would be hard to beat as the Democratic nominee in a race with Republican John McCain.

“I want our party to win. I want the Democrats to lose. They’re in the midst of tearing themselves apart right now. It’s fascinating to watch, and it’s all going to stop if Hillary loses,” Limbaugh argued, as he suggested that Republicans in primary states should cross party lines to vote for Clinton.

Only by keeping Clinton in the race, Limbaugh explained, will it be possible to “sustain the soap opera” that might ultimately diminish Obama sufficiently to secure an undeserved Republican win in November. Well, the soap opera has been sustained.

With her big Ohio and Rhode Island wins and a narrow victory in Texas, Clinton can do more than just carry on. She can say, credibly, that, “We’re going strong and we’re going all the way.”

Tuesday night belonged to Clinton, and she owned it.

As Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising” played, the senator claimed the victory she needed with the line: “Ohio has written a new chapter in the history of this campaign, and we’re just getting started.”

What is getting started is an edgier, rougher Democratic presidential race.

And don’t think that the New York senator will pull any punches.

If the Clinton campaign has learned anything from the two-week campaign that preceded the Ohio and Texas votes, it is that Hillary Clinton will not win unless Barack Obama loses. The senator from Illinois must be damaged, badly, or so the theory goes, in order for the senator from New York to grab the Democratic nomination from his clutches.

Make no mistake: The candidate and her Clintonistas have sought to inflict that damage.

This campaign moves so fast that it is easy to forget everything that happens in a two-week timespan. But, since Clinton lost Wisconsin’s February 19 primary, the hits really have kept coming. There was “Barack stole lines from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick” hit. There was the “Barack stole a page from Karl Rove when he sent out negative mailings” hit. There was the “Barack dresses like a Muslim” hit. There was the “Barack’s campaign told the Canadians one thing about trade and Ohio another thing” hit. There was the “Barack’s not the guy you want answering the phone in the White House” hit. There was even the “Barack’s defiling the memory of Ann Richards because she would have wanted Hillary to have a clean shot at the nomination” hit. And always, always, always, there was the steady drumbeat from candidate Clinton that: “”I have a lifetime of experience I will bring to the White House. I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience he will bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech (against authorizing President Bush to attack Iraq) he made in 2002.”

Now, the strategy has been sufficiently-if-not-completely validated.

So Clinton will go on, and chances are that she will go on rough. Will it be enough to secure her the nomination? Clinton and her aides think so. Their calculus goes like this: Obama is really just another Democratic presidential “flash-in-the-pan” who started strong but will ultimately wear thin- like Gary Hart in 1984, like Paul Tsongas in 1992, like Howard Dean in 2004 - and Clinton can slowly but surely take advantage of uncertainty about Obama until she “closes the deal” at a convention where she arrives with momentum from late primaries and caucuses, maybe even re-vote victories from Michigan and Florida, and a clear advantage among super delegates.

The scenario is not a likely one. More likely is a repeat 1972, when South Dakota Senator George McGovern seemed to have the nomination secured by early spring but former Vice President Hubert Humphrey’s campaign kept “raising doubts” about McGovern to the very end. The Humphrey campaign and its allies pulled no punches. They suggested, with none-too-subtle encouragement from incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon’s surrogates, that a McGovern candidacy - and, presumably, a McGovern presidency — would be all about “acid, abortion and amnesty”: legalizing drugs, attacking moral values and forgiving military deserters.

Democrats did not buy it; they gave McGovern more primary wins and the nomination. But McGovern and his campaign were done severe damage. A World War II hero with a stellar Senate record on serious issues like providing food aid to the world - so stellar that Bob Dole and George Bush would ultimately celebrate his work in this particular area — was redefined as what Republicans and their amen corner in the media now refer to as a “McGovernite.”

Clinton’s campaign has been given a new lease on life.

It will continue.

But she and her supporters - as well as Democrats who may still be undecided about this contest — need to think long and hard about the kind of campaign will now run against Barack Obama. If the Clinton camp runs the right campaign on legitimate issues, and if it does so with dignity, they will not harm Democratic prospects in November - no matter who the nominee turns out to be. On the other hand, if they run wrong, and seek to destroy Obama by any means necessary, they could be responsible for two defeats: Clinton’s for the nomination and Obama’s for the presidency in November.

Those are the stakes as the long campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination now enters its most dangerous stage.

John Nichols’ new book is The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders’ Cure for Royalism. Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson hails it as a “nervy, acerbic, passionately argued history-cum-polemic [that] combines a rich examination of the parliamentary roots and past use of the ‘heroic medicine’ that is impeachment with a call for Democratic leaders to ‘reclaim and reuse the most vital tool handed to us by the founders for the defense of our most basic liberties.’”

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Sicko- Rightwingers Continue Smear On 12 Year Old

Yesterday, ThinkProgress noted the right wing has been orchestrating a coordinated effort to smear a 12 year old recipient of SCHIP. These conservatives have been propagating baseless “facts” to suggest that young Graeme Frost was actually a rich kid being pampered by the government.

Unlike the fat asses in the oil industry who have been on welfare for 7 years now.

Rush Limbaugh has joined in the smear campaign. On his radio show yesterday, Rush introduced his hit job on Graeme by saying, “I had some rudimentary information on this two weeks ago, and it wasn’t enough for me to trust going with. But since then, it has been verified, and most of it’s been verified by a ‘Freeper’ at Free Republic.” Apparently, a posting by a “freeper” is all Rush needs for confirmation.

Yep, that's all it takes for old Rush, If a freeper says it true it must be.

Rush proceeded to recycle the myths that Graeme and his sister must be fat-cat recipients of government welfare because they attend “one of Baltimore’s expensive private schools” and own a house in a decent neighborhood. As we noted yesterday, Graeme has a scholarship to the private school. His sister’s tuition is covered by the state due to her brain injuries, and the house was purchased for $55,000 in 1991 when the neighborhood was not as safe as it is today.

Limbaugh then tried to draw a parallel between Graeme and his “phony soldiers” remark:

So the bottom line for me is: They can’t rely on truth to make their case for their cause. They have to lie. Be it about me, be it about their own voters (such as the Frosts) be it about President Bush, they must lie — and anybody who stands in the way of their succeeding with that lie becomes an enemy, becomes a target. That’s where I and my buddies in talk radio come in. We are a thorn in their side because we represent the truth they are trying to hide, the truth that they are lying about, and they have to do something about it — and they have to do that by lying. […]

They send the kid out to lie. They filled this kid’s head with lies just as they have some of these soldiers about me. Put lies in the kid’s head or put it on the script that he’s reading. He goes out and reads it. He’s 12-years-old! They will use anybody! They’ll corrupt anybody, to get where they’re headed. That’s who they are, folks.

Some people ought to be taken out back and actually horse-whipped. Rush Limbaugh is one of them. How can the rest of us be expected to live in the same country with this fat asshat?

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Rush is Round The Bend

October 3, 2007

Right Wing Media Circles Wagons; Unprecedented!

By Dean Powers

In an unprecedented display of fear, Republican Company spokespeople from across the country and multiple media outlets teamed up to blame Hillary Clinton and George Soros for Rush Limbaugh's defamation of the troops.

The intimidation seems to be working only on coward Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Mary).

Last Wednesday, Limbaugh labeled anti-war veterans "phony soldiers." Amazingly, while Congress set aside their priorities last week to condemn MoveOn.Org for merely begging the question: "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?", this week they're above trifling little condemnations for personal attacks against US soldiers.

The comment was typical. Rush, an orthodox McCarthyist, was incensed after bungling a call from a Republican war veteran who shattered the Republican stereotypes that Limbaugh so carefully promotes. Here is the incident:

LIMBAUGH: Mike in Chicago, welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.

CALLER 1: Hi Rush, how you doing today?

LIMBAUGH: I'm fine sir, thank you.

CALLER 1: Good. Why is it that you always just accuse the Democrats of being against the war and suggest that there are absolutely no Republicans that could possibly be against the war?

LIMBAUGH: Oh, come on!... I don't know a single Republican or conservative, Mike, who wants to pull out of Iraq in defeat.

CALLER 1: Well, I am a Republican, and I've listened to you for a long time, and you're right on a lot of things, but I do believe that we should pull out of Iraq. I don't think it's winnable. And I'm not a Democrat, but I just -- sometimes you've got to cut the losses.

"Whoa!" Rush is thinking. "Damage control! What would happen if my audience finds out that not every Republican is a slave to the dictates of the Republican Company spokespeople?"

After much hemming and hawing, Rush settled on a response: "Mike, you can't possibly be a Republican."

Here beginith the thinking process that landed Rush in hot water. "I'll call Republicans who disagree with me 'phonies.'" It was no great leap of logic for Rush to condemn all anti-war soldiers as phonies mere seconds later when he hosted the second caller--the one who made Rush more famous in the last few days than he's been in years.

CALLER 1: I am definitely a Republican.

LIMBAUGH: You can't be a Republican. You are --

CALLER 1: Oh, I am definitely a Republican. See, I -- I've used to be military, OK? And I am a Republican.

LIMBAUGH: Yeah. Yeah.

CALLER 1: And I do live [inaudible] but --

LIMBAUGH: Right. Right. Right, I know.

CALLER 1: -- you know, really -- I want you to be saying how long it's gonna take.

LIMBAUGH: And I, by the way, used to walk on the moon!

What followed was epic. Limbaugh's "phony soldiers" comments were roundly criticized by distinguished members of Congress and Media Matters. Then Rush responded, and he responded, and he responded. Rush began the day of reconciliation Tuesday by calling for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to "step down." What? Resign? Has Limbaugh lost his mind?

Rush proceeded to compare his armies of antagonists to Stalinists and Ahmadenijads. He conjured up Gulags and Stasi police. He accused Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi of dancing naked around a bonfire in the woods. He put a flashlight under his chin and told stories about his childhood. He brayed like a pig and galloped around in circles with his hair on fire.

Fox News Republican Company spokespeople Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, who haven't completely lost their marbles yet, both piled it on--albeit with less rampant signs of paranoia. Both spent excessive, outrageous amounts of time defending Rush.

O'Reilly made Limbaugh the "top story" on his program Monday night. Weaving fact and fiction, O'Reilly created a fairy tale in which poor little Rush was the victim of the big bad bully George Soros.

On Tuesday, Hannity launched into his three hour radio program defending Rush. Hanntiy called Soros and Clinton the "new axis of power." He added, "Their goal is to silence the new medium," a reference to the Right Wing Media.

Also flocking to Limbaugh's defense: Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist, the Arizona Ledger and others.

Claiming respect for the men and women fighting in Iraq is one thing; showing respect is another. Limbaugh escalated his vitriolic attacks against the military today by comparing an Iraq War veteran who took offense at his comments to a suicide bomber.

The veteran, Brian McGough, appeared in radio and TV ads criticizing Limbaugh.

“This is such a blatant use of a valiant combat veteran," Limbaugh said, as if McGough were a vegetable, "lying to him about what I said and then strapping those lies to his belt, sending him out via the media and a TV ad to walk into as many people as he can walk into."

Its contemptible enough to suggest that McGough has phony opinions, but it smacks of ignominious elitism and arrogance for Limbaugh to tread a US soldier into the dirt and shame reserved for the cowards and reptiles that strap bombs to themselves to kill women and children. McGough has a Purple Heart. He was attacked, while fighting for our country, by a suicide bomber.



Authors Bio: Dean Powers is a former intern at The Nation, whose views are not reflected in this piece. The Nation could use support right now, as it is coping with dubious and extraordinary hikes in its postal rates.

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Wes Clark: Boot Rush

Last week, Rush Limbaugh labeled any American soldier who supports an end to the war in Iraq as "phony." We challenged Limbaugh through an email campaign to invite VoteVets.org's Jon Soltz to his show and repeat these same insults to an Iraq war veteran's face. Over 10,000 people responded and emailed Rush -- but to our disappointment, he has refused to respond to our request.

It's time to put real pressure on Rush Limbaugh. His show is broadcast on Armed Forces Radio, and this time we are going to go straight to the lifeblood of Rush's show -- Congress. Congress has the power to remove Rush Limbaugh from Armed Forces Radio, and it won't be as easy for elected officials to ignore our call.

Tax dollars are used to fund Armed Forces Radio, and that money is not intended for radio show hosts to spout insults at our soldiers. These "phony soldiers" have simply exercised their right to free speech, as Rush Limbaugh does on a daily basis. Simply because a majority of our troops who return from Iraq disagree with Rush on Bush's failed war policy does not give him the right to dishonor their service.

Unlike Rush Limbaugh, members of Congress cannot casually brush off the concerns of citizens. Since Rush won't listen to us, we're going directly to Congress, who can prevent him from disrespecting and censoring the voices of our soldiers.

How have Republicans in Congress chosen to respond so far? Congressional Republicans have actually drafted a resolution supporting Rush Limbaugh, "commending [his] relentless efforts to build and maintain troop morale through worldwide radio broadcasts and personal visits to conflict regions."

That's outrageous. Rush Limbaugh's "phony soldiers" comment should not be commended -- it should be condemned. And it's time to tell Congress to act swiftly to hold Rush Limbaugh accountable.

Click here to hold Rush Limbaugh accountable for his offensive and outrageous comments -- tell your members of Congress to take Rush off Armed Forces Radio today!

Our armed forces have served us honorably in Iraq, and the least we can do is respectfully listen to what they have to say about their experiences and perspectives on the war. To question the sincerity of our "phony" troops is disgraceful and must end.

Thank you for speaking out.

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Democrats, Republicans, pundits play 'tit for tat' over 'offensive' US troop slurs

10/01/2007 @ 4:17 pm

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Weeks after the group MoveOn.org purchased a New York Times advertisement which criticized the US Iraq war commander, Democrats, Republicans, and pundits continue to play a game of "tit for tat" on whose comments regarding the troops are more offensive than the others.

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"Dramatically escalating the Dems' confrontation with Rush Limbaugh over his 'phony soldiers' comment, Harry Reid just laced sharply into the talk show host in an extended attack on the Senate floor, hammering Rush's comments as 'unpatriotic' and demanding he apologize to the troops," Greg Sargent writes for TPM's Election Central.

According to Sargent, Reid said, "His unpatriotic comments cannot be ignored. During his show last Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh was engaged in one of his typical rants. This rant was unremarkable and indistinguishable from his usual drivel, which has been steadily losing listeners for years -- until he crossed that line by calling our men and women in uniform who oppose the war in Iraq `phony soldiers.' This comment was so beyond the pale of decency that it cannot be left alone."

"Rush Limbaugh took it upon himself to attack the courage and character of those fighting and dying for him and for all of us," Reid continued. "Rush Limbaugh got himself a deferment from serving when he was a young man. He never served in uniform. He never saw in person the extreme difficulty of maintaining peace in a foreign country engaged in a civil war. He never saw a person in combat. Yet he thinks that his opinion on the war is worth more than those who have been on the front lines. And what's worse, Limbaugh's show is broadcast on Armed Forces Radio, which means that thousands of troops, overseas, and veterans here at home, were forced to hear this attack on their patriotism. Rush Limbaugh owes the men and women of our armed forces an apology."

Limbaugh quickly responded, and as noted at the Drudge Report website, threatened Reid to "say it to my face, Senator."

I'll Say it to your face, Rush, I have cyst on my ass" Limbaugh. So, bring it on. You don;t have to risk being charged with assault on a member of congress. This 58 year old woman will take you on. Just come on, you sorry ass!

"Ladies and gentlemen, in the last half hour, Harry Reid took to the floor of the Senate and proceeded to spend five-to-seven minutes denouncing me, spreading the smear that started last week on this phony soldiers business," said Limbaugh on his syndicated show.

Limbaugh continued, "He has prepared a letter to be sent to the CEO of the company that syndicates this program, and that letter he asked as many senators as possible to sign, offering them the opportunity to demand of my syndicator that I be condemned for something that I did not say, which Harry Reid knows I did not say. The House of Representatives, I have just learned, is going to introduce a resolution this afternoon along the lines of the MoveOn.org resolution that was introduced last week, tit-for-tat, they want a vote in the House to condemn me, a private citizen, for something I did not say. These people have had three, four days now to learn the truth about this, and they no doubt know the truth, which doesn't matter. What they are trying to do is flood a false story into the Drive-By Media and have that survive and suffice as the evidence and as the story of what I said when it wasn't."

Limbaugh added, "He's gotta be a nut. I cannot believe that they are actually going this far with this. I did apologize today to the troops, Senator Reid, for you, and for Media Matters for America. If anybody in this country has been trying to demoralize the troops, it is you, sir, and your members of the Democrat Party. You have waved the white flag of defeat."

"You want to come on this program and call me unpatriotic, come on this program and call me unpatriotic," the conservative host added. "You want to call me a liar, you want to tell me that I did not say what I said, you come on this program and you tell me to my face that I said what I did not say. Stop hiding behind your special protections as a senator and spewing the talking points of an embarrassing, partisan hack media group called Media Matters for America. Hillary Clinton didn't serve in the military, by the way, Senator Reid. She just voted against General Petraeus. Barack Obama did not serve in the military, Senator Reid, and he didn't even show up to vote in support of Petraeus. John Edwards didn't serve, and after voting to send our troops to war, he has undermined them ever since. It is unconscionable for an esteemed United States senator to launch an all-out assault on a private citizen, which is a lie from front to back, in order to cover your own actions and words, which have been the true demoralization of the US military -- and if anybody owes the military of this country an apology, Senator Reid, it is you. It is Jack Murtha. It is Dick Durbin. It is any and all who have joined your effort to secure defeat of the United States and the United States military in not only Iraq, but the war on terror. Sir, have you no decency left? Have you no shame whatsoever?"

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