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		<title>Facing the Responsibility Deficit</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2015/12/15/facing-the-responsibility-deficit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[responsibility reborn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The race to succeed Barack Obama is on, but remember this: Important as the 2016 election will be, whether the Republicans or the Democrats prevail is not going to keep our country from rolling into 2017 faced with the same ominous symptoms of decline. Another centennial for the USA is far from assured. Maybe our [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>“End of discussion” won’t occur if Centennial Institute can help it</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2015/06/08/end-of-discussion-wont-occur-if-centennial-institute-can-help-it/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 18:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Centennial Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As chairman of the annual Western Conservative Summit, I was pleased to invite back for this year&#8217;s edition our longtime friends and political allies, Mary Katharine Ham and Guy Benson, to talk about their important new book, End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Practicing prayer when God seems silent</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2015/05/09/practicing-prayer-when-god-seems-silent/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2015 02:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[national day of prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[northern colorado prayer breakfast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[National Day of Prayer was observed on May 7 with thousands of gatherings across America. I had the honor to keynote the Northern Colorado Prayer Breakfast in Loveland. God&#8217;s oxygen, God&#8217;s ark, and God&#8217;s ambassadors were my word-pictures for the day, expanding on NDP&#8217;s 2015 theme, &#8220;Lord, hear our cry&#8221; (I Kings 8). We&#8217;re all [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>RTD Board: Republican Candidates ID&#8217;d</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2014/10/23/rtd-board-republican-candidates-idd/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[election 2014]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rtd board]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Regional Transportation District in metro Denver is Colorado&#8217;s fourth largest government as measured by spending. Its power is immense, yet the 15-member board has a low political profile and elections remain nonpartisan despite efforts by some of us to help inform voters by identifying candidates with the Republican or Democratic or whatever party brand [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2014: How I&#8217;m voting</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2014/10/20/election-2014-how-im-voting/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballot issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[election 2014]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[amendment 67]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[proposition 104]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here sits my Colorado general election ballot on the kitchen table, ready to mark and mail. I wish it were not an all-mail election, but that&#8217;s another discussion. For the information of many who always ask, and for discussion with readers who may agree or disagree (which makes the world go round), my intended votes [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Primary facts &#038; unfacts</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2014/05/26/primary-facts-falsehoods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 15:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doug lamborn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lang sias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laura woods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael fields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republican primary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I never enjoy primaries where good Republicans are pitted against each other in the spring for a nomination to oppose the Democrats in the fall, so I don&#8217;t usually take sides. But since I&#8217;m often asked my preference in the GOP&#8217;s upcoming June 24 election, and since a state Senate candidate recently claimed my support [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Fields for HD-37</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2014/05/01/michael-fields-for-hd-37/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2014 14:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HD-37]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jack tate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael fields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spencer swalm]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado State House District 37 in Centennial, where I&#8217;ve lived for 40 years, has been ably represented by Rep. Spencer Swalm since 2006. Now that he is term-limited, the safely Republican district faces a spirited primary between Jack Tate, an engineer in his 50s, and Michael Fields, a young lawyer and schoolteacher who&#8217;s not yet [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill would enshrine abortion in Colo. law</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2014/04/14/bill-would-enshrine-abortion-in-colo-law/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pro-life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I sent this urgent email to all 100 members of the Colorado General Assembly today. The bill has cleared Senate committee and now awaits floor action. Please join Donna and me in raising your voice against Senate Bill 175. Dear Legislator: We are gravely concerned about SB-175, &#8220;Concerning Freedom from Government Interference [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>John Carson for CU Regent</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2014/03/30/john-carson-for-cu-regent/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the 6th Congressional District Republican Assembly convenes on April 5, there will be a contest for the nomination to University of Colorado Board of Regents. I am supporting John Carson. His education reform achievements as president of the Douglas County School Board have had national impact. His candidacy is distinguished by a strong determination [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>On the right: Who needs to learn what?</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/11/12/on-the-right-who-needs-to-learn-what/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2013 02:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Soul-searching time on the center-right. The unorganized movement of fed-up citizens called Tea Party (not as another political party, but invoking the spirit of 1773 at Boston Harbor) has no way of choosing its tactics or learning a new style. It&#8217;s just a frustrated outpouring of civic energy and urgency. So if there&#8217;s any learning [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2013: Here&#8217;s My Voter Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/10/21/election-2013-heres-my-voter-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/10/21/election-2013-heres-my-voter-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2013]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado&#8217;s election season is here. Self-government stood a better chance of proceeding thoughtfully and responsibly, in my opinion, when most or all of our voting was done on one day, not over a three-week period. But this is the reality we have to live with now &#8211; made worse by the recent HB-1303 with its [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Grassroots Radio touts &#8216;vote of no confidence&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/10/01/grassroots-radio-touts-vote-of-no-confidence/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 01:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks, Ken Clark and Jason Worley, for a good discussion of the winning story line for Colorado conservatives in 2013-2014 on today&#8217;s edition of Grassroots Radio, 560 KLZ. They endorsed the thesis in my recent column, &#8220;Vote of No Confidence,&#8221; that the right can ride the Morse-Giron recalls to a winning streak in elections this [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Clashing freedoms can coexist</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/09/25/vote-of-no-confidence-riding-the-recalls-to-victory-in-2014/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrews in Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angela giron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john morse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you hear about the Jewish festival selling an exhibit table to the Christian proselytizers? Or the Catholic conference where opponents, after pitching a fit, were allowed a poster saying the Pope is the anti-Christ? Of course not. But how about the Planned Parenthood seminar where pro-lifers insisted on displaying gruesome photos of aborted babies? [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>School tax hike would waste your money</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/09/25/school-tax-hike-would-waste-your-money/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peg Brady]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes & TABOR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amendment 66]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Referendum C set TABOR’s tax baseline at the highest amount collected between 2005 to 2010. Ref C’s big-spending advocates promised that its tax burden would last only five years. But Coloradans still pay $1 billion each year. Now our state wants Amendment 66, an additional $1 billion annually. Rather than its ever-expanding bloated budget, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Coloradans fire two legislators?</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/08/02/will-colorados-fire-two-legislators/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HeadOn TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angela giron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george zimmerman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john morse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liz cheney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trayvon martin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The recall elections facing Colorado state senators John Morse and Angela Giron are worth doing,says John Andrews in the July round of &#60;em&#62;Head On TV&#60;/em&#62; debates. Susan Barnes-Gelt disagrees, branding the recalls an NRA-driven waste of money. John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it this month&#60;!&#8211;more&#8211;&#62; over Obamacare&#8217;s troubles, Liz [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>When the governed stop consenting</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/07/17/when-the-governed-stop-consenting/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrews in Print]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Denver Post, July 15) The recall elections pending for two state senators and the movement for ten rural counties to secede from Colorado, along with the chaos in Egypt, got me to thinking about political legitimacy. No, it’s not a topic trending on Twitter right now. Stop 20 people on the street, and 19 of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s called weather, Chicken Little</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/06/26/its-called-weather-chicken-little/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 02:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HeadOn TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent wildfires in Colorado aren&#8217;t a symptom of catastrophic climate change,says John Andrews in the June round of Head On TV debates. Susan Barnes-Gelt disagrees, alleging that earth is warming at a dangerous rate. John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it this month over the NSA data dragnet, rumblings of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How to run against Hickenlooper</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/06/02/how-to-run-against-hickenlooper/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrews in Print]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Denver Post, June 2) “Colorado can do better.” Four words, scarcely a sound bite. But if you start hearing them in reference to Gov. John Hickenlooper as 2014 approaches, you’ll know the election is not a walkover for him after all. Because when it comes to policy results from the state’s chief executive, those words [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Messiah is no more</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/05/28/obama-messiah-is-no-more/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 17:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HeadOn TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A leftist agenda playing loose with the law has cost Obama his messianic aura, says John Andrews in the May round of Head On TV debates. Susan Barnes-Gelt disagrees, blaming the welter of scandals on arrogance at the top and incompetence of underlings. John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A very different Colorado</title>
		<link>http://www.backboneamerica.net/2013/04/28/leftist-legislators-remaking-colorado/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Andrews]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrews in Print]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Denver Post, Apr. 28) Watch closely as the legislature enters its final ten days of the 2013 session. This year is shaping up as a game-changer for the way Coloradans govern ourselves and seek the common good. Over the decades, we’ve seen a Republican-led House and Senate confronting a Democratic governor, and vice versa. We’ve [&#8230;]]]></description>
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