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		<title>Win or Lose He’s A Hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never had heard this story before. I was moved by it but decided to do some due diligence. The premise of the story is true but there are some inaccuracies. Read the story at the Huffington Riposte first and then come back and click the link to the Snopes story.
In a supermarket, Kurtis the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Who Belong”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[43 years ago on a warm summer evening my parents sent me along with my older brother and younger sister a few blocks away to the Anderson Avenue trolley stop to meet a man by the name of Henry Varlack and walk him to our home for dinner. Henry Varlack was a radio announcer on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Endangered Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Eugenics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a fan of great analogies that speak the truth. I came across this article today. Follow the more link to read the entire piece.
The Prenatal Extermination of Children With Down Syndrome
BY KURT KONDRICH

Recently I read an article about how scientists are going to use an outer space satellite to monitor the kangaroo rat which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Choices Are Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So I was driving home the other night from work and there was a car in front of me with a few bumper stickers. The first thing that struck me was this person has a sense of balance&#8230;.. well visually anyway. There were matching bumper stickers placed in identical location on both sides of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Up Down Under?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a flurry of reports coming from Australia about the case of Dr. Bernard Moeller and his son, Lucas but apparently the story does not end there. There are other families that answered the call of the Australian government to bring their skills to a country that is experiencing shortages of skilled professionals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babies Perfect and Imperfect
by Amy Julia Becker
Copyright (c) 2008 First Things (November 2008).
Our daughter was born at 5:22 p.m. on December 30, 2005. Two hours later, a nurse called my husband out of the room. When he returned, he took my hand and said, “They think Penny has Down syndrome.” As this news began to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coach Nicholson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Nicholson has Down Syndrome, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped him from making a difference as assistant coach for his high school football team.
CBS Evening News

And from Fox News Chicago

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		<title>Tropic of Blunder</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite bloggers, Dave Hingsburger just put up a great post on his blog that addresses the controversy surrounding the movie &#8216;Tropic of Thunder&#8217;. I can&#8217;t say it any better and you should head over there and read the original post and the comments.
My comment on his blog.
Bravo Dave!
I think one reason people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“We’re All Different – That’s What Makes Us the  Same”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog For Down Syndrome</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve used that quote as an email tag line for several months. I don&#8217;t even remember where I found it but it really resonated with me. We all have differences in our looks, speech, personal habits, beliefs, likes/dislikes. But despite those differences we are all more alike than we are different. We learn to appreciate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Guy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[independence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a huge grin the entire time I watched this video. It turns out this young man has a website/blog and is making a documentary with his brother. As I read through some of the information on Dan&#8217;s web site it turns out he must be local to us because he attended a valentines [...]]]></description>
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