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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Global Rhetoric</title> <link>http://www.globalrhetoric.com</link> <description>Unabashed Writers for Unafraid Readers</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:03:46 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlobalRehetoric" /><feedburner:info uri="globalrehetoric" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>Kisses of Death…</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalRehetoric/~3/vJTIjxh3HbQ/</link> <comments>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/05/16/kisses-of-death/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:22:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joe Steffen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Darkness Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dan Bongino]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Craig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Martin O' Malley]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalrhetoric.com/?p=1279</guid> <description><![CDATA[Two short and sweet Kisses of Death… O’Malley’s Folly: Sometimes I wonder if maybe Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has it all figured out. By that, I mean I wonder if he has it figured out in a way that us mere mortals simply cannot understand or comprehend. Why else? Why else would he call yet [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/05/16/kisses-of-death/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/05/16/kisses-of-death/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Ehrlich’s Political Grave: What’s In Your Wallet?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalRehetoric/~3/cdWaHk67zk4/</link> <comments>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/05/04/ehrlichs-political-grave-whats-in-your-wallet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 03:02:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joe Steffen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Darkness Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bob Ehrlich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MD GOP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert L. Ehrlich Collection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Towson University]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalrhetoric.com/?p=1272</guid> <description><![CDATA[If there’s anyone reading this who has any say in the matter, would you please remove my name from any of the papers in the collection of the former Congressman and Former Maryland Governor and nearly Former Man with Dignity, Bob Ehrlich? Thank you. Hey, the last time Bobby Ehrlich did something stupid, I said [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/05/04/ehrlichs-political-grave-whats-in-your-wallet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/05/04/ehrlichs-political-grave-whats-in-your-wallet/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>An Beautiful Ending to an Ugly (and Funny) Campaign</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalRehetoric/~3/BULmoQOqr7I/</link> <comments>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/29/an-beautiful-ending-to-an-ugly-and-funny-campaign/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:10:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joe Steffen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Darkness Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Audrey Scott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chris Rosenthal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dave Myers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicolee Ambrose]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalrhetoric.com/?p=1266</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bucolic Solomon’s Island may never be the same… It was there, yesterday, at the Solomons Island Holiday Inn that the race for Maryland National Committeewoman pitting the upstart Nicolee Ambrose against former MD GOP Chairwoman Audrey Scott culminated in a sound 286-247 vote (54% &#8211; 46%) victory by the 37 year old Ambrose over the more [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/29/an-beautiful-ending-to-an-ugly-and-funny-campaign/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/29/an-beautiful-ending-to-an-ugly-and-funny-campaign/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>The “Smear Campaign” Watch Has Begun…</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalRehetoric/~3/V-SsOyr2EGg/</link> <comments>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/18/the-smear-campaign-watch-has-begun/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:29:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joe Steffen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Darkness Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Audrey Scott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Marks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Doug Gansler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JB Jennings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim Shalleck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lawrence Scott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicolee Ambrose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Roscoe Bartlett]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalrhetoric.com/?p=1261</guid> <description><![CDATA[As a prelude to this piece, I’ve got to tell you:  Despite there being  like a total of 300 some Central Committee members having a vote in the National Committeewoman&#8217;s race  &#8211; I&#8217;m actually going to miss it when the votes are done being counted on April 28th &#8211; it  has easily been the most interesting  [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/18/the-smear-campaign-watch-has-begun/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/18/the-smear-campaign-watch-has-begun/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>The Hilariously Sad Wolf Blows An Announcement</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalRehetoric/~3/lG3befVSSuE/</link> <comments>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/14/the-hilariously-sad-wolf-blows-an-announcement/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:27:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joe Steffen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Darkness Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dan Bongino]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Craig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joshua Wolf]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalrhetoric.com/?p=1259</guid> <description><![CDATA[Harford County Executive David Craig Announces He’s Running for Governor in 2014! Well, no, not exactly. However, you may consider this to be David Craig&#8217;s “Official Announcement.” No need for a media rollout, a statewide tour or anything else that comes with a statewide campaign announcement. For, you see, Craig’s candidacy was announced to a group of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/14/the-hilariously-sad-wolf-blows-an-announcement/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/14/the-hilariously-sad-wolf-blows-an-announcement/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Decisions, Decisions…</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalRehetoric/~3/91EEHIr5tmo/</link> <comments>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/11/decisions-decisions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:09:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joe Steffen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Darkness Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garty Johnson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rick Santorum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Paul]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalrhetoric.com/?p=1255</guid> <description><![CDATA[You know, I always knew this day was coming, the day when a decision had to be made concerning whom was going to get my vote for President this coming November. Thinking about the decision-to-come entered my mind as soon as Rick Sanitarium bowed out of the race a few days ago. And, I’ve got [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/11/decisions-decisions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/11/decisions-decisions/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>And, For U.S. Senate…</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalRehetoric/~3/LlhTBXKVWsw/</link> <comments>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/02/and-for-u-s-senate/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:47:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joe Steffen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Darkness Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dan Bongino]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Douglas]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalrhetoric.com/?p=1244</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’d originally hoped to write this yesterday, but Lord did Sunday ever get away from me in a big way. But, if I had written this yesterday, I’d have started it off by saying: I’m endorsing Richard Douglas for the Republican nomination for United States Senate! Then… (Wait for it…wait for it…) I’d have written [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/02/and-for-u-s-senate/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/04/02/and-for-u-s-senate/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Letterhead: It’s an Obsession</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalRehetoric/~3/3BXsZyEJCc0/</link> <comments>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/03/28/letterhead-its-an-obsession/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:17:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joe Steffen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Darkness Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brian Griffiths]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Moshe Starkman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicolee Ambrose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[YRNF]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalrhetoric.com/?p=1238</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the blog, Red Maryland, ran a non-endorsement piece concerning the Maryland National Committeewoman’s race. Said piece may be found here: http://redmaryland.blogspot.com/2012/03/from-editors-we-are-not-endorsing-in.html What’s interesting about this piece to me is not the reason that Red Maryland isn’t endorsing Audrey Scott, but rather why they’re not endorsing Nicolee Ambrose &#8211; that being the idea one of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/03/28/letterhead-its-an-obsession/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/03/28/letterhead-its-an-obsession/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Rob Garagiola is Fornicated</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalRehetoric/~3/w8C2ZbZslDA/</link> <comments>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/03/22/rob-garagiola-is-fornicated/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:36:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joe Steffen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Darkness Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hannah Powers-Miller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Delaney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rob Garagiola]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalrhetoric.com/?p=1234</guid> <description><![CDATA[Idiotic acts, you know what I’m talking about – the type of things perpetrated by folks who leave the rest of us shaking and scratching our heads in wonderment. Not to mention laughing at their idiocy.  Yeah, they&#8217;re unique without being so&#8230;considering they happen all the damned time.  With that in mind, here’s an idiotic act [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/03/22/rob-garagiola-is-fornicated/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/03/22/rob-garagiola-is-fornicated/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Rush to Judgment</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalRehetoric/~3/DNT5XKQxmcY/</link> <comments>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/03/06/rush-to-judgment/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:22:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joe Steffen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Darkness Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bill Maher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Boycott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HBO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sandra Fluke]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalrhetoric.com/?p=1225</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have never much liked Rush Limbaugh. Way back in the day, I listened to him a few times – I mean, seriously, all the raging about how GREAT he was on-air just had to be true, right?  Uh, no. I found Rush to be an arrogant, conceited, blowhard who might be dangerous if his intelligence [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/03/06/rush-to-judgment/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.globalrhetoric.com/2012/03/06/rush-to-judgment/</feedburner:origLink></item> </channel> </rss><!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

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