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		<title>Health care reform</title>
		<link>https://irreverentblogs.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/health-care-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An important debate is brewing within the progressive community about the current state of health care reform..while we all agree that the Senate bill is disappointing and unacceptable, we differ vastly on whether we should support it.. I don&#8217;t know&#8230;I am trying to see both side of the argument and it gets hard sometimes. I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reflections on the Oscar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unlike most, I didn&#8217;t watch the Oscar, any of the pre- and post award shows or find out about who looked the most Fab. I did find out about who won, congrats to &#8220;Slumdog Millionaire&#8221; btw. How can you not when it is pasted all over the news. I didn&#8217;t watch it because I don&#8217;t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tale of two parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To follow up on my last post..main stream media has now caught on that the GOP opposition is all about party renewal and nothing to do with the Stimulus, in fact, they are banking on the Stimulus package to fail in order to win elections. From Washington Post, But the Republican Party has made its [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Executive pay cap in the Stimulus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad to see that the Stimulus contained some form of executive pay cap, although I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s enough. It didn&#8217;t cover enough executives and there are loop holes around it. However, people on wall street are now complaining about this cap, arguing that it would send talented manager into Hedge Funds and other [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2010 countdown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[the 2010 election countdown has officially started for the remaining GOPs in Congress. We saw today that Republicans in the House care little about the average American or the economic welfare of this country. Once again, they unanimously voted against the Stimulus compromise package. Once again, the Republicans have shown to want to play politics [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What is in the stimulus package</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks to TPM, here is a quick glance at what is in the Stimulus package.. Spending AID TO POOR AND UNEMPLOYED _ $40 billion to provide extended unemployment benefits through Dec. 31, and increase them by $25 a week; $20 billion to increase food stamp benefits by 14 percent; $3 billion in temporary welfare payments. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Politics as usual</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, I blogged about the Republican Party using the Stimulus package as a way to help reinvigorate the party, and that they voted against the stimulus package for political reasons. This little tidbit came across Jack Tapper&#8217;s blog yesterday, which a lot of people seem to have missed. Transportation Secretary LaHood, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wall Street will never learn</title>
		<link>https://irreverentblogs.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/wall-street-will-never-learn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is why we have to cut off the source of the problem before we can fix the economy. The problem lies with the people in control of Wall Street firms and the banks. They will never learn and we are doomed to repeat history. Sam Stein of Huffington Post reported on bailed out firms, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Amused</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am very amused by Wall Street&#8217;s reaction to Geithner&#8217;s speech this morning. Right after the speech, DOW tumbled, down almost 400 points. I especially love some of the comments coming from Wall Street.. &#8220;Geithner&#8217;s speech &#8220;basically puts a spotlight on the fact that the government has no idea how to fix the problem,&#8221; said [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s unacceptable for GOPs to play politics with the Stimulus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It really bothers me that the Republicans are playing with our future. The House passed the stimulus package with no Republicans voting for it. Today, the Senate pass their version of the Stimulus bill, this time nearly avoiding a filibuster when three centrist Republicans sided with the Democrats. Instead of working alongside to fix the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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