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		<title>8 ways reform provides security and stability to those with or without coverage</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/8-ways-reform-provides-security-and-stability-to-those-with-or-without-coverage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ends Discrimination for Pre-Existing Conditions: Insurance companies will be prohibited from refusing you coverage because of your medical history. 
Ends Exorbitant Out-of-Pocket Expenses, Deductibles or Co-Pays: Insurance companies will have to abide by yearly caps on how much they can charge for out-of-pocket expenses.  
Ends Cost-Sharing for Preventive Care: Insurance companies must fully cover, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=283&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy Health Care Reform Debate</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/healthy-health-care-reform-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not everyone in America is involved in shouting matches regarding health care reform.  Some people are actually able to discuss these issues calmly on social networking sites.  Here are some excerpts from the conversation my friends and I have been having on Facebook.
John Longfield-Smith 
The actual Health Care Reform Bill. Many sites are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=277&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Isn’t it Ironic?!</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/isnt-it-ironic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A top 10 list of things that drive me crazy about my fellow Americans.
1.)  Why are so many people up in arms about spending $1T over the next ten years, with the worst estimate showing that $239B will end up directly affecting the deficit, yet there has been no outcry about the $1T the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=272&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>E-mail ‘analysis’ of health bill needs a check-up</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/e-mail-analysis-of-health-bill-needs-a-check-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me reiterate for the record, I am not a liberal.  I am an independent.  No party tells me what to think.  I make my decisions based upon research that I conduct.  I do not trust any politicians, nor any of the major media outlets&#8230;
I just found this story on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=267&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An American Conservative Blog Post</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/an-american-conservative-blog-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I got this in an email today, and had to share it.  It was originally posted on &#8220;AmericaBlog&#8221;.
This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy.
I then took a shower in the clean water provided by a municipal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=264&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Did Jacksonville Go Wrong?</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/where-did-jacksonville-go-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got it wrong in 2003.  We elected someone as mayor due to his name, and the belief that he would continue to improve the image of Jacksonville as the Bold New City of the South.  Not since the days of Jake Godbold were there such high expectations for our city.  To me, the differences [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=180&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ronald Reagan was More of a Socialist than Obama!</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/ronald-reagan-was-more-of-a-socialist-than-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ From 1980 to 1988 the top tax rate was 50%!  How on earth did we survive?  Take a look at the rates during the Nixon/Ford years (69-76), or better yet the Eisenhower years (52-60)&#8230;  Notice what the rates were in the Republican years of 1921-1932, immediately preceding the great depression.  Looks like what the fat [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=235&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prison Spending Outpaces All but Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/prison-spending-outpaces-all-but-medicaid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 3, 2009
By SOLOMON MOORE
 
One in every 31 adults, or 7.3 million Americans, is in prison, on parole or probation, at a cost to the states of $47 billion in 2008, according to a new study.
Correction spending is outpacing budget growth in education, transportation and public assistance, based on state and federal data.
Only Medicaid spending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=232&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Can’t Be Neutral All the Time…</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/224/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently found a blog that has some great content, it&#8217;s called &#8220;Slow Leadership&#8221; and it contains articles on effective leadership, to include things such as ethics and morals in the office setting.
The following article is similar to one I wrote about the importance of honesty in the workplace, you can read it here. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=224&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Justice Provides $109M for Prisoner Reentry Programs.</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/department-of-justice-provides-109m-for-prisoner-reentry-programs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; The President released the Administration&#8217;s FY 2010 top-line budget proposal today which includes $26.5 billion for the Department of Justice (DOJ), a 3.5 percent increase more than the FY 2009 budget. The Department&#8217;s budget includes enhanced funding for: national security and intelligence; combating financial fraud; hiring additional police officers; civil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=219&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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