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		<title>I regret to give you this legislative update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wrote a post-Thanksgiving blog post about the Republican&#8217;s big &#8220;fuck you&#8221; to the disadvantaged in the United States, while insisting on less taxes for those who don&#8217;t need it and contemporaneously insisting&#8211;in a contradictory fashion&#8211;that now is the time to address the federal budget deficit. Today we have an update on how the then-pending [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can we all just agree that McCain won&#8217;t ever support DADT&#8217;s repeal?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The DADT report is out, and as suspected, it shows a military that is rather unfazed by the idea of gays and lesbians in the army being allowed to be openly gay or lesbian. This report was the BIG CONDITION that John McCain had on repealing DADT. That is, of course, after his prior condition [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>GOP screws 9/11 responders, unemployed, and poor: Happy holidays to the rich and corporate elite!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really struggling to prevent my head from exploding over the very revealing juxtaposition of bills, policies, and positions swirling around the end of the 2010 legislative session. The economy is still bad. There is only one job opening* for every 5 people looking for work, which means that even if all jobs were filled [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Iowa voter&#8217;s fancy themselves above checks-and-balances</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iowa&#8217;s ousting of several state supreme court judges who ruled in favor of same-sex marriage is a scary day for those who believe an independent judiciary as essential to democracy. And supporters of removing the judges for making legal decisions the some don&#8217;t like completely miss the whole point of having judges rule on constitutionality [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Do not all judges only have a perspective?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 16:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just reading an article from a few days ago in The New York Times about Judge Sotomayor&#8217;s views about judging that while made in 2001, which are now relevant because of her potential as a Sumpreme Court nominee and also as a way to discuss (or perhaps malign) President Obama&#8216;s desire for a justice with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ethnocentrism on Meet the Press</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 17:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Meet the Press featured David Gregory&#8217;s interview with President Karzai of Afghanistan. The last question posed to Karzai was regarding the legality of marital rape under Afghani law. more about &#8220;msnbc.com:Karzai on Afghan law ‘legal&#8230;&#8220;, posted with vodpod It is important to watch the clip rather than read the transcript, because Gregory&#8217;s tone was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thoughts on &#8220;This Week&#8230;&#8221; or, If You Say it Enough it Will Become True</title>
		<link>https://speaktruthtopower.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/thoughts-on-this-week-or-if-you-say-it-enough-it-will-become-true/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few thoughts on today&#8217;s This Week with George Stephanopoulos 1) Interview with Eric Cantor: Cantor repeats, as many Republicans have, that stimulating the economy via government spending is not what the American people want, that Americans think we are spending too much&#8230;yet polls continue to show that Americans put their support behind Obama&#8217;s ideas [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Amy Goodman interviews author Mark Schapiro</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Democracy Now! features an interview with Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for American Power author Mark Schapiro. The whole interview is well worth the listen/watch. Two things from the interview stuck out at me. 1) The relationship between universal health care and aptness toward regulation of toxic chemicals/testing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Will economic conservatives learn any lessons from this crisis?</title>
		<link>https://speaktruthtopower.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/will-economic-conservatives-learn-any-lessons-from-this-crisis/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Merits and analysis of Obama&#8217;s housing plan aside, I&#8217;m particularly interested in this bit of Republican rhetoric I&#8217;m seeing. From Politico.com: The GOP, perhaps predictably, was less enthusiastic. House Republicans released statements, suggesting Obama’s plan rewarded irresponsible borrowers at the expense of the vast majority of homeowners who pay their monthly bills on time. [&#8230;] [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bipartisanship for bipartisanship&#8217;s sake makes for poor economic policy</title>
		<link>https://speaktruthtopower.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/bipartisanship-for-bipartisanships-sake-makes-for-poor-economic-policy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is anyone else sick of the bipartisanship overkill? Sure, bipartisanship is a nice idea. But the economy is falling apart&#8211;fast. The stimulus bill needs to actually stimulate; a half-assed job is not good enough. Including non-stimulating or less-stimulating items (i.e. a lot of tax cuts) . Wrong policy for the sake of bipartisanship is not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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