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	<title>The Smoak House</title>
	
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		<title>Living To Be 100</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last year or so I have been seeing a doctor concerning my cholesterol levels.  This came about when my father suffered a minor, nonfatal, heart attack which resulted in his requiring bypass surgery.  This made me very concerned for him and in turn made him very concerned for me.  Our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmoakhouse.wordpress.com&blog=618922&post=1380&subd=thesmoakhouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Is Healthcare a Important Moral Issue &amp; Not Abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of Senator Ted Kennedy&#8217;s passing, President Obama (using the death of the Senator as a political tool) said:
[Kennedy] repeated the truth that health care is decisive for our future prosperity, but he also reminded me that &#8216;it concerns more than material things.&#8217;  &#8216;What we face,&#8217; he wrote, &#8216;is above all a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmoakhouse.wordpress.com&blog=618922&post=1377&subd=thesmoakhouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Once Upon a Time, God…</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a story:
Right after my parents divorced my mom was living in Atlanta and was taking care of me by herself. I was around two years old. Mama had barely ever lived on her own much less with a child. She had applied at numerous jobs but nothing was happening and she was running out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmoakhouse.wordpress.com&blog=618922&post=1373&subd=thesmoakhouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Christian Ethics in WWII</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some time back I wrote an article about a band I had discovered called A Rotterdam November. The reason the album was so interesting to me is because the backdrop against which the stories of the songs were written was the Second World War. I am intrigued by history and this war particularly stands out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmoakhouse.wordpress.com&blog=618922&post=1363&subd=thesmoakhouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Theological Problems (If Any) With “Come Thou Fount”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago I was discussing hymns with some friends and how we miss them sometimes and we were discussing our favorites. During the conversation someone brought up &#8220;Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing&#8221; and the person said something to the effect of &#8220;I can&#8217;t stand that one&#8221; and acted quite disgusted at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmoakhouse.wordpress.com&blog=618922&post=1353&subd=thesmoakhouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going To a Land Down Under: Kiwi? Aussie?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;s been a very naughty blogger? Who? WHO? (You, Joshie Joshie, You)
Actually it is true that blogging has greatly lost its luster for me (but, no, this blog did not die with Michael Jackson). Facebook and Twitter are way too time consuming and pretty much fulfill my longings for pontification. But I think the ol&#8217; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmoakhouse.wordpress.com&blog=618922&post=1350&subd=thesmoakhouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a long time since I have followed any of Michael Jackson&#8217;s music. The last album of his that I remember is the one with the song &#8220;Black or White.&#8221;  However when I was young (preteen or so) I really liked Michael Jackson&#8217;s music. For Christmas one year my mom gave me the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmoakhouse.wordpress.com&blog=618922&post=1343&subd=thesmoakhouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Do: 9 Years Ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 25, 2000 Lyndsay and I stood before God and man and declared our vows to love and cherish one another until death do us part.
I met Lyndsay in 1999 at a coffee house in Macon where my band at the time was performing. I had met her once before with no sparks flying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmoakhouse.wordpress.com&blog=618922&post=1337&subd=thesmoakhouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Senators’ “Trust Busting”–Why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently posted to Twitter an article from PCWorld.com reporting that a group of Senators have sent a letter to the FCC urging it to consider regulating device/carrier exclusivity deals in the mobile device industry. The most obvious one that comes to mind is the iPhone deal between Apple Inc. and AT&#38;T.  If you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmoakhouse.wordpress.com&blog=618922&post=1332&subd=thesmoakhouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Takeover of GM and Chrysler</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I was pondering the possible implications of the Government&#8217;s ownership of two of this nation&#8217;s largest auto manufacturers. Part of having a realistic outlook on any situation is being able to see the possible long-term effects of a given decision. Unfortunately the Washington establishment can not learn this lesson. All they seem to care [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmoakhouse.wordpress.com&blog=618922&post=1330&subd=thesmoakhouse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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