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		<title>Wrong Direction On Energy Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://commonsenserepublican.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ne thing that still amazes me is the lack of common sense in dealing with America’s addiction to oil.  I have one relatively simple solution to creating a million new jobs, massive economic activity and breaking America’s addiction to oil.  To top it all off, it would also reduce pollution.  Let me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too Many Laws In America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Common Sense Republican</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[morality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://commonsenserepublican.com/?p=189</guid>
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Philip Howard gives a nice speech about how America has become a nation of too many laws.  Those laws lead to paralisis because people are afraid of getting slapped with a lawsuit.  Teachers are afraid to discipline kids because of it.  Businesses are afraid to launch new products because of it.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is America Losing Its Patriotism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://commonsenserepublican.com/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can’t help but notice that more and more often I am noticing these little subtle signs that much of America is losing its old fashioned patriotic values.  I remember when I was a kid, my family owned some record albums that were all patriotic songs.  We used to listen to them when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrat versus Republican</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Common Sense Republican</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrat Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundamentals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core beliefs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[differences]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://commonsenserepublican.com/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I composed a list of some of the fundamental differences of democrats versus republicans so that people new to the political scene can decide which political philosophy is more aligned with their core beliefs.
Fundamental difference between Democrats and Republicans
On government involvement in people’s lives
Democrats believe that government should play a large role in its citizens’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Healthcare Is A Nightmare</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Common Sense Republican</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
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I love how the Obama administration keeps saying that nobody will be forced to switch plans.  This just isn’t true.  Here is why:  Private insurers will not have the ability to compete with a taxpayer funded plan.  The government can run its plan at a loss every year indefinitely because they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Administration Sets Out To Single Handedly Break What Is Left Of The American Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Common Sense Republican</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecomomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy independence]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://commonsenserepublican.com/?p=166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is quite possible that the spending spree that president Obama is on will actually break the economic backbone of America.  The guy has lost his marbles.  This country is by no means out of this recession/depression that it has been in for some time now.  As I write this, the unemployment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama’s Honeymoon Is Nearing Its End</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Common Sense Republican</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrat Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Policy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://commonsenserepublican.com/?p=163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess it is safe to say that the honeymoon Obama has been on since his election to the presidency is running out of time.  As is always the case with the American people, eventually they come around to their senses.  Obama has been trying diligently to ramrod his legislation through congress while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best National Anthem Singing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Common Sense Republican</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Patriotism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fourth of july]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independence day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[July 4th]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national anthem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national anthem singing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://commonsenserepublican.com/?p=156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but I hate when singers alter our beloved national anthem by warbling their voices unexpectedly and excessively and/or singing out of time and/or altering the basic version that we all learned and practiced when we were growing up.  Some of these bone heads try to make their own jazz [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Older People Become More Conservative</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 04:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Common Sense Republican</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[morality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://commonsenserepublican.com/?p=146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stop.  Think for a minute.  Who is the most conservative person you know?  If you pay attention you will realize that older people tend to be more conservative than younger ones.  Grandma and Grandpa tend to follow the straight and narrow path more so than their children and grandchildren.  Is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More fundamental flaws in the American political system – Short sightedness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Common Sense Republican</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[American voters are the ultimate band wagon jumpers.  Their opinions are very easily swayed from left to right depending on how they feel at that moment.  You might find a person voting for a president who is a Democrat one year and then voting for his Republican opponent four years later.  The [...]]]></description>
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