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term="liberal bias"/><category term="lower taxes"/><category term="media bias"/><category term="media coverage"/><category term="milestones"/><category term="mistakes"/><category term="most popular"/><category term="my friends"/><category term="news"/><category term="nuclear weapons"/><category term="obama health care reform"/><category term="offshore drilling"/><category term="oil"/><category term="pastors"/><category term="polls"/><category term="power"/><category term="promises"/><category term="public trust"/><category term="radio"/><category term="ratings"/><category term="real growth"/><category term="reconciliation"/><category term="records"/><category term="regulations"/><category term="religion"/><category term="renewable energy"/><category term="response"/><category term="smaller government"/><category term="sources"/><category term="souvenir"/><category term="spending"/><category term="spring"/><category term="swing states"/><category term="taxpayer"/><category term="terrorists"/><category term="threat"/><category term="too much"/><category term="toss up states"/><category term="turkey"/><category term="vice president"/><category term="voters"/><category term="votes"/><category term="voting record"/><category term="wall street"/><title type='text'>&quot;...if you can keep it.&quot;</title><subtitle type='html'>Political commentary inspired by Ben Franklin&#39;s response to a lady who asked what type of government the founders had created.  &quot;Madam,&quot; he said, &quot;you have a republic if you can keep it.&quot;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' 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uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>279</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-8642622667639554111</id><published>2012-06-06T16:39:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2012-06-06T16:39:24.335-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dow"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Koch"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Republicans"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wisconsin"/><title type='text'>&quot;So frustrating...&quot;</title><summary type="text">Can&#39;t you just see the Republicans sitting around this afternoon trying to celebrate their victory in Wisconsin last night.
Yes, I can hear them now:

R #1:&amp;nbsp; 
&quot;Damn, we can&#39;t catch a break!&amp;nbsp; We win in Wisconsin but the stock market won&#39;t cooperate.&amp;nbsp; The Dow and S&amp;amp;P posted their best day of 2012 today.&amp;nbsp; The Dow gained 284 points. We had Obama on the ropes last Friday, hit </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/8642622667639554111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/8642622667639554111' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/8642622667639554111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/8642622667639554111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2012/06/so-frustrating.html' title='&quot;So frustrating...&quot;'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-3621425823394685091</id><published>2012-03-13T20:40:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2012-03-13T20:48:55.319-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leonard Wood"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Newt Gingrich"/><title type='text'>Leonard Wood</title><summary type="text">Newt has unfairly maligned the reputation of General Leonard Wood in comparing his candidacy for the Republican nomination in 1920 to that of Mitt Romney today.  On television today, March 13, 2012, Newt said, &quot;Mitt would be the weakest candidate for the nomination since Leonard Wood in 1920.&quot;Now, that&#39;s unfair to Leonard Wood.  Wood was a distinguished American, a retired general in the US Army,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/3621425823394685091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/3621425823394685091' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/3621425823394685091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/3621425823394685091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2012/03/leonard-wood.html' title='Leonard Wood'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-7387216761277440461</id><published>2012-01-19T09:28:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T09:40:21.439-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Emperor Gingrich</title><summary type="text">A lot of my friends tell me Newt is finished. &quot;Don&#39;t worry about Newt; he&#39;s going nowhere.&quot;And I say to them, &quot;As long as Newton Leroy remains on the stage, he is a danger to the republic.  Do not count him out.  Do not turn your back on him. And never underestimate him.&quot;In Newt&#39;s view, this campaign is his last chance to become emperor of this republic.With Rick Perry pulling out today, just two</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/7387216761277440461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/7387216761277440461' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/7387216761277440461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/7387216761277440461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2012/01/emperor-gingrich.html' title='Emperor Gingrich'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-967276036428985661</id><published>2011-12-22T11:14:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T11:36:02.277-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Answers not at  Corner Cafe</title><summary type="text">These tea party representatives in Congress think the federal budget solutions they dreamed up back home while sitting in the corner cafe, waiting for their farm subsidy check, will work because they are simple and everyone can understand them.  They are finding out their solutions do not work, but they refuse to acknowledge they are wrong.If I hear a tea party member say one more time, &quot;I have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/967276036428985661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/967276036428985661' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/967276036428985661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/967276036428985661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/12/answers-not-at-corner-cafe.html' title='Answers not at  Corner Cafe'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-6046533496237549494</id><published>2011-11-23T13:01:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-23T13:08:32.795-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Newt Gingrich"/><title type='text'>Newt?  I told you so.</title><summary type="text">Since the day Newt let it be known that he was going to run for President, I have been warning my liberal friends not to turn their backs on him.  He is the original snake of American politics.  I have known him since 1972 when he was a college professor at West Georgia College in Carrollton, GA.  That was a time when he favored legalization of marijuana.  He has been for and against virtually </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/6046533496237549494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/6046533496237549494' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/6046533496237549494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/6046533496237549494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/11/newt-i-told-you-so.html' title='Newt?  I told you so.'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-236133189482837626</id><published>2011-09-04T17:27:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-04T17:50:18.603-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Three Truths You Can Believe</title><summary type="text">Truths you can take to the bank anytime you are ready.1. There is no one who knows anything at all about the history of Iraq and Afghanistan who does not believe the two countries will be run by tribal leaders and/or Islamic fundamentalists half an hour after America removes the last troops.  Thank you Mr. Cheney and Mr. Bush.2. It is going to take a full generation to completely recover from</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/236133189482837626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/236133189482837626' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/236133189482837626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/236133189482837626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/09/three-truths-you-can-believe.html' title='Three Truths You Can Believe'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-3553240464130444889</id><published>2011-08-21T20:31:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T20:49:35.722-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The year was 1972</title><summary type="text">&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                     MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/3553240464130444889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/3553240464130444889' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/3553240464130444889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/3553240464130444889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/08/year-was-1972.html' title='The year was 1972'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-4789400998779816680</id><published>2011-08-14T13:32:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T13:35:50.980-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fab on Bachmann</title><summary type="text">I head this morning from my good friend Joe Fab and he has this to say about Michele Bachmann&#39;s appearance on Meet the Press today:Watching Ms. Bachmann on Meet the Press today and paying  attention to the direction of the government overall with respect to the  economy, I can&#39;t believe how few people are screaming from the rooftops  that we are totally off course. This piece in today&#39;s Post </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/4789400998779816680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/4789400998779816680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/4789400998779816680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/4789400998779816680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/08/fab-on-bachmann.html' title='Fab on Bachmann'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-2791939023886529102</id><published>2011-08-04T10:41:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T10:50:52.613-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Modus Operandi</title><summary type="text">Make no mistake, the Repubs have tasted blood...and they like it.Their new MO will be to take each of the 13 appropriations bills as they come up for debate, disassemble them, and uncover the most onerous provision(s) from their point of view and hold the entire bill hostage until the Dems agree to their position.  The most recent example is the FAA appropriations bill.  The R&#39;s want federal </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/2791939023886529102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/2791939023886529102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/2791939023886529102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/2791939023886529102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-modus-operandi.html' title='A New Modus Operandi'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-7737857327777190758</id><published>2011-07-13T10:42:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-13T17:03:26.878-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="debt limit"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Eric Cantor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Republicans"/><title type='text'>If Republicans could be more like our Founders...</title><summary type="text">The Republicans are fond of quoting the nation&#39;s founders and pining to be more like them.  Well, I have news for Eric Cantor and the rest: Our founders understood that compromise is essential to democracy.  And they knew it was impossible for government to function successfully without compromise.  If compromise becomes defined as something evil, our democratic society will be endangered and the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/7737857327777190758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/7737857327777190758' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/7737857327777190758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/7737857327777190758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/07/if-republicans-could-be-more-like-our.html' title='If Republicans could be more like our Founders...'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-5541801334006225072</id><published>2011-06-10T14:37:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-10T14:55:06.941-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Newt Gingrich"/><title type='text'>Newt is neutered by his staff.  Darn it!</title><summary type="text">I&#39;m just sick --- sick, I tell you, that Newt&#39;s staff has dealt his presidential campaign such a fatal blow.  And it is.  It&#39;s over. Everyone knows it right now but Newt.  I was so hoping Newt would stay in the race to the end.  Beaten around in Iowa, stomped in New Hampshire and slaughtered in SC, and finally, ignored at the convention.  I really wanted to hear more about this right wing social </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/5541801334006225072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/5541801334006225072' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/5541801334006225072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/5541801334006225072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/06/newt-is-neutered-by-his-staff-darn-it.html' title='Newt is neutered by his staff.  Darn it!'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-3800595327055704862</id><published>2011-06-01T10:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T11:26:59.875-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Follow Up to a comment</title><summary type="text">This posting is a follow up comment for Buttonhall and others who read with interest a previous post: Carping from the Edge:&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                     MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/3800595327055704862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/3800595327055704862' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/3800595327055704862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/3800595327055704862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/06/follow-up-to-comment.html' title='Follow Up to a comment'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-7931514624200048250</id><published>2011-04-29T09:48:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-29T10:08:39.590-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Carping from the Edge</title><summary type="text">I ran into an influential Republican the other day and asked him why so many presidential wannabees are testing the waters.  He responded without hesitation: &quot;They saw what Obama did, an obscure politician from Chicago who came from nowhere to become President of the United States.  Most think they could do the same thing.&quot;I admit to being taken aback for a moment.  Are the R&#39;s so unaware of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/7931514624200048250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/7931514624200048250' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/7931514624200048250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/7931514624200048250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/04/carping-from-edge.html' title='Carping from the Edge'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-7927099319386340425</id><published>2011-04-14T09:15:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-14T09:18:33.589-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The American people spoke in November...</title><summary type="text">My good friend, Joe Fab, makes a good point, and as always, with a good sense of humor. I&#39;m pleased to share his thoughts with you:How many times have you heard: &quot;The American people spoke in November  and we heard them loud and clear...&quot; followed by whatever large or small  agenda item the speaker wishes to take the liberty of throwing the  weight of &quot;the American people&quot; behind.Fact is, the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/7927099319386340425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/7927099319386340425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/7927099319386340425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/7927099319386340425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/04/american-people-spoke-in-november.html' title='&quot;The American people spoke in November...'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-4032369792386355821</id><published>2011-04-13T09:18:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-13T09:33:21.424-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bush"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cheney"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Simpson"/><title type='text'>A Republican who speaks the truth</title><summary type="text">Finally, a Republican who speaks the truth about Republican spending.Former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) was interviewed on MSNBC the other day and revealed what no Republican office holder in Washington today dares to say: &quot;The biggest spending president in the history of the U.S.? The answer  is George W. Bush not President Obama. Never vetoed a single bill,  spending bill for six and a half </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/4032369792386355821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/4032369792386355821' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/4032369792386355821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/4032369792386355821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/04/republican-who-speaks-truth.html' title='A Republican who speaks the truth'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-6515028624884960154</id><published>2011-03-28T11:33:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-28T11:42:22.741-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Karab Amabo</title><summary type="text">Too good not to see again.  Bill Maher has nailed it.  The perfect Republican nominee for 2012 is the opposite of Barak Obama right down to his name which is Karab Amabo...which is, of course, Barak Obama spelled backward.  Check out the video and have a good laugh.  Very funny but hard to laugh because it reflects too accurately the current Republican point of view.http://www.mediaite.com/tv/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/6515028624884960154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/6515028624884960154' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/6515028624884960154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/6515028624884960154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/03/karab-amabo.html' title='Karab Amabo'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-5130059733747831100</id><published>2011-03-23T10:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-23T11:10:35.357-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Haley Barbour"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mike Huckabee"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mitt Romney"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tim Pawlenty"/><title type='text'>More commentary on GOP potentials in 2012</title><summary type="text">To continue...Mike Huckabee:  He believes in absolute literal interpretation of the Bible, including the creation story.   He would not consider the probability that it was meant to be allegorical.  He and Pat Robertson and Glenn Beck will get along just fine.Mitt Romney:  He will always be the godfather of Obamacare in the minds of most baseline Republicans and as such, will not get their vote.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/5130059733747831100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/5130059733747831100' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/5130059733747831100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/5130059733747831100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/03/more-commentary-on-gop-potentials-in.html' title='More commentary on GOP potentials in 2012'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-7847308878403177001</id><published>2011-03-17T13:15:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-17T13:39:40.751-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Donald Trump"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Michele Bachmann"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Newt Gingrich"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sarah Palin"/><title type='text'>Too Early for 2012? I hope not because...</title><summary type="text">I guess it&#39;s time to start commenting on the 2012 Presidential race.  I apologize if it seems too early but these things are too important to leave to chance.  As the Republican field becomes clearer, I&#39;ll comment here on the aspirations of the various aspirants.  And they are various, aren&#39;t they?  It&#39;ll be general at first, but when the field is winnowed to a precious few, the comments will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/7847308878403177001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/7847308878403177001' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/7847308878403177001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/7847308878403177001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/03/too-early-for-2012-i-hope-not-because.html' title='Too Early for 2012? I hope not because...'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-47545178766375447</id><published>2010-12-30T10:24:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-30T10:43:42.699-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="congress"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="federal spending"/><title type='text'>Boehner&#39;s Dilemma</title><summary type="text">You just can&#39;t get there from here, Mr. Boehner.You say the first thing you want to do in 2011 is have the Republican controlled House of Representatives cut $100 billion in spending from the federal budget.  When asked for specific areas he plans to cut, he says he will start with the budget of Congress -- in other words, the legislative branch.  So here&#39;s what you need to know.  If he succeeded</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/47545178766375447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/47545178766375447' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/47545178766375447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/47545178766375447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2010/12/boehners-dilemma.html' title='Boehner&#39;s Dilemma'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-2325745836277771774</id><published>2010-12-14T13:46:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-14T13:57:07.246-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edward R. Murrow"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Glenn Beck"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rush Limbaugh"/><title type='text'>Christmas greeting from Murrow</title><summary type="text">As most of my readers know, Ed Murrow is one my heroes in the world of journalism.  As we approach Christmas 2010, I thought I would use Mr. Murrow&#39;s words to send a Christmas greeting to a few folks.To Democrats and Republicans:&quot;We are currently wealthy, fat, comfortable and complacent.  We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information.  our mass media reflect this.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/2325745836277771774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/2325745836277771774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/2325745836277771774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/2325745836277771774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-greeting-from-murrow.html' title='Christmas greeting from Murrow'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-6452531357518168072</id><published>2010-11-30T11:40:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T11:46:17.609-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="2012"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="American Exceptionalism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Republican"/><title type='text'>American Exceptionalism Indeed</title><summary type="text">My good friend Joe Fab sent me his thoughts on the idea of &quot;American Exceptionalism&quot; that is being used as a foundational principle for Republican presidential candidates in 2012.  The Wash Post did a piece on this unfortunate development yesterday and it prompted these thoughts from Mr. Fab:     I&#39;m proud and feel very fortunate to be an American. But I know that I&#39;m here by good luck, not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/6452531357518168072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/6452531357518168072' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/6452531357518168072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/6452531357518168072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2010/11/american-exceptionalism-indeed.html' title='American Exceptionalism Indeed'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-255796517598586220</id><published>2010-11-28T10:38:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-28T11:08:32.718-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Barack Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mitch McConnell"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="voters"/><title type='text'>Confidential Memo to Republican Voters</title><summary type="text">Alert!   Alert!I have just intercepted a confidential memo to Republican voters from their Senate leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.  Here it is in its entirety:CONFIDENTIAL MEMO TO REPUBLICAN VOTERSFROM: US SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELLDATE: NOVEMBER 28, 2010SUBJECT: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?Yes, what the hell are you doing???Why are you out there spending for Christmas? Retails sales were great </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/255796517598586220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/255796517598586220' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/255796517598586220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/255796517598586220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2010/11/confidential-memo-to-republican-voters.html' title='Confidential Memo to Republican Voters'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-462579939503233405</id><published>2010-11-24T10:36:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-24T10:45:01.901-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Read the Constitution?</title><summary type="text">During the recent orientation session, new members of Congress were handed a manual that instructed them how to handle the media, how to avoid ethics violations, how to organize their offices, etc. but I was delighted to learn that the number one thing they were encouraged to do was &quot;Re-read the US Constitution.&quot;Isn&#39;t that special.Why would that be necessary?  Because many (not all) of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/462579939503233405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/462579939503233405' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/462579939503233405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/462579939503233405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2010/11/read-constitution.html' title='Read the Constitution?'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-4179082472902503210</id><published>2010-11-19T09:16:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T09:49:54.151-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tea Party Madness Started Years Ago</title><summary type="text">As the campaign of 2010 reached its zenith on election day (or its deepest pit, depending on how you view these rituals), I kept asking myself &quot;why are these tea party people so angry?&quot; When President Obama was elected, he did what he said he would do and what the American people voted for.  His Democrats passed the financial reform bill that kept the economy from falling into a well carved and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/4179082472902503210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/4179082472902503210' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/4179082472902503210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/4179082472902503210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2010/11/as-campaign-of-2010-reached-its-zenith.html' title='Tea Party Madness Started Years Ago'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314799041266606172.post-1342899405710858924</id><published>2010-09-23T12:48:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-23T12:52:16.219-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thomas Jefferson!  Where are you?</title><summary type="text">Somebody needs to consider what it is going to be like in America when Republican Carl Palidino, who sends pornographic e-mail to business associates, gets elected governor of NY; when Republican Governor Jan Brewer, who refuses to debate her opponent and cannot recall her administration’s major accomplishments since she took office, and who thinks beheaded corpses are lying around the desert of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/feeds/1342899405710858924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8314799041266606172/1342899405710858924' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/1342899405710858924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8314799041266606172/posts/default/1342899405710858924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://republicnotdemocracy.blogspot.com/2010/09/thomas-jefferson-where-are-you.html' title='Thomas Jefferson!  Where are you?'/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17681306186070896526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0oDIsOxO65ChTxQZYMZw5Kl0ckfR6cveH28Wd2hUxxL4_ygI3axjX5lH-YoKQfqaO0Pn9oipM6x3za1cYq3VGTMqtXCuzQTZwcbvx1wTwUWJ9JPJigRtCGYbThLnNg/s220/RMc-photo-72dpi-sketch.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>