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	<title>Tucson Sammy</title>
	
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	<description>A libertarian curmudgeon who lurks near the ever changing geographic center of the Old Pueblo</description>
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		<itunes:summary>A libertarian curmudgeon who lurks near the ever changing geographic center of the Old Pueblo</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Iranian Election – Stratfor’s Perspective</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/06/16/iranian-election-stratfors-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While many of us in the West, perhaps I should say &#8220;here in the U.S.A.&#8221;, imagine the Iranian citizenry on the verge of toppling the Iranian theocracy, we may be engaging in a little wishful thinking.
The following is an interesting take on the Iranian election from private intelligence firm Stratfor (www.stratfor.com)
Western Misconceptions Meet Iranian Reality
June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Spending in the New Millenium</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/06/11/government-spending-in-the-new-millenium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tucson City government; Tucson City budget]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/06/11/government-spending-in-the-new-millenium/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government is behaving like children in an elementary school class who are learning about the legislative process by putting together a make-believe budget. Unfortunately, the is no adult to interrupt them and explain that in the real world adults can&#8217;t spend twice as much as they take in, and that quadrupling the debt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commies on Parade</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/05/13/commies-on-parade/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/05/13/commies-on-parade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 01:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living in a blue county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACORN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPUSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[May Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nina Trasoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regina Romero]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was chatting about local politics with a friend and he said that a couple of members of the Tucson City Council were to speak at the upcoming May Day rally. For those of you who do not know, May Day (the first day in May), also known as International Workers Day, is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian America</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/04/24/christian-america/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/04/24/christian-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The cover of the April 8, 1966 issue of Time magazine posed the question, “Is God Dead?” More recently, The April 13, 2009 issue of Newsweek magazine boasted a cover story entitled, “The End of Christian America.” Time magazine was wrong in 1966, and Newsweek magazine is wrong in 2009. 
Well, Time was certainly wrong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be a Part of History!</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/04/07/be-a-part-of-history/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/04/07/be-a-part-of-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Living in a blue county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karin Uhlich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nina Trasoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson City Council]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the national level, the Republicans are wandering around shell-shocked in the wilderness, while the Democrats are lookin’ fly and rollin’ phat. 
Many Republicans, who dare to look at the future, see a glimmer of hope in 2010. They know that, historically speaking, the mid-term elections usually result in electoral advances for the party that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newspapers</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/03/25/newspapers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=147</guid>
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The demise of the Tucson Citizen has caused much consternation and hanky wringing among many in the community. They believe that it is a great loss to Tucson, and that plagues of frogs and locusts are sure to follow. They are wrong.
A newspaper is just the packaging of the real product. As Greg Patterson (espressopundit.com) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Vandalism</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/01/14/teaching-vandalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[graffiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regina Romero]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It came to light, in a local daily, that the City of Tucson is funding a gaffiti class. That&#8217;s right, taxpayer money is being spent teaching children how to spray paint walls. In fact, Regina Romero earmarked $8,000.00 for the project.
Most of the City agencies involved have been scurrying to find excuses, most of them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson City Budget – a Place to Start</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2008/12/13/tucson-city-budget-%e2%80%93-a-place-to-start/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2008/12/13/tucson-city-budget-%e2%80%93-a-place-to-start/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is not news that City of Tucson revenues are way down. Sales taxes account for 42% of discretionary spending, and they have dropped off significantly, with no relief predicted in the near future.
In response, the City has cut back in the areas of hiring, training, and travel. It has also “slashed 10 percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post Thanksgiving Day Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2008/12/01/post-thanksgiving-day-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving Day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My family and I had a delightful Thanksgiving Day. People from grandparents to small children were in attendance. All expressed gratitude for living in the same town, where we can all come together. I am certainly grateful for that, and our Tucson community, and for our nation.
Thanksgiving Day by itself, however, is incomplete. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Dennis Prager</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2008/11/13/an-open-letter-to-dennis-prager/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2008/11/13/an-open-letter-to-dennis-prager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Random Thought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Prager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electorate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Elect Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Mr. Prager,
I have a philosophical question that I would like you to consider. You are a deep thinker, and a Godly man, so you may have thoughts that will help resolve it. The question became clear to me after the election.
I think it is fair to say that the victory of President Elect Obama [...]]]></description>
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