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			<title><![CDATA[Is The Detroit Electorate Being Misrepresented?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am as perturbed as anyone whenever I hear about the consistent low voter turnout election after election in Detroit. In a city that needs as many people as possible to participate in the election process, one has to wonder if the numbers being reported are accurate. Are the percentages indicative]]></description>
			<author>(Eric Brown)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:49:44</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fact checking the GOP on health care reform]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Marathon hearing session going on in Congress about the Health Care Reform bill this weekend. They were at it until past midnight yesterday and they're still going strong right now. You can watch live online at CSPAN.  I'm hearing they expect to take a vote around 2:00 this afternoon - now saying]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:41:22</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Does Being Born Somewhere Make It Your Destiny?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Since my post on the night of the elections with regard to the voter turnout in Detroit, my personal e-mail has been bombarded with the suggestion of people like me moving back to Detroit. My response follows and I sincerely apologize for the length of this post, but it was necessary.
Is it the]]></description>
			<author>(Eric Brown)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:03:10</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[President signs extension of unemployment benefits]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is why it takes so long to get anything done in DC. The House finally passed a bill extending unemployment benefits, and also extending and expanding the homebuyer credit program along with tax breaks for small businesses. It passed after five weeks of wrangling with only 12 no votes. But in]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:46</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[State Rep to push for equal rights]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A couple of under-reported items from Tuesday's elections. I found this news heartening. Kalamazoo voters overwhelming approved a city ordinance banning discrimination against gays. More importantly, following that win, &quot;Speaker Pro Tempore Pam Byrnes, D-Lyndon Township, introduced a]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:54:39</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jumping to Conclusions]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After the initial scramble for details and much needless speculation, the story of the Ft. Hood shooter is becoming a bit more clear. However, it's far from complete. No one knows yet why this man went off the rails. That will be revealed in the months to come when he goes to trial. So people]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:44:31</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Poll: Most don't favor Dem health care reform]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[&quot;The latest Rasmussen poll found that 42 percent of those surveyed favored the healthcare plan proposed by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats. That was down from 45 percent a week ago and unchanged from two weeks ago.&quot;
    -- Reuters
	 Polls consistently shown that]]></description>
			<author>(George Bullard)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:33:13</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Terrorism at Fort Hood.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is named as the initial shooter at Fort Hood today.  While I don't want to think about this event in terms of simplistic details, or suspicions based on instinct, a lot of friends have been through Ft. Hood, and I can't help but wonder and hope people I know weren't there]]></description>
			<author>(Mako Yamakura)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:30:18</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shootings at Fort Hood in Texas]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good Lord, this is turning out to be a crazy day. Apparently there's some shooters killing people at Fort Hood in Texas. Situation is of course chaotic and details are sketchy. Also seem to be changing by the moment, but the local newspaper has set up a twitter account FtHoodShootings where you can]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:13:57</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[AARP cisses Millenials, children]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[What does AARP hate young adults and children? 

AARP, the organization that recruits people over 50 years old with enticements such as consumer discounts available for a membership fee of $8 per year, has come out in favor of the monstrosity known as the House health care plan.

Any of the]]></description>
			<author>(John R. LaPlante)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:26</pubDate>
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