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			<title><![CDATA[A Thumbs Up for the Senate Reform Bill]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While I've been pushing for major reform of our health care system, I admit that I don't know how well any of the proposals will work. The only point I'm certain of is that doing nothing is not an option. Our current process is simply inhumane and unsustainable. So I was greatly relieved by this]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:19:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Detroit, the sign of things to come]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The things you see in the city of Detroit will not stop at the city limits. The weeds and abandoned houses will be in the suburbs and all over the United States of America in the next 10 years. As the country continues to move away from making things, inner cities and outer suburbs will suffer.]]></description>
			<author>(Robert Smith Jr.)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:04:05</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Missing the mark]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A group calling itself Project 21, a black leadership network, is upset with the Rev. Jesse Jackson about his remarks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation reception held in his honor. It has been 25 years since he was a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the presidency of the]]></description>
			<author>(Robert Smith Jr.)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:36:21</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stand Off in Standish]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Liz Cheney's new political advocacy group, Keep America Safe, whose only purpose appears to be to attack President Obama's national-security policies, has posted a short video featuring a few citizens of Standish who are opposed to potentially housing some Gitmo detainees in their local prison.]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:24:32</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[GOP Endorses War Against Our Government]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is so over the top. Someone put up this billboard in Missouri and a local county GOP Committee is applauding it on its webpage. 



  
I know they say politics isn't beanbag, but I never thought I'd see the day when a major political party effectively endorsed overthrowing our]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:24:59</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pre-Game C-Span coverage]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Interesting advice from a former Reagan adviser who notes the selective rhetoric of a party who has no more credibility than the other, before an 8pm vote on a massive, massive health care bill, the same size as 2005's Medicare Part D debacle.  The problem here is if we're making the same mistake]]></description>
			<author>(Mako Yamakura)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:05:29</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tea Party - The Documentary]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When I first saw this, I thought it might be one of those mash-ups that people sometimes make for fake movies, but I'm told that this is a real trailer for an actual documentary about the tea parties, that will be aired on the internet. Not absolutely sure that's accurate, but thought it was pretty]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:37:19</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Angry Conservatives - Updated]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Nice people, these &quot;Christian&quot; conservatives. Apparently the internets are lighting up with conservatives' laughter over this t-shirt featuring a bible verse. There are bumper stickers too, with the slogan &quot;Pray for Obama--&quot;Psalm 109:8&quot;.  If you look up that passage in the]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:07:16</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Road trips]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I'm crazy busy today, but in case you missed her last night, here is the DetNews coverage of Sarah Palin in Grand Rapids in photos and video.  
Meanwhile, the person who actually won an election, our President, has been in Asia on a diplomatic trip. White House  photographer Pete Souza has a blog,]]></description>
			<author>(Libby Spencer)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:17:27</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. panel recommends rationed health care for women]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ OK, the headline above is a stretch. But if  you think the federal government has no interest in rationed health care, take a look at the recent recommendations downplaying mammograms for women under 50.
     Says the panel: The &quot;net benefit&quot; of mammograms for women under 50 is small. I]]></description>
			<author>(George Bullard)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:48:02</pubDate>
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