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		<title>Where are the Leaders?</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2010/02/07/where-are-the-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My whole world seems to stop on Super Bowl afternoon &#8211; so I&#8217;m catching up on a few organizational things including some blogging.  I&#8217;m watching the pre-game and may interject some comments.
Fun to watch the playoffs when I don&#8217;t care who wins.  What a finish to the season if WhO DaT NaTioN gets a super [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 2010?</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2010/01/01/happy-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m down to one bowl game yet tonight, so I thought I would blog for a while.  I&#8217;m waiting with much anticipation for the Iowa Georgia Tech game on Tuesday, and am glad Iowa plays on a night where there is only one game.  They will acquit themselves well, will have national coverage and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>call me crazy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/09/13/call-me-crazy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link  to article on Obama&#8217;s proposed changes
why overhaul?  &#8220;sweeping regulatory changes&#8221; &#8230;   it wasn&#8217;t enough to try to  control 17% of the national economy with a health care bill&#8230;  (and I would like  someone to study how much of HR3200 is really health care&#8230; )
I have a huge problem that most if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Now!</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/08/23/health-care-misinformation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/08/23/health-care-misinformation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HERE is a Link to the full text of an August Press Presidential Conference on Health Care.
 [my comments]
Each and every day in this country, Americans are grappling with health care premiums that are growing three times the rate of wages and insurance company policies that limit coverage and raise out-of-pocket costs. Thousands are losing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Loebsack Are You Listening?</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/08/22/mr-loebsack-are-you-listening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/08/22/mr-loebsack-are-you-listening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Muscatine Town Hall was today and reports from the Louisa County Town Hall were the same as ours &#8211; it was &#8220;tame&#8221;.  When I arrived at the Muscatine venue 90 minutes early I was pleased the auditorium was open, was not looking forward to standing in line.
For the first 30 minutes even as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panic vs Optimism</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/16/panic-vs-optimism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been absolutely stunning (and not in a good way) how this current administration has had their way, passing legislation that has headed this country in a very dangerous path.
- passing trillion dollar legislative bills with the majority of those voting admitting they have not read them
- the administration urges these changes using a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eyes on the Ball&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/08/eyes-on-the-ball/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[why does it seem like we&#8217;re heading into trouble here with American Companies Google, FACEBOOK and Microsoft feverishly fighting for technical superiority when cyber terrorism is very much on the rise&#8230;
what&#8217;s important here folks.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/
http://trendmicro.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&#038;item=727&#038;WT.mc_id=2008HP_News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7990997.stm
http://perens.com/works/articles/MorganHill/
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		<title>The Declaration of Independence</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/04/the-declaration-of-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Declaration of Independence
(Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776)
The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon Offsets: the new scam?</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/04/carbon-offsets-the-new-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/04/carbon-offsets-the-new-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hedge Funds, Sub Prime Mortgage bundling, now Carbon Offsets.
We&#8217;ve been heading for the disaster we&#8217;re living in now &#8211; ever since we started the WAR on POVERTY 45 years ago &#8211; (which we&#8217;ve never made a dent in, by the way)&#8230;.  http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_3_sndgs01.html
All I really need to understand is George Soros was an early supporter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the news&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/05/15/behind-the-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
BTW here is a picture of my newest acquisition.
On another subject, some people can call this spin, but it&#8217;s so off the charts it&#8217;s hard not to call it simply &#8211; lying &#8211; at a very high government level.
Read more: &#8220;President of the American Hospital Association says the White House misstated deal &#8211; Carrie Budoff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News U can use 04/02/09</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/04/02/news-u-can-use-040209/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/04/02/news-u-can-use-040209/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be a debate on whether there are votes to carry Federal Tax issue in the Iowa House.  We shall see.
The US House has actually denied the President his wish to increase taxes on wealthy people who contribute to charities in a large way == read more here - it was unanimous &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hope-n-change</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/18/hope-n-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[this wasn&#8217;t the change I was hopin&#8217; for.
.
Some of Gitmo&#8217;s residents could be released in the US
ACORN helping with the census? oh, but not to worry.  now that Gregg (R) turn down the commerce job, the new guy (D) says the census will move back from the WH to Commerce.  Whew!  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bail-out bull-sh!t</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/18/bail-out-bull-sht/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/18/bail-out-bull-sht/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 20 update &#8211; Powerlineblog wrote a great defense of the bonuses.  No one will hear the logic when all the rhetoric is so loud.
AIG, like GM, should have been allowed to go into bankruptcy. In bankruptcy, it could have wound down its financial products division just as it is doing now. Bankruptcy would not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Videos and More&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/15/videos-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a good (low resolution but still a big file) that compare&#8217;s W&#8217;s visit with a military base and &#8220;Barry&#8221; (President Obama&#8217;s) recent visit to a military base.
bush-barry-low-res
If you have trouble playing .mp4 files download this plug in LINK
more good videos here.
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		<title>yesterday and today&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/12/1027/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
To great guffaws, Abe told the gang:
“So, I says to Barack, I says, I knew me an Abe Lincoln once,
&#8230; and you ain’t him.”
Andy Thomas is the artist of this great piece titled Grand Old Gang.
His site can be found at: www.presidentart.com
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and click on the poster (below) to visit one of my favorite new blogs

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		<title>world turned upside down</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/10/world-turned-upside-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the President gave a DVD movie set to his first foreign visitor. Sounds pretty odd and not very Presidential. If the set was one that could not run on European equipment &#8211; I know they are different &#8211; that would be embarrassing. The &#8220;excuse&#8221; given for that and various other issues is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My sentiments exactly!</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/09/my-sentiments-exactly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Barack Obama and Gordon Brown see &#8216;opportunity&#8217;, we really do have a crisis

The Left is threatening our freedom by using the downturn to bolster the power    of the state, says Janet Daley.

Link
The story so far: some capitalists behaved very badly. While this was going on, the socialists didn&#8217;t ask questions because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke &amp; Mirror Promises</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/26/smoke-mirror-promises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama says he&#8217;s going to balance the budget based on 2 Trillion dollars in savings over the next 10 years. However, the money is NOT coming from reduction in traditional spending; he&#8217;s saying it&#8217;s coming from taking what we spend in IRAQ today &#8211; projecting it until 2019 and cutting that spending &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W Didn&#8217;t Do it</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/24/w-didnt-do-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/24/w-didnt-do-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You MUST get past the water torture of MSM babble Barry is Great, Barry is Great&#8230; and get down to facts  you can substantiate.  One of my favorite sayings is &#8220;those who don&#8217;t understand history are doomed to repeat it&#8221;.  Not enough people study history these sorry days&#8230;
your first reading assignment is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Imploading</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/24/iowa-imploading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I promised my next post to be about the economy and W, but I can&#8217;t stand this.
Dig this.
An Iowa Senate Committee just passed a bill to the Senate that is about the dumbest thing I have ever seen in politics.  They calmly 8-7 (2 Dems voted no) passed a bill out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 &#8211; are we ready?</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/22/2009-are-we-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When is the Iowa Spring Game?  Will we have one with the turf change?
ok back to politics.
This is certainly not the way I expected 2009 to roll out, but I cannot say I&#8217;m surprised.  I mean, who of you thought the price of housing would continue to rise forever and 0% down made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just when you thought you&#8217;ve heard everything&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/01/26/just-when-you-thought-youve-heard-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/01/26/just-when-you-thought-youve-heard-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazing&#8230;. simply amazing.
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-att0123.artjan25,0,5747793,print.story
The State of Connecticut has discovered a method of preventing job layoffs.
Blumenthal Wants Connecticut Regulators To Block AT&#38;T Job Cuts &#8211; The Hartford Courant
&#8220;AT&#38;T (T) said last month that it would pare its Connecticut workforce, which totals about 6,800, by 400 jobs and transfer another 60 jobs to Michigan. A day after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter from A Boss</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/01/19/a-letter-from-a-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s be honest.  Most of the additional growth we have seen now and for an extended period of time come from Boss&#8217;s like the one noted in this fictional letter attributed to Neal Boortz.  So what is the government doing?  Helping huge companies stay a float with bad business practices and screwing those who are really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Heavy Heart with Mixed Feelings about the Inauguration</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/01/18/a-heavy-heart-with-mixed-feelings-about-the-inauguration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libra Girl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, certainly one can not miss all the coverage and hoopla about the upcoming Presidential Inauguration on Tuesday, Jan. 20th, 2009.
I&#8217;ve barely responded to PF&#8217;s topics nor have I written a new one myself since the election because I been so upset about how wrong I figured people&#8217;s thinking and how wrong I was about people&#8217;s perceptions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red state Blue state</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/12/27/red-state-blue-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got this from a friend of mine and it&#8217;s worth sharing.   -pf
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-
I am  not happy about the outcome of this recent election. My wife wisely tells me  that I need to get over it &#8211; and that if I don’t like it, to do something about  it.  I’m exercising my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Bush&#8217;s record</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/12/22/president-bushs-record/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Political Football</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Myths and Facts About the Real Bush Record
By Ed Gillespie
As the year draws to an end and President Bush enters his final month in office, there is much commentary about the Administration&#8217;s record over the past eight years. Unsurprisingly, many of these stories assail and distort the President&#8217;s record and recycle myths and unfounded allegations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Junk Loans and Accounting Scandals</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/12/21/junk-loans-and-accounting-scandals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link to video
There&#8217;s enough blame to share, but these bad policies started in the Carter Administration in the 70&#8217;s and were made worse in the Clinton Administration in the 90&#8217;s.
A methodical breakdown of a financial crisis is contained in the video link above.  If you have 15 minutes to spare, you&#8217;ll book mark this and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Steyn re: Auto Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/12/20/mark-steyn-re-auto-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Political Football</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BTW &#8211; I&#8217;m old enough and remember Dinah singing that song in Black and White on an American Made TV.   But holy crap, I did not know some of this stuff.  96000 workers and provides health benefits to 1 million?  what the HECK business sense does THAT make!
BTW II  &#8211; relating to or having sclerosis; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>James Taranto piece&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/12/17/892/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Political Football</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a piece of James Taranto&#8217;s &#8220;Best of the Web&#8221; 12/17/08 produced by the Wall Street Journal online &#8211; a particularly good day &#8211; and good read&#8230;
Foot in Mouth
In the twilight of his presidency, George W. Bush gave Iraqis a final opportunity to thank him for liberating their country. But as Agence France-Presse reports, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inaugural Images</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/12/16/inaugural-images/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Political Football</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LINK to source


not too far away, you know
did you hear there was going to be a train?
Philly to WASH D.C. so the common folk could see him.
States in trouble
WAIT!!! the Dems said in the elections in NOVEMBER that we in IOWA were fine &#8211; flush &#8211; balanced!!!
Why are we bbblllluuueee

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		<title>The Other American Auto Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/12/13/the-other-american-auto-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Other American Auto Industry
Plenty of car makers make a go of it in this country&#8211;they&#8217;re just non-union and not headquartered in Detroit.
by Fred Barnes
12/22/2008, Volume 014, Issue 14 
West Point, Georgia
Drew Ferguson IV is a 42-year-old dentist whose family has lived in this town, population 3,300, &#8220;since God put us here.&#8221; To be precise, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pilgrim Story</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/11/26/the-pligrim-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pilgrims’ Short Lived Experiment in Communism 
Many have credited Karl Marx with inventing what we now know as communism in the middle of the 19th century. The concept of communal living and dependence, however, came long before The Communist Manifesto. Over the centuries, the concept has been applied by different people in different places. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truth be told&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/11/26/truth-be-told/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Political Football</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fox News anchor Brit Hume reported today:
    The president-elect isn&#8217;t shy about his penchant for exercise. He begins most mornings with a visit to a gym and frequently discusses his love for sports. Associated Press reporter Deanna Bellandi describes the incoming first couple as &#8220;fabulously fit.&#8221; Back in June, Men&#8217;s Fitness magazine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrational Exuberance</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/11/21/irrational-exuberance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worst Year Ever for Stocks: &#8216;Irrational Exuberance&#8217; of 1990s Being Unwound
Any way you slice it, the 2008 is shaping up to annus horribilis for the U.S. stock market. Heading into Friday&#8217;s session, in which an early rally effort quickly faded, the S&#38;P was down 49% year-to-date and on track for its worst year ever. Down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Franken&#8217;s Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/11/21/al-frankens-minnesota/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2008/11/21/al-frankens-minnesota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[there was a recount in the 2nd district primary for my candidate this year, and after the counts were certified by the auditors there was very little movement.  These events bother me a lot &#8211; is this one of the changes we expect to see in future elections?  -pf
Link to Wall Street Journal article 
Minnesota this [...]]]></description>
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