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	<title>ilBLOGical tidBITs &#187; American Politics</title>
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		<title>It is ‘We the People’ After all</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/10/01/it-is-%e2%80%98we-the-people%e2%80%99-after-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So how do we begin to get a handle on government? I’ve come up with a short list that might get things moving again and eliminate some of the issues that have more to do with human nature and people with a little power, than anything else.
First, we need term limits. Six years should be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same Stuff, Different Day</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/30/same-stuff-different-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know my voice has been absent from the blogosphere recently, but as I watch, listen and read what passes for news with today’s media, the same thought keeps going around and around in my mind: Where’s the change?
The president is still battling congress and the opposing party over any and everything.
We are still embroiled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Claims of Racism Ring True</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/16/claims-of-racism-ring-true/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/16/claims-of-racism-ring-true/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Say what you will about former President Jimmy Carter, who is probably one of the most intelligent men to ever hold the office, his honesty concerning the racial overtones of protests against President Obama was on the money.
For years, the closeted racists on Capitol Hill have smiled outwardly and played nice with others, secure in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>It’s Time to Get Off the Pot Washington</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/15/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-get-off-the-pot-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/15/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-get-off-the-pot-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come.”
—    Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
During the 1960s, protesters were fond of using Sandburg’s quote, but based on recent world history it looks like no one wants to miss the opportunity.
U.S. military leaders are pushing for more troops in Afghanistan, but they can’t seem to provide the public with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>‘You lie!’ Cry Wins Cash Reward</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/11/%e2%80%98you-lie%e2%80%99-cry-wins-cash-reward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the political fallout over the “You lie!” comment by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson, it looks like the reward of campaign money may herald a new era for politicians behaving badly. How soon before we see our elected representatives talking smack and challenging one another to no-holds-barred cage fights over legislation?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/11/wilson.fundraising/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Protests Prove Its Politics As Usual in D.C.</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/08/protests-prove-its-politics-as-usual-in-dc/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/08/protests-prove-its-politics-as-usual-in-dc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a new baby in Washington, D.C. It may have been born of frustration, hubris, ignorance, fear and missteps by the Obama administration, but it has taken nine month of hard labor by the Republican Party to ensure that this baby brings down the White House.
The business of government and the fate of the nation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/08/31/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-remain-the-same/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/08/31/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-remain-the-same/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
An outspoken opponent to the U.S. President’s war, this representative from the State of Illinois, called the former president’s war a quest for “military glory.” An advocate for company’s rights, he even worked to maintain tax exempt status for a well-known Illinois transportation company. Eager for a quick resolution of the war he inherited, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Welcome to Vietnam 2.0</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/08/13/welcome-to-vietnam-20/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/08/13/welcome-to-vietnam-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Some lessons are harder than others to learn and when it comes to involving the U.S. military in conflicts halfway around the globe, U.S. political leaders haven’t learned a thing.
An Associated Press article filed by Alfred de Montesquiou out of Dahaneh, Afghanistan, illustrates how the current rules of engagement are hampering military operations on the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Washington Delivers More of the Same</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/08/12/washington-delivers-more-of-the-same/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
What’s the difference between the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and an outhouse? Two of them are out-dated decrepit structures full of offensive gas and smelling of human dung, and the third is a place where people used to go to void body wastes.
I know that there have been a lot of terrible things that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health Care Plan Causes Public Sickness</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/08/11/health-care-plan-causes-public-sickness/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/08/11/health-care-plan-causes-public-sickness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
If you’re like me, you probably have been reading about, and listening and watching news concerning the extremely agitated mood of audiences attending various town hall meetings around the country about the proposed Obama health care plan.
Personally, I have no problem with people being passionate about government actions that may directly affect them, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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