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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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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Same Stuff, Different Day</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/30/same-stuff-different-day/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/30/same-stuff-different-day/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<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>Financial Institutions Continue to Fleece the Public</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/14/financial-institutions-continue-to-fleece-the-public/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/14/financial-institutions-continue-to-fleece-the-public/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>blogbits</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Rants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Of course, most people know this is not news. Even before the meltdown last September, the public has been doing the heavy lifting for those that make their money from using — and frequently, misusing — other people’s money.
The bailout was just one more example, but on a grander scale with the government promising even more [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</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>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/11/%e2%80%98you-lie%e2%80%99-cry-wins-cash-reward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[American Politics]]></category>

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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>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>ROE Leaves Marines Wondering WTF</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/10/roe-leaves-marines-wondering-wtf/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/10/roe-leaves-marines-wondering-wtf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a highly publicized incident involving a NATO officer’s call for a strike on a target that resulted in the death and injury of civilians, the rules of engagement (ROE) in Afghanistan seem to be transmogrifying into a recipe for disaster for U.S. and friendly forces.
In today’s asymmetric battlefield, commanders are frequently faced with a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</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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				<category><![CDATA[American Politics]]></category>

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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>Privatizing: Governments Giving Up</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/04/privatizing-governments-giving-up/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/04/privatizing-governments-giving-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>blogbits</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Rants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in USA Today — about the firing of private security guards at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan — illustrates how poorly the U.S. is doing in the battle for hearts and minds. Is it any wonder that the people in Afghanistan are suspicious of America’s intentions in this part of the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Bomb Detector: Rub It Harder</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/03/iraqi-bomb-detector-rub-it-harder/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/blogbits/2009/09/03/iraqi-bomb-detector-rub-it-harder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>blogbits</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stranger the Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ From the land that brought us flying carpets, Aladdin and his lamp, and Ali Baba and his 40 thieves, it looks like magical thinking has found its way into the modern war against terrorist. An article posted on National Public Radio’s (NPR) Web site discusses a bomb detector used by Iraqi police that may have [...]]]></description>
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