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			<description><![CDATA[ Tomorrow morning Obama will be claiming a bi-partisan victory for the house health care bill.... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Jon Stewart ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ has finally seen the light.  He has crossed over from the dark side.  He now, at last, has tied his fortunes to those of Glen Beck!
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THE SUN WILL SHINE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ The Housewives of Orange County ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>I admit it, I can&#39;t get enough....Tamara needs an ass-whuppin&#39;!</p> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Ft. Hood Shootings ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ They believe there are 12 dead and up to 30 injured at Ft. Hood.  They believe there were 2 shooters.  They were soldiers.  They were part of a soldier
readiness group that consists of soldiers and civilians.  This is bad.
<br>
*´¨)
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¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨)
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(¸.•´ (¸.•´pNut
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<br> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ The Electoral System ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ is what protects us from the tyranny of the majority.  Libs on this board, especially the nut in the nightgown, support the Electoral System.
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After all, they&#39;ve seen the evil that comes from the people&#39;s will (oops, I mean a direct vote). ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Are Maine voters against ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ happy marrages, or just GAY ones?  Now that&#39;s a very queer question, dontcha think? ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, NJ ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>Rut-roh!
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<p><br></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>WASHINGTON - Independents who swept <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257314388_0">Barack Obama</span> to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans
  on Tuesday as the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257314388_1">GOP</span> wrested <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257314388_2">political control</span>
  from Democrats in Virginia and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257314388_3">New Jersey</span>, a troubling sign for the president... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Gore’s Dual Role in Spotlight: Advocate and Investor ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Global warming is boloney - and these DEMOCRATS are getting rich, rich, rich by trying to scare everyone into buying this boloney. 
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<br>
This is just the sort of thing all you lefties rage at Republicans for.  Any similar comments of rage now?
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  <p>WASHINGTON - Former Vice President <a target="_blank" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/al_gore/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Al Gore.">Al Gore</a> thought he had... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Washington 'Shall' Control Your Healthcare ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <h2 id="article-title">Washington &#39;Shall&#39; Control Your Healthcare</h2><strong>By</strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/author/david_harsanyi/"><strong>David Harsanyi</strong></a>
  <br>

  <div class="article_body" id="article_body">
    <p>The King James version of the Bible runs more than 600 pages and is crammed with celestial regulations. Newton&#39;s Principia Mathematica distilled
    many of the rules of physics in a mere 974... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Candidate Obama vs President Obama ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Just thought this was informative:
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  <p>With the president coming up on the one-year mark since his election, now&#39;s a good time to take a look at his track record. </p>

  <p>FoxNews.com reviewed some of Obama&#39;s biggest campaign promises, and how his actions have measured up. The verdicts are ranked as promise kept, partly
  kept, work in progress, not yet addressed and promise broken.</p>

  <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">AFGHANISTAN</span>... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Holiday Recipes ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ May as well kick off the holidays huh?
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My son is having Halloween party tonight but I invited parents to come in and have coffee, snacks and whatnot while the kids are all out trick o treating.
General consensus, they are all 13-14 yrs old, so they can go by themselves. Parents can drop their kid and go or they can come in for snacks, this dip is one
of snacks I made.
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This is my favorite, favorite dip!!!!! It&#39;s sooooooo freaking good.
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Hot Artichoke Dip
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			<title><![CDATA[ A sky not our own ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ We suffer together
<br>
We suffer alone
<br>
We wake each morn
<br>
To a sky not our own
<br>
<br>
Oh hurt we do
<br>
Exquisite the pain
<br>
Tis home we want
<br>
To be there again.
<br>
<br>
The dream of return
<br>
Throbs in our soul
<br>
To just go back
<br>
To where we are whole
<br>
<br>
Here, not there
<br>
Not all is right.
<br>
Something amiss
<br>
A particle slight
<br>
<br>
Not the same
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Amiss a part
<br>
Lacks the essence
<br>
The claim on our heart
<br>
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Tis an alien... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ A liberal prayer ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Offend me please, I beg of you,
<br>
now say what isn&#39;t right.
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For I live to be offended,
<br>
and yearn to start a fight.
<br>
<br>
Please slight a group, perhaps a race,
<br>
you better make it good.
<br>
Then I&#39;ll climb up and from on high,
<br>
I&#39;ll shout, you know I would.
<br>
<br>
I&#39;ll cry for all the dispossessed,
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and damn you for all time.
<br>
I&#39;ll curse you for your wicked thoughts,
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and then I&#39;ll call you slime.
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You know I have the... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:19:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ There's Some Shady $#%& Going On in Texas ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://cbs11tv.com/politics/Rick.Perry.Texas.2.1280352.html">http://cbs11tv.com/politi...rry.Texas.2.1280352.html</a>
<br>
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I am just waiting to see how long it takes for Faux News to have something on this story.  (I bet I&#39;ll be waiting a long time!)
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When will Sean Hannity get up there and scream questions about why Rick Perry took a trip to Israel to get an award from a guy who had been arrested a couple
of weeks <span style="font-weight:... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ The Public Option and Medicare ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/29/the_unhealthy_public_option_98918.html">http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/29/the_unhealthy_public_option_98918.html</a>
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Don&#39;t read this if you&#39;re a lib! ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:52:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ AP sources: Obama eyes smaller Afghan troop option ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Stop me if you&#39;ve heard this before.........
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  <p>WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is considering sending large numbers of additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan next year but fewer than his war
  commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, prefers, U.S. officials said.</p>

  <p>Such a narrowed military mission would escalate American forces to accomplish the commander&#39;s broadest goals, protecting Afghan cities and key
  infrastructure. But the option&#39;s... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ CNN Drops to Last Place Among Cable News Networks ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <p>Individually, the CNN shows were beaten resoundingly by all the Fox News programs, but also lost to all of the MSNBC programs, including a repeat of
  <a target="_blank" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/keith_olbermann/index.html?inline=nyt-per" class="tickerized" title="More articles about Keith Olbermann.">Keith Olbermann</a>&#39;s 8 p.m. edition of &quot;Countdown,&quot; which beat the 10 p.m. hour of CNN&#39;s signature
  prime-time... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Scariest Headline EVER!! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <h3 class="entry_header" style="margin-top: 10px; font-weight: bold;">Frank: &quot;We Are Trying On Every Front To Increase The Role Of Government&quot;</h3>
<br>
<a target="_blank" title="No way to embed the video but here&#39;s a link to Barney" href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/10/26/frank_we_are_trying_on_every_front_to_increase_the_role_of_government.html">No way to embed the video but
here&#39;s a link</a>
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I can&#39;t even watch it because my sound... ]]></description>

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