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	<title>ISRAEL MUST BE WIPED OFF THE MAP...Origins of Treasongate</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:59:02 -0600</pubDate>
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        bCARTHAGE MUST BE DESTROYED  Carthage was Rome's implacable foe; thus, did the Roman SenatorCato conclude whatever the topic at hand on the floor of theSenate with: Carthago delenda est - Carthage must bedestroyed! Eventually, once the Senate of Rome realized herproximity to the pesky Punic, they attacked with impunity andwiped them off the map in the Third Punic War - BC,salting Hannibal's commercial bastion, never to have her riseagain; thus Rome's supreme illustration of brutality andimperial...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[b&gt;CARTHAGE MUST BE DESTROYED  Carthage was Rome's implacable foe; thus, did the Roman SenatorCato conclude whatever the topic at hand on the floor of theSenate with: &quot;Carthago delenda est&quot; - Carthage must bedestroyed! Eventually, once the Senate of Rome realized herproximity to the pesky Punic, they attacked with impunity andwiped them off the map in the Third Punic War - BC,salting Hannibal's commercial bastion, never to have her riseagain; thus Rome's supreme illustration of brutality andimperial ambition incorporated, like the Borg of Star Trek, thecommercial aspects of Empire.  Alas! Meeting the challenge of President Bush's infamousremarks hurled at the Axis of Evil which clearly includesIran, and reinforced by his &lt;ahrefhttp:www.whitehouse.govnewsreleases-.html&gt;NED&lt;a&gt; speech given on October ,  to wit:  &quot; . . . authoritarian regimes, allies of convenience likeSyria and Iran, that share the goal of hurting Americanand modera...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Sacramento - Heart of the California Gold Rush</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:08:28 -0600</pubDate>
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        The Gold Rush started on January , , when James. W. Marshall - working for Sacramento pioneer John Sutter, discovered shiny pieces of metal at Sutter's Mill, near Coloma in California. After taking them to Sutter, the two men tested the metal and found it to be gold. Far from being euphoric at the find, Sutter was dismayed as he envisaged his dreams of an agricultural empire going up in smoke once prospectors rushed to the area. Because of that fear Sutter tried to keep news of the find under wr...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Gold Rush started on January , , when James. W. Marshall - working for Sacramento pioneer John Sutter, discovered shiny pieces of metal at Sutter's Mill, near Coloma in California. After taking them to Sutter, the two men tested the metal and found it to be gold. Far from being euphoric at the find, Sutter was dismayed as he envisaged his dreams of an agricultural empire going up in smoke once prospectors rushed to the area. Because of that fear Sutter tried to keep news of the find under wraps, but all to no avail as rumours soon spread.By March , news of the find had reached San Francisco where newspaperman and merchant Samuel Brannan, after being shrewd enough to set up a store to sell gold prospecting supplies, strode through the streets of San Francisco, holding up a piece of gold and shouting: &quot;Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!By August  the news had reached New York and on December th was confirmed to Congress by President James Polk sparking an i...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Planer Boards As Your Primary Trolling Tool</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:08:10 -0600</pubDate>
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        Planer Boards As Your Primary Trolling Tool. By Captain Jim Hirt Waterin our ecosystem has gone from low visibility to extremely clear. Withthis change of environment the angler must evolve in his presentationto produce consistently. This fishing article will talk you through a veryeffective way to meet these demands for sunny conditions with spookyfish.  Hello all: I consider it a privilege to be a member ofyour fishing community and pass on ideas and knowledge to everyone.Most of my articles t...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Planer Boards As Your Primary Trolling Tool. By Captain Jim Hirt Waterin our ecosystem has gone from low visibility to extremely clear. Withthis change of environment the angler must evolve in his presentationto produce consistently. This &lt;a href&quot;http:www.fishingrecreation.com&quot;&gt;fishing article&lt;a&gt; will talk you through a veryeffective way to meet these demands for sunny conditions with spookyfish.  Hello all: I consider it a privilege to be a member ofyour fishing community and pass on ideas and knowledge to everyone.Most of my articles talk about products which I believe will make you abetter angler. Some I sell and some I find of a quality level worth myendorsement. My goal is to always serve the community and enrich yourfishing experience.  Now is the time to move to the nextgeneration of presentations. If you find yourself behind the pack whenit comes to putting fish in the cooler, a system of planer boards willimprove your learning curve.  Allow me to ...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>AARP &amp; Other Liberals Spearhead Charge For Clintoncare II</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:32:45 -0600</pubDate>
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        As groups get bigger I swear their collective intelligence decreases. Nothing could be a truer example of this than one of the largest groups in America, the American Association of Retired Persons. Often affectionately known as the AARP I prefer to call them the Anti-American Retired Persons because I believe in truth in advertising.Here you have a group that on one hand uses the power of capitalism. They flaunt the purchasing power of their vast membership to negotiate with companies all over ...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[As groups get bigger I swear their collective intelligence decreases. Nothing could be a truer example of this than one of the largest groups in America, the American Association of Retired Persons. Often affectionately known as the AARP I prefer to call them the Anti-American Retired Persons because I believe in truth in advertising.Here you have a group that on one hand uses the power of capitalism. They flaunt the purchasing power of their vast membership to negotiate with companies all over the globe to get special discounts and incentives for their members in return for promoting these same companies to their members. But on the other hand they pimp anti-American ideas such as socialism and collectivism.Case and point, the AARP has been running ads featuring cute, and dare I say naive, children who are reading from their given script and pleading with Americans to support candidates that promise universal health insurance coverage. They're basically promoting Democrats and other...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>If At First You Don't Succeed...</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:57:24 -0600</pubDate>
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        ...try, try again! That's how the saying goes. And the Americanleft adheres to that philosophy like no other!For years the left has been trying Bish is Hilter and Bush isEvil and Conservatives are NAZIs as their main intellectualdebate against the current President of these United States anddoing so without success. Dropping poll numbers have nothing todo with left wing lunatics and their ranting but rather adisenchanted conservative base tired of open borders, rampantspending, promotion of unco...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[...try, try again! That's how the saying goes. And the Americanleft adheres to that philosophy like no other!For years the left has been trying &quot;Bish is Hilter&quot; and &quot;Bush isEvil&quot; and &quot;Conservatives are NAZIs&quot; as their main &quot;intellectual&quot;debate against the current President of these United States anddoing so without success. Dropping poll numbers have nothing todo with left wing lunatics and their ranting but rather adisenchanted conservative base tired of open borders, rampantspending, promotion of unconstitutional ideas such as &quot;campaignfinance reform&quot;, and most recently an incredibly weak pick forSupreme Court Justice in Harriet Miers.No doubt however the left knowing the depth of their previousmentioned arguments don't understand this. So they go back tothe &quot;Bush is Evil&quot; argument thinking that that is what is toblame.Enter a teacher at Lake Ann Elementary who for Halloween deckedout in a &lt;ahref&quot;http:www.record-eagle.comnovlakean.htm&quot;&gt;GeorgeBush mask an...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Liberals Just Can't Help Showing Their Bigoted Stripes</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:29:31 -0600</pubDate>
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        The political left doesn't think too highly of Americans whohappen to have a dark complexion unless they tow the party line.Sure, they claim to love them and be supportive of every plightthey themselves dream up which afflicts these American citizens.But when push comes to shove liberals always tell us what theyreally think of blacks that wander off the reservation they haveset up.Take the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel who has allowed theirliberal members of the editorial page to once again say wha...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The political left doesn't think too highly of Americans whohappen to have a dark complexion unless they tow the party line.Sure, they claim to love them and be supportive of every plightthey themselves dream up which afflicts these American citizens.But when push comes to shove liberals always tell us what theyreally think of blacks that wander off the reservation they haveset up.Take the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel who has allowed theirliberal members of the editorial page to once again say whatthey really think of &quot;blacks&quot;. Speaking on the nomination ofJudge Alito to replace retiring Associate Justice Sandra DayO'Connor the Sentinel writes:&quot;In losing a woman, the court with Alito would feature sevenwhite men, one white woman and a black man, who deserves anasterisk because he arguably does not represent the views ofmainstream black America.&quot;http:www.jsonline.comnewseditorialsoct.aspI'll repeat that for you in case you missed it. &quot;ClarenceThomas des...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>New Book Reveals New Info ABout Bush Administration</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:51:11 -0600</pubDate>
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         Author's Coalition Carolyn Howard-Johnson, founder P.O. Box   La Canada, Calif. - Contact: Apryl Greene -- mediacreativefreedom.us   Award-winning Journalist Launches New Book About Bush AdministrationPolitical Book at West Hollywood Book Festival  LOS ANGELES, Calif.--Walter M. Brasch will introduce his newly-released Sinking the Ship of State: The Presidency of George W. Bush at the West Hollywood Book Fair,  a.m., Sunday, Sept. . The Book Fair,  a.m.- p.m., will be at West Hollywood Park,  N...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Author's Coalition Carolyn Howard-Johnson, founder P.O. Box   La Canada, Calif. - Contact: Apryl Greene -- mediacreativefreedom.us   Award-winning Journalist Launches New Book About Bush AdministrationPolitical Book at West Hollywood Book Festival  LOS ANGELES, Calif.--Walter M. Brasch will introduce his newly-released Sinking the Ship of State: The Presidency of George W. Bush at the West Hollywood Book Fair,  a.m., Sunday, Sept. . The Book Fair,  a.m.- p.m., will be at West Hollywood Park,  N. San Vicente Blvd. near Santa Monica Blvd. There is no cost to attend. More than  authors and  exhibitors are expected to attend this sixth annual event, according to Roz Helfand, Fair coordinator. The Fair includes panels, readings, and theatrical performances. With wit and wisdom, Brasch digs deep into the Bush-Cheney Administration and extracts the truth of the past seven years. In a well-documented -page book, Brasch looks at innumerable poli...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Politics and Religion</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:28:07 -0600</pubDate>
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        Separation of Church and State in France -- today thisdemocratic principal divides Christianity in the country and hasignited the possibility of a controversial alliance betweenevangelical Christians and Muslims. One may soon see a wellknown French bishop set up a series of events that not onlyforward his mission to spread Christianity throughout France andthe Francophone but support Muslim growth in France as well,resulting in closer ties between the seemingly rival religions.Last week Nicolas ...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Separation of Church and State in France -- today thisdemocratic principal divides Christianity in the country and hasignited the possibility of a controversial alliance betweenevangelical Christians and Muslims. One may soon see a wellknown French bishop set up a series of events that not onlyforward his mission to spread Christianity throughout France andthe Francophone but support Muslim growth in France as well,resulting in closer ties between the seemingly rival religions.Last week Nicolas Sarkozy, a French Interior Minister, appointeda commission to study possible changes in a law dividing thespiritual and temporal spheres, thereby challenging the hundredyear old French law separating church and state. The law isbased on three principles: the neutrality of the state, thefreedom to exercise religion, and public powers related to thechurch. This law is seen as the backbone of the French principlelacit which states &quot;The Republic neither recognizes, neithersalarie...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Convection Ovens - Functions And Advantages</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:05:55 -0600</pubDate>
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        A frequent complaint of cooks with radiant ovens is that bottoms of foods get scorched, while tops aren't browned evenly. This is because the temp is different over the course of the cooking time, in addition to over the volume of the oven cavity. Rather than let hot air circulate randomly, a convection oven carefully creates a uniform temperature with internal fans that equally circulate hot air. Here the qualities and benefits of convection ovens.Convection ovens are often...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[A frequent complaint of cooks with radiant ovens is that bottoms of foods get scorched, while tops aren't browned evenly. This is because the temp is different over the course of the cooking time, in addition to over the volume of the oven cavity. Rather than let hot air circulate randomly, a convection oven carefully creates a uniform temperature with internal fans that equally circulate hot air. Here the qualities and benefits of convection ovens.Convection ovens are often...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Rotting From the Head Down</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:31:46 -0600</pubDate>
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        With all due apologies to fellow citizens, but we, the body ofAmerica, are starting to smell. By now most who are capable ofreading andor watching television know of the burning of deadTaliban fighter's bodies and the accompanying taunts to otherTaliban members by what has been called an Americanpsychological operations or PSYOPS unit in Afghanistan.Perhaps we can place this incident on the mantle next to theNaked Human Pyramid and the Dog Attacking Naked Prisonertrophies to name a few.For those...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[With all due apologies to fellow citizens, but we, the body ofAmerica, are starting to smell. By now most who are capable ofreading andor watching television know of the burning of deadTaliban fighter's bodies and the accompanying taunts to otherTaliban members by what has been called an Americanpsychological operations or &quot;PSYOPS&quot; unit in Afghanistan.Perhaps we can place this incident on the mantle next to theNaked Human Pyramid and the Dog Attacking Naked Prisonertrophies to name a few.For those unfamiliar with the story it can be found at &lt;ahref&quot;http:abcnews.go.comInternationalwireStory?id&quot;&gt;ABC NEWS&lt;a&gt; and the story with the accompanying edited videocan be seen at &lt;ahref&quot;http:edition.cnn.comWORLDasiapcfafghanistan.taliban&quot;&gt;CNN&lt;a&gt;.As usual, a more in depth analysis of the problems posed by thatact and actual references to International Law and local customscan be found in overseas media such as &lt;ahref&quot;http:news.independent.co...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Sergeant Benderman</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:40 -0600</pubDate>
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        iThe following e-mails are presented in their original formwith the permission of the author, Monica Benderman- wife ofSergeant Kevin Benderman.The decision to publish them was made because no attempt at anarrative was able to capture the matter-of-fact anger of thefirst e-mail, nor the frustrated anger of the second.BACKGROUND INFORMATIONBriefly, Kevin Benderman had served as an army mechanic for years when he developed moral and religious objections to thewar in Iraq and, after serving there i...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[i&gt;The following e-mails are presented in their original formwith the permission of the author, Monica Benderman- wife ofSergeant Kevin Benderman.The decision to publish them was made because no attempt at anarrative was able to capture the matter-of-fact anger of thefirst e-mail, nor the frustrated anger of the second.BACKGROUND INFORMATIONBriefly, Kevin Benderman had served as an army mechanic for years when he developed moral and religious objections to thewar in Iraq and, after serving there in , he refused todeploy there again. He filed an application for conscientiousobjector status on  December .His application was denied and he continued to refuse to serve.Subsequently he was tried and was acquitted of desertion but wasconvicted of the lesser charge of missing movement, meaning heskipped his Jan.  deployment flight. He was sentenced to months' imprisonment, a loss of pay, and dishonorable dischargeat the court martial. He is still in prison.It sh...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>George Bush Toys With The Truth</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:56:05 -0600</pubDate>
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        It is flabbergasting how George Bush toys with the truth and the American people. As today, Rep. Jane Harman claims that Bush and his security people floated credible intelligence that there was a terrorist threat to the nation's capitol -so Democrats were reluctant to turn down his legislation amending the FISA law... enabling President Bush to wiretap Americans without warrants. It turns out, according to Harman, she discovered that the terrorist threat was a phony - to frighten congress into ...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[It is flabbergasting how George Bush toys with the truth and the American people. As today, Rep. Jane Harman claims that Bush and his security people floated &quot;credible intelligence&quot; that there was a terrorist threat to the nation's capitol -so Democrats were reluctant to turn down his legislation amending the FISA law... enabling President Bush to wiretap Americans without warrants. It turns out, according to Harman, she discovered that the &quot;terrorist threat&quot; was a phony - to frighten congress into voting for the law. Well there's a big D'UH, JANE! George Bush lies, and has scared the hell out of Congress since . And they have fallen for it - Harman being the biggest culprit. We intelligent observers have for years been able to see through all these cynical George Bush games - why hasn't she... and a bunch of other frightened politicians?About the AuthorLarry Tambly is a avid political reader and likes to write about subjects that he is passionate about. George Bush and his ...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Immigration Reform: History of Policies in the United States</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:30:52 -0600</pubDate>
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        Immigration reform, in its broadest terms, refers to changes in the immigration policies of a country. The term is often used in the debate over immigration to refer to the limiting or tightening of immigration policies. The United States has a long history of limiting immigration during particular times or restricting certain groups from entering the country legally.North America's first inhabitants are believed to have come from Asia, via the land bridge over the Bering Sea. When the land brid...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Immigration reform, in its broadest terms, refers to changes in the immigration policies of a country. The term is often used in the debate over immigration to refer to the limiting or tightening of immigration policies. The United States has a long history of limiting immigration during particular times or restricting certain groups from entering the country legally.North America's first inhabitants are believed to have come from Asia, via the land bridge over the Bering Sea. When the land bridge closed over , years ago, the individuals developed into Native American groups. European immigrants began arriving in the s. The first naturalization law happened in , extending citizenship to &quot;free white persons&quot; of &quot;good moral character.&quot;Over the next few centuries, settlers in North America, most from a European background, imported African slaves to the United States. Although some came as indentured servants in the beginning, this soon changed to a purely forced immigratio...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>THE CRUSADER vs. THE CALIPHATE...The Bush Doctrine</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:25:50 -0600</pubDate>
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        pBy Doug KriegerTHE GREEN CURTAINFrom the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic to the IndonesianArchipelago in the Pacific a vile and putrid Green Curtainthreatens its descent to enshroud and enslave a vast swath ofearth's inhabitants. An Islamic Empire, the resurrection of theMoslem Caliphate, envelopes with greater economic and militaryand political power . . . able to advance their stated agenda:to develop weapons of mass destruction . . . destroy Israel . .. intimidate Europe . . . assault th...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[p&gt;By Doug KriegerTHE GREEN CURTAINFrom the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic to the IndonesianArchipelago in the Pacific a vile and putrid Green Curtainthreatens its descent to enshroud and enslave a vast swath ofearth's inhabitants. An Islamic Empire, the resurrection of theMoslem Caliphate, envelopes &quot;with greater economic and militaryand political power . . . able to advance their stated agenda:to develop weapons of mass destruction . . . destroy Israel . .. intimidate Europe . . . assault the American people . . . andblackmail our government into isolation.&quot; Remarks by PresidentBush before the National Endowment for Democracy on the War onTerror, October, .&quot;We will confront this mortal danger to all humanity . . . Wewill not tire, or rest . . . we will see freedom's victory . . .we must stop them . . . we will never back down, never give in,and never accept anything less than complete victory . . . thereis no peace without victory . . . we will keep our n...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Conflict of Interest between Drug Companies and Doctors</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:50:57 -0600</pubDate>
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        PILLS, PILLS and MORE PILLSWe are fortunate to live in a time having medications that alleviate uncomfortable, even life threatening symptoms of physical and mental dis-ease. Yet, traditional medicine in the developed countries continue to use only two primary methods to treat patients complaints; medication, generally in the form of pills, and surgery.When you visit your doctor and have a symptom, you get a pill, a second symptom, another pill, a third symptom still another pill with little reg...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[PILLS, PILLS and MORE PILLSWe are fortunate to live in a time having medications that alleviate uncomfortable, even life threatening symptoms of physical and mental dis-ease. Yet, traditional medicine in the developed countries continue to use only two primary methods to treat patients complaints; medication, generally in the form of pills, and surgery.When you visit your doctor and have a symptom, you get a pill, a second symptom, another pill, a third symptom still another pill with little regard for the drug interactions, neutralization of the efficacy or increased effects that one drug may have on another.Take a woman in her sixties who has high blood pressure, headaches, and fatigue and is overweight. She will be given a pill to lower her blood pressure, another to regulate her cholesterol, another to increase her energy and yet another for her headaches, possibly another to regulate her weight. Five medications. She may get short-term relief but faces potential long-term ramif...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>I Don't Trust You</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:40:28 -0600</pubDate>
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        Government should never ask the people to simply trust them asan excuse to move forward with anything. And the people shouldnever grant government trust for the sole reason that it isgovernment. Such requests for and grants of trust are the key tocreating a lazy population ripe to be pillaged and enslaved byideologies unkind to liberty.First conservatives were asked to trust that John Roberts is theConstitutionalist we were promised by President Bush on thecampaign trail. Despite a minimal paper...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Government should never ask the people to simply trust them asan excuse to move forward with anything. And the people shouldnever grant government trust for the sole reason that it isgovernment. Such requests for and grants of trust are the key tocreating a lazy population ripe to be pillaged and enslaved byideologies unkind to liberty.First conservatives were asked to trust that John Roberts is theConstitutionalist we were promised by President Bush on thecampaign trail. Despite a minimal paper trail there was at leastenough information to give us strong hope that years from now wecan look back and say he was a good choice. But it is only astrong hope and not a firm belief.Now we have another candidate up for a lifetime appointment tothe Supreme Court with an even more minimal record and whatlittle there is causes some concern. Once again President Bushis asking us to place our trust in him.To say that I may be running a little short on trust at thispoint would be acc...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>ssue of NATO Enlargement in American-European Relations</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:37:40 -0600</pubDate>
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        NATO enlargement is doubtless one of the most important issuesin NATO-USA relations and in attitude of American politicstowards this organization. Therefore, in dealing withAmerican-European relations within NATO, it is impossible toquestion the issue of enlargement of this alliance. NATO enlargement towards Central and Eastern European states wasoriginally the major project in seconding NATO's viability. Thepurpose of the first enlargement round was regarded by the USAin preservation of NATO as...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[NATO enlargement is doubtless one of the most important issuesin NATO-USA relations and in attitude of American politicstowards this organization. Therefore, in dealing withAmerican-European relations within NATO, it is impossible toquestion the issue of enlargement of this alliance. NATO enlargement towards Central and Eastern European states wasoriginally the major project in seconding NATO's viability. Thepurpose of the first enlargement round was regarded by the USAin preservation of NATO as a form of military-politicalcooperation between the USA and Europe and conservation ofAmerican influence on European security along with strengtheningWestern military potential for resistance of possible, even inpost-bipolar era, threats from the East. To this end, and also with the aim of overcoming alarm of manyEuropean allies as to Russian attitude towards enlargement,American diplomacy took to creation and consolidation inWestern-European and American political discourses of...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Political Sports Player of the Week - Oct. 10, 2005</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:57:44 -0600</pubDate>
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        Mohamed ElBaradei is this week's Political Sports Player of theWeek. Mr. Baradei and the organization he leads, TheInternational Atomic Energy Agency, won this year's Nobel PeacePrize, which was announced this week. The White House stronglycriticized ElBaradei in the period leading up to the start ofthe Iraq War, contending that his findings, indicating that Iraqdid not have any WMD, including nuclear weapons, was absolutelywrong. You can read the article atwww.democracynow.orgarticle.pl?sid. I ...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Mohamed ElBaradei is this week's Political Sports Player of theWeek. Mr. Baradei and the organization he leads, TheInternational Atomic Energy Agency, won this year's Nobel PeacePrize, which was announced this week. The White House stronglycriticized ElBaradei in the period leading up to the start ofthe Iraq War, contending that his findings, indicating that Iraqdid not have any WMD, including nuclear weapons, was absolutelywrong. You can read the article atwww.democracynow.orgarticle.pl?sid. I havequoted part of the article below.&quot;In February  - a month before the U.S. invasion - ElBaradeitold the United Nations that nuclear experts had found noweapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He said &quot;We have to datefound no evidence of ongoing prohibited nuclear ornuclear-related activities in Iraq.&quot; John Bolton - who is nowthe US ambassador to the United Nations - responded by sayingthis is &quot;impossible to believe.&quot; Vice President Dick Cheney said&quot;I think M...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Political Radio Advertising for 2006</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:08:48 -0600</pubDate>
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        With the landscape of American politics becoming extremelypolarized, the scope and type of radio commercials that areproduced will be challenged to offer rhetoric and copy thattouches the heart and not deflect off the shield that surroundsthe soul of most voters. The conditioning of the mind has beenevolving since the first political radio commercials. Scott Radio www.scottradio.com a radio political voice andscript writing organization conducted a survey of over fivehundred radio listeners in a...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[With the landscape of American politics becoming extremelypolarized, the scope and type of radio commercials that areproduced will be challenged to offer rhetoric and copy thattouches the heart and not deflect off the shield that surroundsthe soul of most voters. The conditioning of the mind has beenevolving since the first political radio commercials. Scott Radio www.scottradio.com a radio political voice andscript writing organization conducted a survey of over fivehundred radio listeners in a quest to understand the mindset orcomfort zone of the average radio listener. Some of thediscoveries were as follows: The advent of Ipods, Internetradio and satellite radio are just starting to take hold. Thelistener still enjoys local radio programming during a typicalday, but the amount of time spent listening to local ortraditional radio stations decreased by twenty percent duringthe past two years. Second, the tolerance level for commercialsis eroding. Fifty percent of t...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Here They Come Again: Another Go Round for Wacky 9/11 Conspiracy Theories</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:33:59 -0600</pubDate>
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        There isn't much that the  conspiracy theorists say that can or should be believed. That even includes the windy claim that their celebration in New York of the sixth anniversary of the September  terror attacks will be the biggest in history. The problem with that grandiose boast is that the same bunch claimed last year that their fifth anniversary event would be the biggest yet. In the fine print at the bottom of the wearechange.org website release, they add the clarification that many of the ...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There isn't much that the  conspiracy theorists say that can or should be believed. That even includes the windy claim that their celebration in New York of the sixth anniversary of the September  terror attacks will be the biggest in history. The problem with that grandiose boast is that the same bunch claimed last year that their fifth anniversary event would be the biggest yet. In the fine print at the bottom of the wearechange.org website release, they add the &quot;clarification&quot; that many of the performance artists for their big  concert shebang are only tentatively scheduled to appear. Translated: The conspiracy theorists dumped any artist's name they could find on the bill, and they're keeping their fingers crossed that a few might actually show up. None of this should surprise anyone who has the dimmest notion of what and how the  conspiracy theorists operate. We're all by now well familiar with the way they've spun the  plot. The attacks were part of a sinister ...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Nationalism</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:33:17 -0600</pubDate>
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        This article discusses how governments seek public endorsementof their policies through Nationalism.In speeches and on Vietnam memorials it always states that thesoldiers, who died, died for our freedom. This is really strangeand illogical. We actually lost the war. Did the victoriousCharlie Cong storm America and enslave us? Once we leftVietnam, we hardly had anything to do with them and they nolonger posed a problem.But did they ever pose a problem? It seems the word Communistwas the real prob...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[This article discusses how governments seek public endorsementof their policies through Nationalism.In speeches and on Vietnam memorials it always states that thesoldiers, who died, died for our freedom. This is really strangeand illogical. We actually lost the war. Did the victorious&quot;Charlie Cong&quot; storm America and enslave us? Once we leftVietnam, we hardly had anything to do with them and they nolonger posed a problem.But did they ever pose a problem? It seems the word &quot;Communist&quot;was the real problem. When Ho Chi Minh declared that NorthVietnam was Communist, America's cold war Red-phobia associatedVietnam with China and Russia even though there was no initialconnection. North Vietnam threatened no one but South Vietnam.It was their war not America's. But the US insisted on helping South Vietnam. How is thisrelated to the freedom of individual Americans? The US soldierwas told that he was fighting to preserve the liberty of thehomeland, but this was a vicious lie. To...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Gun Control Will Solve Nothing</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:30:29 -0600</pubDate>
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        Statistics from the National Federation of State High SchoolAssociations reveal that, in ,  students perished whileplaying in high school football games. This fact received littleto no coverage in the national media. Angry parents did notparade into Washington, D.C., in order to demand stricterregulation of high school football. Politicos feigning intenseanguish did not bemoan football's domination of most learninginstitutions' sports programs. The large majority of thiscountry's citizens watche...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Statistics from the National Federation of State High SchoolAssociations reveal that, in ,  students perished whileplaying in high school football games. This fact received littleto no coverage in the national media. Angry parents did notparade into Washington, D.C., in order to demand stricterregulation of high school football. Politicos feigning intenseanguish did not bemoan football's domination of most learninginstitutions' sports programs. The large majority of thiscountry's citizens watched their favorite high school footballteams oblivious to the blood that soaked the pigskin and drippedonto America's playing fields.Conversely, when  students died from gunshot wounds during the- school year, as the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention indicate, the national media evangelized endlesslyabout the evils of guns. Apparently forgetting that many of thekid killers, such as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, had obtainedtheir weapons illegally, hordes of...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>TOP REPUBLICANS RAISE THE VOLUME ON TEN COMMANDMENTS JUDGE ROY</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:55:47 -0600</pubDate>
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        When former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore actedon principle and refused to adhere to a federal court order thathe considered was both unlawful and improper, he never thoughtthat his actions would lead to an overwhelming groundswell ofsupport from across the country. His stance made headlines andbrought international attention to this modern-day, David vs.Goliath showdown. Now, the same group of political and religiousleaders that supported his actions then, are calling for Justic...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[When former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore actedon principle and refused to adhere to a federal court order thathe considered was both unlawful and improper, he never thoughtthat his actions would lead to an overwhelming groundswell ofsupport from across the country. His stance made headlines andbrought international attention to this modern-day, David vs.Goliath showdown. Now, the same group of political and religiousleaders that supported his actions then, are calling for JusticeMoore to get back into the political arena and run for Governorof Alabama, where they believe his &quot;no nonsense&quot; approach andstrong personal convictions will clean up a state known for its&quot;good ole boy&quot; politics and special interest groups. Moore was forced off the bench in November  for defying aFederal judge's order to remove a Ten Commandments monument frompublic display in the state judicial building. The U.S. SupremeCourt refused to hear the case on appeal. Moore struck ...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>Poverty Is Still America's Katrina Shame</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:33:11 -0600</pubDate>
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         President Bush and the three top Democrats that want to replace him couldn't get to New Orleans fast enough this week. The occasion of course was the second anniversary of the Katrina debacle. Predictably, Bush as he's done in his twelve previous treks to the Gulf since Katrina publicly boasted that he's done everything humanly possible to get the region back on its feet. He also insisted that much more still must be done and his administration will do it. Just as predictably, his would be repl...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[ President Bush and the three top Democrats that want to replace him couldn't get to New Orleans fast enough this week. The occasion of course was the second anniversary of the Katrina debacle. Predictably, Bush as he's done in his twelve previous treks to the Gulf since Katrina publicly boasted that he's done everything humanly possible to get the region back on its feet. He also insisted that much more still must be done and his administration will do it. Just as predictably, his would be replacements Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards just as publicly lambasted Bush's efforts as hopelessly failed and flawed. And they insisted that there's no reason to believe that he'll improve on the anemic effort. They both missed the real story and tragedy of Katrina, and that's that the naked face of poverty that shocked the world two years ago remains just as naked and shameful two years later. And Bush and the Democrats are to blame for it. For a few weeks after the shocking s...]]></content:encoded>
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	<title>When the Levee Breaks, a selfish look at the financial effects</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:56:31 -0600</pubDate>
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        pThe aftermath of Katrina has affected more that just New Orleansand the surrounding gulf coast. There are huge financialimplications associated with the catastrophe, from the initialhumanitarian aid to the rebuilding and repairing needed to getthe local area back on its feet. Eight oil refineries shut downas a result of Katrina could take many months to restart. TheGulf Coast is a prime supplier of oil, through pipelines nowshut due to lack of power and ocean-going barges unable to loadfrom por...	</description>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[p&gt;The aftermath of Katrina has affected more that just New Orleansand the surrounding gulf coast. There are huge financialimplications associated with the catastrophe, from the initialhumanitarian aid to the rebuilding and repairing needed to getthe local area back on its feet. Eight oil refineries shut downas a result of Katrina could take many months to restart. TheGulf Coast is a prime supplier of oil, through pipelines nowshut due to lack of power and ocean-going barges unable to loadfrom ports eradicated by the storm.From a global perspective, the loss of oil production in thearea is sending shockwaves through the world's financialinstitutions and economies. Even before hurricane Katrina'sdamage to oil production the price of fuel has increased to amajor degree. The following data compares price increases fromSeptember  to August  in the United States of Americaand the United Kingdom.US Fuel Price Increases September Unleaded: . . per L...]]></content:encoded>
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