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	<title>Centerblue.org &#187; Current Events</title>
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		<title>The Obama Code</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/471/the-obama-code/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/471/the-obama-code/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy/Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is probably the best, most intellectual article on politics I have read in years. It not only goes into Obama&#8217;s values and agenda, but also defines the core moral value differences between progressives and conservatives&#8211;and why the latter feel so threatened by the current economic crisis. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; The Obama Code By George Lakoff Berkeley, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want recovery? Nationalize the banks, stop the foreclosures</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/463/want-recovery-nationalize-the-banks-stop-the-foreclosures/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/463/want-recovery-nationalize-the-banks-stop-the-foreclosures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy/Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insolvent banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s stimulus plan is ambitious, but it won&#8217;t be enough to get us out of the economic cesspool we&#8217;re in. It only addresses one of three areas of concern that absolutely have to be addressed in order for the economy to recover: 1) Nationalize the banks. Heaven forbid Americans should talk about nationalization! But the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The World&#8217;s Newspapers Say Good-Bye to Bush</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/451/the-worlds-newspapers-say-good-bye-to-bush/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/451/the-worlds-newspapers-say-good-bye-to-bush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Germany&#8217;s Sueddeutsche Zeitung under a headline of &#8220;The Failure:&#8221; &#8220;He confused stubbornness with principles. America has become intolerant and it will take a long time to repair that damage.&#8221; Canada&#8217;s Toronto Star: &#8220;Goodbye to the worst president ever. Bush was an unmitigated disaster, failing on the big issues from the invasion of Iraq to global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Lost Decade</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/447/a-lost-decade/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/447/a-lost-decade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inauguration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s sad to say, but we really went nowhere for almost ten years, after you extract the boost provided by the housing and mortgage boom. It&#8217;s almost a lost economic decade.&#8221; &#8211;Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody&#8217;s Economy.com, and an informal adviser to John McCain&#8217;s campaign. That epitaph is as good as any for describing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mildred Loving dies</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/352/mildred-loving-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/352/mildred-loving-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 20:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay-marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loving-v.-virginia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2008/05/06/mildred-loving-dies/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mildred Loving has died, and gay people everywhere should mourn her passing. Why should they do so? Because when the day comes that gays and lesbians argue their case for gay marriage before the Supreme Court (as that day must someday come), Mildred Loving will speak out from the dead on their behalf. Mildred Loving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And then there was one</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/330/and-then-there-was-one/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/330/and-then-there-was-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john-howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kevin-rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kyoto-protocol]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/11/24/and-then-there-was-one/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conservative Australian Prime Minister John Howard has suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of his left-leaning Labor opponent Kevin Rudd, ending over a decade of conservative rule. His party also scored a clear majority in the lower house of Parliament. Like Bush, Howard had refused to join the Kyoto Protocol and had maintained troops [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia &#8220;civil remedial fees&#8221; petition</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/314/virginia-civil-remedial-fees-petition/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/314/virginia-civil-remedial-fees-petition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abusive-driver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traffic-offenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VA-House-Bill-302]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/07/17/virginia-civil-remedial-fees-petition/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Virginians! Surely you&#8217;ve heard about the new &#8220;abusive driver&#8221; traffic offense fees recently enacted by our illustrious General Assembly. No? Well, they are outrageous fines levied on top of the normal traffic infraction fees, payable ONLY by Virginia residents, for the crassly stated purpose of raising $65 million in yearly revenues for traffic projects. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The pinnacle of failure</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/313/the-pinnacle-of-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/313/the-pinnacle-of-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle-east]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/06/18/the-pinnacle-of-failure/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If ever there was an event that showcased the complete and utter failure of anything Bush touches, it is the pinnacle of failure represented by the coup in Gaza last week. For those unaware, the radical Hamas Palestinian faction kicked out their more moderate Fatah governing brethren out of Gaza and essentially set themselves up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A DC circus</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/308/a-dc-circus/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/308/a-dc-circus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 14:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/05/01/a-dc-circus/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No I&#8217;m not talking about the recent appearance of the Ringling Brothers circus in DC. Every so often a scandal erupts in this town that becomes nothing but a three ring circus full of colorful characters, saucy defense attorneys, and heartfelt apologies-turned-resignations. The most recent one to engulf this town is the arrest and impending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trump on politics</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/301/trump-on-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/301/trump-on-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donald-trump]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/03/18/trump-on-politics/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You may love him or you may hate him, but nobody can deny that Donald Trump has a unique way of &#8220;telling it like it is.&#8221; He was recently interviewed by Wolf Blitzer, and I must say I was very impressed with what he had to say and how he said it. He excoriated the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Just Politics&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/300/just-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/300/just-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[karl-rove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US-attorneys]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/03/16/just-politics/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t help but laugh when reading a quote from Karl Rove at a recent speech regarding the unfolding prosecutor firings controversy: â€œNow, weâ€™re at a point where people want to play politics with it, and thatâ€™s fine. I would simply ask that everybody whoâ€™s playing politics with this, be asked to comment on what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captain America as allegory</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/297/captain-america-as-allegory/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/297/captain-america-as-allegory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[captain-america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habeas-corpus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warrantless-surveillance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/03/07/captain-america-as-allegory/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Don&#8217;t read what follows if you don&#8217;t want a spoiler.) The story reverberating today through the comic book community and elsewhere is that Marvel has killed off its iconic hero Captain America as part of a larger story arc called &#8220;Civil War&#8221; that pits various heroes against each other. Captain America arose in 1941 as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attack of the nanny state</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/285/attack-of-the-nanny-state/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/285/attack-of-the-nanny-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ipod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanny-state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new-york]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2007/02/08/attack-of-the-nanny-state/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First New York moved to ban smoking in public places. Then it banned trans fat from restaurant menus. Now it may ban people from using Ipods and cell phones while crossing the street. Can&#8217;t people take care of themselves? I understand the government has some duty to protect its citizenry, and I approve of measures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq disapproval at record levels</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/256/iraq-disapproval-at-record-levels/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/256/iraq-disapproval-at-record-levels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq-study-group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poll]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/12/12/iraq-disapproval-at-record-levels/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new poll shows that a whopping 70% of Americans now disapprove of Bush&#8217;s handling of Iraq. 61% say the war was not worth fighting. The latest numbers mark a notable deterioration since October. The fact that the Iraq Study Group called Iraq a problem that is &#8220;grave and deteriorating&#8221; surely didn&#8217;t help. Predictably, Iraq [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumsfeld resigns: good-bye and good riddance</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/242/rumsfeld-resigns-good-bye-and-good-riddance/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/242/rumsfeld-resigns-good-bye-and-good-riddance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/11/08/rumsfeld-resigns-good-bye-and-good-riddance/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It came as too little, too late. Our tone-deaf Commander in Chief, who as late as last week insisted Rumsfeld would remain through the end of Bush&#8217;s term, announced Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down as Secretary of Defense after facing the humiliating loss of the House and (probably) the Senate. Rumsfeld was responsible for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapacious America reaches 300 million</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/216/rapacious-america-reaches-300-million/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/216/rapacious-america-reaches-300-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population-growth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/10/11/rapacious-america-reaches-300-million/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[America will reach 300 million people either today or in the next couple of days. While this milestone denotes a nation of abundance and opportunity, it also bodes poorly for the increasing amounts of waste and gluttony that have become part and parcel of the American lifestyle. The Independent lists some unfortunate statistics that quantify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea tests nuke while US bogged down in no-WMD Iraq</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/213/north-korea-tests-nuke-while-us-bogged-down-in-no-wmd-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/213/north-korea-tests-nuke-while-us-bogged-down-in-no-wmd-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[north-korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear-bomb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear-proliferation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/10/09/north-korea-tests-nuke-while-us-bogged-down-in-no-wmd-iraq/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As if the entire Iraq adventure weren&#8217;t enough of a fiasco, word comes that North Korea has successfully tested its first nuclear weapon. This comes while the US is tied down militarily in Iraq and therefore unable to exert any kind of significant pressure. So instead of focusing on North Korea that was known to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay congressman confronted Foley over messages back in 2000</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/212/gay-congressman-confronted-foley-over-messages-back-in-2000/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/212/gay-congressman-confronted-foley-over-messages-back-in-2000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jim-kolbe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark-foley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/2006/10/09/gay-congressman-confronted-foley-over-messages-back-in-2000/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports that openly gay Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe learned about Foley&#8217;s inappropriate instant messages to a page in 2000 and confronted him about it. A Kolbe staffer suggested the former page take the material to the clerk of the House, and Kolbe&#8217;s spokeswoman is still determining what other action if any was [...]]]></description>
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