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		<title>Swimming With Sharks</title>
		<link>http://www.findingavoice.com/2010/03/08/swimming-with-sharks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do politicians get in so much trouble often over silly things but get away with lying through their teeth about really important stuff &#8211; - apparently, because they think they can engage in whatever behavior suits them because power is its own reward.
The thing about recent incidents and those that regaled us in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask the Right Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.findingavoice.com/2010/03/06/ask-the-right-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s something peculiar about the way national issues are framed these days. In some cases it’s how questions are posed; at other times it’s the choice of material the opposition chooses to brandish in its barrage of talking points &#8211; - “Obamacare” instead of ‘health-care.’ Perhaps Democrats should have pushed the phrase, “Bushwar” in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dogma and Doggerel</title>
		<link>http://www.findingavoice.com/2010/03/01/dogma-and-doggerel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It never seems to fail. Just when you think common sense and rational discourse are about to break out, the demon forces of empty rhetoric and intellectual dishonesty rise up to claim everyone’s attention. The president said as much at the Health Care Summit last week when, after some quite reasonable discussion, Minority Leader Boehner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our David and Goliath Society</title>
		<link>http://www.findingavoice.com/2010/02/26/our-david-and-goliath-society/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren, bailout watchdog and financial analyst, said on the Bill Maher show, that the failure of our legislative institutions to reform the banking industry is essentially “&#8230; a David and Goliath story”- &#8211; that lobbyists far outnumber the members of Congress and that their efforts are non-stop in the pressuring of elected officials. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Should Prosecute Winnable Battles</title>
		<link>http://www.findingavoice.com/2010/02/22/democrats-should-prosecute-winnable-battles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.findingavoice.com/?p=541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our political process is jeopardized when partisan talking points form the basis for public understanding of important issues. Any mental deviate is free to frame an opinion no matter how absurd or factually bereft, as was made clear at the weekend’s CPAC conference and at many of the Tea Party get-togethers. Tea-bagging conservatives don’t always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are Conservatives so Proud of?</title>
		<link>http://www.findingavoice.com/2010/02/18/what-are-conservatives-so-proud-of/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservatives excel in developing an anti-administration strategy to defeat programs not on principle as they claim but to twist issues until they meet some arcane standard of their own making. Thus American Conservative Union Chairman Keene says Republicans neglected the moral imperative of fiscal responsibility and “spent like Democrats.”
The fact is of course the Bush [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming to Our Common Senses</title>
		<link>http://www.findingavoice.com/2010/02/16/coming-to-our-common-senses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What political discourse comes down to these days isn’t just partisan talking points, obstructionism or any of the other political tricks the opposition uses to undermine President Obama’s agenda. It is, rather, a total lack of any rational basis for the arguments being made by politicians both in and out of office. Two former vice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl 44 &#8211; The Pizza or the Cardboard Box</title>
		<link>http://www.findingavoice.com/2010/02/11/super-bowl-44-the-pizza-or-the-cardboard-box/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
There were two big media events last weekend, one truly inspiring, &#8212; a thrilling Super Bowl, the other not so much &#8211; - a pricey Tea Party Convention. With respect to Super Bowl 44 most sports analysts were picking super-star Peyton Manning and his Colts.
But a few things happened on the way to inevitable &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan Tribes and Our Own</title>
		<link>http://www.findingavoice.com/2010/02/08/afghan-tribes-and-our-own/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
There was a fascinating article in the NY Times (1/31/10) that suggested “America’s New Hope” could be “The Afghan Tribes.” In addition to the distinctions within the Afghan tribal system outlined in the article was a general description of how the system works. “Tribal authority is exercised by elders at all levels &#8211; - from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Knee Jerk Conservative Response</title>
		<link>http://www.findingavoice.com/2010/02/05/the-knee-jerk-conservative-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a certain fascination in watching the Republican approach to just about everything. It seems so predictable an observer can guess which talking point will be unveiled in response to the hot issue of the day and pretty much count on being right every time. At the moment the uptight crowd is tying itself in [...]]]></description>
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