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		<title>A health care debate</title>
		<link>http://lerep.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/a-health-care-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My good friend Jody Tompson and I agree on football (we&#8217;re both Cowboys fans) and beer (we both like it), but not usually on politics. We started this debate on Facebook, with Jody&#8217;s post about wait times&#8230; Jody waiting at &#8230; <a href="http://lerep.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/a-health-care-debate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lerep.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4777736&amp;post=257&amp;subd=lerep&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To paraphrase Michelle Obama&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/to-paraphrase-michelle-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in what seems a very long time, I&#8217;m very proud of my country. This is not the time to gloat or criticise. It&#8217;s a great day. I hope even McCain&#8217;s supporters will appreciate that&#8211;if not now, &#8230; <a href="http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/to-paraphrase-michelle-obama/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lerep.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4777736&amp;post=233&amp;subd=lerep&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spreading fear, ignorance, and racism: Response to a fellow redneck</title>
		<link>http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/spreading-fear-ignorance-and-racism-a-response-to-kyle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like everyone else in this election season, I&#8217;ve received lots of e-mails about the election, supporting one candidate or the other. Following is one I received recently. I usually read and delete messages along these lines, but this one prompted &#8230; <a href="http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/spreading-fear-ignorance-and-racism-a-response-to-kyle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lerep.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4777736&amp;post=180&amp;subd=lerep&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guilt by association&#8230;or perhaps praise?</title>
		<link>http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/guilt-by-associationor-perhaps-praise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lerep.wordpress.com/?p=166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the non-stop attacks on Obama&#8217;s association with Ayers and ACORN by McCain/Palin and the right wing pundits, accompanied by charges that he&#8217;s un-American, unpatriotic, and maybe a foreigner after all, you&#8217;d think Obama must be a scary guy. No &#8230; <a href="http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/guilt-by-associationor-perhaps-praise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lerep.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4777736&amp;post=166&amp;subd=lerep&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When nothing else is working, try fear</title>
		<link>http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/when-nothing-else-is-working-try-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things have not been going John McCain&#8217;s way recently, so perhaps it&#8217;s no surprise that his campaign&#8217;s new strategy seems to be &#8220;All Ayers, all ACORN, all the time.&#8221; Fear is a powerful persuasive weapon, and if they can simply &#8230; <a href="http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/when-nothing-else-is-working-try-fear/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lerep.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4777736&amp;post=158&amp;subd=lerep&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Won&#8217;t get fooled again&#8211;or will we?</title>
		<link>http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/wont-get-fooled-again-or-will-we/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgement of all wrong They decide and the shotgun sings &#8230; <a href="http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/wont-get-fooled-again-or-will-we/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lerep.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4777736&amp;post=150&amp;subd=lerep&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why are &#8220;elites&#8221; overwhelmingly liberal?</title>
		<link>http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/why-are-elites-overwhelmingly-liberal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, recently commissioned his own survey of over 500 economists, drawn from members of the American Economic Association. Despite Adams&#8217; day job (creating Dilbert cartoons), it&#8217;s a legitimate survey, conducted by a respected research firm. The results &#8230; <a href="http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/why-are-elites-overwhelmingly-liberal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lerep.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4777736&amp;post=61&amp;subd=lerep&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bush&#8217;s unpopularity: What have we learned?</title>
		<link>http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/bushs-unpopularity-what-have-we-learned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent poll by Time magazine found Bush&#8217;s approval ratings at 23%&#8211;the lowest ever recorded for a president since they&#8217;ve been conducting these polls. Even worse is the NY Times/CBS poll, with 22% approval ratings. Given that he got close &#8230; <a href="http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/bushs-unpopularity-what-have-we-learned/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lerep.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4777736&amp;post=135&amp;subd=lerep&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Postpone the debates? There&#8217;s a pattern emerging</title>
		<link>http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/postpone-the-debates-theres-a-pattern-emerging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postpone the debates&#8230;then decide he&#8217;ll attend after all&#8230; Appear to want to help settle the financial bailout and then lead a revolt&#8230; Cancel the first night of the Republican convention&#8230; Appoint someone totally unprepared for the role (as seen on &#8230; <a href="http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/postpone-the-debates-theres-a-pattern-emerging/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lerep.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4777736&amp;post=110&amp;subd=lerep&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will &#8220;tax and spend&#8221; Democrats ruin the economy? Hardly!</title>
		<link>http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/will-tax-and-spend-democrats-ruin-the-economy-hardly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The financial crisis that&#8217;s been in the news this week should make us all reflect a bit on economic philosophies. Conservatives love to deride liberals for their &#8220;outdated&#8221; thinking about the economy. We hear about failed &#8220;socialist&#8221; policies. They rave &#8230; <a href="http://lerep.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/will-tax-and-spend-democrats-ruin-the-economy-hardly/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lerep.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4777736&amp;post=97&amp;subd=lerep&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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