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		<title>START: Big Mistake?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why would we weaken ourselves to sign a treaty like this with Russia who is definitely not our friend? To put this in context let us flashback to the Missile defence system that Bush was going to install in Europe that the Russians were very much against. According to leaked documents published on WikiLeaks Russia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Just Does&#180;nt Get It</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The voters made it plain and clear enough that even a dunce should get it. What does that say about Congress? Well they went right ahead and loaded up the big Omnibus spending bill for the government with Pork. About 9 Billion dollars worth of Pork. Granted if you take the pork (9 Billion) it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gallup: Lowest Congressional Approval Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the thirty years since Gallup has been keeping track congress has gotten it&#180;s lowest approval rating ever. Only 13% of those polled approved of congress while an astounding 83% disapprove. WoW! I think that the 13% that approve must have there heads in the sand. Despite the historic lows, the prospects for a recovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Party: Illegal Aliens &#8211; Gays</title>
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		<comments>http://thebrassmonkeyblog.net/democratic-party-illegal-aliens-gays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WoW! Talk about misplaced priorities! It is becoming more and more clear that the Democrats are not the party of the American people, they are the party of socio-ethnic special interest and other groups, illegal aliens and gays This country is in bad shape with unemployment rates that refuse to go down, staggering national debt, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Trade Sucks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free trade is not free! Don&#180;t believe me? Just ask any one of the millions of people who lost there good paying job when the greedy company they worked for moved manufacturing overseas. Ian Fletcher in his book Free Trade Doesn&#180;t Work wrote that the ground is shifting under the free traders feet for two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Questions DOJ lawsuit against Arizona</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post A federal appellate judge expressed deep skepticism Monday about a Justice Department lawsuit challenging Arizona&#8217;s new immigration law, leaving uncertain the Obama administration&#8217;s chances of stopping the law from taking effect. I sure hope that the AZ law is going to be upheld. The Obama administration should back off. But we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Mexico&#180;s Most Corrupt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Crews, here are New Mexico&#180;s recent past hall of fame (2005-2009) most corrupt politicians on a national level. Steve Pearce (R-NM) Most Corrupt Reports 2007/2008 &#8211; Rep. Pearce failed to disclose a $12 million sale of his business and appeared to have exchanged legislative assistance for campaign contributions. In 2008, Rep. Pearce stepped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense Authorization Bill Defeated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republicans successfully filibustered a defence bill that had two attachments added to it by Harry Reid. Two attachments put in the bill by you guessed it Harry Reid failed to get enough votes to bring it to the floor. The two attachments were for back door amnesty called the dream act and repeal of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greed For Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It could only be greed for power that makes people like Harry Reid and John McCain keep trying to get reelected. It is not money because McCain has all he will ever need, hell he spent 20 million of his own cash to get the nomination vote in Arizona. He even flip flopped on illegal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Rangel Equals Corruption</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) is a twenty-term member of Congress representing New York&#180;s 15th district. Rep. Rangel&#180;s ethics issues stem from, improperly leasing four rent controlled apartments, improperly using congressional stationery, failing to report rental income from a vacation property; and trading legislative assistance for contributions to the Rangel Center at City College. For the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Disaster &#8211; National Disgrace</title>
		<link>http://thebrassmonkeyblog.net/environmental-disaster-national-disgrace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the criticism and bad feelings have so far been aimed at BP which is understandable because they erred on the side of profit instead of safety. Several warning signs that started hours before the explosion and fire were ignored by the rig bosses despite warnings from various members of the crew. This should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deport Illegal Aliens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALIPAC is asking supporters to initiate tens of thousands of calls to Congressional offices asking for a new law that would allow US Census data to be used to detect, detain, and deport illegal immigrants who fill out the 2010 Census. &#8220;Our Federal government has a Constitutional responsibility to enforce our existing immigration laws and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: 68% Say Vote Out Incumbents</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Question in a FOX News Poll: If American voters only had the following two choices on the Congressional ballot &#8212; keep all current lawmakers in office, or get rid of all incumbents in Congress &#8212; what would they do? Sixty-eight percent of voters would oust all incumbents, while 20 percent would keep all lawmakers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spend, Spend, Spend</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spend, spend, spend, it seems that all of the Democrats are now doing the same thing that they bitched about when the Republicans were in power. This just shows again that Washington is out of control and the people need to get rid of everyone there and start fresh by electing representatives that have no [...]]]></description>
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