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		<title>Pass the hemlock, please</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2010/07/29/pass-the-hemlock-please/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2010/07/29/pass-the-hemlock-please/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Davenport</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campaigns & Candidates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Though the Tea Party movement is not a cohesive entity, its component parts this year have been grappling with a central existential question: To be, or not be, a third party?  Thus far, Tea Party leadership from across the country has made a concerted effort to keep its powerful, grass roots movement within the Republican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Nothing in politics happens by accident”</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2010/02/22/%e2%80%9cnothing-in-politics-happens-by-accident%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2010/02/22/%e2%80%9cnothing-in-politics-happens-by-accident%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout & stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This observation by Franklin D. Roosevelt comes to mind as various agencies of the federal government move in force against reported design defects in automobiles made by Toyota Motor Company. Focusing on problems of sudden acceleration, the proceedings of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a grand jury and today the House Energy and Commerce Committee have begun to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s stop warping words</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/15/lets-stop-warping-words/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/15/lets-stop-warping-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Brady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=3483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rhetoric often manipulates our understanding through bias-laden misuse of language. We all have encountered such examples. &#8220;Progressive&#8221; suggests innovative, visionary and benevolent. But most &#8220;progressive&#8221; policies merely regurgitate antiquated notions that were disproved decades ago. A principal contemporary example of outdated &#8220;progressive&#8221; policy would be the flurry of big-spending, big-government legislation being touted by this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That was the week that was</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/09/that-was-the-week-that-was/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/09/that-was-the-week-that-was/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Civilization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week was truly remarkable. Republicans swept three state elections; then an Islamic extremist holding the position of an Army psychiatrist murdered 13 persons and wounded 31 others at Fort Hood, Texas; the House of Representatives defied the will of the American people by passing a comprehensive health insurance bill; and free people celebrated the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing the right thing in office</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/28/doing-the-right-thing-in-office/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/28/doing-the-right-thing-in-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morality & ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when ethics and politics collide? I did a quick online interview about this with Kelley Harp, one of my key staffers from Senate President days (2003-2005), for a graduate course he&#8217;s taking. With more time, I would have put more detail and polish into my answers; but sometimes the spontaneous reply is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A warranty could help GOP win in &#8217;10</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/11/a-warranty-could-help-gop-win-in-10/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/11/a-warranty-could-help-gop-win-in-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph C. Phillips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his first year as president Bill Clinton, who had run as a centrist, was drawn into the new-left vortex of socialized healthcare, which led to a resounding defeat for Clinton and the Democrats in the 1994 mid-term elections. Current President Barack Obama too is attempting to reform healthcare and like Clinton has seen his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afraid of our own government?</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/07/afraid-of-our-own-government/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/07/afraid-of-our-own-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Blewett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We have a new president attempting to move the country his way&#8211;to the left. We hear about divisive town halls and tea parties with many opposing &#8220;his way&#8221;. We observe the liberal press and the Democrat spokespeople express extreme accusations of &#8220;terrorism&#8221; against any who oppose them. We see a radical White House advisor, Mr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats socialistic? Of course they are</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/24/democrats-socialistic-of-course-they-are/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/24/democrats-socialistic-of-course-they-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leftists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The greatest single weapon in the Democratic Party’s arsenal has been its ability to confuse the voters. Even though it has practically defined itself since the 1930s as the party of Big Government, with high taxes and spending, massive regulation and intervention, and continual encroachment on private property, its leaders and spokesmen have vehemently denied that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wheels coming off Obama Express</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/21/wheels-coming-off-obama-express/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/21/wheels-coming-off-obama-express/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Moloney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Nantucket) If the recession wasn’t enough, the summer’s unprecedented bad weather has added to this island&#8217;s woes. Also experiencing very heavy weather these days is the Democratic Party and it looks like getting worse for them before it gets better. The roots of Democratic disarray lie in one very great success and one huge strategic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public assemblies, American style</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/10/public-assemblies-american-style/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/10/public-assemblies-american-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration has been the occasion for numerous Tea Parties and Town Hall Meetings, which are different species of the genus public assembly.  How they are seen and understood depends a great deal on one’s point of view. As American government is based on the consent of the governed, it is perfectly appropriate and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Dogs perpetuate Democrat racism</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/03/blue-dogs-help-perpetuate-democrat-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/03/blue-dogs-help-perpetuate-democrat-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. - Karl Marx While not in the habit of quoting the father of &#8220;scientific socialism,&#8221; I know a good Marxian quotation when I see one–and boy does it ever apply to the current follies in Washington, D.C. Governing parties in America are always unstable coalitions which, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cronkite better before he was anchorman</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/27/cronkite-was-better-before-he-was-anchorman/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/27/cronkite-was-better-before-he-was-anchorman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent passing of CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite was the occasion for considerable media navel gazing, most of which either waxed nostalgic or sought to channel his luster. The best commentary was by Dorothy Rabinowitz at the Wall Street Journal. Rabinowitz agrees that Cronkite was a major force in broadcast journalism, but her more nuanced analysis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the future for newspapers?</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/13/what-is-the-future-for-newspapers/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/13/what-is-the-future-for-newspapers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet & new media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspapers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressivism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent years several major metropolitan newspapers have gone out of business and more have cut back considerably on their coverage. The reason is a decline in readership and advertising revenue, mostly because of the popularity of the internet but also because of reader dissatisfaction. Advertising provides the bulk of newspaper revenue, while subscriptions and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah stumbles</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/06/sarah-stumbles/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/06/sarah-stumbles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Palin is admirable and wonderful in many ways. I look forward to big contributions from her as a conservative force on the national scene over the next 30 years. But her abrupt exit as Alaska governor fails the backbone test. Whether as a family move or a political gambit, it was poorly prepared and poorly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Axis of Evil&#8217; outfoxes Uncle Sam</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/24/axis-of-evil-outfoxes-uncle-sam/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/24/axis-of-evil-outfoxes-uncle-sam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Moloney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Boston) While the world watched the fraudulent Iranian elections, by chance I found myself here in the historic capital of American election fraud. Just a few steps from Boston’s City Hall the Union Oyster House has been a favored haunt of local politicians since Colonial times. As we sampled the culinary delights of this Beantown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition party&#8217;s job: Oppose</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/17/opposition-partys-job-oppose/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/17/opposition-partys-job-oppose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Moloney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When during a particularly bitter Parliamentary debate in 1909 the Liberal Prime Minister Herbert Asquith denounced Conservatives for their “willful, constant, and unyielding opposition” to almost every Government policy, the Conservative leader Arthur Balfour swiftly replied, “May I remind the Prime Minister that the first duty of an opposition is to oppose and when as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware the Sabato slant</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/05/11/beware-the-sabato-slant/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/05/11/beware-the-sabato-slant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 18:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Rudd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Probably we&#8217;ve all seen Larry Sabato on TV during election season. The UVA political scientist is usually portrayed as an unbiased analyst, concerned mainly with the facts, especially statistics, and with political predictions. Well, in this world there is no such thing as &#8220;unbiased&#8221;. In Larry&#8217;s case, his writings reveal him to be a liberal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another one bites the dust</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/29/another-one-bites-the-dust/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/29/another-one-bites-the-dust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Roseman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s just a shame that a song by that title was actually more popular than Tuesday’s announcement from Senator Arlen Specter. This man just recently proclaimed he would not switch parties because it would upset the balance of power. A couple of years ago he got up in front of the Senate to announce he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple taxes support grasping government</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/13/multiple-taxes-support-grasping-government/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/13/multiple-taxes-support-grasping-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taxes & TABOR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four.&#8221; Alexander Hamilton quoted this old maxim in the Federalist Papers in his discussion of the need for taxes to support the government being proposed by the Federal Convention of 1787. Hamilton contended that a tax on consumption was adequate for all practical purposes which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s not too soon to judge Obama</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/03/23/it%e2%80%99s-not-too-soon-to-pass-judgment-on-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been just over two months since Barack Obama became President, and his popularity is beginning to slip. Those who so strongly backed the Illinois senator say it’s too soon to be critical while those who did not, believe that enough evidence is in to vindicate their negative appraisal. Above everything else, Obama wanted to [...]]]></description>
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