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		<title>By: Ken Dryden&#62;&#62;Yoga for health</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/02/why-did-the-pig-cross-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-1244540</link>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dryden&#62;&#62;Yoga for health</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://rbfocus.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This is a great article. I am new to your blog and i like what I see. I look forward to your future work.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://rbfocus.com" rel="nofollow">This is a great article. I am new to your blog and i like what I see. I look forward to your future work.</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1244540', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Scott Brison</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott Brison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://rbfocus.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wow - looks like some amazing readin&#039;! Thanks so much for hosting&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://rbfocus.com" rel="nofollow">Wow &#8211; looks like some amazing readin&#8217;! Thanks so much for hosting</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1157850', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jonny</title>
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		<dc:creator>jonny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>jonny</description>
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		<title>By: eheh</title>
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		<dc:creator>eheh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>vbkghkhkljhuljip;iupuipuhpoi[poi[pjoi[]pjo][i;lkj;kl&#039;lkn&#039;&#039;ln&#039;lk&#039;nkl&#039;kl&#039;nlkuioyt9tr76xdhicgym fuyrt7yu hg ctgjh</description>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
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		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Balance the budget, and leave us with a surplus a great feat (if you are a repug), not so great if you are a Democrat.

Treat people like people, a great feat if you are a repug, not so great if you&#039;re a dem.

Commit treason and not allow people the access to FACTS, OK if you are a REPUGnican, spooge on a repugnican whore, you get impeached.

WHAT DOUBLE STANDARDS????</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Balance the budget, and leave us with a surplus a great feat (if you are a repug), not so great if you are a Democrat.</p>
<p>Treat people like people, a great feat if you are a repug, not so great if you&#8217;re a dem.</p>
<p>Commit treason and not allow people the access to FACTS, OK if you are a REPUGnican, spooge on a repugnican whore, you get impeached.</p>
<p>WHAT DOUBLE STANDARDS????<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=92501', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/02/why-did-the-pig-cross-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-92500</link>
		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ok, facts:

CLINTON- left us the BIGGEST BUDGET SURPLUS in HISTORY.

shrub- took the biggest budget surplus in HISTORY and took us to the ALL TIME BIGGEST BUDGET DEFICIT IN HISTORY.

FAUX NEWS.....WE DECIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ok, facts:</p>
<p>CLINTON- left us the BIGGEST BUDGET SURPLUS in HISTORY.</p>
<p>shrub- took the biggest budget surplus in HISTORY and took us to the ALL TIME BIGGEST BUDGET DEFICIT IN HISTORY.</p>
<p>FAUX NEWS&#8230;..WE DECIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=92500', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Think Progress &#187; Bush signs $286 billion</title>
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		<dc:creator>Think Progress &#187; Bush signs $286 billion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] pork-filled transportation bill. Calls it &#8220;fiscally responsible.&#8221; &#160;  2:41 pm &#124; Comment&#160;(0) [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Christopher</title>
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		<dc:creator>Christopher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2005 08:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ryan you are such a blow hard.  I knew you would be blogging again.  Come back to Americablog, I never left.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ryan you are such a blow hard.  I knew you would be blogging again.  Come back to Americablog, I never left.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=88106', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: HOOSIER</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/02/why-did-the-pig-cross-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-86141</link>
		<dc:creator>HOOSIER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Indiana rocks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Indiana rocks!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=86141', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/02/why-did-the-pig-cross-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84276</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 06:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FBA,

Thanks for showing yet again the depths of your ignorance and stupidity.  Green Day performed &#039;american idiot&#039; onstage wearing a Bush Mask.  You&#039;re such a dufus!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FBA,</p>
<p>Thanks for showing yet again the depths of your ignorance and stupidity.  Green Day performed &#8216;american idiot&#8217; onstage wearing a Bush Mask.  You&#8217;re such a dufus!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=84276', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The WB42 5:30 Report With Doug Krile</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/02/why-did-the-pig-cross-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-83756</link>
		<dc:creator>The WB42 5:30 Report With Doug Krile</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;More Links Than You Can Shake A Stick At&lt;/strong&gt;

Lotsa linkage from The WB42 5:30 Report with Doug Krile.  The Ohio Election, Bill and Hillary, Bill O&#039;Reilly and more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>More Links Than You Can Shake A Stick At</strong></p>
<p>Lotsa linkage from The WB42 5:30 Report with Doug Krile.  The Ohio Election, Bill and Hillary, Bill O&#8217;Reilly and more.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=83756', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/02/why-did-the-pig-cross-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-83740</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FBA,

Are you onto more insane conspiracy crap now?

For those who don&#039;t know it FBA claimed that Podesta was a traitor to american security because he allowed the Barbie Computer to be sold to china.  Yes, if Clinton hadn&#039;t raised the super computer &#039;threshold&#039;, the Barbie Computer sold to 8 year old girls would have been considered a &#039;super computer&#039;, and not been exportable to china.  He &#039;claims&#039; that this import lifting is why China has nuclear weapons - I didn&#039;t know Barbie was a nuclear scientist - but it would explain her high forehead!

FBA and his ilk make these wild assertions, with no facts or even analysis from credible government sources that indicate they&#039;re anything but nut jobs - and when challenged on the stupidity of their claims they say &#039;I won&#039; out of no where.  They are truly sociopathic insane individuals - and they explain why the CONservatives continue to ruin this country.

As for Taxes, FBA - you&#039;re once again showing what a retard you are - the greatest boom time in america (the 1940s) had a tax rate of ~75% on the wealthiest americans with relatively few tax breaks.  The average person in this income bracket now &#039;pays&#039; </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FBA,</p>
<p>Are you onto more insane conspiracy crap now?</p>
<p>For those who don&#8217;t know it FBA claimed that Podesta was a traitor to american security because he allowed the Barbie Computer to be sold to china.  Yes, if Clinton hadn&#8217;t raised the super computer &#8216;threshold&#8217;, the Barbie Computer sold to 8 year old girls would have been considered a &#8217;super computer&#8217;, and not been exportable to china.  He &#8216;claims&#8217; that this import lifting is why China has nuclear weapons &#8211; I didn&#8217;t know Barbie was a nuclear scientist &#8211; but it would explain her high forehead!</p>
<p>FBA and his ilk make these wild assertions, with no facts or even analysis from credible government sources that indicate they&#8217;re anything but nut jobs &#8211; and when challenged on the stupidity of their claims they say &#8216;I won&#8217; out of no where.  They are truly sociopathic insane individuals &#8211; and they explain why the CONservatives continue to ruin this country.</p>
<p>As for Taxes, FBA &#8211; you&#8217;re once again showing what a retard you are &#8211; the greatest boom time in america (the 1940s) had a tax rate of ~75% on the wealthiest americans with relatively few tax breaks.  The average person in this income bracket now &#8216;pays&#8217;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=83740', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jesus the leftist</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jesus the leftist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FBA, you even have that wrong. You know who the target is, you nazi conformist dip-shits. See, Green Day has creativity, totally lacking on the right.
 Calculated peolple are rarely creative or have a sense of humor. Just read this blog on a daily basis, and anyone would arrive at that conclusion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FBA, you even have that wrong. You know who the target is, you nazi conformist dip-shits. See, Green Day has creativity, totally lacking on the right.<br />
 Calculated peolple are rarely creative or have a sense of humor. Just read this blog on a daily basis, and anyone would arrive at that conclusion.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=83601', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kindness</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/02/why-did-the-pig-cross-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-83566</link>
		<dc:creator>kindness</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is true that using the past as a marker, whichever party is in power uses that power to lard their supporters.  Democrats did the same thing prior to &#039;94.  I think some of it is required just ot grease the wheels.  What I think we all agree on is that the excessive bloat is not to the citizens as a whole&#039;s advantage.  Some times you need to tell your friend they are being selfish and are making everyone look foolish.  

God I miss Clinton.  If for no other reason than the fiscal restraint he was able to bring forth.  Do I miss all Clinton&#039;s ways?  NO.  Triangulation as a strategy is not always trumped by real leadership.  Some things you just have to go out on a limb for to get.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is true that using the past as a marker, whichever party is in power uses that power to lard their supporters.  Democrats did the same thing prior to &#8216;94.  I think some of it is required just ot grease the wheels.  What I think we all agree on is that the excessive bloat is not to the citizens as a whole&#8217;s advantage.  Some times you need to tell your friend they are being selfish and are making everyone look foolish.  </p>
<p>God I miss Clinton.  If for no other reason than the fiscal restraint he was able to bring forth.  Do I miss all Clinton&#8217;s ways?  NO.  Triangulation as a strategy is not always trumped by real leadership.  Some things you just have to go out on a limb for to get.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=83566', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: fake but accurate</title>
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		<dc:creator>fake but accurate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Green Day Rocks. They sing about you American Idiots!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Green Day Rocks. They sing about you American Idiots!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=83563', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bee</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We&#039;re talking about pigs on this thread, Tony and FBA, finally, literally on topic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re talking about pigs on this thread, Tony and FBA, finally, literally on topic.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=83556', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fake But Accurate</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fake But Accurate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You just don&#039;t get it, Tony. They want to tax us into blowing up Federal buildings again. so they can shoot us, burn us out, or make us move to Mexico.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You just don&#8217;t get it, Tony. They want to tax us into blowing up Federal buildings again. so they can shoot us, burn us out, or make us move to Mexico.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=83550', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tony</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a Catch-22 issue. We can call our local rep a jerk for being a porker, but that pork is coming to our district, and if we didn&#039;t get it, some other district would.

We need to return constitutional priciples to congress. Spending should only be allowed if constitutionally authorized by Article I, Section 8 or one of the amendments.

How to do this?
1) Elect as many constitutionalists reps/sens as possible (this won&#039;t have any effect unless a majority is reached though)
2) Elect a constitutionalist president (could veto pork bills and appoint constitutionalist judges)
3) Use the court system to strike down unconstitutional spending bills (only if constitutionalist judges are installed)

The only way to truly limit pork spending is to have a limited list of things you can spend on, and stick to that list as conservatively as possible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a Catch-22 issue. We can call our local rep a jerk for being a porker, but that pork is coming to our district, and if we didn&#8217;t get it, some other district would.</p>
<p>We need to return constitutional priciples to congress. Spending should only be allowed if constitutionally authorized by Article I, Section 8 or one of the amendments.</p>
<p>How to do this?<br />
1) Elect as many constitutionalists reps/sens as possible (this won&#8217;t have any effect unless a majority is reached though)<br />
2) Elect a constitutionalist president (could veto pork bills and appoint constitutionalist judges)<br />
3) Use the court system to strike down unconstitutional spending bills (only if constitutionalist judges are installed)</p>
<p>The only way to truly limit pork spending is to have a limited list of things you can spend on, and stick to that list as conservatively as possible.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=83547', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kindness</title>
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		<dc:creator>kindness</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It was nice to see you kiss and make up.  I hope you won&#039;t mind if I continue to have fun at your expense when I tell you two to GET A ROOM!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was nice to see you kiss and make up.  I hope you won&#8217;t mind if I continue to have fun at your expense when I tell you two to GET A ROOM!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=83544', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith H.</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/02/why-did-the-pig-cross-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-83540</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith H.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I feel, probably like most, that our decline is the fault of our election process. But I&#039;m at a loss as to any ideas of how to correct it. Between &#039;00 and &#039;04 I really didn&#039;t hear of any solid effort by our government officials to address the problem. In my state, we vote by mail, but I still don&#039;t have confidence in the way the votes are counted. 

We know that the approval ratings for congress are in the toilet, and rightly so. I think it makes sense that if the current majority retains that majority in the next election it is not because we didn&#039;t vote their as#es out.

I&#039;m sure there are alot of people that have a basic understanding of how computers work and I find it pretty effing unbelievable that ANYONE thinks we should be voting into one. 

Why don&#039;t the politicians that have our and their interests at stake get this under control??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel, probably like most, that our decline is the fault of our election process. But I&#8217;m at a loss as to any ideas of how to correct it. Between &#8216;00 and &#8216;04 I really didn&#8217;t hear of any solid effort by our government officials to address the problem. In my state, we vote by mail, but I still don&#8217;t have confidence in the way the votes are counted. </p>
<p>We know that the approval ratings for congress are in the toilet, and rightly so. I think it makes sense that if the current majority retains that majority in the next election it is not because we didn&#8217;t vote their as#es out.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure there are alot of people that have a basic understanding of how computers work and I find it pretty effing unbelievable that ANYONE thinks we should be voting into one. </p>
<p>Why don&#8217;t the politicians that have our and their interests at stake get this under control??<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=83540', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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