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	<title>Smoke, Mirrors and Reality... &#187; Ben</title>
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		<title>Sarkozy Mocks Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2009/09/25/sarkozy-mocks-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[foreign policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Big Government article Sarkozy Mocks Obama at UN Security Council is rather amusing. But the points that Sarkozy makes are spot on.]]></description>
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		<title>The Dog Ate Global Warming</title>
		<link>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2009/09/24/the-dog-ate-global-warming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debunking pseudo-science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Cato Institute article The Dog Ate Global Warming is pretty enlightening regarding the unscientific basis of that underlies the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) conclusions on global warming.]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2009/08/23/health-care-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some positive directions for health care reform: Tort reform Health insurance deregulation Regulations to ensure that coverage cannot be denied for pre-existing conditions Removing the disconnect between the health care consumer and the costs associated with services received. Free market approaches to health care reform Increase the supply of medical professionals by reducing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberals punked by Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2009/08/21/liberals-punked-by-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This op-ed Obama’s Trust Problem by Paul Krugman of the NYT shows the opposite side of the equation. Whereas those opposed to government run health insurance are cynics, idiots, and liars, those who voted the man into office are revolting because the President has broken their trust.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: Americans are cynics, idiots, and liars</title>
		<link>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2009/08/20/obama-americans-are-cynics-idiots-and-liars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2009/08/20/obama-americans-are-cynics-idiots-and-liars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This editorial Among the Cynics by Katherine Mangu-Ward is pretty insightful. It&#8217;s sad to see the President directly, indirectly through his staff, and also through his allies in the Democratic members of Congress call the American people cynics, idiots, and liars&#8230; and indeed Un-American. &#8220;A party that elected a community organizer president complains about organized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Un-American&#8217; attacks can&#8217;t derail health care debate</title>
		<link>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2009/08/10/un-american-attacks-cant-derail-health-care-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2009/08/10/un-american-attacks-cant-derail-health-care-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep Steny Hoyer (D-MD) published the following article today: &#8216;Un-American&#8217; attacks can&#8217;t derail health care debate. This was not some off the cuff remark. This was a carefully thought out statement intended for serious consideration. The US government now truly believes that the American public is Un-American.]]></description>
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		<title>Israel&#8217;s proportionate response</title>
		<link>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2009/01/02/israels-proportionate-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Defining Victory for Israel by Michael Gerson in the Washington Post explains how Israel&#8217;s response is justified and not &#8220;disproportionate&#8221;. The goal of military action, when unavoidable, is not to take one life in exchange for each one unjustly taken; this is mere vengeance. The goal is to remove the conditions that lead to conflict [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaza: Operation Cast Lead</title>
		<link>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2008/12/30/gaza-operation-cast-lead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2008/12/30/gaza-operation-cast-lead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 19-Dec-2008, the six month cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians was ended by Hamas. Despite an appeal on 25-Dec-2008 by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for the Palestinians to stop firing rockets into Israel and opening border crossings to allow 90 trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the Palestinians chose to continue launching dozens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treasury and Fed Wrecking Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2008/12/03/treasury-and-fed-wrecking-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2008/12/03/treasury-and-fed-wrecking-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Stossel&#8217;s article Government Sets Us Up for the Next Bust outlines how the inflationary policies of the Treasury and Federal Reserve are interfering with the proper functioning of a free market economy. The government bailouts are impediments to recovery, because they enable failing financial companies to prolong their failures, rather than restructure into stronger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>global cooling since 1998</title>
		<link>http://www.realitymirror.net/index.php/2008/12/01/global-cooling-since-1998/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debunking pseudo-science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, a San Francisco Chronicle article When the Warmest in History Isn&#8217;t reveals the truth about the climate change insanity that has dominated the news. What motivates this movement to panic over climate change? They wish to establish some pseudo-scientific basis to justify restraining economic growth. They do not believe it is fair that capitalism [...]]]></description>
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