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		<title>A New Trend Emerges</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2010/04/03/a-new-trend-emerges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when the whole lefthand side of the blogosphere was all aflutter over a spot poll passed in the immediate wake of the passage of health care reform that showed that the public actually approved of the Democratic plan to bankrupt the nation &#8211; er, pass health care reform?  This despite months of polling showing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>The CBO and Partisan Hypocrisy &#8211; A Response</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2010/03/29/the-cbo-and-partisan-hypocrisy-a-response/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2010/03/29/the-cbo-and-partisan-hypocrisy-a-response/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Donkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As long as there has been a Congressional Budget Office, there has been a lot of crying from one side or the other of the partisan divide about their latest estimates.  So when a conservative such as myself says I don&#8217;t believe this health care boondoggle will reduce the deficit, the immediate accusation is one of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama Finally Goes Nuclear</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2010/02/22/obama-finally-goes-nuclear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POTUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://informedspeculation.com/?p=7530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nope, I&#8217;m not talking about political tactics&#8230;I&#8217;m just overdue on congratulating the President on finally embracing the inevitable answer if we are truly going to get serious about carbon emissions reductions: nuclear power.  I am delighted to finally see some real movement on the front.  Here&#8217;s the Dallas Morning News editorial board: At last, a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>In Case You Haven&#8217;t Seen It&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/10/18/in-case-you-havent-seen-it/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/10/18/in-case-you-havent-seen-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POTUS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;one of my personal heroes, Bono, has an Op-Ed in the NY Times defending the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama.  The reasons he offers are the same  as others have offered (only he makes it more personal, tying the prize to Obama&#8217;s promises to assist with Bono&#8217;s pet cause of ending extreme poverty): that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why I Still Oppose Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/10/18/why-i-still-oppose-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/10/18/why-i-still-oppose-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donkeys]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Finance Committee got a bill out of committee that was scored by the CBO as a net reducer of the deficit over ten years.  This took away a powerful argument that opponents like myself were using with considerable success &#8211; that, in this particular time of absolutely incredible deficits, we simply can&#8217;t afford [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Return Of Weekly Jackass</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/10/09/the-return-of-weekly-jackass/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/10/09/the-return-of-weekly-jackass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POTUS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weekly Jackasses]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://informedspeculation.com/?p=7336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My nephew had an idea that, once heard, proved inevitable and irresistible.  It&#8217;s time to bring back the Weekly Jackass for an encore presentation. If you&#8217;ve seen the news today, you no doubt already know who the proud recipient is going to be.  Actually, there are five: the Norwegians who make the selection committee for the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>54</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Worrying News From Iran</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/10/04/more-worrying-news-from-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/10/04/more-worrying-news-from-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When staff at the United Nations, an organization known far more for appeasement than confrontation, are more hawkish than even the Bush Administration was on Iran, you know we are getting very near the point of no return: Senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Her Name Is Rio, and She Dances on the Sand</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/10/02/her-name-is-rio-and-she-dances-on-the-sand/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/10/02/her-name-is-rio-and-she-dances-on-the-sand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POTUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://informedspeculation.com/?p=7315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jubilation in Brazil today as Rio de Janeiro beat out Chicago, Madrid, and Tokyo to win the rights to host the 2016 Olympics,  this despite a somewhat controversial decision by Barack Obama to lobby on behalf of his hometown. In another update that brings closure to a previously blogged story, the Secret Service investigated the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quick Observations</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/09/28/quick-observations/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/09/28/quick-observations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POTUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://informedspeculation.com/?p=7309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Got home a bit late, with no time really for a lengthy post, so a few quick hits: 1.  You absolutely cannot threaten the President, even obliquely, and get away with it.  The Secret Service is right to investigate&#8230; 2.  A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows support for health care reform at its lowest recorded [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>The End of an Illusion</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/09/25/the-end-of-an-illusion/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/09/25/the-end-of-an-illusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POTUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://informedspeculation.com/?p=7307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apologists for Iran have long insisted that there is no proof that Iran has bad intentions for its nuclear program, that it is peaceful, that those who say otherwise are engaging in the sequel to the fruitless hunt for Iraq&#8217;s nonexistent WMD stockpiles. Anyone who harbors that illusion any longer is the saddest of fools: [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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