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		<title>What do Mel Gibson and Lil&#8217; Wayne have in common?</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/miscellaneous/what-do-mel-gibson-and-lil-wayne-have-in-common/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[End of the World]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are a little more than 717 days away from December 21, 2012. Also known as the date of the end of the world. You don’t believe me? Well, do you believe Mel Gibson, Jack Van Impe, Montel Williams, Janeane Garofalo, The Smasking Pumpkins, Lil&#8217; Wayne, Joe Rogan, Jesse Ventura, Woody Harrelson, Dan Aykroyd and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Politics Behind 24 (2006)</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/the-politics-behind-24-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/the-politics-behind-24-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bush Administration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“So all our show is an exaggerated sort of expression of that stuff that I think the policymakers in this country have to face every day,” said Joel Surnow co-creator and executive producer of the TV show ’24’ (Espach, CNSNews.com). ‘24’ has been entertaining viewers with suspense and riveting action scenes for five seasons now. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is broadband-access a human right?</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/featured/featured-articles/is-broadband-access-a-human-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/featured/featured-articles/is-broadband-access-a-human-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finland has become the first country in the world to declare that high speed internet access is a legal right. Finnish telecommunications companies will be required to provide the 5.2 million people of Finland with internet access at a speed of one megabit per second. The argument is pretty simple and seems to make sense, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wiretapped phones, now Internet?</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/government/obama-administration/wiretapped-phones-now-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/government/obama-administration/wiretapped-phones-now-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wiretaps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#8211; Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations of the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is &#8220;going dark&#8221; as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone. Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications &#8212; including encrypted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheaters</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/current-events/cheaters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Bonds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steroids]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=3752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a lifelong fan of Major League Baseball, nothing upsets me more than the usage of performance enhancing drugs in the sport. Of course, the integrity of the MLB is not as important as many other issues I discuss on this site, but it does still matter. When Kirby Puckett retired from the game of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safe to Assume Naval Power</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/government/obama-administration/safe-to-assume-naval-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/government/obama-administration/safe-to-assume-naval-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The highly anticipated arrival of the new Chinese Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is finely upon us and (predictably) many in the US are unnecessarily fretting over this development. With a purported range of up to 1,900 miles, this missile is capable of striking at the core of the US naval power in the pacific. Carrier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotations</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/miscellaneous/quotations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear. -Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787 I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USA Marijuana for Profit.</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/usa-marijuana-for-profit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/usa-marijuana-for-profit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marijuana]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=2830</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is obvious to many people that our nation is undergoing a change and we are trying to do so at a time of unparalleled debt. This can be a tricky thing to do. How can one manage the budget, fight multiple wars and have socially progressive programs? This seems like a recipe for disaster, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bull&#8217;s Eye on this Target</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/miscellaneous/bulls-eye-on-this-target/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/miscellaneous/bulls-eye-on-this-target/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politicians]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[supreme court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Emmer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a response from Target and this is a good one. Dear David Brooks, Target has long believed that engaging in civic activities is an important and necessary element of operating a national retail business. What&#8217;s more important than any one candidate&#8217;s stance on a particular issue is how we nurture thoughtful, long-term growth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Target ♥ Emmer</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/miscellaneous/business/target-%e2%99%a5-emmer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/miscellaneous/business/target-%e2%99%a5-emmer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not a law scholar. I do not pretend to be. I am just someone who tries to understand why the hell people do the stupid things that they do. Case in point: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission This is the famous Supreme Court Ruling in which the court decided to allow Corporations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Nestor Amarilla: nominated for Nobel Prize for Literature</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/miscellaneous/interview-with-nestor-amarilla-nominated-for-nobel-prize-for-literature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/miscellaneous/interview-with-nestor-amarilla-nominated-for-nobel-prize-for-literature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonycarranza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nobel Prize]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthony Carranza recently had an opportunity to interview Nobel prize nominee, Nestor Amarilla. The following is a little bio that I found on createspace.com. About the author: Nestor Amarilla was born on the 24th of July 1980 to a farming family in the country town of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay. Since he was a little boy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corn</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/government/corn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/government/corn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normally, I would do some research on an issue and then give my two cents and move on. Living in MN we get a lot of the pro-ethanol propaganda and to be fair, I am not very knowledgeable on the subject. I checked out this article from the Economist. Take a look: “AMERICA’S sensible fuel,” [...]]]></description>
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