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		<title>The Body of bin Laden</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/government/obama-administration/the-body-of-bin-laden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 20:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was sitting in my 10th grade Chemistry class on September 11th of 2001. I remember my teacher, Mr. Sufka telling us what had happened. We were able to see some images from Yahoo, but the internet was overwhelmed that day and our schools TVs were unfortunately down for repair.  We discussed what happened and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, Basboosa!</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/featured/featured-articles/thank-you-basboosa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaddafi]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=4148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 17, 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, a 26 year old street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi lit himself on fire. The theft and beatings from the local government officials had become too much for this man to bear. His livelihood had been ruined and there was nothing he could do about it; he felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Renewed Beginning</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/government/obama-administration/a-renewed-beginning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This is not a time for compromise, and I can tell you that we will not compromise on our principles,&#8221; Boehner said during an appearance on conservative Sean Hannity&#8217;s radio show. He continued; &#8220;To the extent the president wants to work with us, in terms of our goals,  we&#8217;d welcome his involvement.&#8221; The GOP has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franken becoming Dems Future Leader?</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/franken-becoming-dems-future-leader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Franken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Lieberman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=2889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Franken has faced a daunting challenge in his first year as a US Senator. He barely won a highly contested and much publicized election with Norm Coleman and is part of a party/movement that is losing momentum rather quickly. Franken has also had to overcome a number of other obstacles. Many people (Republicans) have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRIC in 2050</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/bric-in-2050/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooks Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2003, Goldman Sachs introduced what they perceive as the new wave of economic powerhouses.  Brazil, Russia, India and China are listed as the four countries that will become the economic juggernauts by the year 2050. Out of the four countries selected by Goldman Sachs, China is performing the best; they have the largest increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She&#8217;s a Nut Job</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/current-events/shes-a-nut-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christine O'Donnell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meghan McCain, the daughter of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain has made some interesting and enlightening statements regarding Christine O’Donnell, the Republican candidate for Joe Biden’s senate seat in Delaware. &#8220;Christine O&#8217;Donnell is making a mockery of running for public office. She has no real history, no real success in any kind of business.&#8221; &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharia Sharon</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/current-events/sharia-sharon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Angle]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=3841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently witnessed an astonishing thing. Not so unordinary, but still something to behold. On one of the random political threads somewhere in the vast expanse of internet there was a conservative woman arguing with democrats. Nothing too shocking here, right? Lately, it seems as if everyone is at each other’s throats over trivial matters. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The new GOP (i.e. Tea Party) lies.</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/current-events/the-new-gop-i-e-tea-party-lies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/current-events/the-new-gop-i-e-tea-party-lies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Beck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Bachman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=3801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us believe that the Tea Party is bad for America. That they will send us down a course that our Founding Fathers did not intend. Some of the ideas that have been proposed are as follows: Abolishing or Privatizing Social Security Privatizing Veterans Affairs Lowering the minimum wage Getting rid of public education [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To purge or not to purge.</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/government/obama-administration/to-purge-or-not-to-purge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/government/obama-administration/to-purge-or-not-to-purge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Administration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Correa]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=3785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fear and panic that grips a country when laws are not enforced cannot be underestimated. In Ecuador on 9-30-2010 there was an alleged coup attempt that was allegedly orchestrated by various members of the police. From CNN.com: &#8220;This is a coup attempt,&#8221; President Rafael Correa said in a TV interview from the hospital, where [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human right]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Censorship]]></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>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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