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		<title>He&#8217;s Dead, Jim</title>
		<link>http://tedspolitics.com/2012/10/07/hes-dead-jim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faithful Readers, Ted&#8217;s politics is a stiff; it has bought the farm; its spirit has departed; it&#8217;s a dead parrot.  Please join us at From Where I Sit, to continue the fun.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tedspolitics.com&#038;blog=36756090&#038;post=255&#038;subd=tedspolitics&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not poor Mitt&#8217;s fault.</title>
		<link>http://tedspolitics.com/2012/10/01/its-not-poor-mitts-fault/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus could be the Republican candidate this year with Lincoln as his running mate and the Republicans would still lose. That&#8217;s because the American people don&#8217;t have a death wish. You see we may all wallow in our own delusional fantasy lands but we want sane leaders. I&#8217;ll explain. You might be a Christian like me <a href="http://tedspolitics.com/2012/10/01/its-not-poor-mitts-fault/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tedspolitics.com&#038;blog=36756090&#038;post=253&#038;subd=tedspolitics&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Romney is even out of touch with his fellow Mormons!</title>
		<link>http://tedspolitics.com/2012/09/28/romney-is-even-out-of-touch-with-his-fellow-mormons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#8220;Young LDS couples view government assistance as a way to bridge the gap between religious proscriptions and economic realities and as a stepping-stone toward the goal of self-reliance. I wish that Romney better understood that many of us in the 47 percent he disdains are doing the best we can in a world where <a href="http://tedspolitics.com/2012/09/28/romney-is-even-out-of-touch-with-his-fellow-mormons/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tedspolitics.com&#038;blog=36756090&#038;post=250&#038;subd=tedspolitics&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why The US And The UN Can Never Defeat Terrorism</title>
		<link>http://tedspolitics.com/2012/09/17/why-the-us-and-the-un-can-never-defeat-terrorism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is extremely difficult for people who have&#160;lived their lives in the so-called&#160;Free World&#160;to understand the steadfastness and absolute dedication that true Islamic&#160;believers have to the tenets of Islam. Some members of strict sects of Judaism understand it, and that depth of devotion is&#160;also demonstrated today by a few members of strict fundamentalist Christian sects.&#160; <a href="http://tedspolitics.com/2012/09/17/why-the-us-and-the-un-can-never-defeat-terrorism/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tedspolitics.com&#038;blog=36756090&#038;post=244&#038;subd=tedspolitics&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Crisis, Romney Reveals Neo-Con Tendencies</title>
		<link>http://tedspolitics.com/2012/09/16/in-crisis-romney-reveals-neo-con-tendencies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are an American who travels to the Arab World, you know that all is not well with the U.S.-Arab relationship. After decades of policies that resulted in trauma and tragedy for many Arabs, there is a deep East-West political divide. There have been too many insults and too much pain &#8212; inflicted both <a href="http://tedspolitics.com/2012/09/16/in-crisis-romney-reveals-neo-con-tendencies/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tedspolitics.com&#038;blog=36756090&#038;post=240&#038;subd=tedspolitics&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Libya, Afghanistan and the Middle East &#8212; Why Obama and Romney are Both Wrong</title>
		<link>http://tedspolitics.com/2012/09/16/237/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish I didn&#8217;t feel impelled to echo the following statement made today by former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnnson: &#8220;Foreign policy is supposed to make us safer, not get Americans killed and bankrupt us. Yet, even as we mourn the loss of four Americans in Libya and watch the Middle East ignite with anti-American <a href="http://tedspolitics.com/2012/09/16/237/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tedspolitics.com&#038;blog=36756090&#038;post=237&#038;subd=tedspolitics&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter From TedsPolitics to Willard Mitt Romney</title>
		<link>http://tedspolitics.com/2012/08/11/an-open-letter-from-tedspolitics-to-willard-mitt-romney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Romney Wants Business Record Removed From Obama Campaign Attacks Romney, what&#160;in the world are you thinking?&#160;You are in a political campaign, not a&#160;beauty contest. Just the fact that&#160;you say&#160;you wants both campaigns to stop attacking the opponent and concentrate on the issues &#8211;&#160;jobs and the economy&#160;&#8211; is the surest indication that you have something to <a href="http://tedspolitics.com/2012/08/11/an-open-letter-from-tedspolitics-to-willard-mitt-romney/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tedspolitics.com&#038;blog=36756090&#038;post=223&#038;subd=tedspolitics&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mindless Governance</title>
		<link>http://tedspolitics.com/2012/08/10/mindless-governance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I probably couldn&#8217;t say this as well as Neil McCarthy says it, so allow me to quote: One hundred years from now, a new crop of historians will have spent their careers puzzling over the mindlessness of a governing class that ignored reality and assumed the worst could never happen. They will ask how it <a href="http://tedspolitics.com/2012/08/10/mindless-governance/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tedspolitics.com&#038;blog=36756090&#038;post=218&#038;subd=tedspolitics&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Romney Saved The Olympics &#8212; On Your Dime</title>
		<link>http://tedspolitics.com/2012/08/07/romney-saved-the-olympics-on-your-dime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took a couple days off from my retirement so I could have a long weekend. With the extra free time, I decided it was time to do a little thinking &#8212; and trust me, I&#8217;m capable of as little thinking as just about anyone you&#8217;re likely to find. As usual, I was thinking about <a href="http://tedspolitics.com/2012/08/07/romney-saved-the-olympics-on-your-dime/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tedspolitics.com&#038;blog=36756090&#038;post=214&#038;subd=tedspolitics&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government Rules Against Picketing Military Funerals</title>
		<link>http://tedspolitics.com/2012/08/03/government-rules-against-picketing-military-funerals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I&#8217;m close to 100% in favor of separation of Church and State, and unrestricted exercise of everyone&#8217;s rights as stated in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Even though I have virtually unlimited respect for the many and varied religions practiced in our great land, there does come a point where I cannot rationalize <a href="http://tedspolitics.com/2012/08/03/government-rules-against-picketing-military-funerals/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tedspolitics.com&#038;blog=36756090&#038;post=210&#038;subd=tedspolitics&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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