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		<title>Of CAIR, ACLU, and Libertarians</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2012/01/02/250/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The President signed into law on New Year’s Eve the National Defense Authorization Act. Liberals are not happy, Muslims are not happy, the ACLU is not happy.  All this probably means the country is going to be safe.]]></description>
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		<title>Yet another deal, yet another loss</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2011/12/22/yet-another-deal-yet-another-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good politics is never a substitute for bad policy.]]></description>
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		<title>They Really Can See It</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2011/08/03/they-really-can-see-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I explained the merits of the National Retail Sales Tax (The Fair Tax) to yet  another class of business math students.  The response I get, though,  is always the same:  "Why haven't we done this yet?"]]></description>
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		<title>Good Grief &#8211; The Russians Are Right</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2011/08/02/good-grief-the-russians-are-right/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2011/08/02/good-grief-the-russians-are-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Putin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our government, though,  can increase spending AND ask for more money on loan - all at the same time.  At least for now.

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		<title>Thanks – But No Thanks</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2011/06/02/thanks-%e2%80%93-but-no-thanks/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2011/06/02/thanks-%e2%80%93-but-no-thanks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Smith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Smith has always been - according to the report – a conservative Democrat. He now calls himself a moderate Republican. In his words: "It's not a big leap going from a super conservative Democrat to a Republican."]]></description>
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		<title>Any Other Name</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2010/09/14/any-other-name/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2010/09/14/any-other-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>reuelsample</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[courts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[illegal immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps they should have followed the church's lead and made them C&#038;E people – only having to deal with them twice a year. ]]></description>
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		<title>States&#8217; Rights on Trial</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2010/09/13/states-rights-on-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2010/09/13/states-rights-on-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[But more than the taxes, the Health Care Reform Bill imposes - for the first time ever - a requirement that citizens of every state be required to have health care coverage.  That is where the states have their problem.]]></description>
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		<title>Kill &#8216;em in public, save &#8216;em in private</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2010/03/24/kill-em-in-public-save-em-in-private/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2010/03/24/kill-em-in-public-save-em-in-private/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>reuelsample</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a contrast  to the almost college-party atmosphere that surrounded the signing of the health care reform bill.  Festivity surrounds the enactment of a rotten bill that among other things provides for abortion.  Closed doors and no ceremonies accompany an act that saves babies.]]></description>
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		<title>All down in writing</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2010/03/23/all-down-in-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2010/03/23/all-down-in-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypocrisy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Politico: Today after almost a century of trying, today after over a year of debate, today after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America. Yep &#8211; we have immortalized the corruption and cowardice of Senators and Congressman. This law puts in writing how Nelson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is all about distrust</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2010/03/13/it-is-all-about-distrust/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2010/03/13/it-is-all-about-distrust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>reuelsample</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The entire government is meant to be at odds with itself – with a certain amount of distrust and perhaps hostility –in order to protect the Republic which it serves.]]></description>
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