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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>
		<dc:creator>reuelsample</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Thoughts]]></category>
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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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		<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>States&#8217; Rights on Trial</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2010/09/13/states-rights-on-trial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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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>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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		<title>Oh sure, trust him</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2010/03/09/oh-sure-trust-him/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2010/03/09/oh-sure-trust-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>reuelsample</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am astounded that he would endanger his political future by trusting people who should not be trusted. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do We Keep Them?</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2009/06/15/why-do-we-keep-them/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2009/06/15/why-do-we-keep-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clearly, these are not men and women who are morally competent to be elected.]]></description>
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		<title>File the Papers</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2009/05/15/file-the-papers/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2009/05/15/file-the-papers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 14:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>reuelsample</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pouncing on her like sharks on a wounded California seal.]]></description>
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		<title>The End Of Politics</title>
		<link>http://rsample.com/2009/04/23/the-end-of-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://rsample.com/2009/04/23/the-end-of-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>reuelsample</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[splits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today the rancor, name-calling, and rage are spreading throughout the electorate and the nation as a whole]]></description>
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