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	<description>Tired of the political spin?  Ready to fight back?  Learn how to dismiss and discredit the spin and talk about the real issues at Politics Unspun.</description>
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		<title>So You Want Smaller Government?  Save SS &amp; Medicare?</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=596</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Cut, cut, cut entitlements!&#8221; &#8220;Reduce the debt!&#8221;  We need to broaden the base (i.e more taxes on the 47%)! &#8220;Reduce the size of government!&#8221; Turn on any cable news network and that&#8217;s all you&#8217;ll hear. And the only answers the politicians have are:  raise more taxes and/or cut entitlements (not defense, of course) or both. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment &#8212; 8.5% 2009 &#8211; 8% 2011 &#8211; 6% 2012</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=587</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has anyone noticed how the numbers keep dropping on what &#8220;Obama promised&#8221; on the unemployment numbers? &#8220;We were promised. The president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed).&#8221; Eric Cantor on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 in a PBS interview. The stimulus bill &#8220;promised to keep unemployment under 8%.&#8221; George Allen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mitt Romney:  &#8220;This is the private market.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=579</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thus far, I&#8217;ve seen not a single pundit (not to say there isn&#8217;t one, but I&#8217;ve not seen it as yet) make a comment regarding Romney&#8217;s statements at the debate. Lots of stuff on this lies and U-turns, but nothing about this. Which is surprising considering Mr. Romney is supposed to be the guru of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Pretenders</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=572</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The culmination of the GOP convention ended with Mitt Romney walking the red carpet in a “State of the Union” pretend moment as he made his way to the stage rather than to the dais reserved for POTUS; a fitting ending for three days of a pretend reality. As each pretender came onto the stage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Independence Day!</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=563</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; While we celebrate the birthday of America today, please remember to keep our veterans here and around the world in your thoughts today. May we continue to celebrate for another 236 years! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>GOP &#8211; Defenders of the &#8220;Free Loader&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=555</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act has come to the forefront of the news with the confirmation of its Constitutionality by none other than Justice Roberts, much the the chagrin of many Republican politicians. Whatever his motives, Justice Roberts has given the thumbs up to this law and undoubtedly has had his name removed from many a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to &#8220;Obama: We need more taxes and regulation, so we can have more bottom up economics.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=540</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This commentary, by Erika Johnsen (I can&#8217;t call it journalism), Obama:  We need more taxes and regulation, so we can have more bottom up economics came to my attention on another site where I often comment &#8211; Mario Piperni Dot Com Unable to resist responding to this drivel, my comment is posted below, as well as on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNN Has Decided They Need a Shake Up in Their Leadeship</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=533</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN doesn&#8217;t need a shake up in their leadership, they need a shake up in their programming. I&#8217;m tired of all the partisan hacks &#8212; including John King and Wolf Blizter. About the only show CNN has that&#8217;s worth watching is GPS. State of the Union is better with Candy than John King, but it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Michael O’Shea, General Manager of  KGMI</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=525</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GOTP - Grand Old Tea Party]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. O’Shea, While your letter attempts to provide cover for your ultimate decision to keep the Limbaugh show in your line up, I find your rationalization somewhat lacking. Your first complaint is your request for letters from the community went semi-viral and even people who aren’t members of the “community” responded.  Are we all not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Marines &#8211; A Veteran&#8217;s Day Declaration</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=511</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is possibly the most wonderful idea I&#8217;ve come across, yet.  I wish it could be replicated across the nation on Veteran&#8217;s Day! At 11am NOVEMBER 11th 2011, a small group of American Patriots and Veterans of several different wars shall be going to the Old State House in Boston where the Declaration of Independence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy It!  Live Streaming Video</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=496</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Support them! globalrevolution on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Lot Of Women Have It, Unfortunately.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=470</link>
		<comments>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=470#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GOTP - Grand Old Tea Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Womens Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of reading an article about Sarah Palin (as much as I do try to avoid reading them!), I came across this quote from Heather McDonald, a &#8220;scholar&#8221; at the Manhattan Institute in reference to Palin&#8217;s &#8220;Mama Grizzlies&#8221; appeal.  McDonald complained about the &#8220;feminist stain&#8221; found even among conservative women, the article reports. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Shame, Shame, Shame&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=464</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we all know now, the Republican Senators in Wisconsin voted late yesterday afternoon to strip public workers of their collective bargaining rights, apparently in an illegal vote based on Wisconsin open rule laws. Now we wonder what will be the reaction of the protesters?  They have shown us for three weeks that they can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just What Is It The GOP Wants From The Public Sector?</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=458</link>
		<comments>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=458#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GOTP - Grand Old Tea Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The GOP around the country is trying to break the unions.  A few have backed off now, after seeing how the polls have turned against the politicians.  But what is really behind this? Obviously, it&#8217;s not budgets.  The Division of Executive Budget and Finance of  the State Controller’s Office reported in its annual fiscal report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Should Not Pick Winners and Losers!</title>
		<link>http://politicsunspun.com/?p=456</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana McGinness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times have I heard, &#8220;government shouldn&#8217;t pick winners and losers?&#8221;  If it&#8217;s a Republican candidate or elected official, you can almost bet those words have gushed forth at one time or another.  They just can&#8217;t wait to spit those words out to reinforce, yet again, their take on how government is &#8220;bad.&#8221;  (Does [...]]]></description>
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