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	<description>Active Resources for Social Change:  Writing, Activism, &#038; Creative Arts</description>
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		<title>Distractions and the real issues&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 04:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Â Â  Perhaps Mr Hagee and Mr Wright can put together a Vaudeville show for the right-wing mean extreme.Â Â Â Â Â Â  This will keep the talking-point punditsÂ busy while we attend to the business of theÂ American people. Â Â Â Â Â Â  Rovian distractions are irrelevant.Â  This election will be decided on the issues. McLame is hopelessly linked with death, destruction, high gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robbin&#8217; Hoodlems: Oregon takes from the poor and gives to the rich</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group says policies should promote opportunities for all Oregonians. As this news develops, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that nonprofit organizations that cater to the well-to-do are having banner years in raising funds. Especially museums and universities. Not surprisingly, smaller nonprofits that serve the poor are struggling to raise funds. Image: LAHomelessBlog.org (SILVERTON, Ore.) &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The President has admitted his guilt.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accountable for Peace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Impeach Bush and Cheney for Torture On 4/11/08, George Bush told ABC News he personally approved of the approval of torture &#8211; including waterboarding &#8211; during a meeting attended byÂ Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and George Tenet.&#8221;Yes, I&#8217;m aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved.&#8221; In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we wallow in sexual and religious irrelevancies?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Candy,I don&#8217;t know why people enjoy wallowing in the gutter of sexual and religious innuendo.Â  Private sex lives and religious beliefs have no part in politics.Â Â But I guess some people never moved beyond gossip and negativity.Â  We need to end this war, restore constitutional integrity, and rebuild what these thugs have destroyed.Â Â Then we can move [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Â Convenient ExecutionÂ Â Â Â  The Choices&#8230;Â Â Â Â  Suicide &#8220;Surge&#8221;&#8230;Â Â  &#8220;Pre-emption&#8221;Â policyÂ  We can best support our troops by bringing them home.Â  To misuse our troops to enforce corporate giveaways is bad for America.Â  It&#8217;s time for accountability: rebid, redeploy, rebuild, &#38; seek reparations from war profiteers.Â  You can make a difference.Â  The American people deserve accurate information, not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do about a lack of funding for our communities&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Day!  Life after the mean extreme...]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â I was relatively surprised to hear Kulongoski (Governor of Oregon) speaking out recently about the elephant in the room.Â  The $10 corporate tax boondoggle.Â  There is nothing conservative about suppy-side, trickle-down, blather like this. If you give large corporations free rein to avoid and evade paying their fair share of the taxes, then all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cain and Abel: Biblical commentary for the coming election</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[McCain is not presidential material, but then neither was George. We can only hope that the nightmare of the last seven McBush years will alert the American people so that Cain is not able to do the same thing.Â  To quote the current lame duck/elephant:Â &#8221;There&#8217;s an old saying in Tennessee&#8211;Â  I know it&#8217;s in Texas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KBOO LABOR RADIO:  March 31st 6-7pm  About PERS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KBOO is a useful communications and teaching tool. Well-informed citizens make better decisions.Â Anytime you or anyone else may want to particpate regarding a topic which involves labor unions and working people&#8230; just contact Tim FlanaganÂ or Lane Poncy. We like to have in-studio guests in addition to call-ins. Listen in and call in with your questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John McCain:  Is he qualified to be president?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Mr. McCainÂ admits to not understanding economics, cannot keep track of who is fighting whom in Iran or Iraq, and thinks we should occupy Iraq for a thousand years whileÂ  spending trillions of dollars and millions of lives to enforce illegal no-bid, cost-plusÂ contracts steeped in corruption&#8230;..Â Â  And&#8230; heÂ wants to bomb IranÂ because he thinks The Beach Boys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peace Vigil in Portland, Bring Candles, Faith, &amp; Energy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/171</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, 19 Mar 2008, 7:00 PM Support the Troops, End the War Pioneer Square at Broadway &#38; Morrison 720 SW Broadway Ave Portland, OR 97201 Directions: Either take the Max light rail to Pioneer Square or park in the garage on Taylor between Park and Broadway, or you can park on the street nearby. Hosted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controlling the spigot&#8230; Can a president raise the price of oil?</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/170</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Mr. Bush took us into a war of choice in Iraq. As Mr. Wolfowitz was kind enough to point out, the reason for this war was to occupy Iraq and control the spigot.Â  If this is not &#8220;control,&#8221; then what is?Â  Additionally Mr. Bush&#8217;s invasion of Iraq and REMOVAL of our base within Saudi Arabia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with packing the Supreme Court&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/169</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What is wrong with packing our courts with right leaning,Â  Constitution following judges??&#8221; &#8220;Right-Leaning&#8221; and &#8220;Constitution following&#8221; are (currently) contradictions in terms&#8230;. The right-leaning court which appointed George Bush ignored the constitution.Â  The constitution says that all votes must be counted, no matter how long it takes.Â  They stopped the counting on December 16.Â  When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debate Topics</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/168</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â There are a number of topics not in the presidential debates: 1.Â Â  Pre-emptive agression, occupation, &#38; exploitationÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  2.Â Â  Corporate control of health care options and alternatives 3.Â Â  A shrinking middle class and increasing poverty 4.Â Â  Lower wages andÂ higher food, fuel, and utility costs 5.Â Â  Failing secondary schools and prohibitive costs of higher education 6.Â Â  Corruption, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/166</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â There are many ways to parse the word faith.Â  &#8220;True&#8221;Â faithÂ is notÂ hearing disembodied voices, but consists ofÂ remembering who we are, and acting accordingly.Â Â Personally,Â I do not believe in some anthropomorphic &#8220;king&#8221; of a god whoÂ resemblesÂ human beings.Â  But I am a man of faith.Â  I have faith that life is full of mysteries which are both beyond our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What has Barack done so far and why should he be president?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama has alread accomplished more in one year than Bush has accomplished in seven years.Â  He is uniting the nation instead of dividing it.Â  He is facing issues instead of hiding behind Karl Rove&#8217;s rhetoric. Barack has reminded us who we are, what we stand for, and where we need to go from here. His [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2008</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/165</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will support any candidate from any party who offers an alternative to the Bush doctrine of corporate hubris, executive arrogance,Â neo-colonialistÂ aggression, and unending war. While I am concerned thatÂ bothÂ Obama,Â Clinton, and Bush embraceÂ versions of supply-side economics, corporate healthcare at home,Â and preemptive aggression &#38; occupation abroad&#8230; I think that either Obama or ClintonÂ might be preferable to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Privatized Government&#8221; is a bad idea&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/158</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Â Â Â Â Â  &#8220;Privatized Government&#8221; is a bad idea&#8230;. &#8220;One of the key principles of the Republican Party is a smaller government. Republican strategist, Grover Norquist has even said&#8230; &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Â Activism Calendar! add events</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/161</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Activism Calendar! add events www.WritingResource.org www.PeaceResource.com www.UnionResource.org sample@writingresource.org The Wordsmith Collection at Box 22, Lake Oswego, OR 97034 Â© Copyright 2002-2008 The Wordsmith Collection: www.WritingResource.org/Â all rights reserved. Non-profit corporation. Various Images linked to certified copyright holders.]]></description>
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		<title>There may be some surprises in IOWA this week&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/157</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Edwards and Barack Obama will be upstaging Clinton in the caucuses, ifÂ not in the corporate press.Â Â  John Edwards, in a matchup with ANY republican candidate, wins or ties across the board.Â  More and more people and union leaders are reconsidering these realities and standing up to support the only candidate (aside from Kucinich) who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2008 Elections&#8230;  What is at stake, and what choices do we have?</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/156</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Day!  Life after the mean extreme...]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been listening carefully to all of the candidates who are running for office. When it comes to human decency, basic civility, compassion,Â integrity, and progressive reform&#8230; there are three &#8220;progressive&#8221; candidates who have a chance at winning the presidency.Â  Hillary and Barack are both preferable to any alternatives offered by the confused and divided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local &amp; Federal programs are not mutually exclusive&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schools, roads, utilities, security, clean water, a safe food supply, and healthy and educated citizens areÂ critical infrastructure forÂ ourÂ democratic republic.Â  These resourcesÂ do not magically appear&#8230; unbidden.Â Â  They cost money.Â Â  Portland andÂ Oregon&#8217;sÂ resources for fighting crime and protecting ourÂ citizensÂ have been compromised, because federalÂ taxes continue to beÂ wasted in an ill-advisedÂ war of choice.Â Â More than 200 thousand private corporate &#8220;contractors&#8221;Â are now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2008  Election&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/154</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a long way to November&#8230;Â  And regardless of who the VP may be&#8230; Hillary in the White House means more surrender to the insurance industry, unending war in Iraq, and a continuing expansion of the unfair trading practices which lower wages and export jobs.Â  Evidently the Republicans like what they see&#8230; Get Ready [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The rats may be abandoning ship, but we have not changed course.</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/152</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This nation is beyond economic disaster.Â  Economists on both sides of the aisle predict that the excesses, blunders, corruption, and reckless spending of this Republican administration have crippled the United States with unsecured debt which will undermine our economic security for at least the next half century.Â  Fifty years or more.Â Â  While we may have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The War in Iraq is a local issue&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this point&#8230; cities, towns, and states across the nationÂ see diminishing returns from incapacitated federal agencies while representative democracy and efficient adminstration are &#8220;drown in the bathtub.&#8221; Our water, air, ecosphere, and food suppy are at risk. We see increasing casualties. This waste of our resources in theÂ occupation of Iraq isÂ undermining social services, short-changing community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The War Dogs&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The disappearance of many native Americans tribal cultures, provides stark evidence of genocides which have occurred in the short history of American culture. We may not have had ovens&#8230; but we did have death marchesand an &#8220;open season&#8221; on Native Americans which did destroy whole cultures. Our young nation&#8217;s groping for adulthood has been steeped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We need you on October 27, 2007  Patriots Unite.  No Surrender!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10/06/2007 04:29:54 AMÂ  What happened to the nation that never tortured?Â  The nation that wasn&#8217;t supposed to start wars of choice? The nation that respected human rights and life?Â  A nation that from the beginning was against tyranny?Â  Where have we gone?Â  How did we let these people take us there? How did we let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recommend This Group to a Friend</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/150</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recommend This Group to a Friend Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  The Wordsmith Collection Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  06/12/2007 11:21 PMÂ Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Â Â  Â Â Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Writing, Activism, &#038; Creative Arts Â %3]]></description>
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		<title>Butt Out of Oregon:  Don&#8217;t Allow Big Tobacco to Compromise your Kids&#8217; Health</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/149</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please send this to your members today and urge them to join us in our Butt Out of Oregon Campaign!Â Â Â  Click here to fight for Oregon kids and tell Big Tobacco to Butt Out! Big Tobacco is setting a spending record. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris have already put down $4.5 million for deceptive TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Healthcare and Elections&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/148</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As for Healthcare&#8230;Â  Kucinich and Edwards have put together what passes for a reasonable beginning towards universal healthcare.Â  And Edwards aleady has some actual union support and funding.Â  But the corporate press has not seen fit to talk about Obama&#8217;s plan. As for Hillary.Â  Her recent appearance on Letterman was telling.Â  She came out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multi-Search A good place to begin!</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/147</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multi-Search A good place to begin!Â Â  Searching?Â Â Click here!Â Â Â Â Â  Active BlogÂ Â  Activism CalendarÂ Â  AngelfireÂ Â  ARMailÂ Â  BlogÂ Â  CommentÂ Â  Computer ResourceÂ Â  HotmailÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â  International PeaceÂ Â  JWJÂ Â  KBOOÂ Â  Network SolutionsÂ Â  Social SearchÂ Â  ShalomÂ Â  LinkupÂ Â  IdeasÂ Â  MYPCC Enter your search terms Submit search form Â  Web ActiveResource.org ComputerResource.org WritingResource.info Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How:Â  Critical Issues Oregon Library Locator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is at stake?  And where do we go from here&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/145</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  George, Dick, Alberto, Condi, Rove, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, and the rest of theseÂ hacks have crippled our nation, undermined our economy, sacrificed the peace, and made us demonstrably less safe and secure.Â Â These problems, however, are not without solutions.Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â We must end the occupation and exploitation of Iraq.Â  Then we canÂ reconnectÂ with the international community, provide leadership on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Would-be King tries to pull another fast one&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/144</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the AP news item claiming that President Bush is likely to prevent aides from testifying before Congress about the firings of federal prosecutors &#8211; once again claiming executive privilege - it appears that the executive branch of our government believes it is above the law and answers to no one. The president has commuted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wordsmith Collection and More blogs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wordsmith Collection Interactive CalendarEvents, Marches, Actions, Meetings, Collectives, Rallies, Concerts, Festivals, Epiphanies, Poetry,Gatherings, Activities, Celebrations, Writing, Creative Arts, Eccentricity, Solidarity, &#038; such things&#8230; Links to Ideas The Wordsmith Collection Writing, Activism, &#38; Creative ArtsA Private Introduction Howard Shorr&#8217;s notes&#8220;There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KBOO LABOR RADIO and JWJ Update</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/163</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KBOO Labor Radio is about working people &#038; organizingâ€¦Here are some future KBOO Labor Radio shows: Third Monday: July 16th Kevin Card, legislative liaison of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), norm ally hosts this discussion, but Kevin is working on a project. (The Secretary of States national organization is meeting in Portland&#8230;and Kevin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of the Rule of Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Editorial: Â The End of the Rule of Law:Â  October 18, 2006 Â  Â 06/02/07Â  A packed court and our cowardly congress have betrayed the American people. Â We must restore constitutional mandates and the rule of law. Those who have abandoned their Â duties and principles need to be brought to justice. Â Whatever it takes. Â  Â  Â  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About Oil and Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 04:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[//< ![CDATA[ if(null==window["Live"])window["Live"]=new Object();if(Live.Themes==null)Live.Themes=new Object();Live.Themes.CurrentTheme="BaseLite";Live.Themes.CurrentThemeVersion="11.6.2119";Live.Themes.ProductVersion="11.6.2119";Live.Themes.ThemeUrl="http:\/\/shared.live.com\/~live.themes\/~11.6.2119\/~\/~live.search\/~\/~en-US\/~11.6.2119.30117\/BaseLite\/11.6.2119.30117/";Live.Header.Settings=new Object();Live.Header.Settings.BaseUrl='http://shared.live.com/~Live.GadgetFramework/~11.6.2119/';Live.Header.Settings.TemplateUrl='http://shared.live.com/~Live.Controls.HeaderTemplate/~/~en-US/~live.search/~/~p=Search/~s=1/';Live.Header.Utilities.init(); //]]&#62;Dear Friends, I will invoke a rarely used House rule of personal privilege to gain one hour of time in Congress for the purpose of discussing in detail the Congressional and White House efforts to privatize the oil of Iraq. Oil was the primary reason for the invasion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The public airwaves should be used for the public good.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 03:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[body, td, font, p, div, blockquote { font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif !important; font-size: 10pt !important; } td, font, p, div, blockquote { /* overflow: hidden; */ } Â  Â  Clicking here will add your name: &#8220;The public airwaves should be used for the public good. The government must protect our airwaves from corporate gatekeepers who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Searching and Activism</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/139</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 04:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Social Search ing...Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  A good place to begin!Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Libraries and Social NetworksÂ  Click on the picture of Portland for Civic-Engagement &#038; Livable Communities Â  Join PDXActivism Now! http://www.activepdxresource.ning.com/]]></description>
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		<title>No to Censorship:  We Need a Free Press in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 01:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took CBS two weeks to fire Don Imus for calling a college women&#8217;s basketball teamÂ  &#8220;nappy headed hos,&#8221; but it only took them two days to fire respected retired Major General John Batiste for speaking out against the president on the war.Batiste, a Republican, commanded troops in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. He left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama is very specific about Universal Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 16:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HereÂ isÂ aÂ statementÂ fromÂ Mr.Â Obama: &#8220;Â InÂ theÂ 2008Â campaign,Â affordable,Â universalÂ healthÂ careÂ forÂ everyÂ  singleÂ AmericanÂ mustÂ notÂ beÂ aÂ questionÂ ofÂ whether,Â itÂ mustÂ beÂ aÂ  questionÂ ofÂ how.Â WeÂ haveÂ theÂ ideas,Â weÂ haveÂ theÂ resources,Â andÂ weÂ willÂ  haveÂ universalÂ healthÂ careÂ inÂ thisÂ countryÂ byÂ theÂ endÂ ofÂ theÂ nextÂ  president&#8217;sÂ firstÂ term.&#8221; ThereÂ isÂ nothingÂ vagueÂ aboutÂ this statement.Â  No matter how the right wing talking point machine may try to spin it&#8230;. ObamaÂ isÂ anÂ interestingÂ mixÂ ofÂ liberalÂ andÂ conservative.Â Â HeÂ mayÂ actually attractÂ someÂ fromÂ theÂ rightÂ becauseÂ hisÂ liberalÂ andÂ sociallyÂ consciousÂ  viewsÂ areÂ basedÂ inÂ personalÂ responsibilityÂ andÂ civic-engagement&#8230; EarlyÂ inÂ hisÂ careerÂ heÂ turnedÂ downÂ higher-payingÂ jobsÂ inÂ orderÂ toÂ serveÂ  hisÂ community.Â There is only a hairs-breadth difference between responsible conservatives and liberals.Â  But only theÂ extremists make the news. TheÂ attacksÂ onÂ ObamaÂ fromÂ theÂ far-rightÂ areÂ understandable.Â Â TheyÂ feelÂ  threatened.Â BarackÂ ObamaÂ hasÂ madeÂ veryÂ specificÂ statementsÂ aboutÂ healthÂ  care.Â Â ThisÂ isÂ whyÂ theÂ rightÂ feelsÂ threatened,Â andÂ areÂ nowÂ orchestratingÂ aÂ  varietyÂ ofÂ attacksÂ onÂ hisÂ campaign.Â ObamaÂ wantsÂ usÂ toÂ moveÂ towardsÂ  universalÂ healthÂ coverage.Â  HereÂ areÂ hisÂ views,Â clearlyÂ stated. TheÂ TimeÂ HasÂ ComeÂ forÂ UniversalÂ HealthÂ CareÂ  U.S.Â SenatorÂ BarackÂ Obama &#8220;InÂ theÂ 2008Â campaign,Â affordable,Â universalÂ healthÂ careÂ forÂ everyÂ  singleÂ AmericanÂ mustÂ notÂ beÂ aÂ questionÂ ofÂ whether,Â itÂ mustÂ beÂ aÂ  questionÂ ofÂ how.&#8221;Â  http://obama.senate.gov/speech/070125-the_time_has_come_for_universal_health_care/index.html [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncivil War and Regime Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 20:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ThisÂ isÂ theÂ mostÂ dishonestÂ andÂ corruptÂ administrationÂ inÂ USÂ history&#8230;Â  barÂ none.Â Â AnyoneÂ whoÂ attemptsÂ toÂ disputeÂ thisÂ isÂ simplyÂ notÂ payingÂ  attention.Â Â TheÂ crimesÂ ofÂ thisÂ administrationÂ areÂ notÂ onlyÂ impeachable Â offenses,Â theyÂ areÂ crimesÂ againstÂ theÂ stateÂ whichÂ shouldÂ beÂ prosecutedÂ  toÂ theÂ fullestÂ extentÂ ofÂ theÂ law.Â  {Photos from the war in IraqÂ  All of the photos were taken in 2003.} IfÂ congressÂ doesÂ notÂ doÂ theirÂ dutyÂ soonÂ whileÂ Bush,Â Cheney,Â GonzalesÂ  andÂ othersÂ continueÂ toÂ ignoreÂ constitutionalÂ mandatesÂ andÂ theÂ AmericanÂ  people,Â itÂ mayÂ becomeÂ necessaryÂ forÂ loyalÂ USÂ military,Â police,Â nationalÂ  guard,Â stateÂ militias,Â andÂ loyalÂ AmericanÂ volunteersÂ toÂ physicallyÂ  removeÂ theseÂ traitorsÂ andÂ putÂ themÂ inÂ prisonÂ asÂ aÂ matterÂ ofÂ nationalÂ  andÂ internationalÂ security. ImpeachmentÂ mayÂ haveÂ beenÂ prudent,Â butÂ moreÂ directÂ measuresÂ mayÂ soonÂ  becomeÂ necessaryÂ inÂ orderÂ toÂ reestablishÂ aÂ ruleÂ ofÂ lawÂ andÂ someÂ mimimunÂ  standardÂ ofÂ local,Â national,Â military,Â andÂ economicÂ security.Â Â Â  Â Â  Tim &#8220;SpurredÂ byÂ reportsÂ ofÂ anÂ aggressiveÂ militaryÂ build-upÂ andÂ failureÂ toÂ  reignÂ inÂ corporateÂ terrorists,Â theÂ governmentÂ ofÂ BelgiumÂ isÂ pressingÂ  forÂ aÂ preemptiveÂ strikeÂ againstÂ theÂ regimeÂ ofÂ GeorgeÂ W.Â Bush.Â  &#8220;WeÂ cannotÂ sitÂ idlyÂ byÂ andÂ eatÂ ourÂ deliciousÂ chocolatesÂ whileÂ theÂ  UnitedÂ StatesÂ governmentÂ engagesÂ inÂ aÂ policyÂ ofÂ harassment,&#8221;Â BelgianÂ  PrimeÂ MinisterÂ GuyÂ VerhofstadtÂ saidÂ inÂ aÂ nationally-televisedÂ addressÂ  toÂ theÂ BelgianÂ people.Â &#8221;NowÂ isÂ theÂ timeÂ forÂ action.Â WeÂ cannotÂ waffle.&#8221;Â  RecentÂ reportsÂ fromÂ BelgianÂ intelligenceÂ sourcesÂ indicateÂ thatÂ theÂ  UnitedÂ StatesÂ isÂ nowÂ inÂ possessionÂ ofÂ weaponsÂ ofÂ massÂ destructionÂ Â­Â  chemical,Â biologicalÂ andÂ nuclear.Â &#8221;WeÂ knowÂ thatÂ theÂ UnitedÂ StatesÂ hasÂ  nuclearÂ weaponsÂ andÂ thatÂ theyÂ haveÂ actuallyÂ usedÂ themÂ inÂ theÂ past,&#8221;Â  intonedÂ theÂ PrimeÂ Minister.&#8221;Â ThereÂ isÂ noÂ reasonÂ toÂ thinkÂ theyÂ willÂ notÂ  useÂ themÂ inÂ theÂ future.&#8221;Â  VerhofstadtÂ isÂ insistingÂ thatÂ UnitedÂ NationsÂ weaponÂ inspectorsÂ beÂ givenÂ  &#8220;unfetteredÂ accessÂ toÂ theÂ massiveÂ stockpiles&#8221;Â ofÂ weapons,Â andÂ thatÂ theyÂ  beÂ destroyedÂ immediately.Â  &#8220;WeÂ standÂ atÂ theÂ crossroads,&#8221;Â pleadedÂ Verhofstadt.Â &#8221;EitherÂ theÂ UnitedÂ  StatesÂ agreesÂ toÂ ourÂ demands,Â orÂ weÂ willÂ beÂ forcedÂ toÂ putÂ downÂ ourÂ  deliciousÂ chocolatesÂ andÂ leadÂ theÂ wayÂ forÂ permanentÂ regimeÂ change.Â  Remember,Â myÂ dearÂ Walloons,Â theÂ currentÂ cliqueÂ inÂ WashingtonÂ wasÂ  electedÂ inÂ directÂ contraventionÂ ofÂ theÂ willÂ ofÂ theÂ AmericanÂ people.Â  RegimeÂ changeÂ willÂ beÂ welcomedÂ byÂ theirÂ citizens.&#8221;Â  ReactionÂ toÂ theÂ speechÂ throughoutÂ EuropeÂ wasÂ swift.Â  &#8220;WeÂ standÂ withÂ ourÂ BelgianÂ brothers,&#8221;Â offeredÂ FrenchÂ PresidentÂ JacquesÂ  Chirac.Â &#8221;FranceÂ isÂ willingÂ toÂ commitÂ thirty-fiveÂ troopsÂ andÂ manyÂ casesÂ  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Institutional Reform in Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 17:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TooÂ manyÂ necessaryÂ (evenÂ essential)Â disciplinesÂ  areÂ noÂ longerÂ partÂ ofÂ theÂ coreÂ curriculumÂ ofÂ our schools.Â Â PerhapsÂ thisÂ isÂ whyÂ ourÂ educational institutions,Â whichÂ wereÂ onceÂ theÂ bestÂ onÂ theÂ  planet,Â areÂ noÂ longerÂ evenÂ inÂ theÂ topÂ 40. SixÂ ofÂ tenÂ USÂ highÂ schoolÂ graduatesÂ cannotÂ  communicateÂ orÂ writeÂ atÂ aÂ collegeÂ level. RhetoricÂ (theÂ artÂ ofÂ communicationÂ andÂ  persuasion)Â usedÂ toÂ beÂ theÂ cornerstoneÂ ofÂ  ourÂ curriculumÂ fromÂ kindergartenÂ throughÂ  gradÂ school.Â Â NowÂ itÂ isÂ reservedÂ forÂ gradÂ  school.Â Â AsÂ anÂ elective.Â Â Â WhatÂ happened? IfÂ ourÂ studentsÂ cannotÂ comprehendÂ whatÂ  theyÂ readÂ orÂ communicateÂ whatÂ theyÂ know, theyÂ areÂ notÂ capableÂ ofÂ becomingÂ proficient inÂ theirÂ disciplines,Â whateverÂ theyÂ mayÂ be.Â Â Â  AreÂ civic-engagement,Â criticalÂ thinking,Â  logic,Â Latin,Â Greek,Â linguistics,Â ethics,Â  politicalÂ discourse,Â criticalÂ thinking,Â philosophy,Â  debate,Â activism,Â worldÂ literature,Â history,Â  art,Â music,Â science,Â researchÂ methods,Â  andÂ communityÂ developmentÂ partÂ ofÂ aÂ  coreÂ curriculumÂ atÂ communityÂ colleges? IfÂ not&#8230;Â whyÂ not?Â Â IfÂ weÂ everÂ hopeÂ toÂ equip ourÂ studentsÂ toÂ endure,Â survive,Â prevail&#8230; &#8230;orÂ evenÂ beÂ inÂ theÂ runningÂ whenÂ they moveÂ intoÂ four-yearÂ institutionsÂ toÂ specialize andÂ honeÂ theirÂ skillsÂ inÂ anyÂ field,Â theyÂ need broader,Â deeper,Â andÂ moreÂ comprehensive foundations.Â Â WeÂ mustÂ accomplishÂ some veryÂ basicÂ reformÂ inÂ K-12Â andÂ beyond. OurÂ communityÂ collegesÂ areÂ inÂ theÂ process ofÂ reformÂ atÂ thisÂ moment,Â butÂ thinkÂ whatÂ  weÂ woulda,Â shoulda,Â orÂ couldaÂ doneÂ inÂ theÂ  pastÂ sevenÂ yearsÂ withÂ 500Â billionÂ dollarsÂ  whichÂ hasÂ beenÂ squanderedÂ inÂ theÂ crude corporateÂ occupationÂ andÂ exploitationÂ ofÂ  IraqÂ andÂ surroundingÂ nations. OrÂ thinkÂ ofÂ whatÂ weÂ couldÂ haveÂ doneÂ even withÂ adequateÂ supportÂ insteadÂ ofÂ tenÂ dollars aÂ yearÂ fromÂ theÂ corporateÂ parasitesÂ whoÂ refuse toÂ doÂ theirÂ partÂ toÂ supportÂ ourÂ communities. HadÂ weÂ weÂ investedÂ inÂ ourÂ people,Â AmericaÂ  wouldÂ nowÂ beÂ relevant,Â credible,Â strong,Â secure,Â  andÂ standÂ asÂ anÂ exampleÂ ofÂ excellence,Â  integrity,Â courage,Â faith,Â vision,Â andÂ honor.Â Â  IfÂ weÂ beginÂ toÂ investÂ inÂ educationÂ andÂ civicÂ  commitmentÂ bothÂ locallyÂ andÂ globally,Â weÂ  canÂ effectÂ radicalÂ andÂ fundamentalÂ change. TheÂ middle-of-theÂ roaders,Â iconoclasts,Â  neocolonialists,Â nutcases,Â andÂ neanderthals hadÂ bestÂ holdÂ ontoÂ theirÂ hatsÂ orÂ getÂ outÂ ofÂ the way,Â becauseÂ aÂ changeÂ isÂ gonnaÂ come&#8230; bestÂ regards,Â Tim PSÂ Â ApolgiesÂ toÂ SamÂ Cooke&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Impeach Gonzales!</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/134</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 23:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heâ€™s Impeachable, You Know By FRANK BOWMAN The power to impeach civil officers like Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is at bottom a tool granted Congress to defend the constitutional order.]]></description>
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		<title>Whatever it takes&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 18:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[150Â thousandÂ deathsÂ perÂ year&#8230; 125Â billlionÂ dollarsÂ perÂ year&#8230; RealÂ costÂ ofÂ IraqÂ war:Â MoreÂ thanÂ $500Â billion CapitolÂ HillÂ Blue,Â VAÂ -Â 5Â hoursÂ ago http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/2386 War&#8217;sÂ costÂ nearsÂ $500BÂ NewsÂ &#038;Â Observer http://www.newsobserver.com/110/story/569573.html CostÂ ofÂ warÂ surpassingÂ half-trillionÂ KansasÂ CityÂ Star http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/89637.html IraqÂ WarÂ Study:Â MoreÂ ThanÂ 600000Â DeadÂ inÂ Iraq&#8230; www.alternet.org/waroniraq/42867/Â Â WeÂ areÂ bearingÂ theseÂ costsÂ inÂ livesÂ andÂ dollars,Â soÂ potty-mouthÂ Cheney&#8217;sÂ war-profiteeringÂ mayÂ proceed.Â  ThisÂ corruptÂ BushÂ regime,Â throughÂ extortion,Â blackmail,Â  torture,Â andÂ worse&#8230;Â Â seeksÂ toÂ disinheritÂ theÂ IraqiÂ people.Â Â In this processÂ theyÂ haveÂ  crippledÂ ourÂ miiltary,Â ruinedÂ our reputation,Â erasedÂ ourÂ credibility, andÂ dishonoredÂ thisÂ nation. ItÂ isÂ timeÂ toÂ endÂ thisÂ criminalÂ enterprise.Â Â WeÂ mustÂ enforceÂ theÂ law,Â  endÂ theÂ occupation, bringÂ ourÂ troopsÂ home,Â demandÂ reparations,Â and beginÂ aÂ processÂ ofÂ reconstruction andÂ rehabilitationÂ inÂ AmericaÂ andÂ Iraq.TheÂ fecklessÂ incompetenceÂ andÂ irresponsibilityÂ ofÂ thisÂ administrationÂ isÂ unprecedented.Â Â  ItÂ isÂ timeÂ weÂ heldÂ themÂ accountableÂ forÂ theirÂ arroganceÂ andÂ hubris.Â Â  2008Â willÂ beÂ tooÂ late.Â Â WeÂ cannotÂ affordÂ hundredsÂ ofÂ billionsÂ moreÂ  dollars,Â andÂ hundredsÂ ofÂ thousandsÂ moreÂ lives.Â Â ItÂ doesÂ notÂ compute.Â Â  TheÂ bottomÂ lineÂ atÂ thisÂ pointÂ isÂ rankÂ treason. Bush&#8217;sÂ &#8221;timeline&#8221;Â mayÂ beÂ JanuaryÂ 2009,Â butÂ congressÂ shouldÂ insistÂ thatÂ  weÂ deserveÂ better.Â Â ItÂ isÂ timeÂ weÂ bringÂ thisÂ sadÂ chapterÂ toÂ aÂ close.Â Â  NoÂ moreÂ compromiseÂ andÂ noÂ moreÂ surrender.Â Â  WhateverÂ itÂ takes&#8230;Â Â itÂ is timeÂ toÂ doÂ theÂ rightÂ thing. WriteÂ yourÂ representatives: http://www.WritingResource.info/actnow.html Â  Â  Â Â  best regards,Â Tim Box 22/Lake Oswego,OR/97034-0003Â Â Â Search Â Â Â Â 503-697-1670Â Â Â Â Â tim@writingresource.orgÂ Â  www.WritingResource.infoÂ Â  Â  Â Â  ActiveResource.orgÂ Â Â AlternativeNewsResource.orgÂ Â  ComputerResource.orgÂ Â  InternationalPeaceresources.orgÂ Â  PeaceResource.comÂ Â  PeaceResource.orgÂ Â  ReadingResources.orgÂ Â  TheWordsmithCollection.orgÂ Â  Unionresource.orgÂ Â  WritingResource.infoÂ  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We could end the war in Iraq with the stroke of a pen&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/130</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A piece of paper will soon be placed on George Bush&#8217;s desk in the Oval Office. By picking up a pen and signing his name to it, he could end the war in Iraq. The House and Senate united and passed a bill that would provide for our troops now and begin a redeployment from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rudy Giuliani should be ashamed.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rudy Giuliani should be ashamed. The former New York City Mayor is politicizing September 11th in his 2008 presidential bid. Here&#8217;s what he said at a recent campaign stop in New Hampshire: &#8220;If a Democrat is elected president in 2008, America will be at risk for another terrorist attack on the scale of Sept. 11, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restore Habeas Corpus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sign the Lawyer Petition If you&#8217;re a lawyer, please sign this petition to restore habeas corpus. Â  Tell-A-LawyerÂ  We need your help to increase the impact of the petition to Restore Habeas Corpus. Please tell every lawyer, law student, law school dean, law school professor, retired judge, retired prosecutor and retired public defender you know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom of Speech and Corporate Media in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One would think: the impeachment of a Vice President,Â  conflicting financial interests of a Vice President a Vice President who lobbies for torture or a President who has betrayed his constitutional duties and this nation&#8230;. would be news!Â  If we still hadÂ a free press in America, it would certainly be news. But what we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Signing Statements&#8221; have no legal foundation in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;George W. Bush&#8217;s &#8220;signing statements,&#8221; used to nullify key provisions of new laws, are anathema to liberals and conservatives alike.Â  His arrogant pronouncements that he will &#8220;not be bound by limits on his power&#8221; are strikingly imperial in tone, and absolutely inappropriate within the constrants imposed by our representative form of government.&#8221;Â  Â Â Â Â  If Mr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TERRORISM IS A TACTIC NOT AN ENEMY</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â ThereÂ isÂ noÂ warÂ onÂ terror.Â Â TerrorÂ isÂ aÂ tactic. TheÂ &#8221;warÂ onÂ terror&#8221;Â rhetoricÂ wasÂ usedÂ by theseÂ guysÂ asÂ aÂ convenientÂ toolÂ toÂ misuseÂ  ourÂ militaryÂ inÂ aÂ corporateÂ bidÂ forÂ theÂ  occupationÂ andÂ exploitationÂ ofÂ Iraq. OurÂ occupationÂ ofÂ IraqÂ inÂ orderÂ toÂ enforceÂ no-bid cost-plusÂ contractsÂ forÂ corrruptionÂ hasÂ nothingÂ  toÂ doÂ withÂ 9-11.Â Â EvenÂ BushÂ admitsÂ that.Â Â Â  SimpleÂ history.Â Â It is time to faceÂ facts.Â Â  DelusionsÂ andÂ self-deceptionÂ mayÂ beÂ comfortable now,Â butÂ theyÂ willÂ beÂ difficultÂ toÂ explain toÂ yourÂ grandkids. TheÂ braveÂ menÂ whoseÂ livesÂ wereÂ sacrificed inÂ thisÂ bidÂ forÂ corporateÂ hegemonyÂ viaÂ aÂ  wrong-headedÂ revivalÂ ofÂ colonialism,Â areÂ aÂ tragedy.Â TheirÂ self-sacrificeÂ isÂ heroic,Â but theirÂ betrayalÂ byÂ thisÂ administrationÂ isÂ aÂ burdenÂ weÂ noÂ longerÂ needÂ toÂ carry. ItÂ isÂ timeÂ toÂ fixÂ thatÂ problem.Â  AndÂ 2008Â isÂ tooÂ longÂ toÂ wait. tim]]></description>
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		<title>Let me introduce Mr. Habeas Corpus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â  You may have already seen him. As an unflagging champion of justice and due process of law, Habeas has been looking out for us all. Now he needs us to look out for him before the rights he has been protecting for centuries are lost forever. As part of the ACLU community, we wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr.Â CheneyÂ isÂ dangerous.Â Â </title>
		<link>http://activeresource.org/wordpress/archives/123</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr.Â CheneyÂ isÂ dangerous.Â Â CongressÂ shouldÂ removeÂ him.Â Â  RegardlessÂ ofÂ hisÂ motives&#8230;Â  Cheney&#8217;sÂ misuseÂ ofÂ ourÂ troops, betrayalÂ ofÂ ourÂ people, andÂ failureÂ toÂ honorÂ constitutional mandatesÂ isÂ rankÂ treasonÂ  andÂ he must be impeached, removed, and prosecuted. thisÂ cannotÂ stand.Â  Â Â  Cheny&#8217;s arrogance,Â malfeasance,Â andÂ incompetenceÂ haveÂ sacrificedÂ our nation&#8217;s reputation,Â credibility,Â andÂ honor.Â Â  InÂ thisÂ sordidÂ abuseÂ office,Â hundredsÂ ofÂ thousandsÂ haveÂ suffered or diedÂ needlessly while vastÂ resources have been wasted.Â  ThisÂ travestyÂ mustÂ comeÂ toÂ anÂ end.Â  WeÂ cannotÂ waitÂ forÂ 2008.Â  Timothy FlanaganÂ  More About Mr. Cheney]]></description>
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		<title>The Mayor&#8217;s Dream:  Portland Oregon&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From OregonLive.comÂ -Â Portland,OR,USA on Tuesday, March 27 Â &#8221;It&#8217;sÂ unionsÂ vs.Â businessÂ inÂ heavyweightÂ electionÂ bout&#8221;Â Â Â  &#8220;PoliticallyÂ speaking,Â unionsÂ benefitÂ fromÂ aÂ systemÂ inÂ whichÂ fiveÂ  electedÂ officialsÂ shareÂ power.Â EvenÂ ifÂ theÂ mayorÂ isn&#8217;tÂ aÂ strongÂ laborÂ  supporter,Â &#8230; &#8230;LaborÂ unionsÂ nowÂ haveÂ threeÂ goodÂ friendsÂ onÂ theÂ CityÂ Council:Â  CommissionerÂ ErikÂ StenÂ hasÂ pushedÂ aÂ kinder,Â moreÂ cooperativeÂ approachÂ  toÂ contractÂ negotiationsÂ withÂ PortlandÂ firefighters;Â CommissionerÂ SamÂ  AdamsÂ hasÂ pledgedÂ toÂ blockÂ anotherÂ Wal-MartÂ fromÂ Portland,Â inÂ part,Â  becauseÂ ofÂ theÂ retailingÂ giant&#8217;sÂ anti-unionÂ practices;Â andÂ CommissionerÂ  RandyÂ LeonardÂ workedÂ asÂ aÂ unionÂ negotiatorÂ beforeÂ hisÂ politicalÂ career.&#8221; ~~~Â inÂ response: IfÂ IÂ recallÂ correctly,Â itÂ wasÂ aÂ &#8221;MayorÂ Potter&#8221;Â whoÂ ruinedÂ livesÂ inÂ  &#8220;It&#8217;sÂ aÂ WonderfulÂ Life.&#8221;Â Â RatherÂ thanÂ allowingÂ Portland&#8217;sÂ MayorÂ PotterÂ  toÂ goÂ downÂ thatÂ road,Â itÂ wouldÂ behooveÂ usÂ toÂ appreciateÂ theÂ livesÂ weÂ  haveÂ andÂ retainÂ theÂ accessÂ weÂ haveÂ whichÂ allowsÂ usÂ toÂ haveÂ aÂ voiceÂ inÂ  howÂ ourÂ cityÂ isÂ run.Â Â PortlandÂ isÂ aÂ cityÂ thatÂ works.Â Â  Let&#8217;sÂ keepÂ itÂ thatÂ way!Â Â  TimÂ Flanagan writerÂ andÂ PortlandÂ resident MailingÂ address:Â Â BoxÂ 22 LakeÂ Oswego,Â Oregon 97034-0003 Phone:Â Â 503-697-1670]]></description>
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		<title>Close the Guantanamo Prison:  Return to the rule of law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.angelfire.com/blues/writing/gitmoupdate.html NoÂ presidentÂ shouldÂ everÂ beÂ givenÂ theÂ unilateralÂ powerÂ toÂ designateÂ  peopleÂ enemyÂ combatantsÂ andÂ thenÂ haveÂ themÂ lockedÂ awayÂ indefinitelyÂ  withÂ noÂ prospectÂ ofÂ beingÂ chargedÂ orÂ tried.Â  TheÂ prisonÂ atÂ GuantanamoÂ isÂ damagingÂ AmericanÂ values,Â andÂ ourÂ  reputationÂ inÂ theÂ eyesÂ ofÂ ourÂ enemiesÂ andÂ ourÂ alliesÂ alike.Â Itâ€™sÂ timeÂ  toÂ endÂ indefiniteÂ detentionÂ withoutÂ chargesÂ andÂ shutÂ downÂ Guantanamo. EmailÂ yourÂ MembersÂ ofÂ Congress:Â TellÂ themÂ toÂ closeÂ theÂ GuantanamoÂ prison. Write a letter to the editor, get active!Â Â Â  Critical Issues, Daily News, Essential Ideas LastÂ week,Â TheÂ NewÂ YorkÂ TimesÂ reportedÂ thatÂ PresidentÂ Bushâ€™sÂ newÂ  DefenseÂ SecretaryÂ RobertÂ GatesÂ favorsÂ closingÂ GuantanamoÂ andÂ  transferringÂ theÂ prisonersÂ thereÂ toÂ theÂ UnitedÂ States.Â  AndÂ SenatorÂ JohnÂ McCainÂ (R-AZ)Â said,Â ifÂ electedÂ president,Â heÂ â€œwouldÂ  immediatelyÂ closeÂ GuantanamoÂ Bay,Â moveÂ allÂ prisonersÂ toÂ FortÂ  LeavenworthÂ andÂ trulyÂ expediteÂ theÂ judicialÂ proceedingsÂ inÂ theirÂ cases.â€ TheÂ ConstitutionÂ makesÂ theÂ presidentÂ subjectÂ toÂ theÂ ruleÂ ofÂ law.Â ItsÂ  draftersÂ rejectedÂ dungeonsÂ andÂ monarchiesÂ andÂ choseÂ aÂ systemÂ ofÂ dueÂ  processÂ andÂ checksÂ andÂ balances. TakeÂ action:Â TellÂ CongressÂ toÂ closeÂ Guantanamo Â Â  Contact Elected Officials]]></description>
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		<title>President Barack Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re asking you to consider throwing a get-together with a few of your family, friends, and neighbors for Barack Obama on March 31. This is the easiest way you can help our grassroots campaign reach out to people across the country with our message of hope and change. This is all you have to do: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Criminals and Scoundrels: The 25 Most Corrupt Members of the Bush Administration.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, CREW released a new report, &#8220;Criminals and Scoundrels: The 25 Most Corrupt Members of the Bush Administration.&#8221; The full report with exhibits can be found here. CREW found and documented more than more than 160 cases of misconduct over the last six years and then narrowed the list based on type of offense, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impeachment Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latest Calls to Action&#8230; &#8220;Calling Nancy Pelosi: The People&#8217;s Case for Impeaching Bush&#8221;, Whether or not it would be a political liability for the Democrats, impeaching Bush is their constitutional duty. (Elizabeth Holtzman, Washington Spectator, 11/14/06) &#8220;George McGovern to Cheney: Resign&#8221;, McGovern says of Cheney: If he had any respect for the Constitution or the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Issues:  What can be done?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rally in Salem for Healthcare Join John Kitzhaber on the steps of the Oregon Capitol in Salem on Wednesday, March 14th at 12:30 PM. We&#8217;ll be supporting the Oregon Better Health Act, which will build a health system for everyone that is affordable, accessible, efficient, and makes sense. Come early and get a free t-shirt. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Barack Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â &#8221;Barack Obama has what it takes. &#8220;Â Â He provides a bridge between conservative ideas and liberal traditions.Â  He inspires America with his intelligence, charisma, and plain-spoken honesty.Â  He has the wisdom and humility to build a cabinet which includes the best and brightest in our nation.Â  He intends to reconnect America with traditions of civic-engagement and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it about oil?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Is the Iraq war about oil?Â Â The short answer is yes.Â Â  It is about power, politics,Â oil pricing and control ofÂ oil. http://cloudking.com/artists/daryl-campbell/oil-guzzler.php]]></description>
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