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		<title>Is America a Democracy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people today do not understand the difference, but it is crucial. In a pure Democracy, the majority decides things. Each issue would be voted on by the masses, and the majority would win. So, should we have a new tax on the "rich?" Everyone cast your vote. Since the majority of people do not fall in the "rich" category, the vote would probably pass and our economy would be damaged.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Capitalism&#8217;s Time Is Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capitalism is the only choice we have. How do I know that? Because a world of experts tells me so – nearly every day.

Economists have thousands of fancy charts and graphs to deflect us from this reality, and a litany of arcane explanations; but the simple reason is greed.]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-Israeli Lobby Group Advocates Death for Unpatriotic Journalists &amp; Military</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 04:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Future wars may require censorship, news blackouts and, ultimately, military attacks on the partisan media. Why? Because the "anti-war" media has caused increasing numbers of American military figures, and a host of ex-diplomats, intelligence officers and others to publicly challenge the Jewish lobby.]]></description>
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		<title>The Torture Agenda</title>
		<link>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2008/liberal-politics/the-torture-agenda.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 9/11, the Bush administration and their legal sycophants in the Justice Department and right-wing think tanks such as the American Enterprise Institute and the Federalist Society, have claimed that the criminal regime in Washington has the legal right to employ any tactic to pursue its sordid agenda.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Diplomats Urge Closure of Gitmo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five former secretaries of state met in Athens, Ga. recently to formulate bipartisan foreign policy suggestions for the next president. All five former secretaries (Powell, Kissinger, Albright, Baker and Christopher) agreed on two important recommendations: The U.S. should open a dialogue with Iran, and the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay should be closed. The first [...]]]></description>
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