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		<title>Obamacare: Healthcare &amp; Its Bill</title>
		<link>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2010/conservative-politics/obamacare-healthcare-and-its-bill.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In­sur­ance com­pa­nies will not be al­lowed to com­pel year­ly lim­its, life­time re­stric­tions on ben­e­fits, and all chil­dren will have the as­sur­ance of in­sur­ance (re­gard­less of any pre-?ex­ist­ing health con­di­tions). And the Pres­i­dent promis­es more of these good things in the fu­ture. What is so odd about be­ing grate­ful for these won­der­ful and good things, you ask?]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Again Reminds He&#8217;s Not &#8216;Black&#8217; President Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Congressional Black Caucus got another painful reminder that President  Obama is not black President Obama. In a press interview Obama bluntly said that  he would not propose any special initiatives for blacks. Obama’s sharp retort was in direct response to questions about how he’d solve a glaring problem and a glaring demand from the Caucus]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Reid&#8217;s Hyperbolic Hyperbole: Exaggeration For Effect</title>
		<link>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2009/conservative-politics/harry-reids-hyperbolic-hyperbole-exaggeration-for-effect.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Harry Reid has redefined the concept of "exaggeration for effect" with his latest whiney screed and co-opted race baiting as a new Democrat leadership tool. 

According to the Majority Leader of the Senate, ANYone who does not agree the health care gospel according to Barack and the dems is the same as those who previously supported slavery.]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Health Care by the Numbers</title>
		<link>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2009/economics/video-health-care-by-the-numbers.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can we afford health care reform? With over 46 million Americans uninsured, we can't afford not to. In the past decade, Insurance premiums paid by Americans have increased by 131%. In 2004, 18% of insured Americans had medical bill problems. That's up from 14% in 2001. This year on average a family of four spent $17,000 on health care. That's 19% of the family's total income. In 2019, that figure is expected to climb to $39,000 per year, which is 31% of the average family income. Watch this video for more information.]]></description>
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		<title>Black Queers Are Tying The Knot</title>
		<link>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2009/liberal-politics/black-queers-are-tying-the-knot.html</link>
		<comments>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2009/liberal-politics/black-queers-are-tying-the-knot.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More and more lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans­gender, and queer people of African descent are marrying. While same-?sex marriage is not the most pressing issue in black communi­ties, these efforts are creating controversy.]]></description>
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		<title>Howard Dean&#8217;s Prescription For Real Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2009/liberal-politics/howard-deans-prescription-for-real-healthcare-reform.html</link>
		<comments>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2009/liberal-politics/howard-deans-prescription-for-real-healthcare-reform.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans need real healthcare reform, not just insurance reform, and nobody should mistake the two. Real healthcare reform should offer coverage to the employed, the unemployed, the sick, the healthy, the young, the old. Everyone.]]></description>
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		<title>CNN: &#8216;Making Blacks Look Bad&#8217; So &#8216;Whites Feel Good&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2009/media/cnn-making-blacks-look-bad-so-whites-feel-good.html</link>
		<comments>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2009/media/cnn-making-blacks-look-bad-so-whites-feel-good.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How would CNN promote a show called "White in America?" Would they feature the thousands of meth addicts who have abandoned their children? The California rural and suburban white women who do more dope than Latino and black youth? And if not, why not? Can’t they get State Farm, Ford and McDonald's to sponsor such a program? All of these companies are sponsoring "Black in America,"" the aim of which is to cast collective blame on blacks for the country's social problems. For ratings.]]></description>
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		<title>Are Gay Rights Civil Rights?</title>
		<link>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2009/liberal-politics/are-gay-rights-civil-rights.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a saying that history repeats itself and without a doubt that is what is currently taking place in this country with the gay rights movement. 

People who supported slavery, denied white women and people of color the right to vote, were all on the wrong side of history by denying people's basic human and civil rights. And today, there are many who are still on the wrong side of history by denying gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans basic civil rights.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Boycotts Anti-Racism Conference</title>
		<link>http://pardonmypolitics.com/2009/general/obama-boycotts-anti-racism-conference.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama defends his decision to boycott the recent United Nations anti-racism conference - and the UN replies]]></description>
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