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	<title>Provide for the Common Defense &#187; Global Affairs</title>
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		<title>The Ego Has Landed &#8211; Chicago Dropped in First Round.</title>
		<link>http://mbatm27.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-ego-has-landed-chicago-dropped-in-first-round/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drudge cracks me up.&#160; The headline maybe be a little over the top, but the reactions of CNN and other media to the choice of the IOC is pretty funny…

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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Vision of National Science?</title>
		<link>http://mbatm27.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/obamas-vision-of-national-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative.&#34;

- President Obama, April 25, 2009
John P. Holdren named President-elect Obama’s Science Advisor

- Harvard Science Website, December 20, 2008
 
Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=891&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Administration Ordered FBI to Read Rights to Detainees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Found this on FoxNews.com which worries the bejeebers out of me.

U.S. Lawmaker Says Obama Administration Ordered FBI to Read Rights to Detainees
The move is reportedly creating chaos in the field among the CIA, FBI and military personnel, according to Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. 

Yeah, I would definitely say that it would create chaos.&#160; And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=889&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chavez says Comrade Obama more left-wing</title>
		<link>http://mbatm27.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/chavez-says-comrade-obama-more-left-wing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got to love this, when Comrade Chavez make jokes about Obama’s socialist agenda…
During one of Chavez&#8217;s customary lectures on the &#34;curse&#34; of capitalism and the bonanzas of socialism, the Venezuelan leader made reference to GM&#8217;s bankruptcy filing, which is expected to give the U.S. government a 60 percent stake in the 100-year-old former symbol of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=888&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama&#8217;s Top 10 Apologies from Heritage Foundation&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mbatm27.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/barack-obamas-top-10-apologies-from-heritage-foundation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great little article that sums up President Obama’s top 10 apologies, while humiliating us as a Superpower…&#160; Grabbed the headlines from Heritage Foundation, you’ll have to link over to read the text…
 
On several occasions, President Obama has sought to apologize for the actions of his own country when addressing a foreign audience&#8211;including seven of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=887&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unconditional Talks or Threat of Force?</title>
		<link>http://mbatm27.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/unconditional-talks-or-threat-of-force/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 13:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted in Global Affairs, Global Threats, Iran, Islam, Muslim, Religion       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=881&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Man Helps Suicide Jumper&#8230; To Jump!</title>
		<link>http://mbatm27.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/man-helps-suicide-jumper-to-jump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 10:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lai Jiansheng, 66, said he was fed up with the desperate man&#8217;s &#8220;selfish activity&#8221; which caused huge traffic jams in Guangzhou, southern China. 
When I saw the headline on BBC, I initially felt appalled. But, after finishing the article, actually understood his point.
&#8220;I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish,&#8221;
Don&#8217;t worry, the guy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=864&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Thinker: Moral Bearings</title>
		<link>http://mbatm27.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/american-thinker-moral-bearings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite blogs to read is The American Thinker. Yesterday they posted an interesting article, so I’ll pass on the link for your approval.
The Interrogation Memos and the &#8216;Moral Bearings&#8217; of President Obama
Monte Kuligowski     President Obama made a striking statement after his partisan and security-jeopardizing decision to release post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=847&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All Our Fault!</title>
		<link>http://mbatm27.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/its-all-our-fault/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s the latest from our neighbors in the South.
The Declaration of Cumaná: Capitalism &#8216;threatens life on the planet&#8217;.
We, the Heads of State and Government of Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela, member countries of ALBA, consider that the Draft Declaration of the 5th Summit of the Americas is insufficient and unacceptable for the following [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=845&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>O&#8217;S AMATEUR HOUR</title>
		<link>http://mbatm27.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/os-amateur-hour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE real climax of President Obama&#8217;s Spring Apologies Tour wasn&#8217;t his photo op with our troops in Baghdad or even his &#8220;American Guilt&#8221; concerts in Western Europe.  
While fans in the press cheered wildly at every venue, the real performance came in Turkey. And it was a turkey. 


Ralph Peters, FoxNews Strategic Analyst posts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbatm27.wordpress.com&blog=909892&post=829&subd=mbatm27&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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