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		<title>Misguided Energy Investment</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/12/misguided-energy-investment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[central planning]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Within the tax cut extension that was just passed was the extension of the Ethanol subsidy.  From what I have heard and read, it costs us about $5.2B per year for this &#8216;investment&#8217; directly.  This figure does not include the pricing impact on corn as about a third of US corn production goes into ethanol.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost Momentum</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/12/lost-momentum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democracies are losing out across the globe.  According to the Freedom House 2010 Survey, we have lost 9 countries over the past 5 years. Central African Republic, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Honduras, Venezuela, and Philippines. Merry Christmas.  &#8211; JBH Electoral Democracies 2010 Edition Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belgium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Nuts!  I Rest My Case</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/10/youre-nuts-i-rest-my-case/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/10/youre-nuts-i-rest-my-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;He&#8217;s Crazy, a kook&#8221; appears to be the only strategy used by the Democratic Party strategists these days.  Instead of laying out their position on policies and defending them with any level of rational thought and proof of desired outcomes from past actions, they resort to making commercials about how their opponents are crazy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Touch in Washington</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/10/out-of-touch-in-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/10/out-of-touch-in-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=963</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reprinting a recent poll produced by Rasmussen Reports. &#8220;Most voters (65%) say they prefer a government with fewer services and lower taxes rather than one with more services and higher taxes. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that only 25% of Likely U.S. Voters favor a government with more services and higher taxes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Me Eat Cake!</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/10/let-me-eat-cake/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/10/let-me-eat-cake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Socialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stupidity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You are only hurting yourselves, you imbécile.]]></description>
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		<title>Higher Regulation Equals Higher Costs</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/10/higher-regulation-equals-higher-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Excessive Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And higher costs equal lower participation.  It&#8217;s just plain common sense.]]></description>
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		<title>I Told You So</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/09/i-told-you-so/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/09/i-told-you-so/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry.  Had to say it.  For all the crap I got for wanting to give Palin a chance, it&#8217;s now my turn.]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Yoo and Gay Marriage</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/08/mr-yoo-and-gay-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/08/mr-yoo-and-gay-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Yoo, a law professor at Berkeley, wrote an opinion piece in today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal that makes me question his ability to teach law.  He argues for a federalist approach to gay marriage, i.e. let the votes of each state decide.  Though I agree with many aspects of federalism, to use it as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy versus Individual Liberty</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/08/democracy-versus-individual-liberty/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/08/democracy-versus-individual-liberty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Excessive Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Too often, way too often, people confuse democracy with individual liberty.  They are not the same.  In more normal times, to compare them would be like comparing apples to oranges.  But recently, it&#8217;s even worst.  They are directly opposed to one another.  Just look at the gay marriage issue and yesterday&#8217;s decision to void California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving It Up</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/07/giving-it-up/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/07/giving-it-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Massachusetts Senate approved an act that takes away the MA citizens&#8217; right to select our nation&#8217;s president.  I find that very troubling.  From my understanding, our nation was set up as a republic that gave more power to the states versus the federal government.  The reason for this was to ensure as much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Obama&#8217;s Own Words</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/07/mr-obamas-own-words/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/07/mr-obamas-own-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WBEZ Interview with then Senator B. Obama, 2001. OBAMA: If you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the court, I think where it succeeded was to vest formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples. So that I would now have the right to vote, I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let the Dinosaur Die</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/07/let-the-dinosaur-die/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/07/let-the-dinosaur-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bailouts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excessive Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just don&#8217;t understand this need to prop up the media organizations with federal assistance.  Some fear that we will see the industry drop in numbers and that this will, in some way, limit our freedom of speech.  So, their answer?  Let&#8217;s get the government involved!  Yup, that will cure our ills and make speech [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UnRealistically Utopian</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/07/unrealistically-utopian/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/07/unrealistically-utopian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to highlight a post from American Majority that does a great job of describing the difference that I, too,  see between the progressive movement and those that favor the route chosen by our founding fathers.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison &#8211; Federalist 51</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/07/madison-federalist-51/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/07/madison-federalist-51/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=919</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Single Point of Failure</title>
		<link>http://circle.is/2010/07/single-point-of-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://circle.is/2010/07/single-point-of-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JBH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excessive Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPOF]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://circle.is/?p=902</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Wikipedia, A single point of failure (SPOF) is a part of a system which, if it fails, will stop the entire system from working. They are undesirable in any system whose goal is high availability, be it a network, software application or other industrial system. The assessment of a potentially single location of failure [...]]]></description>
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