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		<title>The Health Care Summit Sham</title>
		<link>http://commonmangazette.com/2010/02/25/the-health-care-summit-sham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t watch anymore of it.  If this is how our Federal Government really works, the problem isn&#8217;t health care, it&#8217;s Washington!  Any reasonable person out here in the country beyond the beltway should be disgusted by the display today.  What a waste of time and, presumably, tax payer dollars.
Neither party gets it.
Stop with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonmangazette.com&blog=6481445&post=249&subd=southernboomer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Partisanship &#8211; They Still Don&#8217;t Get It!</title>
		<link>http://commonmangazette.com/2010/02/17/partisanship-they-still-dont-get-it/</link>
		<comments>http://commonmangazette.com/2010/02/17/partisanship-they-still-dont-get-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been written, spoken and speculated regarding the Scott Brown victory for the senate seat in Massachusetts.  I don&#8217;t live in the New England area.  I live in the middle of this great country and I can tell you that from where I sit, the victory was not about one party or another at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonmangazette.com&blog=6481445&post=244&subd=southernboomer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advice for Politicians from the Common People of this Country</title>
		<link>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/11/30/advice-for-politicians-from-the-common-people-of-this-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This country is at a pivot point. Will we head down the road of continued disregard for our founding principles or will we steer into the wind toward and return to American exceptionalism?
Those of us out here away from the beltway and not hampered by blinders have a clear understanding of what it means to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonmangazette.com&blog=6481445&post=231&subd=southernboomer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Senator Jack Reed, What Say You? (No Response &#8211; Day 7 &#8211; You Win!)</title>
		<link>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/11/23/senator-jack-reed-from-rhode-island-what-say-you/</link>
		<comments>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/11/23/senator-jack-reed-from-rhode-island-what-say-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://commonmangazette.com/?p=190</guid>
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Ok, Senator Jack Reed from Rhode Island, you win.  It has been seven days since I asked you for a response via an email at your site.  I give up.  I get the message.  I just wish the members of Congress would get our message.
It seems the media is coming around. Even the terrorists to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonmangazette.com&blog=6481445&post=190&subd=southernboomer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Christmas Carol &#8211; starring Obama, Biden, McCain, Limbaugh &amp; Schwarzenegger</title>
		<link>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/11/21/a-new-christmas-carol/</link>
		<comments>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/11/21/a-new-christmas-carol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Common Man</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at a new twist of the old classic, &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221;. A political tale of what was, what is and what will come. An All-Star cast, courtesy of JibJab.com, puts a whole new spin on &#8220;Bah Humbug!&#8221;
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/qVCwcd48G8J2CibS?cmpid=jj_fb_self

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		<title>Remember to Thank a Veteran Today and Everyday</title>
		<link>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/11/10/dont-forget-to-thank-a-veteran/</link>
		<comments>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/11/10/dont-forget-to-thank-a-veteran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Common Man</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://commonmangazette.com/?p=180</guid>
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There is a lot going on in the world of news these days. It seems like no matter what you do, there is no escape from the healthcare debate, party politics, and all the bickering. But, if you step back from it and take a look from a new perspective, you will see the greatness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonmangazette.com&blog=6481445&post=180&subd=southernboomer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Pay Czar &#8211; Was the Compensation Cut Justified?</title>
		<link>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/10/24/poll-pay-czar-was-the-compensation-cut-justified/</link>
		<comments>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/10/24/poll-pay-czar-was-the-compensation-cut-justified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration Pay Czar recently determined that top executives at Wall Street firms that accepted TARP money would have their compensation reduced by 90%.  Do you feel this was a necessary action taken by a government official acting within the parameters of his duty or an unjustifiable decision made by an individual with too [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonmangazette.com&blog=6481445&post=149&subd=southernboomer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Politicians, the Media, and the Allegory of the Cave</title>
		<link>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/10/10/politicians-the-media-and-the-allegory-of-the-cave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is hard for me to comprehend why there are so many people who are simply following along with the &#8220;party line&#8221;, &#8220;conventional wisdom&#8221; or the &#8220;consensus&#8221; without discovering the facts on their own.
Politicians have proven that words can be twisted in and out of context to support a particular viewpoint or ideological purpose.
As a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonmangazette.com&blog=6481445&post=116&subd=southernboomer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cooler Heads, Health Care Reform &amp; Town Halls</title>
		<link>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/08/10/cooler-heads-health-care-reform-town-halls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was once told that if I was angry with a coworker, it meant the issue between us was personal and not work-related.  I argued the point with him and then realized, he was right.
It is this point in relation to the health care reform debate currently taking place across our country that is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonmangazette.com&blog=6481445&post=103&subd=southernboomer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Next Greatest Generation</title>
		<link>http://commonmangazette.com/2009/05/25/americas-next-greatest-generation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 23:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all heard the saying “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”.  History proves this statement to be true, especially here in the good old USA.
Several years back, Tom Brokaw wrote a book titled “The Greatest Generation”.  He tells the history of a generation faced with the Great Depression and, eventually, World [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonmangazette.com&blog=6481445&post=91&subd=southernboomer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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