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	<title>Thoughts Aloud</title>
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	<description>...A Haven For Sovereign Rational Minds</description>
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		<title>First &#8216;Birther&#8217; Identified</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/05/18/first-birther-identified/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/05/18/first-birther-identified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>◄Dave►</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that it has been revealed that the Obamunist himself was the very first &#8216;birther,&#8217; the burning question seems to be, was he lying then, or is he lying now? It is the wrong question, of course, but I reckon the answer is: Yes! This two-bit hustler lied when he claimed he was born in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So Now It Begins</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/05/16/so-now-it-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/05/16/so-now-it-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What we all knew from the beginning seems official now that Dr. Paul has ceased to seek convention delegates. Establishment candidate Mitt Romney has clinched the GOP presidential nomination. Now begins the really hard part. Trying to convince all of you that there is some actual difference between Romney and Obama other than the amount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for Jesus?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/05/15/vote-for-jesus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/05/15/vote-for-jesus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>◄Dave►</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A devout Christian Fundamentalist on a site I frequent, who has been persistantly advocating that &#8216;real&#8217; Christians cannot vote for Romney , because he considers Mormanism a cult and anyone who believes their tennants is ungodly, just approvingly posted a link to an evangelist&#8217;s write-in campaign&#8230; for Jesus? I suppose that is as an effective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Glimpse Into YOUR Future</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/05/08/a-glimpse-into-your-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/05/08/a-glimpse-into-your-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have contributed very little to this space, mostly because there is really nothing new to report. However, a recent incident in California is worth the effort because of the graphic view it offers all of us into our own inevitable future. For months, I have repeated the warning that the various phoney “wars” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picking The Worst</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/04/18/picking-the-worst/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/04/18/picking-the-worst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For some time now I have been pondering the idea of making my own list of the 10 worst presidents in the “modern era” which, for me, starts in the late 1800&#8242;s with the advent of the progressive movement. Let me tell you, this is no easy task as the last 100+ years have seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obligations Of Obedience</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/04/01/obligations-of-obedience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/04/01/obligations-of-obedience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As our country continues its transition from liberty toward tyranny, we are going to have to face questions that have, traditionally, been alien to Americans. These questions will concern the extent of our loyalties, the demands for our obedience, and the extent to which we will honor these demands. Like all Americans who have served [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Will It Take?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/03/29/what-will-it-take/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/03/29/what-will-it-take/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I repeat a question I have asked several times in past articles&#8230; what will it take to get the American people upset enough to demand action? To this, I add a second question&#8230; why is our Congress, especially the GOP-controlled House of Representatives, so reluctant to investigate or challenge any of the clear violations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Moral Hazard of Social Conservatism</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/03/28/the-moral-hazard-of-social-conservatism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/03/28/the-moral-hazard-of-social-conservatism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before getting to the point of this article, please allow me to set up a bit of background: First, Moral Hazard is a term I have borrowed from economics and whose definition I have modified slightly to mean “an unfortunate, unintended side effect of a well-meant action”. Second, I need to pontificate about a truly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Decides?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/03/01/who-decides/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/03/01/who-decides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Declaration of Independence reaffirms our universal right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Yet, there is more to it than that because these rights imply even more fundamental rights if they are to be real. Primary among these implied rights is the right to decide for ourselves how we will conduct our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Koranimals</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/02/24/koranimals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/02/24/koranimals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>◄Dave►</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am over caring one whit what happens to the subhuman koranimals who inhabit Afghanistan &#8211; or any place else for that matter! Newt has it right: &#160; &#160; &#160; So does Ron Paul&#8230; bring our kids home. All they have done for the women and children of these religious fanatics is totally unappreciated. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State vs Church – Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/02/12/state-vs-church-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/02/12/state-vs-church-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the ongoing exchange about the contraception/abortion mandate in Obamacare, most all of the participants seem to be totally “wrapped around the axle” over whether this means the end of separation of church and state, whether females have some natural right to contraception and abortion and, indeed, over whether reproduction is a form of “disease”. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ultimate Conundrum</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/02/10/the-ultimate-conundrum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/02/10/the-ultimate-conundrum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to my article “Equality: Myth vs Reason”, BrockTownsend responded that homeschooling is a viable response to the sorry mess we call a public education system. Naturally, Brock is absolutely right while being mostly wrong. Homeschooling is an option only for those families who possess the three critical attributes that determine virtually all success [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equality: Myth vs Reality</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/02/09/equality-myth-vs-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/02/09/equality-myth-vs-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I return to one of my favorite topics, that of Equality in America. In past articles, I have repeated the dictum that Equality is the opposite of Liberty (or, vice-versa if you prefer). However, this is actually true only in certain contexts of Equality. This is because, in present-day America, the notion of Equality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State vs Church</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/02/08/state-vs-church/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/02/08/state-vs-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is a good libertarian (like yours truly) to think when two despicable organizations, both dedicated to controlling the lives of others, get into a urinating contest? I refer, of course, to the current urinary battle between the Obama Administration and the Catholic Church. Who does one root for? Is it too much to hope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picking The Measure That Supports The Myth</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/28/picking-the-measure-that-supports-the-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/28/picking-the-measure-that-supports-the-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I cannot help but notice that the progressives and their media lackeys are inconsistent in the way they choose to express things. For instance, a year or so ago, they were wailing about the “obscene profits” made by energy companies, in particular Exxon-Mobil. They consistently made their “case” by stating the profit in question in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is He Irrational Or Merely Immature?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/26/is-he-irrational-or-merely-immature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/26/is-he-irrational-or-merely-immature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1843</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GOP presidential hopeful and former PA senator Rick Santorum recently upped the ante in the anti abortion discussion with the statement that he would urge his own daughter to carry to term, deliver and raise a child that resulted from her being raped. He said such a child should be considered “a gift from God”. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The State Of The Union</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/25/the-state-of-the-union/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/25/the-state-of-the-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[High technology is such a great thing. For instance, because we have an automated DVR attached to our DirecTV system, we can keep a backlog of recorded programs to watch when there in nothing worth watching in real time. Last evening was just such a time – when the government used its regulating authority to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Is Time To De-Clause The Beast</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/23/it-is-time-to-de-clause-the-beast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/23/it-is-time-to-de-clause-the-beast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1829</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is yet another pass at a subject I have blogged on before. It is the misuse of the so-called “clauses” in our Constitution. In a number of writings, including some of the Federalist Papers, James Madison made abundantly clear, the fact that the powers of the new Federal Government were limited to those specifically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good For Newt – Bad For Us</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/21/good-for-newt-bad-for-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/21/good-for-newt-bad-for-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=1827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The GOP primary “debates” have become such a sham that I did not bother to watch the most recent S.C. “debate”. However, I was pleased to see re-runs of Newt tearing into that CNN moron who opened the questioning with something totally beside the point of the debate, something totally personal and (should be) private, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Job Creation</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/17/on-job-creation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2012/01/17/on-job-creation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched most of the debate circus last evening – with steam coming out my ears over yet another attempt to deny Ron Paul his fair share of debate time. Anyway, the constant theme of this debate, this primary, and no doubt the constant theme of the general election will be Job Creation and the [...]]]></description>
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