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	<description>The American Dream for the 99</description>
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		<title>Proof That Government Spending Creates a Strong Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone doubt that government spending is good for the economy? Ask yourself, When was America&#8217;s economy the strongest? Answer, the 1950s. Why was America&#8217;s economy strongest in the 1950s? America&#8217;s economy crashed in the late 1920s as a result of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/proof-government-spending-strong-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What is America&#8217;s Purpose?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/americas-purpose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spite of the news media&#8217;s obsessive focus on bad news, Americans are actually better off today than ever before, except for one thing&#8230;  we aren&#8217;t happy. Much of the cause of this unhappiness comes from being influenced by the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/americas-purpose/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public Funding of Private Schools is UnAmerican</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/public-funding-private-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/public-funding-private-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How did it ever come to this &#8211; our tax dollars funding private schools? Thomas Jefferson would be turning in his grave! I cannot even begin to fathom how anyone supports this idea &#8211; other than out of personal greed. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/public-funding-private-schools/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Reasons for Supporting President Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/my-reasons-for-supporting-president-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/my-reasons-for-supporting-president-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I made a small contribution to President Obama&#8217;s reelection campaign and entered the drawing to have dinner with the President. I urge you to do the same at https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/o2012-dinner-with-barack-march There was a request to share with the President my &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/my-reasons-for-supporting-president-obama/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For Our Children</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/for-our-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/for-our-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. - Native American Proverb The number one responsibility of any government is for the children &#8211; for future generations. Whatever disagreements politicians may have in &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/for-our-children/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>True Patriotism is a Liberal Virtue</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/true-patriotism-is-a-liberal-virtue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/true-patriotism-is-a-liberal-virtue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NEVER let the Right Wing wave the flag, misquote Jefferson, distort Jesus&#8217; message of love and kindness toward all, and then claim the high ground of patriotism! True patriotism is a liberal virtue! Thomas Jefferson was what we today call &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/true-patriotism-is-a-liberal-virtue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public Health is a Necessity, Not a Choice</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/public-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/public-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am shocked, but I can&#8217;t say surprised, by how widespread the resistance by the right-wing to mandatory immunization has become. Probably few reading this article can personally remember when polio was a public health menace, but I can. The &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/public-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mitt Romney Jokes</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/mitt-romney-jokes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/mitt-romney-jokes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the difference between Mitt Romney and a sperm cell? The sperm cell has a one-in-a-million chance of becoming a human being. How can you tell when Mitt Romney is lying? His lips are moving. What is the difference &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/mitt-romney-jokes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Close the Romney Loophole</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/close-the-romney-loophole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/close-the-romney-loophole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney just released his tax returns. He made $45 million and paid only 13.7% in taxes.]]></description>
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		<title>Mitt Romney Corporate Robot Personhood Video</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/mitt-romney-corporate-robot-personhood-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/mitt-romney-corporate-robot-personhood-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish you could see this Mitt Romney Corporate Robot Personhood Video, but so far it is just an idea. I support anyone who wants to use the script below to make a powerful video. How about the folks at &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/mitt-romney-corporate-robot-personhood-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stopping SOPA is Just the Beginning</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/stopping-sopa-is-just-the-beginning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/stopping-sopa-is-just-the-beginning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rejoice in this moment when the united power of the on-line community wins against the forces of corrupt big businesses. But wait a moment &#8211; is that what really happened? While the result &#8211; defeating the SOPA attack of Hollywood &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/stopping-sopa-is-just-the-beginning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Santorum Advocates Sperm Personhood (humor, I hope)</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/santorum-advocates-sperm-personhood-humor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/santorum-advocates-sperm-personhood-humor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First we get Romney&#8217;s Corporate Personhood. You know the big Corporate Persons are coming when you see the string of big Mercedes buses pulling up to the voting places and the shiny robots clinking off and lining up to cast &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/santorum-advocates-sperm-personhood-humor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Their Name is Regressives</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/regressives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/regressives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we talk about politicians who advocate a return to child labor and back-alley coat-hanger abortions, the word to describe them is Regressives. Let us proudly wear the name Progressives &#8211; those who advance our country to better times &#8211; &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/regressives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Progressives: We Need to Fix the Democratic Party from Within</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/fix-democratic-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/fix-democratic-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I share the frustration. President Obama talks a good talk &#8211; he campaigns well, and his December 6, 2011 &#8220;Teddy Roosevelt&#8221; speech in Osawatomie, Kansas was a near-perfect statement of progressive values. But his behavior has been far less decisive &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/fix-democratic-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Business Flows Like Water</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/business-flows-like-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/business-flows-like-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business flows like water &#8211; downhill toward its singular destination of maximum profits &#8211; utilizing whatever channels are open to it. If that description of business sounds very impersonal, it is because the nature of business is very impersonal. Companies &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/business-flows-like-water/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lowe&#8217;s Ignites Controversy By Pulling Ads From &#8216;All-American Muslim&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/lowes-all-american-muslim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/lowes-all-american-muslim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lowe&#8217;s Ignites Controversy By Pulling Ads From &#8216;All-American Muslim&#8217; The question of whether Lowe&#8217;s was wrong to pull its ads is probably not the real question we Americans should be asking. If an American corporation such as Lowe&#8217;s were sponsoring &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/lowes-all-american-muslim/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Liberal and Conservative Morality</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/liberal-conservative-morality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/liberal-conservative-morality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was watching a TED video Jonathan Haidt on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives. The video has a premise that I would like to believe is true &#8211; that the values of liberals and conservatives are both &#8220;moral,&#8221; &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/liberal-conservative-morality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It Can&#8217;t Be All About the Money</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/it-cant-be-all-about-the-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/it-cant-be-all-about-the-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If it is all about the money, big business will beat average Americans every time &#8211; as they have been doing for the last 50 years. We Progressives need to put much more focus on finding ways to get the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/it-cant-be-all-about-the-money/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I am tired of the constant fundraising</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/constant-fundraising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-liberal.com/constant-fundraising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am tired of the constant political fundraising. Whenever I open an email from The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, Barack Obama, Democracy for America, Fire Dog Lake, or many other candidates and organizations, there is usually a bit of real news &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/constant-fundraising/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Should Follow Occupy Wall Street?</title>
		<link>http://www.american-liberal.com/after-occupy-wall-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonhuie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The protests have gotten the country&#8217;s attention. But what to do with all that energy? In my opinion, it is now time to turn the focus of a now energized 99% to taking concrete action on these specific issues. 1. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.american-liberal.com/after-occupy-wall-street/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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